Union Calendar No. 87
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2010
[Report No. 103–155]
A BILL
To amend the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 to establish a Corporation for National
Service, enhance opportunities for national serv-
ice, and provide national service educational
awards to persons participating in such service,
and for other purposes.
JUNE 24, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 87
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2010
[Report No. 103–155]
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish
a Corporation for National Service, enhance opportunities for national
service, and provide national service educational awards to persons par-
ticipating in such service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1993
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. OWENS, Mr. KILDEE,
Mr. CLAY, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr.
SAWYER, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mrs. MINK, Mr.
ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. REED, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr.
BECERRA, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.
ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. KLINK, Ms. ENGLISH
of Arizona, Mr.
STRICKLAND, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. BAESLER, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. MCCURDY, Mr.
SHAYS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida,
Mr. BARLOW, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BE-
VILL, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr.
BROWDER, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. CARR, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.
COOPER, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DARDEN,
Mr. DEAL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DERRICK, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DICKS, Mr.
ENGLISH of Oklahoma, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FAZIO, Mr. FIELDS of Louisi-
ana, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FISH, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts,
Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GORDON,
Mr. HAYES, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr.
HOLDEN, Mr. HORN, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. HUGHES, Mr.
JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. KENNELLY,
Mr. KLEIN, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LAROCCO,
Mr. LAZIO, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,
Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. LLOYD, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.
MCHALE, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MAZZOLI,
Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr.
MORAN, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ORTON, Mr.
PAYNE of Virginia, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PENNY, Mr. PETERSON of Min-
nesota, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RICHARDSON,
Mr. ROSE, Ms. SCHENK, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. SKELTON,
Mr. SLATTERY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STOKES,
Mr. STUDDS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SWETT, Mr. SWIFT, Mr. TANNER, Mr.
TAUZIN, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. TORRES, Mr. UPTON,
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. VOLKMER, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT,
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WHEAT, and Mr. WISE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
JUNE 24, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.
NADLER, Mr. PICKLE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WYNN, Mr.
STARK, Mr. MINETA, Mr. GEJDENSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON
of Texas, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr. EDWARDS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. FORD of Tennessee, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. KAN-
JORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.
MCCLOSKEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. NATCHER,
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OLVER, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. ROYBAL-
ALLARD, Mr. SABO, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SMITH of Iowa, Mr. TORRICELLI,
Mr. TUCKER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. YATES, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. FROST, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Mr. KOPETSKI, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.
BISHOP, Mr. BROWN
of California, Ms. BROWN
of Florida, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HAMIL-
TON, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. LONG, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs.
MEEK, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.
PASTOR, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROWLAND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SARPALIUS, Mr.
BLACKWELL, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. FARR of Cali-
fornia, Mr. HAMBURG, and Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY
JUNE 24, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 6, 1993]
A BILL
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990
to establish a Corporation for National Service, enhance
opportunities for national service, and provide national
service educational awards to persons participating in
such service, 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 ‘‘Na-
tional Service Trust Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Programs
Sec. 101. Federal investment in support of national service.
Sec. 102. National Service Trust and provision of national service educational
awards.
Sec. 103. School-based and community-based service-learning programs.
Sec. 104. Quality and innovation activities.
Sec. 105. Public Lands Corps.
Sec. 106. Urban Youth Corps.
Subtitle B—Related Provisions
Sec. 111. Definitions.
Sec. 112. Authority to make State grants.
Sec. 113. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 114. Reports.
Sec. 115. Nondiscrimination.
Sec. 116. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
Sec. 117. Nondisplacement.
Sec. 118. Evaluation.
Sec. 119. Engagement of participants.
Sec. 120. Contingent extension.
Sec. 121. Repeals.
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION
Sec. 201. State Commissions on National Service.
Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National Service and
ACTION Agency.
Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National Service.
TITLE III—REAUTHORIZATION
Subtitle A—National and Community Service Act of 1990
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
Sec. 311. Short title; references.
CHAPTER 1—VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
Sec. 321. Purpose of the VISTA program.
Sec. 321A. Assistant Director for VISTA Program.
Sec. 322. Selection and assignment of VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 323. Terms and periods of service.
Sec. 324. Support for VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 325. Participation of younger and older persons.
Sec. 326. Literacy activities.
Sec. 327. Applications for assistance.
Sec. 328. Repeal of authority for student community service programs.
Sec. 329. University year for VISTA.
Sec. 330. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration
programs.
Sec. 331. Technical and financial assistance.
Sec. 332. Elimination of separate authority for drug abuse programs.
CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS
Sec. 341. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
Sec. 342. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 343. Operation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 344. Services under the Foster Grandparent Program.
Sec. 345. Stipends for low-income volunteers.
Sec. 346. Conditions of grants and contracts.
Sec. 347. Agreements with other Federal agencies.
Sec. 348. Minority group participation.
Sec. 349. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 350. Demonstration programs.
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 361. Purpose of agency.
Sec. 362. Authority of the Director.
Sec. 362A. Political activities.
Sec. 363. Compensation for volunteers.
Sec. 364. Repeal of report.
Sec. 365. Application of Federal law.
Sec. 366. Nondiscrimination provisions.
Sec. 367. Elimination of separate requirements for setting regulations.
Sec. 368. Clarification of role of Inspector General.
Sec. 369. Copyright protection.
Sec. 370. Deposit requirement credit for service as a volunteer.
CHAPTER 4—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS
Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations for title I.
Sec. 382. Authorization of appropriations for title II.
Sec. 383. Authorization of appropriations for title IV.
Sec. 384. Conforming amendments; compensation for VISTA FECA claimants.
Sec. 385. Repeal of authority.
CHAPTER 5—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 391. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 392. Effective date.
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 401. Definition of Director.
Sec. 402. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency.
Sec. 403. Definitions.
Sec. 404. References to the Commission on National and Community Service.
Sec. 405. References to Directors of the Commission on National and Community
Service.
Sec. 406. Effective date.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) Throughout the United States, there are
pressing unmet human, educational, environmental,
and public safety needs.
‘‘(2) Americans desire to affirm common respon-
sibilities and shared values that transcend race, reli-
gion, disability, or region.
‘‘(3) The rising costs of post-secondary education
are putting higher education out of reach for an in-
creasing number of citizens.
‘‘(4) Americans of all ages can improve their
communities and become better citizens through serv-
ice to the United States.
‘‘(5) Nonprofit organizations, local governments,
States, and the Federal Government are already sup-
porting a wide variety of national service programs
that deliver needed services in a cost-effective manner.
‘‘(6) Residents of low-income communities, espe-
cially youths and young adults in these communities,
can be empowered through their service to help pro-
vide future community leadership.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this Act to—
‘‘(1) meet the unmet human, educational, envi-
ronmental, and public safety needs of the United
States, without displacing existing workers;
‘‘(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and
the spirit of community throughout the United States;
‘‘(3) expand educational opportunity by reward-
ing individuals who participate in national service
with an increased ability to pursue higher education
or job training;
‘‘(4) encourage citizens of the United States, re-
gardless of age, income, or disability, to engage in
full-time or part-time national service;
‘‘(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplica-
tion, support locally established initiatives, require
measurable goals for performance, and offer flexibility
in meeting those goals;
‘‘(6) expand and strengthen existing service pro-
grams with demonstrated experience in providing
structured service opportunities with visible benefits
to the participants and community;
‘‘(7) build on the existing organizational service
infrastructure of Federal, State, and local programs
and agencies to expand full-time and part-time serv-
ice opportunities for all citizens; and
‘‘(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities
in which national service is performed.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the item
relating to section 2 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.’’.
TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND
RELATED PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Programs
SEC. 101. FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL
SERVICE.
(a) TRANSFER OF EXISTING SUBTITLE.—Title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12501 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 12653
et seq.) as subtitle I;
(2) by inserting subtitle I (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) after subtitle H; and
(3) by redesignating sections 120 through 136 as
sections 199 through 199O, respectively.
(b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Title I of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after subtitle
B the following new subtitle:
‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust
Program
‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE
‘‘SEC. 121. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND AP-
PROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
for National Service may make grants to States, subdivi-
sions of States, Indian tribes, public and private nonprofit
organizations, and institutions of higher education for the
purpose of assisting the recipients of the grants—
‘‘(1) to carry out full- or part-time national
service programs, including summer programs, de-
scribed in section 122(a); and
‘‘(2) to make grants in support of other national
service programs described in section 122(a) that are
carried out by other entities.
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The
Corporation may enter into a contract or cooperative agree-
ment with another Federal agency to support a national
service program carried out by the agency. The support pro-
vided by the Corporation pursuant to the contract or coop-
erative agreement may include the transfer to the Federal
agency of funds available to the Corporation under this sub-
title. A Federal agency receiving assistance under this sub-
section shall not be required to satisfy the matching funds
requirements specified in subsection (e). However, the
supplementation requirements specified in section 173 shall
apply with respect to the Federal national service programs
supported with such assistance. A Federal agency receiving
assistance under this subsection shall consult with the State
Commissions for those States in which projects will be con-
ducted in order to ensure that the projects do not duplicate
existing State or local programs.
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE PO-
SITIONS.—As part of the provision of assistance under sub-
sections (a) and (b), the Corporation shall—
‘‘(1) approve the provision of national service
educational awards described in subtitle D for the
participants who serve in national service programs
carried out using such assistance; and
‘‘(2) deposit in the National Service Trust estab-
lished in section 145(a) an amount equal to the prod-
uct of—
‘‘(A) the value of a national service edu-
cational award under section 147; and
‘‘(B) the total number of approved national
service positions to be provided.
‘‘(d) FIVE PERCENT LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the amount of assistance provided to the original re-
cipient of a grant or transfer of assistance under sub-
section (a) or (b) for a fiscal year may be used to pay
for administrative costs incurred by—
‘‘(A) the recipient of the assistance; and
‘‘(B) national service programs carried out
or supported with the assistance.
‘‘(2) RULES ON USE.—The Corporation may by
rule prescribe the manner and extent to which—
‘‘(A) assistance provided under subsection
(a) or (b) may be used to cover administrative
costs; and
‘‘(B) that portion of the assistance available
to cover administrative costs should be distrib-
uted between—
‘‘(i) the original recipient of the grant
or transfer of assistance under such sub-
section; and
‘‘(ii) national service programs carried
out or supported with the assistance.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in
section 140, the Federal share of the cost of carrying
out a national service program that receives the as-
sistance under subsection (a), whether the assistance
is provided directly or as a subgrant from the origi-
nal recipient of the assistance, may not exceed 75 per-
cent of such cost.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the re-
maining share of the cost of carrying out a national
service program, the program—
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through a
payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, in-
cluding facilities, equipment, or services; and
‘‘(B) may provide for such share through
State sources, local sources, or other Federal
sources (other than the use of funds made avail-
able under the national service laws).
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Corporation may waive in
whole or in part the requirements of paragraph (1)
with respect to a national service program in any fis-
cal year if the Corporation determines that such a
waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available
financial resources at the local level.
‘‘SEC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGI-
BLE FOR PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—The
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal
agency receiving assistance under section 121(b) shall use
the assistance, directly or through subgrants to other enti-
ties, to carry out full- or part-time national service pro-
grams, including summer programs, that address unmet
human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs.
Subject to subsection (b)(1), these national service programs
may include the following types of national service pro-
grams:
‘‘(1) A community corps program that meets
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs and promotes greater community unity
through the use of organized teams of participants of
varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels,
physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic
backgrounds, or genders.
‘‘(2) A full-time, year-round youth corps pro-
gram or full-time summer youth corps program, such
as a conservation corps or youth service corps (in-
cluding the Public Lands Corps established under the
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Urban Youth
Corps established under section 106 of the National
Service Trust Act of 1993, and other conservation
corps or youth service corps that performs service on
Federal or other public lands or on Indian lands or
Hawaiian home lands), that—
‘‘(A) undertakes meaningful service projects
with visible public benefits, including natural re-
source, urban renovation, or human services
projects;
‘‘(B) includes as participants youths and
young adults between the ages of 16 and 25, in-
clusive, including out-of-school youths and other
disadvantaged youths (such as youths with lim-
ited basic skills, youths in foster care who are be-
coming too old for foster care, youths of limited
English proficiency, and homeless youths, and
youths with disabilities) who are between those
ages; and
‘‘(C) provides those participants who are
youths and young adults with—
‘‘(i) crew-based, highly structured, and
adult-supervised work experience, life skills,
education, career guidance and counseling,
employment training, and support services;
and
‘‘(ii) the opportunity to develop citi-
zenship values and skills through service to
their community and the United States.
‘‘(3) A program that provides specialized train-
ing to individuals in service-learning and places the
individuals after such training in positions, includ-
ing positions as service-learning coordinators, to fa-
cilitate service-learning in programs eligible for fund-
ing under part I subtitle B.
‘‘(4) A service program that is targeted at spe-
cific unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and that—
‘‘(A) recruits individuals with special skills
or provides specialized preservice training to en-
able participants to be placed individually or in
teams in positions in which the participants can
meet such unmet needs; and
‘‘(B) if consistent with the purposes of the
program, brings participants together for addi-
tional training and other activities designed to
foster civic responsibility, increase the skills of
participants, and improve the quality of the
service provided.
‘‘(5) An individualized placement program that
includes regular group activities, such as leadership
training and special service projects.
‘‘(6) A campus-based program that is designed to
provide substantial service in a community during
the school term and during summer or other vacation
periods through the use of—
‘‘(A) students who are attending an institu-
tion of higher education, including students sup-
ported by work-study funds under part C of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
‘‘(B) teams composed of such students; or
‘‘(C) teams composed of a combination of
such students and community residents.
‘‘(7) A preprofessional training program in
which students enrolled in an institution of higher
education—
‘‘(A) receive training in specified fields,
which may include classes containing service-
learning;
‘‘(B) perform service related to such train-
ing outside the classroom during the school term
and during summer or other vacation periods;
and
‘‘(C) agree to provide service upon gradua-
tion to meet unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs related to such
training.
‘‘(8) A professional corps program that recruits,
trains, and places qualified participants in posi-
tions—
‘‘(A) as teachers, nurses, police officers,
early childhood development staff, or other pro-
fessionals providing service to meet educational,
human, environmental, or public safety needs in
communities with an inadequate number of such
professionals;
‘‘(B) that may include a salary in excess of
the maximum living allowance authorized in
subsection (a)(3) of section 140, as provided in
subsection (c) of such section; and
‘‘(C) that are sponsored by public or private
nonprofit employers who agree to pay 100 per-
cent of the salaries and benefits (other than any
national service educational award under sub-
title D) of the participants.
‘‘(9) A program in which economically disadvan-
taged individuals (including individuals with disabil-
ities) who are between the ages of 16 and 25 years of
age, inclusive, are provided with opportunities to per-
form service that, while enabling such individuals to
obtain the education and employment skills necessary
to achieve economic self-sufficiency, will help their
communities meet—
‘‘(A) the housing needs of low-income fami-
lies and the homeless; and
‘‘(B) the need for community facilities in
low-income areas.
‘‘(10) A national service entrepreneur program
that identifies, recruits, and trains gifted young
adults of all backgrounds and assists them in design-
ing solutions to community problems.
‘‘(11) An intergenerational program that com-
bines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults
as participants to provide needed community services,
including an intergenerational component for other
national service programs described in this sub-
section.
‘‘(12) A program that is administered by a com-
bination of nonprofit organizations located in a low-
income area, provides a broad range of services to
residents of such area, is governed by a board com-
posed in significant part of low-income individuals,
and is intended to provide opportunities for individ-
uals or teams of individuals to engage in community
projects in such area that meet unaddressed commu-
nity and individual needs, including projects that
would—
‘‘(A) meet the needs of low-income children
and youth aged 18 and younger, such as provid-
ing after-school ‘safe-places’ with opportunities
for learning and recreation; or
‘‘(B) 
be 
directed 
to 
other 
important
unaddressed needs in such area.
‘‘(13) A community service program designed to
meet the needs of rural communities, using teams or
individual placements to address the development
needs of rural communities and to combat rural pov-
erty, including health care, education, and job train-
ing.
‘‘(14) Such other national service programs ad-
dressing unmet human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs as the Corporation may des-
ignate.
‘‘(b) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGI-
BILITY.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—The
Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for
different types of national service programs for the
purpose of determining whether a particular national
service program should be considered to be a national
service program eligible to receive assistance or ap-
proved national service positions under this subtitle.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualifica-
tion criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation
shall consult with organizations and individuals with
extensive experience in developing and administering
effective national service programs or regarding the
delivery of human, educational, environmental, or
public safety services to communities or persons.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali-
fication criteria established by the Corporation under
paragraph (1) shall also be used by each recipient of
assistance under section 121(a) that uses any portion
of the assistance to conduct a grant program to sup-
port other national service programs.
‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL
COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall
encourage national service programs eligible to receive
assistance or approved national service positions
under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with the
purposes of the program, an intergenerational compo-
nent of the program that combines students, out-of-
school youths, and older adults as participants to pro-
vide services to address unmet human, educational,
environmental, or public safety needs.
‘‘(c) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—In
order to concentrate national efforts on meeting cer-
tain unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and to achieve the other purposes
of this Act, the Corporation may establish, and peri-
odically alter, priorities regarding the types of na-
tional service programs to be assisted under section
121 and the purposes for which such assistance may
be used.
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation
shall provide advance notice to potential applicants of
any national service priorities to be in effect under
this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall spe-
cifically include—
‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made
in the priorities since the previous notice; and
‘‘(B) a description of the national service
programs that are designated by the Corporation
under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for priority
consideration in the next competitive distribu-
tion of assistance under section 121(a).
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
SUBGRANTS.—Any na-
tional service priorities established by the Corporation
under this subsection shall also be used by each recip-
ient of funds under section 121(a) that uses any por-
tion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to
support other national service programs.
‘‘SEC. 123. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS ELIGI-
BLE FOR APPROVAL FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
‘‘The Corporation may approve of any of the following
service positions as an approved national service position
that includes the national service educational award de-
scribed in subtitle D as one of the benefits to be provided
for successful service in the position:
‘‘(1) A position for a participant in a national
service program described in section 122(a) that re-
ceives assistance under subsection (a) or (b) of section
121.
‘‘(2) A position for a participant in a program
that—
‘‘(A) is carried out by a State, a subdivi-
sion of a State, an Indian tribe, a public or pri-
vate nonprofit organization, an institution of
higher education, or a Federal agency; and
‘‘(B) would be eligible to receive assistance
under section 121(a), based on criteria estab-
lished by the Corporation, but has not applied
for such assistance.
‘‘(3) A position involving service as a VISTA
volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.).
‘‘(4) A position facilitating service-learning in a
program described in section 122(a)(3) that is eligible
for assistance under part I of subtitle B.
‘‘(5) A position for a participant in the Civilian
Community Corps under subtitle E.
‘‘(6) A position involving service as a crew lead-
er in a youth corps program or a similar position
supporting a national service program that receives
an approved national service position.
‘‘(7) Such other national service positions as the
Corporation considers to be appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 124. TYPES OF PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PLANNING ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may
provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified appli-
cant that submits an application under section 130 for the
planning of a national service program. Assistance pro-
vided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period
of not more than 1 year.
‘‘(b) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
may provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified ap-
plicant that submits an application under section 130 for
the establishment, operation, or expansion of a national
service program. Assistance provided in accordance with
this subsection may cover a period of not more than 3 years,
but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration
of a new application under section 130.
‘‘(c) REPLICATION
ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
may provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified ap-
plicant that submits an application under section 130 for
the expansion of a proven national service program to an-
other geographical location. Assistance provided in accord-
ance with this subsection may cover a period of not more
than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon
consideration of a new application under section 130.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The requirements
of this section shall apply to any State or other applicant
receiving assistance under section 121 that proposes to con-
duct a grant program using the assistance to support other
national service programs.
‘‘SEC. 125. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may
conduct, directly or by grant or contract, appropriate train-
ing programs regarding national service in order to—
‘‘(1) improve the ability of national service pro-
grams assisted under section 121 to meet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs in
communities—
‘‘(A) where services are needed most; and
‘‘(B) where programs do not currently exist
or are currently too limited to meet community
needs;
‘‘(2) promote leadership development in such
programs;
‘‘(3) 
improve 
the 
instructional 
and 
pro-
grammatic quality of such programs to build an ethic
of civic responsibility;
‘‘(4) develop the management and budgetary
skills of program operators; and
‘‘(5) provide for or improve the training pro-
vided to the participants in such programs.
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation shall
make appropriate technical assistance available to States,
subdivisions of States, Federal agencies, Indian tribes, pub-
lic and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of
higher education that desire—
‘‘(1) to develop national service programs; or
‘‘(2) to apply for assistance under such section
or under a grant program conducted using assistance
provided under such section.
‘‘SEC. 126. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) SUPPORT FOR STATE COMMISSIONS.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Of the funds
appropriated to carry out this subtitle in each fiscal
year, not to exceed $17,500,000 shall be available to
the Corporation to make assistance available to assist
a State to establish or operate the State Commission
on National Service required to be established by the
State under section 178.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), the amount of assistance that
may be provided to a State Commission under this
subsection, together with other Federal funds available
to establish or operate the State Commission, may not
exceed—
‘‘(A) 85 percent of the total cost to establish
or operate the State Commission for the first
year for which the State Commission receives as-
sistance under this subsection; and
‘‘(B) such smaller percentage of such cost as
the Corporation may establish for the second,
third, and fourth years of such assistance in
order to ensure that the Federal share does not
exceed 50 percent of such costs for the fifth year,
and any subsequent year, for which the State
Commission receives assistance under this sub-
section.
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The
total amount of assistance that may be provided to a
State Commission under this subsection for a year
may not exceed $500,000.
‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may un-
dertake activities to involve youth corps programs described
in section 122(a)(2) and other programs that receive assist-
ance under the national service laws in relief efforts in re-
sponse to an emergency or major disaster declared by the
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
‘‘(c) CHALLENGE GRANTS
FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may make challenge grants under this subsection
to a national service program that receives assistance
under section 121. The Corporation shall develop cri-
teria for the selection of challenge grant recipients so
as to make the grants widely available to a variety
of high-quality national service programs with dem-
onstrated experience in providing service opportuni-
ties with visible benefits to the participants and to the
community served.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—A challenge
grant under this subsection may provide not more
than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each
$1 in cash raised by the national service program
from private sources in excess of amounts required to
be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds
requirements under section 121(e). The Corporation
shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance
that may be provided to a national service program
under this subsection.
‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS BY COMPETI-
TIVE AND OTHER MEANS.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED PO-
SITIONS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.—
‘‘(1) 331⁄3 PERCENT ALLOTMENT OF ASSISTANCE
TO CERTAIN STATES.—Of the funds allocated by the
Corporation for provision of assistance under sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year,
the Corporation shall make a grant under section
121(a) (and a corresponding allotment of approved
national service positions) to each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico that has an application ap-
proved by the Corporation under section 133. The
amount allotted as a grant to each such State under
this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be equal to the
amount that bears the same ratio to 331⁄3 percent of
the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the popu-
lation of the State bears to the total population of the
several States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘(2) ONE
PERCENT
ALLOTMENT
FOR
CERTAIN
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS.—Of the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fis-
cal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent of the
allocated funds for grants under section 121(a) to the
Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands upon approval of an application by the
Corporation under section 133. Palau shall also be el-
igible for a grant under this paragraph from the al-
lotment until such time as the Compact of Free Asso-
ciation with Palau is ratified. The amount allotted as
a grant to each such territory or possession under this
paragraph for a fiscal year shall be equal to the
amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the
allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population
of the territory or possession bears to the total popu-
lation of such territories and possessions.
‘‘(3) ONE
PERCENT
ALLOTMENT
FOR
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation
for provision of assistance under subsections (a) and
(b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation
shall reserve 1 percent of the allocated funds for
grants under section 121(a) to Indian tribes, to be al-
lotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis in
accordance with their respective needs.
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State
or Indian tribe fails to apply for, or fails to give no-
tice to the Corporation of its intent to apply for, an
allotment under this subsection, the Corporation shall
use the amount that would have been allotted under
this subsection to the State or Indian tribe—
‘‘(A) to make grants (and provide approved
national service positions in connection with
such grants) to other eligible entities under sec-
tion 121 that propose to carry out national serv-
ice programs in the State or on behalf of the In-
dian tribe; and
‘‘(B) after making grants under paragraph
(1), to make a reallotment to other States and
Indian tribes with approved applications under
section 130.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The
Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur-
ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer
under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the Civilian
Community Corps Demonstration Program under subtitle
E shall receive the national service educational award de-
scribed in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility
requirements for the award. Funds for approved national
service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal
year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved
national service positions to be available for distribution
under subsections (a) and (d) for that fiscal year.
‘‘(c) RESERVATION FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the
funds appropriated under section 501(a)(2), and subject to
the limitation in that section, the Corporation may reserve
such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate
for the purpose of making assistance available under sec-
tions 125 and 126. However, the Corporation may not re-
serve more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year for challenge
grants under section 126(c).
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REMAINING
FUNDS AND APPROVED POSITIONS.—
‘‘(1) STATE COMPETITION.—Of the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fis-
cal year, the Corporation shall use not less than 331⁄3
percent of the allocated funds to make grants to States
on a competitive basis under section 121(a).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
AGENCIES
AND
OTHER
APPLI-
CANTS.—The Corporation shall distribute on a com-
petitive basis to subdivisions of States, Indian tribes,
public and private nonprofit organizations (including
labor organizations), institutions of higher education,
and Federal agencies the remainder of the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance
under section 121 for a fiscal year, after operation of
paragraph (1) and subsections (a) and (c). However,
the Corporation may not provide more than 1⁄3 of the
funds available for competitive distribution under this
paragraph for a fiscal year to Federal agencies under
section 121(b).
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Corporation may limit
the categories of eligible applicants for assistance
under paragraph (2) consistent with the priorities es-
tablished by the Corporation under section 133(d)(2).
‘‘(e) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a State
or Indian tribe under subsection (a), and the competitive
distribution of assistance and approved national service po-
sitions under subsection (d), shall be made by the Corpora-
tion only pursuant to an application submitted by a State
or other applicant under section 130 and approved by the
Corporation under section 133.
‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION OF APPROVED POSITIONS SUBJECT
TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not distrib-
ute approved national service positions under this section
for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions
for which the Corporation has sufficient available funds in
the National Service Trust for that fiscal year to satisfy
the maximum possible obligations to be incurred by the
United States to provide the national service educational
award corresponding to service in these positions.
‘‘(g) 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)
and any other funds contributed to the Corporation
to support the activities of the Corporation under the
national service laws shall be deposited in the Na-
tional Service Trust established in section 145 until
such time as the funds are needed.
‘‘SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) TIME, MANNER, AND CONTENT
OF APPLICA-
TION.—To be eligible to receive assistance under section 121
and approved national service positions for participants
who serve in the national service programs to be carried
out using the assistance, a State, subdivision of a State,
Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, in-
stitution of higher education, or Federal agency shall pre-
pare and submit to the Corporation an application at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Corporation may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) TYPES OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.—In order
to have adequate information upon which to consider an
application under section 133, the Corporation may require
the following information to be provided in an application
submitted under subsection (a):
‘‘(1) A description of the national service pro-
grams proposed to be carried out directly by the ap-
plicant using assistance provided under section 121.
‘‘(2) A description of the national service pro-
grams that are selected by the applicant to receive a
grant from assistance requested under section 121 and
a description of the process and criteria by which the
programs were selected, unless such a process conflicts
with State or local law, regulation, or policy.
‘‘(3) A description of other funding sources to be
used, or sought to be used, for the national service
programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and,
if the application is submitted for the purpose of seek-
ing a renewal of assistance, a description of the suc-
cess of the programs in not increasing their reliance
on funds provided under this Act.
‘‘(4) A description of the extent to which the
projects to be conducted using the assistance will ad-
dress unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and produce a direct benefit for
the community in which the projects are performed.
‘‘(5) A description of the plan to be used to re-
cruit participants, including youth with disabilities
and economically disadvantaged youth, for the na-
tional service programs referred to in paragraphs (1)
and (2).
‘‘(6) A description of the manner in which the
national service programs referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) build on existing programs, including
Federal programs.
‘‘(7) A description of the manner in which the
national service programs referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) will involve participants—
‘‘(A) in projects that build an ethic of civic
responsibility and produce a positive change in
the lives of participants through training and
participation in meaningful service experiences
and opportunities for reflection on such experi-
ences; and
‘‘(B) in leadership positions in implement-
ing and evaluating the program.