I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5563 
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2008 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. PLATTS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HOLT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SESTAK, and 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 
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 
‘‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education 
Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
ACT OF 1990 
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Sec. 1001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
Sec. 1101. Purposes; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Service-Learning) 
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 
Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation 
costs. 
Sec. 1302. E–Corps and technical amendments to types of programs. 
Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 
Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants. 
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible entities. 
Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 
Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 
Sec. 1308A. National service program assistance requirements. 
Sec. 1309. Consideration of applications. 
Sec. 1310. Description of participants. 
Sec. 1311. Selection of national service participants. 
Sec. 1312. Terms of service. 
Sec. 1313. Adjustments to living allowance. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision 
of National Service Educational Awards) 
Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service Trust. 
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award 
from the Trust. 
Sec. 1403. Determination of the amount of national service educational awards. 
Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards. 
Sec. 1405. Process of approval of national service positions. 
Sec. 1406. Report on veterans serving in approved national service positions. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Program components. 
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 
Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 
Sec. 1505. Team leaders. 
Sec. 1506. Training. 
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 
Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority. 
Sec. 1511. Other departments. 
Sec. 1512. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 1513. Annual evaluation. 
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Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation. 
Sec. 1515. Definitions. 
Sec. 1516. Terminology. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds. 
Sec. 1603. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints. 
Sec. 1605. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability. 
Sec. 1607. Technical amendment. 
Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools. 
Sec. 1609. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 
Community Service) 
Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 
Sec. 1703. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
Sec. 1704. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 
Sec. 1705. Donated services. 
Sec. 1706. Office of Outreach and Recruitment. 
Sec. 1707. Study to examine and increase service programs for veterans and 
veterans participation in programs under the national service 
laws and to develop pilot program. 
Sec. 1708. Coordination with veterans organizations serving veterans with dis-
abilities. 
Sec. 1709. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced work-
ers in services corps and community service and to develop 
pilot program planning study. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 
Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H. 
Sec. 1802. Repeals. 
Sec. 1803. Innovative and model program support. 
Sec. 1804. Clearinghouses. 
Subtitle I—Energy Conservation Corps 
Sec. 1811. General authority. 
Sec. 1812. Application. 
Sec. 1813. Focus of programs. 
Sec. 1814. Training and education services. 
Sec. 1815. Preference for certain projects. 
Sec. 1816. Participants. 
Sec. 1817. Use of volunteers. 
Sec. 1818. Cooperation among States for emergency response. 
Sec. 1819. Federal share. 
Sec. 1820. Best practices. 
Sec. 1820A. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1820B. Learn and Serve America. 
Sec. 1820C. National Senior Service Corps. 
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Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 
Subtitle K—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 
Sec. 1831. Repeal. 
Subtitle L—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE ACT OF 1973 
Sec. 2001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Antipoverty 
Programs) 
Sec. 2101. Purpose. 
Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program. 
Sec. 2103. Applications. 
Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance. 
Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service. 
Sec. 2106. Support Service. 
Sec. 2107. Sections repealed. 
Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 2109. Financial assistance. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II (National Senior Volunteer Corps) 
Sec. 2201. Change in name. 
Sec. 2202. Purpose. 
Sec. 2203. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 
Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants. 
Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants. 
Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 
Sec. 2207. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance. 
Sec. 2209. Additional provisions. 
Sec. 2210. Authority of Director. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV (Administration and Coordination) 
Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement. 
Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures. 
Sec. 2303. Definitions. 
Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 2401. Authorization of appropriations for VISTA and other purposes. 
Sec. 2402. Authorization of appropriations for National Senior Service Corps. 
Sec. 2403. Administration and coordination. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 
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TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 4101. Table of contents for the National and Community Service Act of 
1990. 
Sec. 4102. Table of contents for the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 
TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 5101. Effective date. 
Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 
TITLE VI—CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON CIVIC SERVICE 
Sec. 6101. Short title. 
Sec. 6102. Findings. 
Sec. 6103. Establishment. 
Sec. 6104. Duties. 
Sec. 6105. Membership. 
Sec. 6106. Director and Staff of Commission; Experts and Consultants. 
Sec. 6107. Powers of Commission. 
Sec. 6108. Reports. 
Sec. 6109. Termination. 
TITLE VII—SENSE OF CONGRESS 
Sec. 7101. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE VIII—SENSE OF CONGRESS 
Sec. 8101. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NA-
TIONAL 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990 
SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
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Subtitle A—Amendments to 
Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community 
throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 
throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in-
come,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘exist-
ing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and commu-
nities’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) expand and strengthen service-learning 
programs through year-round opportunities, includ-
ing during the summer months, to improve the edu-
cation of children and youth and to maximize the 
benefits of national and community service, in order 
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to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 
spirit of community to children and youth through-
out the United States; 
‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening 
Federal and other citizen service opportunities, in-
cluding opportunities for participation in emergency 
and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 
‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for our Na-
tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu-
nities for those retiring from the science, technical, 
engineering, and mathematics professions to improve 
the education of our Nation’s youth and keep Amer-
ica competitive in the global knowledge economy, 
and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and 
skills of older Americans; 
‘‘(12) encourage the continued service of the 
alumni of the national service programs, including 
service in times of national need; and 
‘‘(13) encourage members of the Baby Boom 
generation to partake in service opportunities.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Act is amended by 
inserting after section 2 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the number of par-
ticipants in the AmeriCorps programs, including the Vol-
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unteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the National 
Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow to reach 
100,000 participants by 2012.’’. 
SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating— 
(A) paragraphs (21) through (29) as para-
graphs (28) through (36), respectively; 
(B) paragraphs (9) through (20) as para-
graphs (15) through (26), respectively; 
(C) paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
(10) and (11), respectively; and 
(D) paragraphs (3) through (6) as para-
graphs (5) through (8), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) APPROVED
SUMMER
OF
SERVICE
POSI-
TION.—The term ‘approved summer of service posi-
tion’ means a position in a program described under 
section 118(c)(8) for which the Corporation has ap-
proved the provision of a summer of service edu-
cational award as one of the benefits to be provided 
for successful service in the position. 
‘‘(4) BABY
BOOM
GENERATION.—The term 
‘Baby Boom generation’ means the generation that 
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consists of individuals born during the period begin-
ning with 1946 and ending with 1964.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘church or other’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis-
advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco-
nomically disadvantaged and one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, includ-
ing out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 
‘‘(B) Who are in or aging out of foster 
care. 
‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run 
away from home. 
‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school with-
out a diploma. 
‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or 
at risk of delinquency.’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
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‘‘(12) 
GRANTMAKING
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘grantmaking entity’ means a public or private non-
profit organization that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with service-learning 
or with meeting unmet human, educational, en-
vironmental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(B) was in existence at least one year be-
fore the date on which the organization sub-
mitted an application under the national service 
laws; and 
‘‘(C) meets other such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(13) HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 502(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or 
university’ means a part B institution, as defined in 
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).’’; 
(7) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 101(a) and 
102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 
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(8) in paragraph (23)(B) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘program in which the participant is en-
rolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization receiving assist-
ance under the national service laws through which 
the participant is enrolled in an approved national 
service position’’; 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (26) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(27) QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 
nonprofit organization with experience working with 
school-age youth that meets such criteria as the 
Chief Executive Officer may establish.’’; 
(10) in paragraph (28)(B) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting 
‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting 
‘‘1401(3)’’; and 
(11) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(37) TRIBALLY
CONTROLLED
COLLEGE
OR 
UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college 
or university’ has the meaning given in section 2 of 
the Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).’’. 
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Subtitle B—Amendments to 
Subtitle B (Service-Learning) 
SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 
Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et 
seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND 
INDIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State 
educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay 
for the Federal share of— 
‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within 
the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement 
service-learning programs that are based principally 
in elementary and secondary schools, including— 
‘‘(A) providing training for teachers, su-
pervisors, personnel from community-based 
agencies (particularly with regard to the re-
cruitment, utilization, and management of par-
ticipants), and trainers, to be conducted by 
qualified individuals or organizations that have 
experience with service-learning; 
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‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, 
consistent with State or local academic content 
standards, to be integrated into academic pro-
grams, including an age-appropriate learning 
component that provides participants an oppor-
tunity to analyze and apply their service experi-
ences; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described 
in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based 
service-learning programs in accordance with 
this part; 
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re-
search and evaluation of the educational value 
of service-learning and the effect of service- 
learning activities on communities; 
‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and 
dissemination of information to ensure the 
broadest possible involvement of community- 
based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness 
in working with school-age youth in their com-
munities; and 
‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and 
dissemination of information to ensure the 
broadest 
possible 
participation 
of 
schools 
throughout the State, with particular attention 
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to schools identified for school improvement 
under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding 
school-based service-learning programs, which may 
include paying for the cost of the recruitment, train-
ing, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of 
service-learning coordinators, through distribution of 
Federal funds by State educational agencies, Terri-
tories, and Indian tribes made available under this 
part to projects operated by local partnerships 
among— 
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 
‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that— 
‘‘(i) shall include a public or private 
nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 
in the provision of services to meet 
unmet human, education, environ-
mental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(II) will make projects available 
for participants, who shall be stu-
dents; and 
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‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 
year before the date on which the or-
ganization submitted an application 
under section 113; and 
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit 
business, private elementary or secondary 
school, or Indian tribe (except that an In-
dian tribe distributing funds to a project 
under this paragraph is not eligible to be 
part of the partnership operating that 
project); 
‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning 
programs, through distribution by State educational 
agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 
funds made available under this part to local edu-
cational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning 
may include paying for the cost of— 
‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service- 
learning coordinators; or 
‘‘(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, 
and placement of service-learning coordinators 
who may be participants in a program under 
subtitle C or receive a national service edu-
cational award under subtitle D, who may be 
participants in a project under section 201 of 
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the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a 
Youthbuild program under section 173A of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2918a), 
who will identify the community partners described 
in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im-
plementation of a program described in paragraph 
(2); and 
‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding 
school-based service-learning programs to utilize 
adult volunteers in service-learning to improve the 
education of students, through distribution by State 
educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes 
of Federal funds made available under this part to— 
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian 
tribe distributing funds under this paragraph is 
not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); 
‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions; or 
‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 
educational agencies and entities described in 
subparagraph (B) or (C). 
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‘‘(b) PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGE-
MENT IN SERVICE LEARNING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated 
under section 501(a)(1), and without regard to sec-
tion 112(b), the Corporation shall reserve up to 3 
percent for competitive grants to partnerships de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) for the development of 
service-learning programs that promote greater civic 
engagement among elementary and secondary school 
students. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, a partnership shall sub-
mit an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Corporation 
may require. 
‘‘(3) 
ACTIVITIES.—Partnerships 
receiving 
grants under this subsection shall use funds to de-
velop service-learning curricula that— 
‘‘(A) promote a better understanding of 
the principles of the Constitution of the United 
States, the heroes of American history (includ-
ing military heroes), and the meaning of the 
Oath of Allegiance; 
‘‘(B) promote a better understanding of 
how the Nation’s government functions; and 
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‘‘(C) promote a better understanding of 
the importance of service in the Nation’s char-
acter. 
‘‘(c) 
DUTIES
OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
COORDI-
NATOR.—A service-learning coordinator referred to in 
paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) shall provide 
services that may include— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa-
tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and 
assisting in the planning, development, execution, 
and evaluation of service-learning in their class-
rooms; 
‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 
subsection (a) in the planning, development, and 
execution of service-learning projects, including sum-
mer of service programs; and 
‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the re-
cipient of assistance under this part may determine 
to be appropriate. 
‘‘(d) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives 
financial assistance under this part may, in carrying out 
the activities described in subsection (a), use such assist-
ance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs re-
lated to the supervision of participants, program adminis-
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tration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for 
other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 
‘‘SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES
AND TERRITORIES.—Of the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less 
than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments 
to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 
respective needs. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserv-
ing the amount under subsection (a), the Corporation shall 
use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 
this part for any fiscal year as follows: 
‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 per-
cent of such remainder, the Corporation shall 
allot to each State an amount that bears the 
same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as 
the number of school-age youth in the State 
bears to the total number of school-age youth of 
all States. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
UNDER
ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 
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From 50 percent of such remainder, the Cor-
poration shall allot to each State an amount 
that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such 
remainder as the allocation to the State for the 
previous fiscal year under title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or its successor authority 
bears to such allocations to all States. 
‘‘(2) 
DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
101, for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ 
means each of the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines 
that the allotment of a State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
under this section will not be required for a fiscal year 
because the State, Territory, or Indian tribe did not sub-
mit and receive approval of an application for the allot-
ment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the 
allotment for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe avail-
able for grants to grantmaking entities to carry out serv-
ice-learning programs as described in section 111(a) in 
such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After grantmaking 
entities apply for the allotment with an application at such 
time and in such manner as the Corporation requires and 
receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be 
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available for reallotment to such other States, Territories, 
or Indian tribes with approved applications submitted 
under section 113 as the Corporation may determine to 
be appropriate. 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for 
which amounts appropriated for this part exceed 
$43,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as de-
fined in section 112(b)(2)) under this section shall be 
$65,000. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot-
ment under section 112, a State, acting through the State 
educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall pre-
pare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, 
an application at such time and in such manner as the 
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment 
under this part shall include— 
‘‘(1) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting 
service-learning, which shall contain such informa-
tion as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 
require, including how the applicant will integrate 
service opportunities into the academic program of 
the participants; 
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‘‘(2) information about the criteria the State 
educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe will 
use to evaluate and grant approval to applications 
submitted under subsection (c), including an assur-
ance that the State educational agency, Territory, or 
Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in sec-
tion 114(a); 
‘‘(3) information about the applicant’s efforts 
to— 
‘‘(A) ensure that students of different 
ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, 
and economic backgrounds have opportunities 
to serve together; 
‘‘(B) include any opportunities for students 
enrolled in schools or other programs of edu-
cation providing elementary or secondary edu-
cation to participate in service-learning pro-
grams and ensure that such service-learning 
programs include opportunities for such stu-
dents to serve together; 
‘‘(C) involve participants in the design and 
operation of the program; 
‘‘(D) promote service-learning in areas of 
greatest need, including low-income or rural 
areas; and 
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‘‘(E) otherwise integrate service opportuni-
ties into the academic program of the partici-
pants; and 
‘‘(4) assurances that the applicant will comply 
with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re-
quirements of section 177 and the grievance proce-
dures required by section 176. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR IN-
DIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT 
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, 
Territory, local educational agency, for-profit 
business, private elementary, middle, or sec-
ondary school, or institution of higher education 
that desires to receive financial assistance 
under this subpart from a State, Territory, or 
Indian tribe for an activity described in section 
111(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) partnership described in section 
111(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or 
grantmaking 
entity 
described 
in 
section 
111(a)(2); 
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‘‘(C) entity described in section 111(a)(3) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a 
State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 
described in such section; 
‘‘(D) partnership described in section 
111(a)(4) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an 
activity described in such section; and 
‘‘(E) agency or partnership described in 
section 118(c)(8) that desires to receive such 
assistance, or approved summer of service posi-
tions, from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
for an activity described in such section to be 
carried out through a service-learning program 
described in section 111, 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agen-
cy, Territory, grantmaking entity, or Indian tribe, 
and obtain approval of, an application for the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be 
submitted at such time and in such manner, and 
shall contain such information, as the agency, Terri-
tory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 
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‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applica-
tions under this part, the Corporation shall give priority 
to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involve-
ment of disadvantaged youth, and quality of programs, as 
well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive Offi-
cer. 
‘‘(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corpora-
tion rejects an application submitted by a State, Territory, 
or Indian tribe under section 113 for an allotment, the 
Corporation shall promptly notify the State, Territory, or 
Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the applica-
tion. The Corporation shall provide the State, Territory, 
or Indian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and 
resubmit the application and shall provide technical assist-
ance, if needed, to the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall 
promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 
‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 
FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the 
number of students in the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
or in the school district of the local educational agency 
involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 
and secondary schools, such State, Territory, Indian tribe, 
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7883 and 7884). 
‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a program for which assistance 
is provided under this part— 
‘‘(A) for new grants, may not exceed 80 
percent of the total cost for the first year of the 
grant, 65 percent for the second year, and 50 
percent for each remaining year; and 
‘‘(B) for continuing grants, may not exceed 
50 percent of the total cost of the program. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In pro-
viding for the remaining share of the cost of car-
rying out such a program, each recipient of assist-
ance under this part— 
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 
a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
including facilities, equipment, or services; and 
‘‘(B) may provide for such share through 
State sources or local sources, including private 
funds or donated services. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in 
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part with respect to any such program for any fiscal 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. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assist-
ance received by an applicant in a fiscal year may be used 
to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corpora-
tion may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by— 
‘‘(1) the original recipient; or 
‘‘(2) the entity carrying out the service-learning 
program supported with the assistance.’’. 
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 
Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesignated as 
section 117 and amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘com-
munity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through 
service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
sortia’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) may coordinate with service-learning 
curricula being offered in the academic cur-
ricula at the institution of higher education or 
at one or more members of the consortia;’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, 
secondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and in-
serting ‘‘institutions of higher education and 
their faculty’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘edu-
cation of the institution; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the 
instructional capacity of service-learning at the 
elementary and secondary levels;’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) including service-learning as a key 
component of the health professionals curricula, 
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including nursing, pre-medicine, medicine, and 
dentistry curricula of the institution; 
‘‘(C) including service-learning as a key 
component of the criminal justice professionals 
curricula of the institution; 
‘‘(D) including service-learning as a key 
component of the public policy and public ad-
ministration curricula of the institution; and’’; 
(4) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 
(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as (i); and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to 
applications submitted by predominantly Black institu-
tions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, His-
panic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and community colleges serving predominantly mi-
nority populations. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a program for which 
assistance is provided under this part may not 
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exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
providing for the remaining share of the cost of 
carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
a grant under this part— 
‘‘(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 or local sources, in-
cluding private funds or donated services. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in 
whole or in part with respect to any such program 
for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 
that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack 
of available financial resources at the local level. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter 
into a contract under this part, an applicant shall 
prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain ap-
proval of, an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information and assurances 
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as the Corporation may reasonably require. In re-
questing applications for assistance under this part, 
the Corporation shall specify such required informa-
tion and assurances. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) assurances that— 
‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic-
ipant, the applicant will consult with the 
appropriate local labor organization, if any, 
representing employees in the area who are 
engaged in the same or similar work as 
that proposed to be carried out by such 
program, to prevent the displacement and 
protect the rights of such employees; and 
‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
provisions of section 177 and the grievance 
procedures required by section 176; and 
‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief 
Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants and entering into 
contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give 
priority to applicants or institutions that submit applica-
tions containing proposals that— 
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‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif-
ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the 
institution; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 
development of the proposal; 
‘‘(6) describe research on effective strategies 
and methods to improve service utilized in the design 
of the project; 
‘‘(7) specify that the institution will use such 
assistance to strengthen the service infrastructure in 
institutions of higher education; or 
‘‘(8) with respect to projects involving delivery 
of services, specify projects that involve leadership 
development of school aged youth. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as 
used in this part, the term ‘student’ means an individual 
who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 
a full- or part-time basis. 
‘‘(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as-
sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 
must demonstrate that it meets the minimum require-
ments under section 443(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(B)) relating to 
the participation of Federal Work-Study students in com-
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munity service activities, or has received a waiver of those 
requirements from the Secretary of Education.’’. 
SEC. 1203. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is fur-
ther amended by adding after part II the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE SERVICE–LEARNING 
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 
‘‘SEC. 118. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARN-
ING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation 
may make grants and fixed amount grants under sub-
section (f) with eligible entities for activities described in 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this part, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State edu-
cation agency, a State commission, a Territory, an Indian 
tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public or 
private nonprofit organization (including grant-making 
entities), a public or private elementary or secondary 
school, a local educational agency, or a consortia of such 
entities, where a consortia of two or more such entities 
may also include a for-profit organization. 
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‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this 
part may be used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into 
the science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, sec-
ondary, or post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate 
levels in coordination with practicing or retired 
STEM professionals; 
‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro-
grams focusing on energy conservation in their com-
munity, including conducting educational outreach 
on energy conservation and working to improve en-
ergy efficiency in low income housing and in public 
spaces; 
‘‘(3) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects in emergency and disaster preparedness; 
‘‘(4) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects aimed at improving access to and obtaining 
the benefits from computers and other emerging 
technologies, including in low income or rural com-
munities, in senior centers and communities, in 
schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces; 
‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men-
toring of middle school youth while involving all par-
ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 
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human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 
emergency disaster preparedness needs in their com-
munity; 
‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on serv-
ice-learning, including service-learning in middle 
schools, and disseminate such research and evalua-
tions widely; 
‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 
as described in section 111(a); 
‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service 
programs during the summer months, including the 
cost of recruitment, training, and placement of serv-
ice-learning coordinators— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any 
grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the 
end of the summer concerned; 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning 
projects that— 
‘‘(i) shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental (including en-
ergy conservation and stewardship), 
emergency and disaster preparedness, 
and public service needs; and 
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‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su-
pervised, and designed to produce 
identifiable improvements to the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca-
demic year service-learning programs into 
the summer months; 
‘‘(C) under which any student who com-
pletes 100 hours of service in an approved sum-
mer of service position, as certified through a 
process determined by the Corporation through 
regulations consistent with section 138(f), shall 
be eligible for a summer of service educational 
award of not more than $500 (or, at the discre-
tion of the Chief Executive Officer, not more 
than $1,000 in the case of a participant who is 
economically disadvantaged) from funds depos-
ited in the National Service Trust and distrib-
uted by the Corporation as described in section 
148; and 
‘‘(D) subject to the limitation that a stu-
dent may not receive more than 2 summer of 
service educational awards from funds deposited 
in the National Service Trust; and 
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‘‘(9) carry out any other innovative service- 
learning programs or research that the Corporation 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs 
that— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stake-
holders in the design and implementation of the 
service-learning program; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in 
low-income or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping 
the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the 
planning and implementation of the service-learning 
programs. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund-
ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 
of three years, including one planning year and two 
additional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos-
sible, if the program meets performance measures 
developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 
other criteria determined by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) 
COLLABORATION
ENCOURAGED.—Each 
program funded under this part is encouraged to 
collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, 
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AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Serv-
ice Corps. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 
program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis-
seminate the results to the service community 
through multiple channels, including the Corpora-
tion’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effec-
tive strategies and recommendations for improve-
ment. 
‘‘(f) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), and subject to the limitations in this subsection, 
the Corporation may, upon making a determination 
described in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount 
grant that is not subject to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget cost principles and related finan-
cial recordkeeping requirements. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a 
fixed amount grant, the Corporation must determine 
that— 
‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of 
carrying out the terms of the grant significantly 
exceed the amount of assistance provided by the 
Corporation; or 
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‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the 
grant, any assistance provided by the Corpora-
tion can be reasonably presumed to be expended 
on reasonable and necessary costs. 
‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a program for which a 
grant is made under this part may not exceed 
75 percent of the total cost of the program in 
the first year of the grant and 50 percent of the 
total cost of the program in the remaining 
years of the grant, including if the grant is ex-
tended for a fourth year. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
providing for the remaining share of the cost of 
carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
a grant under this part— 
‘‘(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 or local sources, in-
cluding private funds or donated services. 
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‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 
program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit 
to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require.’’. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Sub-
title C (National Service Trust 
Program) 
SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of 
States,’’ the following: ‘‘Territories,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREE-
MENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘RESTRICTIONS
ON AGREEMENTS WITH 
FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘by the agency.’’ and inserting ‘‘by the 
agency, including programs under the Pub-
lic Lands Corps and Urban Youth Corps 
as described in section 122(a)(2).’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora-
tion may not provide a grant under this section to 
a Federal agency.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance 
under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘op-
erating a national service program’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘using such assist-
ance’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be 
provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise 
approved’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal share of the 
cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of 
the cost, including member living allow-
ances, employment-related taxes, health 
care coverage, and worker’s compensation 
and other necessary operation costs,’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘may not exceed 75 
percent of such cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘may 
not exceed—’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) for the first three years in which the 
recipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the fourth through ninth years in 
which the recipient receives such assistance, a 
decreasing share of such cost between 76 per-
cent and 50 percent, as established by the Cor-
poration in regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 50 percent of such cost.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR 
PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY 
DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 
Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, in-
cluding member living allowances, employment-re-
lated taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s com-
pensation, of carrying out a national service pro-
gram that receives assistance under subsection (a) 
and that is located in a rural or severely economi-
cally distressed community may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) for the first six years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years 
in which the recipient receives such assistance, 
a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 
65 percent as established by the Corporation in 
regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 
in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘other 
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Federal sources’’ the following: ‘‘including 
funds authorized under Youthbuild (section 
173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2918a))’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 
assistance under section 121 shall report to the 
Corporation the amount and source of any Fed-
eral funds used to carry out the program other 
than those provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Cor-
poration shall report to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on an an-
nual basis information regarding each recipient 
that uses Federal funds other than those pro-
vided by the Corporation to carry out the pro-
gram, including amounts and sources of other 
Federal funds.’’. 
SEC. 1302. E–CORPS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO 
TYPES OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘including’’ and all that follows through 
the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘in-
cluding projects involving urban renewal, 
sustaining natural resources, or improving 
human services;’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘and at least 50 
percent of whom are’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by insert-
ing ‘‘, including mentoring’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(D) students participating in service- 
learning programs at an institution of higher 
education.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
including elementary and secondary education, 
and other professions such as those in health 
care, criminal justice, environmental steward-
ship and conservation, or public safety’’ before 
the semicolon; 
(E) in paragraph (8)(C), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’; 
(F) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 24’’ and inserting ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 25’’; 
(G) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘gifted 
young adults’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘school-age 
youth and young adults of all backgrounds, in-
cluding gifted youth, along with established suc-
cessful entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and 
professions from the community in which the 
program exists to— 
‘‘(A) train the participants in utilizing 
problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and commu-
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nication skills to design solutions to community 
problems; and 
‘‘(B) collaborate with stakeholders in the 
communities to implement the solutions devised 
by the participants in subparagraph (A).’’; 
(H) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking 
‘‘learning and recreation’’ and inserting ‘‘learn-
ing, recreation, and mentoring’’; 
(I) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and to 
combat rural poverty, including’’ and inserting 
‘‘, including the issues of rural poverty,’’; 
(J) by redesignating paragraph (15) as 
paragraph (19); and 
(K) by inserting after paragraph (14) the 
following: 
‘‘(15) An E–Corps program that involves par-
ticipants who provide services in a community by de-
veloping and assisting in carrying out technology 
programs which seek to increase access to tech-
nology and the benefits thereof in such community. 
‘‘(16) A program that engages citizens in public 
safety, public health, and emergency and disaster 
preparedness, and may include the recruitment and 
placing of qualified participants in positions to be 
trainees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
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search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical 
service workers, and may engage Federal, State, and 
local stakeholders in collaboration to organize more 
effective responses to issues of public safety and 
public health, emergencies, and disasters. 
‘‘(17) A program, initiative, or partnership that 
seeks to expand the number of mentors for youths 
(including by recruiting high-school and college-aged 
individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), in-
cluding mentors for disadvantaged youths, either 
through provision of direct mentoring services, provi-
sion of supportive services to direct mentoring serv-
ice organizations (in the case of a partnership), or 
through the creative utilization of current and 
emerging technologies to connect youth with men-
tors. 
‘‘(18) A program that has the primary purpose 
of re-engaging court-involved youth and adults with 
the goal of reducing recidivism.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
(c) and (d), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS 
OF VETERANS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated 
under section 501(a)(2), the Corporation shall re-
serve up to 3 percent for competitive grants to eligi-
ble recipients under subsection (a) for the develop-
ment, either directly or through subgrants to other 
entities, of innovative initiatives to address the 
unique needs of veterans. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an entity described in 
paragraph (1) shall submit an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Corporation may require. 
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—Entities receiving grants 
under this subsection shall use funds to develop ini-
tiatives that— 
‘‘(A) recruit veterans, particularly return-
ing veterans, into service opportunities; 
‘‘(B) promote community-based efforts to 
meet the unique needs of military families while 
a member of the family is deployed; and 
‘‘(C) promote community-based efforts to 
meet the unique needs of military families when 
a member of the family returns from a deploy-
ment.’’; 
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(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in 
paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘out-of-school 
youths,’’ the following: ‘‘disadvantaged youths,’’; 
(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (d) of’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY FOR VETERANS.—Priorities 
established under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
shall include priorities for programs that— 
‘‘(i) recruit veterans, particularly re-
turning veterans, into service opportuni-
ties; 
‘‘(ii) promote community-based efforts 
to meet the unique needs of military fami-
lies while a member of the family is de-
ployed; and 
‘‘(iii) promote community-based ef-
forts to meet the unique needs of military 
families when a member of the family re-
turns from a deployment.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each 
recipient of assistance under the national service 
laws that operates a tutoring program involving ele-
mentary or secondary school students certifies that 
individuals serving in approved national service posi-
tions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) either— 
‘‘(i) obtained their high school di-
ploma; or 
‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test dem-
onstrating that such individuals have the 
skills necessary to achieve program goals; 
and 
‘‘(B) have successfully completed pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para-
graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 
an approved national service position who is enrolled 
in an elementary or secondary school and is pro-
viding tutoring services through a structured, school- 
managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.— 
Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 
national service laws shall— 
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‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re-
search-based, and consistent with the State aca-
demic content standards required by section 1111 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional pro-
gram of the local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(g) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall 
establish requirements for recipients of assistance under 
the national service laws relating to the promotion of citi-
zenship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the 
principles on which citizenship programs administered by 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based, 
among individuals enrolled in approved national service 
positions and approved summer of service positions.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘sub-
division of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
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SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING 
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 1257) is repealed. 
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL-
LENGE GRANTS. 
Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$125,000 
and 
$750,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$200,000 and $825,000’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making 
grants to a State under this subsection, the Cor-
poration shall require the State to provide matching 
funds of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 
provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(3) 
ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 
State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 
Commission to use an alternative match as follows: 
‘‘(A) 
FIRST
$100,000.—For 
the 
first 
$100,000 of grant amounts provided by the 
Corporation, a State shall not be required to 
provide matching funds. 
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‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 
not exceeding $200,000 provided by the Cor-
poration, a State shall provide $1 from non- 
Federal sources for every $2 provided by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $200,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $200,000 pro-
vided by the Corporation, a State shall provide 
$1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro-
vided by the Corporation.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na-
tional service programs that receive assistance 
under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 
supported under the national service laws’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 
grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini-
tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist-
ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 
from private sources by the program supported 
under the national service laws in excess of amounts 
required to be provided by the program to satisfy 
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matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year 
grant period, grants under this subsection may pro-
vide not more than $1 of assistance for each $2 in 
cash raised from private sources by the program in 
excess of amounts required to be provided by the 
program to satisfy matching funds requirements. 
The Corporation may permit the use of local or 
State funds as matching funds if the Corporation 
determines that such use would be equitable due to 
a lack of available private funds at the local level. 
The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the 
amount of assistance that may be provided to a na-
tional service program under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 
OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) 1–PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI-
TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants 
to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
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Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an applica-
tion submitted under section 130. The amount allotted as 
a grant to each such Territory under this subsection 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 bears to the 
total population of such Territories. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT
FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 
funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assist-
ance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corpora-
tion shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian 
tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive 
basis. 
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of 
the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of as-
sistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject 
to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 
62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis 
to States for national service programs and to nonprofit 
organizations seeking to operate a national service pro-
gram in 2 or more States. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA 
BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under sub-
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section (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration shall make a grant to each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application 
under section 130 that is approved by the Corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a 
grant to each such State under this subsection for 
a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears 
the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds 
for that 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, in compliance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) 
MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to 
each State approved by the Corporation under para-
graph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least 
$600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for 
the State formula under this section, whichever is 
greater. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 
Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 
Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under 
this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli-
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cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may 
use the amount that would have been allotted under this 
section to the State or Territory to— 
‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na-
tional service positions in connection with such 
grants) to other grantmaking entities under section 
121 that propose to carry out national service pro-
grams in such State or Territory; and 
‘‘(2) make a reallotment to other States or Ter-
ritories with approved applications submitted under 
section 130, to the extent grant-making entities do 
not apply as described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a re-
cipient under this section shall be made by the Corpora-
tion only pursuant to an application submitted by a State 
or other applicant under section 130. 
‘‘(g) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
ABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve posi-
tions as approved national service positions under this 
subtitle 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, 
taking into consideration funding needs for national serv-
ice educational awards under subtitle D based on com-
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pleted service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide 
the maximum allowable national service educational 
awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reason-
able adjustments to program rules. 
‘‘(h) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERV-
ICE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP
AUTHORIZED.—The Cor-
poration may enter into agreements with persons or 
entities who offer to sponsor national service posi-
tions for which the person or entity will be respon-
sible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a 
national service educational award. The distribution 
of these approved national service positions shall be 
made pursuant to the agreement, and the creation 
of these positions shall not be taken into consider-
ation in determining the number of approved na-
tional service positions to be available for distribu-
tion under this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro-
vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph 
(1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust 
established in section 145 until such time as the 
funds are needed. 
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‘‘(i) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, 
the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corpora-
tion considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making 
assistance available under section 126. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE 
PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) 
and subject to the limitation in such section, the Chief 
Executive Officer shall reserve an amount that is not less 
than 1 percent of such amount (except that the amount 
reserved may not exceed $10,000,000), in order to make 
grants to public or private nonprofit organizations to in-
crease the participation of individuals with disabilities in 
national service and for demonstration activities in fur-
therance of this purpose.’’. 
SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 
Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 
after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATION AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 
a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub-
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title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 
the Corporation may, through fixed amount grants under 
subsection (d), provide operational assistance to programs 
that receive approved national service positions but do not 
receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT
ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.— 
Operational support under this section may not exceed 
$600 per individual enrolled in an approved national serv-
ice position and may reach $800 per individual if the pro-
gram supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following pro-
visions shall not apply to programs funded under this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs 
under section 121(d). 
‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under 
section 121(e). 
‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits 
under sections 131(e) and section 140 (other than 
individualized support services for disabled members 
under section 140(f)). 
‘‘(d) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), and subject to the limitations in this subsection, 
the Corporation may, upon making a determination 
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described in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount 
grant that is not subject to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget cost principles and related finan-
cial recordkeeping requirements. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a 
fixed amount grant, the Corporation must determine 
that— 
‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of 
carrying out the terms of the grant significantly 
exceed the amount of assistance provided by the 
Corporation; or 
‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the 
grant, any assistance provided by the Corpora-
tion can be reasonably presumed to be expended 
on reasonable and necessary costs. 
‘‘SEC. 129B. PILOT AUTHORITY FOR MEMBER-SELECTED 
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated for a fiscal year under this subtitle and con-
sistent with the restriction in subsection (b), the 
Corporation may provide fixed amount grants on a 
competitive basis to up to 10 State Commissions to 
support member-selected approved national service 
positions. 
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‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION.—The 
Corporation 
shall 
award grants under paragraph (1) to support not 
more than 500 approved national service positions 
among the participating States. 
‘‘(b) LIMITS ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under sub-
section (a)(1) shall not exceed $600 per individual 
enrolled in an approved national service position 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grants received 
by State Commissions under subsection (a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) shall not be distributed to organiza-
tions receiving participants with approved na-
tional service positions under this section; and 
‘‘(B) may— 
‘‘(i) be used for oversight activities 
and mechanisms for the service sites as de-
termined by the State Commission or the 
Corporation, which may include site visits; 
‘‘(ii) be used for activities to augment 
the experience of AmeriCorps participants 
in approved national service positions 
under this section, including activities to 
engage such participants in networking op-
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portunities with other AmeriCorps partici-
pants; and 
‘‘(iii) be used for recruitment or train-
ing activities for participants in approved 
national service positions under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) STATE COMMISSION APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission desir-
ing to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall 
submit an application to the Corporation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Corporation shall determine appropriate. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—The Corporation shall ap-
prove each application under paragraph (1) in ac-
cordance with section 130(d). 
‘‘(d) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICANTS.—Participants desiring to re-
ceive an approved national service position under 
this section shall submit an application to the State 
Commission at such time and in such manner as the 
State Commission determines appropriate. The ap-
plication shall contain— 
‘‘(A) a position description that includes— 
‘‘(i) the unmet human, educational, 
public safety, or environmental need or 
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needs that will be met by the participant; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a description of the activities and 
responsibilities that will be carried out by 
the participant; 
‘‘(B) a description of the organization op-
erating the service site where the applicant in-
tends to complete the service described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(C) a description of the support that will 
be provided by the organization to the partici-
pant to complete the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(D) the evidence of community support 
for the activities described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(E) a certification from the organization 
operating the service site that the organization 
is accepting the participant to perform the serv-
ice outlined in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(F) a certification from the organization 
operating the service site that the organization 
satisfies qualification criteria established by the 
Corporation or the State Commission, including 
standards relating to organizational capacity, fi-
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nancial management, and programmatic over-
sight; and 
‘‘(G) any other information that the Cor-
poration and the State Commission deems nec-
essary. 
‘‘(2) RESIDENCY.—A participant may apply for 
approved national service positions under this sec-
tion in States other than the State in which the par-
ticipant resides. 
‘‘(e) ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora-
tion and the State Commissions shall ensure that the or-
ganizations receiving participants with approved national 
service positions under this section— 
‘‘(1) maintain not more than 5 full-time staff 
and not more than 5 part-time staff; 
‘‘(2) are not duplicating service provided by an 
existing AmeriCorps grantee in the same commu-
nity; 
‘‘(3) are located in a community where no 
Intermediary AmeriCorps grants recipient is oper-
ating; and 
‘‘(4) have not applied to receive assistance 
under this subtitle. 
‘‘(f) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If an organization re-
ceiving a participant with an approved national service po-
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sition under this section fails to comply with terms and 
conditions established by the State Commission and the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(1) the organization shall not be eligible to re-
ceive such a participant, or receive an AmeriCorps 
grant under section 121, for not less than 5 years; 
and 
‘‘(2) the State Commission shall have the right 
to remove such a participant from the organization 
and relocate that individual to another site. 
‘‘(g) RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—An or-
ganization that receives participants with approved na-
tional service positions under this section shall not be con-
sidered a recipient of Federal financial assistance based 
on receiving such participants. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, 
the term ‘Intermediary AmeriCorps grants recipient’ 
means any organization that serves as a conduit between 
the Corporation and other unaffiliated organizations oper-
ating service sites.’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in-
stitution of higher education’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(9) by striking ‘‘section 
122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(d)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘pro-
posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization op-
erating programs in 2 or more States, a description 
of the manner and extent to which the State Com-
missions of each State in which the nonprofit organi-
zation intends to operate were consulted and the na-
ture of the consultation.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘were se-
lected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be selected’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro-
gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO-
GRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI-
CANT’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘program appli-
cant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(6) in subsection (g), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘or is already receiving financial assistance 
from the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 1308A. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 131(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)(3)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not fund-
ed through a State, including programs operated by 
nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national 
service program in 2 or more States— 
‘‘(A) consult with and coordinate with the 
State Commission for the State in which the 
program operates; and 
‘‘(B) obtain written confirmation from the 
State Commission that the applicant seeking 
assistance under this Act has consulted with 
and coordinated with the State Commission 
when seeking to operate a program in that 
State.’’. 
SEC. 1309. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (c)(6), insert after subpara-
graph (E) the following: 
‘‘(F) Areas that have a mortgage fore-
closure rate greater than the national average 
mortgage foreclosure rate for the most recent 
12 months for which satisfactory data are avail-
able.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘jobs 
or’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by redesignating para-
graph (8) as paragraph (9) and inserting after para-
graph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) The extent to which the program generates 
the involvement of volunteers.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), strike ‘‘the Corporation may include—’’ 
and insert ‘‘the Corporation—’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(G) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) shall include national service pro-
grams that— 
‘‘(i) recruit veterans, particularly re-
turning veterans, into service opportuni-
ties; 
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‘‘(ii) promote community-based efforts 
to meet the unique needs of military fami-
lies while a member of the family is de-
ployed; and 
‘‘(iii) promote community-based ef-
forts to meet the unique needs of military 
families when a member of the family re-
turns from a deployment; and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) national service programs that 
conform to the national service priorities in 
effect under section 122(d); 
‘‘(ii) innovative national service pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iii) national service programs that 
are well established in one or more States 
at the time of the application and are pro-
posed to be expanded to additional States 
using assistance provided under section 
121; 
‘‘(iv) grant programs in support of 
other national service programs if the 
grant programs are to be conducted by 
nonprofit 
organizations 
with 
a 
dem-
onstrated and extensive expertise in the 
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provision of services to meet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety 
needs; and 
‘‘(v) professional corps programs de-
scribed in section 122(a)(8).’’; and 
(5) by amending subsection (d)(3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
PRIORITY.—In making a 
competitive distribution under section 129(c), the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall solicit and consider the view of 
a State Commission regarding any application 
for assistance to operate a national service pro-
gram within the State; and 
‘‘(B) may give priority to a national service 
program that is— 
‘‘(i) proposed in an application sub-
mitted by a State Commission; and 
‘‘(ii) not one of the types proposed in 
paragraph (2), 
if the State Commission provides an adequate 
explanation of the reasons why it should not be 
a priority of such State to carry out any of such 
types of programs in the State.’’. 
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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), and in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting after ‘‘national service educational 
award’’ the following: ‘‘or a summer of 
service educational award’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) in the case of a summer of service 
educational award, is enrolled at an eligible in-
stitution of higher education under section 
148(c) or an educational institution described 
under section 148(a)(4) and failed to expend 
the full amount of that award during the origi-
nal 7-year period.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under 
this section’’ the following: ‘‘or under section 
118(c)(8)’’; and 
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(B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a na-
tional service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’. 
SEC. 1403. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL 
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a value, for each of not 
more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 
90 percent of—’’ and inserting ‘‘a value of—’’ 
; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $4,825, for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(2) $4,925, for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(3) $5,025, for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(4) $5,125, for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(5) $5,225, for fiscal year 2012 and each fis-
cal year thereafter.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘for 
each of not more than 2 of such terms of service’’ 
the following: ‘‘in the period of one year’’. 
SEC. 1404. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of 
attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance 
or other educational expenses’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (6); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an 
educational institution or training establishment that 
meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, 
United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.); 
‘‘(5) for a recipient of a summer of service edu-
cational award under section 118(c)(8)(C), to pay 
expenses incurred in enrolling in a college pre-
paratory program in accordance with subsection (e); 
and’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (f)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award of the individual’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under sec-
tion 118(c)(8) who received a summer of service 
educational award for a project that began after the 
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individual completed grade 10 and desires to apply 
that summer of service educational award,’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap-
plicable,’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap-
plicable’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 
other than a loan to a parent of a student pur-
suant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1078–2); and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary 
to cover a student’s educational expenses and 
made, insured, or guaranteed by— 
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‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in 
section 435 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 
‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program 
under part D of title IV of such Act; 
‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 
‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 
the Corporation to be eligible to receive 
disbursements from the National Service 
Trust.’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
an eligible individual under section 118(c)(8) who 
desires to apply the individual’s summer of service 
educational award,’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or summer of service educational award, as applica-
ble,’’; 
(8) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting 
after ‘‘national service educational awards received 
under this subtitle’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of 
service educational awards received under section 
118(c)(8)’’; 
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(9) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 
(10) in subsection (c)(5)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘national service 
educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or summer 
of service educational award, as applicable,’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘additional’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘summer of service educational awards 
and additional’’; 
(11) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘and summer of service educational award’’; 
(12) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 
(13) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) as (f), (g), and (h), respectively; 
(14) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) USE OF SUMMER OF SERVICE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD TO PAY COLLEGE PREPARATORY EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION
OF
ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—An 
eligible 
individual 
under 
section 
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118(c)(8), or the parents or legal guardian of such 
an individual, who desires to apply the summer of 
service educational award of the individual to the 
payment of expenses incurred in enrolling in a col-
lege preparatory program shall, on a form prescribed 
by the Corporation, submit an application to the col-
lege preparatory program in which the individual 
will be enrolled that contains such information as 
the Corporation may require to verify the individ-
ual’s eligibility. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT 
BY PROGRAM.—A college preparatory program that 
receives one or more applications under paragraph 
(1) shall submit to the Corporation a statement, in 
a manner prescribed by the Corporation, that— 
‘‘(A) identifies each eligible individual fil-
ing an application under paragraph (1) for a 
disbursement of the individual’s summer of 
service educational award under this subsection; 
‘‘(B) specifies the amounts for which such 
eligible individuals are qualified for disburse-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) certifies that— 
‘‘(i) the college preparatory program 
is operated by a for-profit or non-profit or-
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ganization with a track record of success 
in implementing college preparatory pro-
grams that collaborate with local edu-
cational agencies and adequately prepare 
secondary school students for admission to 
an institution of higher education without 
need for remediation; 
‘‘(ii) the college preparatory program 
has been in existence for at least one year 
prior to an eligible individual’s submission 
of the application under paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(iii) individuals using summer of 
service educational awards received under 
section 118(c)(8) to pay the cost of enroll-
ing in the college preparatory program do 
not comprise more than 15 percent of the 
total number of individuals enrolled in the 
program; and 
‘‘(D) contains such provisions concerning 
financial compliance and program quality as the 
Corporation may require. 
‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Upon re-
ceipt of a statement from a college preparatory pro-
gram that complies with paragraph (2), the Cor-
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poration shall, subject to paragraph (4), disburse the 
total amount of the summer of service educational 
awards for which eligible individuals who have sub-
mitted applications to that program under para-
graph (1) are scheduled to receive. Such disburse-
ment shall be made by check or other means that is 
payable to the program and requires the endorse-
ment or other certification by the eligible individual. 
‘‘(4) MULTIPLE
DISBURSEMENTS.—The total 
amount required to be disbursed to a college pre-
paratory program under paragraph (3) for any pe-
riod of enrollment may be disbursed by the Corpora-
tion in two or more installments consistent with ap-
propriate divisions of such period of enrollment. 
‘‘(5) REFUND RULES.—The Corporation shall, 
by regulation, provide for the refund to the Corpora-
tion (and the crediting to the summer of service edu-
cational award of an eligible individual) of amounts 
disbursed to programs for the benefit of eligible indi-
viduals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete 
the period of enrollment for which the assistance 
was provided. Amounts refunded to the Trust pursu-
ant to this paragraph may be used by the Corpora-
tion to fund additional approved summer of service 
positions under section 118(c)(8). 
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‘‘(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eli-
gible individual’s total available summer of service 
educational award that may be disbursed under this 
subsection for any period of enrollment shall not ex-
ceed the cost of attendance.’’; 
(15) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(7)’’; and 
(16) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive 
Officer’’. 
SEC. 1405. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 
12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 149. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles 
C and D, and any other provision of law, in approv-
ing a position as an approved national service posi-
tion, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 
the Corporation— 
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‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree-
ment with an individual participant to 
serve in a program carried out under sub-
title E of title I of this Act or under title 
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a sum-
mer of service educational award; or 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 
awards a grant to (or enters into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement with) an 
entity to carry out a program for which 
such a position is approved under section 
123; and 
‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti-
mate of the net present value of the national 
service educational award associated with the 
position, based on a formula that takes into 
consideration historical rates of enrollment in 
such a program, and of earning and using na-
tional service educational awards for such a 
program and remain available. 
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula 
described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 
consult with the Director of the Congressional Budg-
et Office. 
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‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of the Corporation shall annually pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate a report that contains a certification 
that the Corporation is in compliance with the re-
quirements of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this 
subsection shall apply to each approved national 
service position that the Corporation approves— 
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2008; and 
‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding 
subtitles C and D, and any other provision of 
law, within the National Service Trust estab-
lished under section 145, the Corporation shall 
establish a reserve account. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the avail-
ability of adequate funds to support the awards 
of approved national service positions for each 
fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in the 
account— 
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proved national service positions and summer of 
service educational awards; or 
‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment 
of national service educational awards for such 
previously approved national service positions or 
summer of service educational awards, as appli-
cable. 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation re-
lating to the appropriated funds for approved national 
service positions, and the records demonstrating the man-
ner in which the Corporation has recorded estimates de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, shall be au-
dited annually by independent certified public accountants 
or independent licensed public accountants certified or li-
censed by a regulatory authority of a State or other polit-
ical subdivision of the United States in accordance with 
generally accepted auditing standards. A report containing 
the results of each such independent audit shall be in-
cluded in the annual report required by subsection (a)(3). 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), all amounts included in the Na-
tional Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
of section 145(a) shall be available for payments of na-
tional service educational awards or summer of service 
educational awards under section 148.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Section 2 of the 
Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (Public Law 108– 
145; 117 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 
SEC. 1406. REPORT ON VETERANS SERVING IN APPROVED 
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 150. REPORT ON VETERANS SERVING IN APPROVED 
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall report an-
nually to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate the number 
and percentage of veterans serving in approved national 
service positions. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL GOALS.—In the report described in 
subsection (a), the Corporation shall outline strategies and 
goals for increasing the number and percentage of vet-
erans serving in approved national service positions each 
year, including strategies being undertaken to recruit vet-
erans to serve in such positions, and include an evaluation 
of progress in meeting such goals.’’. 
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Subtitle E—Amendments to Sub-
title E (National Civilian Com-
munity Corps) 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the 
operation of, and support for, residential and other service 
programs that combine the best practices of civilian serv-
ice with the best aspects of military service, including lead-
ership and team building, to meet national and community 
needs. Such needs to be met under such programs include 
those related to— 
‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 
‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 
‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva-
tion; 
‘‘(4) energy conservation; and 
‘‘(5) urban and rural development.’’. 
SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 
Section 152 (42 U.S.C. 12612) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM-
MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’. 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking 
‘‘PROGRAMS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPONENTS’’; and 
(5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program 
components are residential programs’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘programs referred to in sub-
section (b) may include a residential component.’’. 
SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the per-
son’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘if the person will be at least 18 
years of age on or before December 31 in the cal-
endar year in which the individual enrolls in the pro-
gram.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in-
cluding through collaboration with the Office of 
Outreach and Recruitment, to increase the per-
centage of participants in the program who are 
disadvantaged youth toward 50 percent of all 
participants by year 2010. The Director shall 
report to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate annually on such ef-
forts, any challenges faced, and the annual par-
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ticipation rates of disadvantaged youth in the 
program.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically 
diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in fos-
ter care.’’. 
SEC. 1505. TEAM LEADERS. 
Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community 
Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil-
ian Community Corps shall’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMU-
NITY CORPS.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select 
from Corps members individuals with prior super-
visory or service experience to be team leaders within 
units in the National Civilian Community Corps to 
perform service that includes leading and super-
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vising teams of Corps members. Team leaders 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be selected without regard to the age 
limitation under section 153(b); 
‘‘(B) be members of the National Civilian 
Community Corps; and 
‘‘(C) be provided the rights and benefits 
applicable to Corps members, except that the 
limitation on the amount of living allowance 
shall not exceed 10 percent more than the 
amount established under section 158(b).’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by amending the paragraph head-
ing to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) 
UNITS
TO
BE
ASSIGNED
TO 
CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
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(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS
DIRECTOR.—There shall be a 
campus director for each campus. The campus direc-
tor is the head of the campus.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by amending the paragraph head-
ing to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘A camp may be lo-
cated’’ and inserting ‘‘A campus must be 
cost-effective and may, upon the comple-
tion of a feasibility study, be located’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending the paragraph heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost-effective and 
are distributed’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit 
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in a region can be easily deployed for disaster 
and emergency response to such region.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam-
pus’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of 
a camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of 
a campus’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘superintend-
ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’s’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 
director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 
superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’’. 
SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 
Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall ensure that to the extent 
practicable, each member of the Corps is 
trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills re-
lated to disaster preparedness and response.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 
on energy conservation, environmental stewardship 
or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban 
and rural development, or disaster preparedness 
needs’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 
Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, the advanced service training referred to in 
subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or 
technical schools, other employment and training 
providers, existing youth service programs, other 
qualified individuals, or organizations with expertise 
in training youth, including disadvantaged youth, in 
the skill areas described in such subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 
Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘with specific em-
phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 
improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the 
environment, energy conservation, and urban 
and rural development’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘service 
learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 
United States Forest Service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘community-based or-
ganizations and’’ before ‘‘representatives of 
local communities’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam-
pus’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 
Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 
other youth service programs.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 
places such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus director’’; and 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem-
onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be-
fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The Director 
shall establish a permanent cadre of’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive 
Officer shall establish a permanent 
cadre that includes the Director and 
other appointed’’; and 
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(II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be-
fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 
shall consider the recommendations of the 
Director in appointing the other mem-
bers’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’; 
(II) in clause (iii) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(III) by redesignating clause (iv) 
as (v); and 
(IV) by inserting after clause (iii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 
other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 
and emergency personnel, and other indi-
viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre-
paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
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(I) by inserting after ‘‘tech-
niques’’ the following: ‘‘, including 
techniques for working with and en-
hancing the development of disadvan-
taged youth,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘service learn-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
and 
(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 
by striking ‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other 
members’’. 
SEC. 1510. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 
Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any 
program function under this subtitle’’ and inserting 
‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps 
program’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1511. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 
that follows through the semicolon and in-
serting ‘‘the registry established by section 
1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be 
recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 
‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap-
pointment by the Director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 1512. ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 
the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 
‘‘There shall be’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly 
and efficiently in times of natural and other 
disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined in 
section 151, the Advisory Board members shall 
help coordinate activities with the Corps as ap-
propriate, including the mobilization of volun-
teers and coordination of volunteer centers to 
help local communities recover from the effects 
of natural and other disasters.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
following: 
‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 
‘‘(10) The Chief of the United States Forest 
Service. 
‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
and private organizations,’’. 
SEC. 1513. ANNUAL EVALUATION. 
Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 
completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 
shall submit to the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives a report on the evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 1514. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 
SEC. 1515. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS
DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus 
director’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 
head of the campus under section 155(d). 
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‘‘(d) REFERRALS
FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A 
program may not receive assistance under the national 
service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals 
to Federal assistance programs or State assistance pro-
grams funded in part by the Federal government.’’. 
SEC. 1603. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE-
DURES. 
Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 
not to exceed 90 days in total’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 
or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) in a grievance filed by an individual 
applicant or participant— 
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‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 
participant’s reinstatement, as the case 
may be; and 
‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 
conditions of service; and’’. 
SEC. 1604. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 
Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘under the national service laws’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee 
or position’’ and inserting ‘‘employee, position, or 
volunteer (other than a participant under the na-
tional service laws)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive as-
sistance under the national service laws shall consult 
with the parents or legal guardians of children in de-
veloping and operating programs that include and 
serve children. 
‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that 
receive assistance under the national service laws 
shall, consistent with State law, before transporting 
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minor children, provide the reason for and obtain 
written permission of the children’s parents.’’. 
SEC. 1605. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COM-
MUNITY SERVICE. 
Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sec-
tor.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless 
the State permits the representative to serve as a 
voting member of the State Commission or alter-
native administrative entity’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for 
the State that— 
‘‘(A) is developed through an open and 
public process (such as through regional fo-
rums, hearings, and other means) that provides 
for maximum participation and input from com-
panies, organizations, and public agencies using 
service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet 
critical community needs, including programs 
funded under the national service laws; 
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‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 
of which may be set by the State; 
‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the State; 
‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and out-
comes for the State consistent with those for 
national service programs as described in sec-
tion 179(a)(1)(A); 
‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu-
nity-based agencies that serve underrepresented 
populations, by— 
‘‘(i) using established networks and 
registries at the State level, or establishing 
such networks and registries; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinating with the Corpora-
tion’s Office of Outreach and Recruitment; 
‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 
funding applications submitted by the State and 
others within the State under the national serv-
ice laws; 
‘‘(G) 
is 
updated 
annually, 
reflecting 
changes in practices and policies that will im-
prove the coordination and effectiveness of Fed-
eral, State, and local resources for service and 
volunteerism within the State; and 
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‘‘(H) contains such information as the 
State Commission considers to be appropriate 
or as the Corporation may require.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) RELIEF
FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 
subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, 
or specify alternatives to, administrative requirements 
(other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to 
grants made to States under the national service laws, in-
cluding those requirements identified by a State as imped-
ing the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 
and local resources for service and volunteerism within a 
State. 
‘‘(g) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER 
ADULT VOLUNTEER AND PAID SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 
grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to re-
ceive a distribution of approved national service posi-
tions under subtitle C, a State must work with ap-
propriate State agencies and private entities to de-
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velop a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and 
paid service by members of the Baby Boom genera-
tion and older adults. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The State plan 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) recommendations for public policy ini-
tiatives, including how to best tap the popu-
lation of members of the Baby Boom generation 
and older adults as sources of social capital and 
as ways to address community needs; 
‘‘(B) recommendations to the State unit on 
aging on— 
‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to 
businesses; 
‘‘(ii) outreach to non-profit organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) the State’s Department of Edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(iv) other State agencies; and 
‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engage-
ment and multigenerational activities, such 
as— 
‘‘(i) early childhood education, family 
literacy, and after school programs; 
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‘‘(ii) respite services for older adults 
and caregivers; and 
‘‘(iii) transitions for members of the 
Baby Boom generation and older adults to 
purposeful work in their post career lives. 
‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State 
plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base 
regarding— 
‘‘(A) the economic impact of older workers’ 
roles in the economy; 
‘‘(B) the social impact of older workers’ 
roles in the community; and 
‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of ac-
tive engagement for members of the Baby 
Boom generation and older adults. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be 
made public and be transmitted to the Chief Execu-
tive Officer.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (k)(1) (as redesignated by this 
section), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘, consistent with section 174(d).’’. 
SEC. 1606. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, 
directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing 
evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the 
national service laws, including evaluations that measure 
the impact of such programs, to determine— 
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws in achieving 
stated goals and the costs associated with such, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) an evaluation of performance meas-
ures, as established by the Corporation in con-
sultation with each grantee receiving assistance 
under the national service laws, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) number of participants enrolled 
and completing terms of service compared 
to the stated goals of the program; 
‘‘(ii) number of volunteers recruited 
from the community in which the program 
was implemented; 
‘‘(iii) if applicable based on the pro-
gram design, the number of individuals re-
ceiving or benefitting from the service con-
ducted; 
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‘‘(iv) number of disadvantaged and 
underrepresented youth participants; 
‘‘(v) sustainability of project or pro-
gram, including measures to ascertain the 
level of community support for the project 
or program; 
‘‘(vi) 
measures 
to 
ascertain 
the 
change in attitude toward civic engagement 
among the participants and the bene-
ficiaries of the service; and 
‘‘(vii) other quantitative and quali-
tative measures as determined to be appro-
priate by the recipient of assistance; and 
‘‘(B) review of the implementation plan for 
reaching such measures described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and 
mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the ef-
fective utilization of the participants’ time, the man-
agement of the participants, and the ease with which 
recipients were able to receive services, to maximize 
the cost-effectiveness and the impact of such pro-
grams.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Na-
tional Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 
‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to pub-
lic service’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in 
service that benefits the community.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 per-
cent of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year 
under the national service laws to support program ac-
countability activities under this section. 
‘‘(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to 
reach the performance measures in subsection 
(a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall 
reach an agreement with the Corporation on a cor-
rective action plan to achieve the agreed upon per-
formance measures. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 
has received assistance for less than 3 years 
and is failing to achieve the performance meas-
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ures agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), 
the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 
grantee to address targeted performance 
problems relating to the performance 
measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) require quarterly reports from 
the grantee on the program’s progress to-
ward achieving the performance measures 
in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate 
State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED
PROGRAMS.—For a 
program that has received assistance for 3 
years or more and is failing to achieve the per-
formance measures agreed upon under sub-
section (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require 
quarterly reports from the grantee on the pro-
gram’s progress towards achieving performance 
measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appro-
priate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 
If, after a period for correction as approved by the Cor-
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poration, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the es-
tablished levels of performance, the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant 
award attributable to the underperforming grantee 
or subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 
‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underper-
forming grantee or subgrantee, consistent with sec-
tion 176(a). 
‘‘(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
and annually thereafter, a report containing information 
on the number of— 
‘‘(1) grantees implementing corrective action 
plans; 
‘‘(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers 
technical assistance under subsection (k); 
‘‘(3) grantees for which the Corporation termi-
nates assistance for a program under subsection (l); 
and 
‘‘(4) grantees meeting or exceeding their per-
formance measures in subsection (a).’’. 
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SEC. 1607. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 
SEC. 1608. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 
Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 
head of each Federal agency and department shall prepare 
and submit, to the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a 
report concerning the implementation of this section, in-
cluding an evaluation of the performance goals and bench-
marks of the partnership programs.’’. 
SEC. 1609. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY-
ING. 
Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 
(1) in each of subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) by 
inserting after ‘‘local government,’’ the following: 
‘‘Territory,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
of the Corporation shall have access to, and the right to 
examine and copy, any books, documents, papers, records, 
and other recorded information in any form— 
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‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor-
poration or any State or local government, Territory, 
Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 
this Act; and 
‘‘(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector 
General under the Inspector General Act of 1978.’’. 
SEC. 1610. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and elimi-
nate duplicative requirements, the Corporation shall con-
solidate or modify application procedures and reporting re-
quirements for programs and activities funded under the 
national service laws. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Corporation shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report containing in-
formation on the actions taken to modify the application 
procedures and reporting requirements for programs and 
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activities funded under the national service laws, including 
a description of the consultation procedures with grantees, 
entities that expressed interest in applying for assistance 
under a national service law but did not apply, those enti-
ties whose application was rejected, and applications 
whose assistance was terminated due to failure to meet 
performance measures for the year covered by the report. 
‘‘SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 
‘‘(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance 
under the national service laws are carrying out sustain-
able projects or programs, the Corporation, after collabo-
ration with State Commissions and consultation with re-
cipients of assistance under the national service laws, may 
set sustainability goals supported by policies and proce-
dures to— 
‘‘(1) build the capacity of the projects that re-
ceive assistance under the national service laws to 
meet community needs and lessen the dependence on 
Federal dollars to do so, taking into consideration 
challenges that programs in underserved rural or 
urban areas may face; 
‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to aid the re-
cipients of assistance under the national service laws 
in acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for 
the projects; and 
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‘‘(3) implement measures to ascertain whether 
the projects are generating sufficient community 
support. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet 
the sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the 
Corporation may take action as described in sections 176 
and 179. 
‘‘SEC. 187. USE OF RECOVERED FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) FACTORS CONSIDERED IN APPROVING REPAY-
MENT.—After the date of enactment of this section, when-
ever the Corporation recovers funds paid to a recipient 
under a grant or cooperative agreement made under the 
national service laws because the recipient made an ex-
penditure of funds that was not allowable, or otherwise 
failed to discharge its responsibility to account properly 
for funds, the Corporation may consider those funds to 
be additional funds available and may arrange to repay 
to the recipient affected by that action an amount not to 
exceed 75 percent of the recovered funds if the Corpora-
tion determines that— 
‘‘(1) the practices or procedures of the recipient 
that resulted in the recovery of funds have been cor-
rected, and that the recipient is in all other respects 
in compliance with the requirements of the grant or 
cooperative agreement, if the recipient was notified 
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of any noncompliance with such requirements and 
given a reasonable period of time to remedy such 
noncompliance; 
‘‘(2) the recipient has submitted to the Cor-
poration a plan for the use of those funds consistent 
with the national service laws and, to the extent pos-
sible, for the benefit of the community affected by 
the recovery of funds; and 
‘‘(3) the use of those funds in accordance with 
that plan would serve to achieve the objectives of the 
grant or cooperative agreement under which the 
funds were originally paid. 
‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REPAYMENT.— 
Any payments by the Corporation under this section shall 
be subject to other terms and conditions as the Corpora-
tion considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of the 
grant or cooperative agreement, including— 
‘‘(1) the submission of periodic reports on the 
use of funds provided under this section; and 
‘‘(2) consultation by the recipient with members 
of the community that will benefit from the pay-
ments. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the funds made available under 
this section shall remain available for expenditure for a 
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period of time considered reasonable by the Corporation, 
but in no case to exceed more than 3 fiscal years following 
the later of— 
‘‘(1) the fiscal year in which final agency action 
regarding the disallowance of funds is taken; or 
‘‘(2) if such recipient files a petition for judicial 
review regarding the disallowance of funds, the fiscal 
year in which final judicial action is taken on such 
a petition. 
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REGISTER.—At 
least 60 days prior to entering into an arrangement under 
this section, the Corporation shall publish in the Federal 
Register a notice of intent to enter into such an arrange-
ment and the terms and conditions under which payments 
will be made. Interested persons shall have an opportunity 
for at least 30 days to submit comments to the Corpora-
tion regarding the proposed arrangement. 
‘‘SEC. 188. EXPENSES OF ATTENDING MEETINGS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United 
States Code, funds authorized under the national service 
laws shall be available for expenses of attendance of meet-
ings that are concerned with the functions or activities for 
which the funds are appropriated or which will contribute 
to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those 
functions or activities. 
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‘‘SEC. 189. GRANT PERIODS. 
‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corpora-
tion has authority to make a grant under the national 
service laws for a period of 3 years. 
‘‘SEC. 189A. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 
‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance 
or approved national service positions under the national 
service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration 
the extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase 
the involvement of volunteers in meeting community 
needs. 
‘‘SEC. 189B. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as 
otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds 
approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a pro-
gram authorized under the national service laws sup-
porting individuals serving in approved national service 
positions may not exceed $16,000 per full-time equivalent 
position. 
‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limita-
tion in subsection (a) applies to the Corporation’s share 
of member support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne 
by the grantee or subgrantee to operate a program. 
‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT
TO LIMITATION.—The 
limitation in subsection (a) and (e)(1) shall not apply to 
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expenses that are not included in the program operating 
grant award. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount 
specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted 
each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by 
the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may waive the requirements of this section, up to a 
maximum of $18,000, if necessary to meet the com-
pelling needs of a particular program, such as excep-
tional training needs for a program serving dis-
advantaged youth, increased costs relating to the 
participation of individuals with disabilities, and 
start-up costs associated with a first-time grantee. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall report to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate annually on all waivers granted under 
this section, with an explanation of the compelling 
needs justifying such waivers. 
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‘‘SEC. 189C. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 
‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 
and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and 
the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 
U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the 
Congress any failure to comply with the requirements of 
such audits. 
‘‘SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Entities selecting individuals to 
serve in a position in which the individual receives a Cor-
poration grant-funded living allowance, stipend, education 
award, salary, or other remuneration in a program receiv-
ing assistance under the national service laws, shall, sub-
ject to regulations and requirements established by the 
Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such indi-
viduals. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check 
shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Cor-
poration, include a name-based search of the National Sex 
Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
16901 et seq.) and— 
‘‘(1) a search of the State criminal registry or 
repository in the State in which the program is oper-
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ating and the State in which the individual resides 
at the time of application; or 
‘‘(2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger-
print check. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 
be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub-
section (a) if such individual— 
‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 
check described in subsection (b); 
‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 
such criminal history check; 
‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be reg-
istered, on a State sex offender registry or the Na-
tional Sex Offender Registry established under the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or 
‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 
in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Sub-
title G (Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service) 
SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 
Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each ap-
pointed member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SERVICE
UNTIL
APPOINTMENT
OF
SUC-
CESSOR.—A voting member of the Board whose term has 
expired may continue to serve for one year beyond expira-
tion of the term if no successor is appointed or until the 
date on which a successor has taken office.’’. 
SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU-
TIES. 
Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have respon-
sibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 
and shall—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 
budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and to Congress’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief 
Executive Officer annually and forward a report 
on that review to the President;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
‘‘Corporation;’’; 
(5) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘program; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘program under a cost share 
agreement, as determined by the Corporation, in 
which the funds advanced or received as reimburse-
ment shall be credited directly to a current appro-
priation; and’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
SEC. 1703. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC-
UTIVE OFFICER. 
Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 
strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a 
plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved 
national service positions by 2010,’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), 
respectively; 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the Committee on 
Education and Labor in the United States House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions in the United States 
Senate, and the Board an annual report on actions 
taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full-time ap-
proved national service positions as described in 
paragraph (1), including an assessment of the 
progress made toward achieving that goal and the 
actions to be taken in the coming year toward 
achieving that goal;’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (11) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘June 30 of each even-num-
bered year,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 122(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 122(d)(1)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (11); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in 
evaluating applications to the Corporation for assist-
ance under this title; and’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) RECRUITMENT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS FUNC-
TIONS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall assign or hire, 
as necessary, such additional national, regional, and State 
personnel to carry out such recruiting and public aware-
ness functions of the Office of Outreach and Recruitment 
to ensure that such functions are carried out in a timely 
and effective manner. The Chief Executive Officer shall 
give priority in the hiring of such additional personnel to 
individuals who have formerly served as volunteers in the 
programs carried out under the national service laws or 
similar programs, and to individuals who have specialized 
experience in the recruitment of volunteers.’’. 
SEC. 1704. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM-
BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NON-VOTING
MEM-
BER’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘non-voting’’ before 
‘‘member’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Cor-
poration may enter into personal services contracts to 
carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness re-
lated to the national service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1705. DONATED SERVICES. 
Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Corporation may solicit 
and accept the services of organizations and in-
dividuals (other than participants) to assist the 
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Corporation in carrying out the duties of the 
Corporation under the national service laws, 
and may provide to such individuals the travel 
expenses described in section 192A(d).’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A person who is a member of an or-
ganization or is an individual covered by 
subparagraph (A)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun-
teer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun-
teers’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; and 
(iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 
volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per-
son’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1706. OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. 
Subtitle G of title I is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 196B. OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Corporation an office to be known as the Office of Out-
reach and Recruitment (in this section referred to as the 
‘Office’), headed by a Director. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Office, carried out 
directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, shall be— 
‘‘(1) to increase the public awareness of the 
wide range of service opportunities for citizens of all 
ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or geo-
graphic location, through a variety of methods, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) print media; 
‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging 
technologies; 
‘‘(C) television; 
‘‘(D) radio; 
‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo-
rums; 
‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu-
nication; and 
‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic devel-
opment, State employment security agencies, 
labor unions and trade associations, local edu-
cation agencies, institutions of higher education, 
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agencies and organizations serving veterans and 
people with disabilities, and other institutions 
or organizations from which participants for 
programs receiving assistance from the national 
service laws can be recruited; 
‘‘(2) to identify and implement methods of re-
cruitment to increase the diversity of participants in 
the programs receiving assistance under the national 
service laws; 
‘‘(3) to collaborate with organizations with dem-
onstrated expertise in supporting and accommo-
dating individuals with disabilities, including institu-
tions of higher education, to identify and implement 
methods of recruitment to increase the number of 
participants with disabilities in the programs receiv-
ing assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(4) to identify and implement recruitment 
strategies and training programs for bilingual volun-
teers in the National Senior Service Corps under 
title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973; 
‘‘(5) to identify and implement methods of re-
cruitment to increase the diversity of service spon-
sors of programs desiring to receive assistance under 
the national service laws; 
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‘‘(6) to collaborate with organizations which 
have established volunteer recruitment programs, in-
cluding those on the Internet, to increase the re-
cruitment capacity of the Corporation; 
‘‘(7) where practicable, to provide application 
materials in languages other than English for those 
with limited English proficiency who wish to partici-
pate in a national service program; 
‘‘(8) to coordinate with organizations of former 
participants of national service programs for service 
opportunities that may include capacity building, 
outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(9) to collaborate with the training and tech-
nical assistance programs described in subtitle J and 
in appropriate paragraphs of section 198E(b); 
‘‘(10) to coordinate the clearinghouses described 
in section 198E; and 
‘‘(11) to coordinate with entities receiving funds 
under section 198E(b)(11) in establishing the Re-
serve Corps for alumni of the national service pro-
grams to serve in emergencies, disasters, and other 
times of national need. 
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‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The duties described in sub-
section (b) shall be carried out in collaboration with the 
State Commissions. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH
A BUSI-
NESS.—The Corporation may, through contracts or coop-
erative agreements, carry out the marketing duties de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1), with priority given to those 
entities who have established expertise in the recruitment 
of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and 
members of the Baby Boom generation. 
‘‘(e) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Corpora-
tion, through the Director of the Office, may conduct a 
campaign to solicit funds for itself to conduct outreach 
and recruitment campaigns to recruit a diverse population 
of service sponsors of and participants in programs and 
projects receiving assistance under the national service 
laws. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING.—The Director of the Office shall 
complete a report annually to the Chief Executive Officer 
and the Board of Directors on its activities and results.’’. 
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SEC. 1707. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 
PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND VETERANS 
PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS UNDER THE 
NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS AND TO DEVELOP 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle G of title I is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 196C. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 
PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND VETERANS 
PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS UNDER THE 
NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS AND TO DEVELOP 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service shall conduct a study to 
identify— 
‘‘(1) specific areas of need for veterans; 
‘‘(2) how existing programs and activities car-
ried out under the national service laws could better 
serve veterans and veterans service organizations; 
‘‘(3) gaps in service to veterans; 
‘‘(4) prospects for better coordination of serv-
ices; 
‘‘(5) prospects for better utilization of veterans 
as resources and volunteers; and 
‘‘(6) methods for ensuring the efficient financial 
organization of services directed towards veterans. 
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‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out 
in consultation with veterans’ service organizations, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, 
the Department of Defense, and other individuals and en-
tities the Corporation considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Corporation shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
on the results of the planning study required by subsection 
(a), together with a plan for implementation of a pilot pro-
gram using promising strategies and approaches for better 
targeting and serving veterans. 
‘‘(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Corporation shall de-
velop and carry out a pilot program based on the findings 
in the report submitted under subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012.’’. 
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receive financial assistance under the national serv-
ice laws; 
‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information re-
garding methods to make service-learning programs 
and programs offered under the national service 
laws accessible to individuals with disabilities; 
‘‘(7) disseminate applications in languages 
other than English; 
‘‘(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on 
successful service-learning programs and programs 
offered under the national service laws, components 
of such successful programs, innovative curricula re-
lated 
to 
service-learning, 
and 
service-learning 
projects; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearing-
house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication 
of effort; 
‘‘(9) make recommendations to State and local 
entities on quality controls to improve the quality of 
service-learning programs and programs offered 
under the national service laws; 
‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screen-
ing, and placing a diverse population of service- 
learning coordinators and program sponsors; 
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such sums as may be necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2009 through 2012.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and 
redesignating paragraphs (3) and (5) as para-
graphs (2) and (3); and 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 
this section), by striking ‘‘, excluding section 
125’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 
Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) RETIRED
AND
SENIOR
VOLUNTEER
PRO-
GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out part A of title II, $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2012. 
‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of title 
II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as 
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may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012. 
‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title 
II, $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012. 
‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title 
II, $500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 2403. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 
Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the ad-
ministration of this Act $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2012.’’. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 
OTHER LAWS 
SEC. 3101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 
Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘National 
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