In the Senate of the United States,
August 3 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2010) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Corpora-
tion for National Service, enhance opportunities for national
service, and provide national service educational awards to
persons participating in such service, and for other pur-
poses’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Na-
tional and Community 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.
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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.
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. Audits.
Sec. 122. Repeals.
Sec. 123. Effective date.
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION
Sec. 201. State Commissions on National and Community Service.
Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National and Community
Service and ACTION Agency.
Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice.
Sec. 204. Business plan.
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. 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.
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TITLE V—RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE
Sec. 501. Rural community service.
Sec. 502. Demonstration project.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT
Sec. 601. Federal Tort Claims Act.
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, and join together in posi-
tive experiences, that transcend race, religion, gender,
age, disability, region, income, and education.
‘‘(3) The rising costs of postsecondary 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-
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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 youth and young adults, can be empowered
through their service, and can help provide 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 race, religion, gender, age, disability, re-
gion, income, or education, to engage in full-time or
part-time national service;
‘‘(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplica-
tion in national service programs, support locally es-
tablished service initiatives, encourage private sector
investment and involvement in national service pro-
grams, and require measurable goals for performance
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in such programs and offer flexibility in meeting
those goals;
‘‘(6) empower residents of low-income commu-
nities, especially youth and young adults, through
their service, and help provide future community
leadership;
‘‘(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;
‘‘(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities
in which national service is performed;
‘‘(9) build ties among Americans that transcend
race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, income,
and education;
‘‘(10) encourage educational reform by introduc-
ing service-learning into curricula in elementary
schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher
education; and
‘‘(11) enable service participants to gain per-
sonal, academic, and occupational skills through serv-
ice-learning experiences.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
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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) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Subtitle C
of title I of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12541 et seq.) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘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.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Corporation may make
grants to States, subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, pub-
lic and private not-for-profit organizations (including labor
organizations and community action agencies), and insti-
tutions of higher education for the purpose of assisting the
recipients of the grants by paying for the Federal share of—
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‘‘(1) carrying out full- or part-time national
service programs, including summer programs, de-
scribed in section 122(a); and
‘‘(2) making grants in support of other national
service programs described in section 122(a) that are
carried out by other entities, or grants described in
section 129(d)(4).
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may enter
into a contract or cooperative agreement with another
Federal agency to support a national service program
carried out by the agency. The support provided by
the Corporation pursuant to the contract or coopera-
tive agreement may include the transfer to the Fed-
eral agency of funds available to the Corporation
under this subtitle.
‘‘(2) NONDUPLICATION.—A Federal agency that
enters into a contract or cooperative agreement under
paragraph (1) to support a national service program
within a State—
‘‘(A) shall consult with the State Commis-
sion serving the State to avoid duplication with
any service program that is in existence in the
State as of the date of the contract or cooperative
agreement; and
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‘‘(B) shall, in an appropriate case, enter
into a contract or cooperative agreement with an
entity that is carrying out a service program de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that is of high qual-
ity, in order to support the national service pro-
gram.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A Fed-
eral agency receiving assistance under this subsection
shall comply with the Federal share requirements of
section 129(d)(2)(B). The supplementation require-
ments specified in section 173 shall apply with re-
spect to the Federal national service programs sup-
ported with such assistance.
‘‘(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
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‘‘(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 (including indirect costs) in-
curred 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
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‘‘(ii) national service programs carried
out or supported with the assistance.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in
sections 129(d)(2)(B) and 140, the Federal share of
the cost of carrying out a national service program
that receives the assistance under subsection (a),
whether the assistance is provided directly or as a
subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance,
may not exceed 75 percent of such cost.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In providing for the re-
maining share of the cost of carrying out a na-
tional service program, the program—
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share
through a payment in cash or in kind, fair-
ly evaluated, including facilities, equip-
ment, or services; and
‘‘(ii) may provide for such share
through State sources, local sources, or other
Federal sources (other than the use of funds
made available under the national service
laws).
‘‘(B) COST OF HEALTH CARE.—In provid-
ing for such remaining share through a payment
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in cash, a national service program may count
not more than 85 percent of the cost of providing
health care policy described in section 140(d)(2)
toward such share.
‘‘(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
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through the use of organized teams of participants of
varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels,
capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
‘‘(2) A full-time youth corps program, carried
out during the summer or throughout the full cal-
endar year, such as a conservation corps or youth
service corps (including a conservation corps or youth
service corps that performs service on Federal or other
public lands or on Indian lands), that—
‘‘(A) undertakes meaningful service projects
with visible benefits to a community, including
natural resource, urban renovation, rural devel-
opment, 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, other eco-
nomically disadvantaged youths, and individuals
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
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‘‘(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) 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.
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mental, or public safety needs related to such
training.
‘‘(8) A professional corps program that recruits
and places qualified participants in positions—
‘‘(A) as teachers, nurses and other health
care providers, police officers, early childhood de-
velopment staff, engineers, or other professionals
providing service to meet educational, human,
environmental, or public safety needs in commu-
nities with an inadequate number of such profes-
sionals;
‘‘(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
not-for-profit employers who agree to pay 100
percent of the salaries and benefits (other than
any national service educational award under
subtitle D) of the participants.
‘‘(9) A program in which economically disadvan-
taged individuals who are between the ages of 16 and
24 years of age, inclusive, are provided with opportu-
nities to perform service that, while enabling such in-
dividuals to obtain the education and employment
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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 such adults in
designing 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 of a na-
tional service program described in any of para-
graphs (1) through (10), or in paragraph (12) or
(13).
‘‘(12) A program, to be known as a ‘Commu-
nities in Action program’, carried out by not-for-prof-
it organizations, including community action agen-
cies or combinations of such agencies, to provide op-
portunities for individuals or teams of individuals to
engage in local community projects that meet impor-
tant unaddressed community and individual needs in
low-income areas served by such a not-for-profit orga-
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nization, including service projects to meet the
unaddressed needs of economically disadvantaged
youth age 18 and younger (including providing safe
locations for after-school programs that provide op-
portunities for learning and recreation).
‘‘(13) 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 that
have extensive experience in developing and admin-
istering effective national service programs.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali-
fication criteria established by the Corporation under
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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, education, en-
vironmental, or public safety needs.
‘‘(c) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con-
centrate national efforts on meeting certain
unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and to achieve the other pur-
poses of this Act, the Corporation shall establish,
and after reviewing the strategic plan approved
under section 192A(g)(1), periodically alter pri-
orities as appropriate regarding the types of na-
tional service programs to be assisted under sub-
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section (b) or (d) of section 129 and the purposes
for which such assistance may be used.
‘‘(B) BY
STATES.—States shall establish,
and through the national service plan process de-
scribed in section 178(e)(1), periodically alter
priorities as appropriate regarding the national
service programs to be assisted under section
129(a)(1).
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall
provide to potential applicants advance notice of
any national service priorities to be in effect
under this subsection for a fiscal year.
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The notice shall specifi-
cally include—
‘‘(i) a description of any alteration
made in the priorities since the previous no-
tice; and
‘‘(ii) a description of the national serv-
ice programs that are designated by the
Corporation under section 133(d)(2) as eli-
gible for priority consideration in the next
competitive distribution of assistance under
section 121(a).
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‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall
by regulation establish procedures to ensure the
equitable treatment of national service programs
that—
‘‘(i) receive funding under this subtitle
for multiple years; and
‘‘(ii) would be adversely affected by an-
nual revisions in such national service pri-
orities.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—Any recipi-
ent 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 shall, in con-
ducting such a grant program, make reasonable ef-
forts to use any national service priorities established
by the Corporation under this subsection.
‘‘(d) EXISTING
PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, any program that received
financial assistance under subtitle C or D of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990, as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of this subsection, shall
be eligible to receive financial assistance under this subtitle
for a period of 30 months from the date of enactment of
this subsection.
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‘‘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 not-for-profit organization (including a
community action agency), 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.).
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‘‘(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,
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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
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‘‘(B) where programs do not exist, or are
too limited to meet community needs, as of the
date on which the Corporation makes the grant
or enters into the contract;
‘‘(2) promote leadership development in such
programs;
‘‘(3) 
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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,
where necessary, make appropriate technical assistance
available to States, Indian tribes, labor organizations, orga-
nizations operated by young adults, organizations serving
economically disadvantaged individuals, and other entities
described in section 121 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.—
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‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may make assistance available to assist a State
to establish or operate the State Commission on Na-
tional and Community Service required to be estab-
lished by the State under section 178.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—The amount of
assistance that may be provided to a State Commis-
sion under this subsection, together with other Federal
funds available to establish or operate the State Com-
mission, 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.
‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may un-
dertake activities, including activities carried out through
part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
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1973, to involve in disaster relief efforts youth corps pro-
grams described in section 122(a)(2) and other programs
that receive assistance under the national service laws.
‘‘(c) CHALLENGE GRANTS
FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may
make challenge grants under this subsection to
national service programs that receive assistance
under section 121.
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—The Corporation shall de-
velop criteria for the selection of recipients of
such challenge grants, so as to make the grants
widely available to a variety of programs that—
‘‘(i) are high-quality national service
programs; and
‘‘(ii) are carried out by entities with
demonstrated experience in establishing and
implementing projects that provide benefits
to participants and communities.
‘‘(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
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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) ALLOTMENT
OF
ASSISTANCE
TO
CERTAIN
STATES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—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 make a grant
under section 121(a) (and a corresponding allot-
ment of approved national service positions) to
each of the several States (through the State
Commission of the State), the District of Colum-
bia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that
has an application approved by the Corporation
under section 133.
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‘‘(B) ALLOTMENT
AMOUNTS.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (C), the amount allot-
ted as a grant to each such State under this
paragraph for a fiscal year shall be equal to—
‘‘(i) in the first fiscal year for which
funds 
are 
appropriated 
under 
section
501(a)(2), an amount that bears the same
ratio to 40 percent of the allocated funds for
such fiscal year;
‘‘(ii) in the second such fiscal year, an
amount that bears the same ratio to 45 per-
cent of the allocated funds for such fiscal
year; and
‘‘(iii) in the third such fiscal year, an
amount that bears the same ratio to 50 per-
cent of the allocated funds for such fiscal
year,
as the population of the State bears to the total
population of the several States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In no case shall any
State receive a grant under this paragraph for
a fiscal year in an amount that is less than 1⁄2
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of 1 percent of the allocated funds for the fiscal
year.
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT OF ASSISTANCE TO OTHER JU-
RISDICTIONS AND INDIAN TRIBES.—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 up to 1 percent
of the allocated funds for grants under section 121(a)
to Indian tribes, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands, to be allotted by the Corporation on a
competitive basis in accordance with their respective
needs. Palau shall also be eligible for a grant under
this paragraph from the reserved funds until such
time as the Compact of Free Association with Palau
is ratified.
‘‘(3) 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-
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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.—
‘‘(1) NUMBER RESERVED.—Except as provided
in paragraph (2), the Corporation shall ensure that
each individual selected during a fiscal year for as-
signment 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 Com-
munity Corps Demonstration Program under subtitle
E shall receive the national service educational award
described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the
eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for ap-
proved national service positions required by this
paragraph for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the
total funding for approved national service positions
for that fiscal year.
‘‘(2) TRANSITION.—The Corporation shall deter-
mine an equitable procedure for providing post-serv-
ice educational awards to individuals who are selected
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for assignment as described in paragraph (1) after the
date of enactment of this subtitle and before the effec-
tive date of section 203(c)(2) of the National and
Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
‘‘(c) RESERVATION FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—Sub-
ject to section 501(a)(2), of the funds allocated by the Cor-
poration for provision of assistance under subsections (a)
and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation
may reserve such amount as the Corporation considers to
be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance avail-
able under sections 125 and 126. The Corporation may not
reserve more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year for challenge
grants under section 126(c).
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REMAINING
FUNDS.—
‘‘(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 30
percent of the allocated funds in the first fiscal year
for which funds are appropriated under section
501(a)(2), not less than 271⁄2 percent of the allocated
funds in the second such fiscal year, and not less than
25 percent of the allocated funds in the third such fis-
cal year, to make grants to States (through the State
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Commissions) on a competitive basis under section
121(a).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
AGENCIES
AND
OTHER
APPLI-
CANTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall
distribute on a competitive basis to subdivisions
of States (through the State Commissions), In-
dian tribes, public and private not-for-profit or-
ganizations (including labor organizations and
community action agencies), institutions of high-
er education, and Federal agencies the remainder
of the funds allocated by the Corporation for pro-
vision of assistance under section 121 for a fiscal
year, after operation of paragraph (1) and sub-
sections (a) and (c).
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwithstanding
section 121(e), if a Federal agency proposes to
carry out a national service program using
funds made available under subparagraph (A),
and the Federal agency is authorized to use
funds made available under Federal law (other
than the national service laws) to carry out such
a program, the Federal share attributable to this
paragraph of the cost of carrying out the na-
tional service program shall be 50 percent of
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such cost. The President may by regulation
specify the sources that may be used by the Fed-
eral agency to provide for the remaining share of
such cost.
‘‘(C) FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—The Corpora-
tion may not distribute more than 30 percent of
such remainder to Federal agencies for a fiscal
year under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS.—The Corporation shall
limit the categories of eligible applicants for as-
sistance under this paragraph consistent with
the priorities established by the Corporation
under section 133(d)(2).
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In distributing the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance
under section 121 for a fiscal year, after operation of
subsections (a) and (c) and after using the appro-
priate percentage of such funds, as described in para-
graph (1), to make grants under paragraph (1), in
determining whether to—
‘‘(A) use an additional portion of the funds
to make a grant under paragraph (1) to a State
applicant; or
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, such applica-
tion shall contain—
‘‘(A) a description of the demonstration
program proposed to be conducted by the appli-
cant;
‘‘(B) a proposal for carrying out the pro-
gram that describes the manner in which the ap-
plicant will—
‘‘(i) provide preservice and inservice
training, for supervisors and participants,
that will be conducted by qualified individ-
uals or qualified organizations;
‘‘(ii) conduct an appropriate evalua-
tion of the program; and
‘‘(iii) provide for appropriate commu-
nity involvement in the program;
‘‘(C) information indicating the duration of
the program; and
‘‘(D) an assurance that the applicant will
comply 
with 
the 
nonduplication 
and
nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and
the grievance procedure requirements of section
176(f).
‘‘(g) LIMITATION
ON GRANT.—In making a grant
under subsection (c) with respect to a demonstration pro-