I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1880 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish 
a Summer of Service State grant program, a Summer of Service national 
direct grant program, and related national activities, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, and Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
to establish a Summer of Service State grant program, 
a Summer of Service national direct grant program, and 
related national activities, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Summer of Service 
Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—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, and join together in 
positive experiences, that transcend race, religion, 
gender, age, disability, region, income, and edu-
cation. 
(3) Americans of all ages can improve their 
communities and become better citizens through 
service to their communities. 
(4) When youth participate in service activities 
and see that they are able to improve the lives of 
others, the youth feel better able to control their own 
lives in a positive way, avoiding risky behaviors, 
strengthening their community connections, and be-
coming more engaged in their own education. 
(5) When youth service is tied to learning objec-
tives, that service is shown to decrease alienation 
and behavior problems, and increase knowledge of 
community needs, commitment to an ethic of service, 
and understanding of politics and morality. 
(6) When service is tied to what students are 
learning in school, the students make gains on 
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achievement tests, complete their homework more 
often, and increase their grade point averages. 
(7) Students who engage in service-learning im-
prove their communication skills, increase their 
awareness of career possibilities, have a deeper un-
derstanding of social and economic issues that face 
the United States, and develop more positive work-
place attitudes, preparing them to take their places 
as future leaders of the United States. 
(8) In a national poll, more than 80 percent of 
parents said that their child would benefit from an 
after school program that offered community service 
and 95 percent of teens agreed that is important to 
volunteer time to community efforts. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) offer youth the chance to spend a summer 
in service to their communities as a rite of passage 
before high school; 
(2) teach civic participation skills to youth and 
help youth see themselves as resources and leaders 
for their communities; 
(3) expand educational opportunities and dis-
courage ‘‘summer slide’’ by engaging youth in sum-
mer service-learning opportunities; 
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(4) encourage youth, regardless of age, income, 
or disability, to engage in community service; 
(5) provide tangible benefits to the communities 
in which Summer of Service programs are per-
formed; and 
(6) enhance the social-emotional development of 
youth of all backgrounds. 
SEC. 3. SUMMER OF SERVICE PROGRAMS. 
Title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subtitles F, G, H, and I as 
subtitles G, H, I, and J, respectively; 
(2) by redesignating sections 160 through 166 
as sections 159A through 159G, respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subtitle E the following: 
‘‘Subtitle F—Summer of Service 
Programs 
‘‘SEC. 161. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATIONAL
AWARD.—The term ‘edu-
cational award’ means an award disbursed under 
section 162B(d) or 163B(d). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion, an institution of higher education, a local edu-
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cational agency, a public elementary school or public 
secondary school, or a consortium of 2 or more of 
the entities described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 
youth’ means a youth who will be enrolled in the 
sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth grade at the end of 
the summer for which the youth would participate in 
community service under this subtitle. 
‘‘PART I—SUMMER OF SERVICE STATE GRANT 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 162. GRANTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall award grants on a competitive basis to 
States, to enable the State Commissions— 
‘‘(A) to carry out State-level activities 
under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(B) to award subgrants on a competitive 
basis under section 162A to eligible entities to 
pay for the Federal share of the cost of car-
rying out community service projects. 
‘‘(2) FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—The 
Chief Executive Officer shall decide whether funds 
appropriated to carry out this part and available for 
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educational awards (referred to in this part as ‘edu-
cational award funds’) shall be— 
‘‘(A) included in the funds for such grants 
to States and subgrants to eligible entities; or 
‘‘(B) reserved by the Chief Executive Offi-
cer, deposited in the National Service Trust for 
educational awards, and disbursed according to 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 162B(d). 
‘‘(3) PERIODS OF GRANTS.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall award the grants for periods of 3 
years. 
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall award such a grant to a State for 
a program in a sum equal to— 
‘‘(A) the amount obtained by multiplying 
$500 and the number of youth who will partici-
pate in the program (to be used for program 
expenses); 
‘‘(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer de-
cides to deposit funds for educational awards in 
the National Service Trust, as described in 
paragraph (2)(B), an additional amount equal 
to the amount described in subparagraph (A) 
(to be used for educational awards); and 
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‘‘(C) an amount sufficient to provide for 
the reservation for State-level activities de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, a State shall submit an applica-
tion to the Chief Executive Officer at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer may require, including information that— 
‘‘(1) designates the State Commission as the 
agency responsible for the administration and super-
vision of the community service program carried out 
under this part in the State; 
‘‘(2) describes how the State Commission will 
use funds received under this part, including funds 
reserved for State-level activities under subsection 
(d); 
‘‘(3) describes the procedures and criteria the 
State Commission will use for reviewing applications 
and awarding subgrants on a competitive basis 
under section 162A to eligible entities for projects, 
including how the State Commission will give pri-
ority to an entity that— 
‘‘(A) offers a quality plan for or has an es-
tablished track record of carrying out the activi-
ties described in the entity’s application; 
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‘‘(B) has a leadership position in the com-
munity from which the youth participating in 
the project described in the application will be 
drawn; 
‘‘(C) proposes a project that focuses on 
service by the participants during the transition 
year before high school; 
‘‘(D) plans to ensure that at least 50 per-
cent of the participants are low-income eligible 
youth; 
‘‘(E) proposes a project that encourages or 
enables youth to continue participating in com-
munity service throughout the school year; 
‘‘(F) plans to involve the participants in 
the design and operation of the project, includ-
ing involving the participants in conducting a 
needs-based assessment of community needs; 
‘‘(G) proposes a project that involves youth 
of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, re-
ligions, disability categories, or economic back-
grounds serving together; and 
‘‘(H) proposes a project that provides high 
quality service-learning experiences; 
‘‘(4) describes the steps the State Commission 
will take, including the provision of ongoing tech-
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nical assistance described in subsection (d)(2) and 
training, to ensure that projects funded under sec-
tion 162A will implement effective strategies; and 
‘‘(5) describes how the State Commission will 
evaluate the projects, which shall include, at a min-
imum— 
‘‘(A) a description of the objectives and 
benchmarks that will be used to evaluate the 
projects; and 
‘‘(B) a description of how the State Com-
mission will disseminate the results of the eval-
uations, as described in subsection (d)(4)(C). 
‘‘(c) APPLICANT REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall evaluate applications for grants 
under this section based on the quality, innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability of the State pro-
grams proposed by the applicants. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
PANELS.—The Chief Executive 
Officer shall employ the review panels established 
under section 165A in reviewing the applications. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION
OF
APPLICANTS.—If the 
Chief Executive Officer rejects an application sub-
mitted under this section, the Chief Executive Offi-
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cer shall promptly notify the applicant of the reasons 
for the rejection of the application. 
‘‘(4) RESUBMISSION AND RECONSIDERATION.— 
The Chief Executive Officer shall provide an appli-
cant notified of rejection with a reasonable oppor-
tunity to revise and resubmit the application. At the 
request of the applicant, the Chief Executive Officer 
shall provide technical assistance to the applicant as 
part of the resubmission process. The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall promptly reconsider an application 
resubmitted under this paragraph. 
‘‘(d) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—A State that re-
ceives a grant under this section may reserve up to 5 per-
cent of the grant funds for State-level activities, which 
may include— 
‘‘(1) hiring staff to administer the program car-
ried out under this part in the State; 
‘‘(2) providing technical assistance, including 
technical assistance concerning the professional de-
velopment and training of personnel, to eligible enti-
ties that receive subgrants under section 162A; 
‘‘(3) conducting outreach and dissemination of 
program-related information to ensure the broadest 
possible involvement of eligible entities and local eli-
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gible youth in the program carried out under this 
part; and 
‘‘(4)(A) conducting an evaluation of the 
projects carried out by eligible entities under this 
part; 
‘‘(B) using the results of the evaluation to col-
lect and compile information on best practices and 
models for such projects; and 
‘‘(C) disseminating widely the results of the 
evaluation. 
‘‘SEC. 162A. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
‘‘(a) SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under section 162 shall use the grant funds to 
award subgrants on a competitive basis to eligible 
entities to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 
carrying out community service projects. 
‘‘(2) PERIODS OF SUBGRANTS.—The State shall 
award the subgrants for periods of 3 years. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNTS
OF
SUBGRANTS.—The State 
shall award such a subgrant to an eligible entity for 
a project in a sum equal to— 
‘‘(A) the amount obtained by multiplying 
$500 and the number of youth who will partici-
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pate in the project (to be used for project ex-
penses); and 
‘‘(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer de-
cides to deposit funds for educational awards in 
the National Service Trust, as described in sec-
tion 162(a)(2)(B), an additional amount equal 
to the amount described in subparagraph (A) 
(to be used for educational awards). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
subgrant under this section for a project, an entity shall 
submit an application to the State Commission at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the State Commission may require, including information 
that— 
‘‘(1) designates the community in which the en-
tity will carry out the project, which community may 
be the service area of an elementary school or sec-
ondary school, a school district, a city, town, village, 
or other locality, a county, the area in which a pub-
lic housing project is located, a neighborhood, or an-
other geographically or politically designated area; 
‘‘(2) describes the manner in which the entity 
will— 
‘‘(A) engage a substantial portion of the 
youth in the designated community; 
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