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TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $4,994,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 
4950 et seq.) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
$768,905,000, of which $313,054,000 is to carry out the 
1973 Act and $455,851,000 is to carry out the 1990 Act: 
Provided, That up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant appli-
cation reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers 
and electronic management of the grants cycle: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading for activities authorized by section 122 and part 
E (42 U.S.C. 5028 et seq.) of title II of the 1973 Act 
shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incen-
tives to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes ex-
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ceed 125 percent of the national poverty level: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding subtitle H of title I of the 
1990 Act (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), none of the funds 
provided for quality and innovation activities shall be used 
to support salaries and related expenses (including travel) 
attributable to Corporation for National and Community 
Service employees: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) $122,521,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be transferred to the National 
Service Trust for educational awards authorized under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That 
in addition to these funds, the Corporation may transfer 
funds from the amount provided for AmeriCorps grants 
under the National Service Trust Program, to the Na-
tional Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title 
I of the 1990 Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), upon deter-
mination that such transfer is necessary to support the 
activities of national service participants and after notice 
is transmitted to the Congress; (2) not more than 
$55,000,000 of funding provided for grants under the Na-
tional Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C 
of title I of the 1990 Act may be used to administer, reim-
burse, or support any national service program authorized 
under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12571(d)(2)); (3) $37,125,000, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2009, shall be for service-learning pro-
grams authorized under subtitle B of title I of the 1990 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.); and (4) $12,000,000 shall 
be to provide assistance to State commissions on national 
and community service, under 126(a) of the 1990 Act (42 
U.S.C. 12576(a)) and notwithstanding 501(a)(4) of the 
1990 Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(4)). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681 (a)(4)) and under 
section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5084(a)), including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
the employment of experts and consultants authorized 
under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and 
not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $68,964,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $5,512,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na-
tional service education awards shall mean any loan deter-
mined by an institution of higher education to be nec-
essary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such in-
stitution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a 
student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings 
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604 (b)(7)). 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12581(d)(5)(B)) to assist entities in placing appli-
cants who are individuals with disabilities may be provided 
to any entity that receives a grant under section 121 of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571). 
SEC. 403. The Inspector General of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service shall conduct ran-
dom audits of the grantees that administer activities under 
the AmeriCorps programs and shall levy sanctions in ac-
cordance with standard Inspector General audit resolution 
procedures which include, but are not limited to, debar-
ment of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity 
with substantially the same person or persons in control) 
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that has been determined to have committed any substan-
tial violation of the requirements of the AmeriCorps pro-
grams, including any grantee that has been determined 
to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds to 
lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused 
funds from any grantee that has been determined to have 
committed any substantial violation of the requirements 
of the AmeriCorps programs. 
SEC. 404. The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service shall make any significant changes to pro-
gram requirements or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2008, during 
any grant selection process, an officer or employee of the 
Corporation shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant 
selection information regarding such selection, directly or 
indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee 
of the Corporation that is authorized by the Corporation 
to receive such information. 
SEC. 405. Professional Corps programs described in 
section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)(8)) may apply to the 
Corporation for a waiver of application of section 
140(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 12594(c)(2)). 
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