Serve America Act
PL 111-13 (H.R.1388), enacted 04/21/2009

123 STAT. 1460 
PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 
Public Law 111–13 
111th Congress 
An Act 
Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and 
reform the national service laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘Serve America 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 
1990 
Sec. 1001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
Sec. 1101. Purposes. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 
Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service. 
Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research. 
Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs. 
Sec. 1302. Eligible national service 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. 1309. National service program assistance requirements. 
Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications. 
Sec. 1312. Description of participants. 
Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants. 
Sec. 1314. Terms of service. 
Sec. 1315. 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 an educational award from the Trust. 
Sec. 1403. Certifications. 
Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 
42 USC 12501 
note. 
Serve America 
Act. 
Apr. 21, 2009 
[H.R. 1388] 
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Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards. 
Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved 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. National Civilian Community Corps. 
Sec. 1506. Training. 
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 
Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 
Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority. 
Sec. 1512. Other departments. 
Sec. 1513. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 1514. Evaluations. 
Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation. 
Sec. 1516. Definitions. 
Sec. 1517. Terminology. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 1602. Reports. 
Sec. 1603. Use of funds. 
Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints. 
Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability. 
Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment. 
Sec. 1609. Contingent extension. 
Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools. 
Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions. 
Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance. 
Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable popu-
lations. 
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. Chief Executive Officer compensation. 
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status. 
Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 
Sec. 1707. Donated services. 
Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions. 
Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans. 
Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced workers 
in services corps and community service and to develop pilot program 
planning study. 
Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination. 
Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness. 
Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H (Investment for Quality and Innovation) 
Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H. 
Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to support national service. 
Sec. 1803. Repeals. 
Sec. 1804. Presidential awards. 
Sec. 1805. New fellowships. 
Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps. 
Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program. 
Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses. 
Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 
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Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 
Sec. 1831. Repeal. 
Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 
Sec. 2001. References. 
Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy. 
Subtitle A—National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs 
CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 
Sec. 2103. Support service. 
Sec. 2104. Repeal. 
Sec. 2105. Redesignation. 
CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 
Sec. 2121. University year for VISTA. 
CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge grants. 
Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 
Sec. 2141. Title. 
Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 
Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent program. 
Sec. 2145. Senior companion program. 
Sec. 2146. General provisions. 
Subtitle C—Administration and Coordination 
Sec. 2151. Special limitations. 
Sec. 2152. Application of Federal law. 
Sec. 2153. Evaluation. 
Sec. 2154. Definitions. 
Sec. 2155. Protection against improper use. 
Sec. 2156. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2161. Authorizations of appropriations. 
TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 3101. Table of contents of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
Sec. 3102. Table of contents of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 
TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM 
Sec. 5101. Findings. 
Sec. 5102. Definitions. 
Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity. 
Sec. 5104. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 6101. Effective date. 
Sec. 6102. Sense of the Senate. 
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123 STAT. 1463 
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TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL 
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 amend-
ment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment or repeal shall 
be considered to be made to a provision of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A 
(General Provisions) 
SEC. 1101. 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 ‘‘income,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘existing’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘national’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ and inserting 
‘‘programs, agencies, and communities’’; 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, including opportunities 
during the summer months, to improve the education of chil-
dren and youth and to maximize the benefits of national and 
community service, in order to renew the ethic of civic responsi-
bility and the spirit of community for children and youth 
throughout the United States; 
‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and 
other service opportunities, including opportunities for partici-
pation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and 
recovery; 
‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for the Nation’s retiring 
professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring 
from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics 
professions, to improve the education of the Nation’s youth 
and keep America competitive in the global knowledge economy, 
and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills 
of older individuals; 
‘‘(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of 
the national service programs, including service in times of 
national need; 
‘‘(13) encourage individuals age 55 or older to partake 
of service opportunities; 
‘‘(14) focus national service on the areas of national need 
such service has the capacity to address, such as improving 
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education, increasing energy conservation, improving the health 
status 
of 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals, 
and 
improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
individuals; 
‘‘(15) recognize and increase the impact of social entre-
preneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in 
addressing national and local challenges; 
‘‘(16) increase public and private investment in nonprofit 
community organizations that are effectively addressing 
national and local challenges and encourage such organizations 
to replicate and expand successful initiatives; 
‘‘(17) leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 
business, and philanthropic resources to address national and 
local challenges; 
‘‘(18) support institutions of higher education that engage 
students in community service activities and provide high- 
quality service-learning opportunities; and 
‘‘(19) recognize the expertise veterans can offer to national 
service programs, expand the participation of the veterans in 
the national service programs, and assist the families of vet-
erans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty.’’. 
SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13), 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’’; 
(3) in paragraph (17)(B), by striking ‘‘program in which 
the participant is enrolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization 
receiving assistance under the national service laws through 
which the participant is engaging in service’’; 
(4) in paragraph (19)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 111(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
112(a)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘117A(a),’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a),’’ and inserting 
‘‘118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
122,’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘section 198B, 198C, 198G, 198H, 
or 198K,’’ after ‘‘section 152(b),’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘198, 198C, or 198D’’ and inserting 
‘‘179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N’’; 
(5) in paragraph (21)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting ‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting ‘‘1401(3)’’; 
(6) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘section 111’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 112’’; 
(7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second sentence; 
and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) ALASKA
NATIVE-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(31) APPROVED
SILVER
SCHOLAR
POSITION.—The term 
‘approved silver scholar position’ means a position, in a program 
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described in section 198C(a), for which the Corporation has 
approved the provision of a silver scholarship educational award 
as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service 
in the position. 
‘‘(32) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 
‘approved summer of service position’ means a position, in 
a program described in section 119(c)(8), for which the Corpora-
tion has approved the provision of a summer of service edu-
cational award as one of the benefits to be provided for success-
ful service in the position. 
‘‘(33) ASIAN
AMERICAN
AND
NATIVE
AMERICAN
PACIFIC 
ISLANDER-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Asian American 
and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 320(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)). 
‘‘(34) AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEES.—The term ‘authorizing 
committees’ means the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
‘‘(35) COMMUNITY-BASED
ENTITY.—The term ‘community- 
based entity’ means a public or private nonprofit organization 
that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 
‘‘(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive 
Officer may establish. 
‘‘(36) DISADVANTAGED
YOUTH.—The term ‘disadvantaged 
youth’ includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged 
and 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including 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 secondary school without 
a diploma. 
‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of 
delinquency. 
‘‘(G) Who are individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(37) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘encore service 
program’ means a program, carried out by an eligible entity 
as described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that— 
‘‘(A) involves a significant number of participants age 
55 or older in the program; and 
‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and experience that 
such participants offer in the design and implementation 
of the program. 
‘‘(38) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Hispanic- 
serving institution’ has the meaning given such term in section 
502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
‘‘(39) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—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. 1061). 
‘‘(40) MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED
POPULATION.—The term 
‘medically underserved population’ has the meaning given that 
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term in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 
‘‘(41) NATIVE AMERICAN-SERVING, NONTRIBAL INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Native American-serving, nontribal institution’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 319(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 
‘‘(42) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(43) PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059e). 
‘‘(44) PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.—The term ‘prin-
ciples of scientific research’ means principles of research that— 
‘‘(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective method-
ology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to 
the subject matter involved; 
‘‘(B) present findings and make claims that are appro-
priate to, and supported by, the methods that have been 
employed; and 
‘‘(C) include, appropriate to the research being con-
ducted— 
‘‘(i) use of systematic, empirical methods that draw 
on observation or experiment; 
‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are adequate to 
support the general findings; 
‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or observational 
methods that provide reliable and generalizable 
findings; 
‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relationships, only 
with research designs that eliminate plausible com-
peting explanations for observed results, such as, but 
not limited to, random-assignment experiments; 
‘‘(v) presentation of studies and methods in suffi-
cient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at 
a minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systemati-
cally on the findings of the research; 
‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or cri-
tique by a panel of independent experts through a 
comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; 
and 
‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across multiple 
studies or sites to support the generality of results 
and conclusions. 
‘‘(45) 
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. 
‘‘(46) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The term ‘scientif-
ically valid research’ includes applied research, basic research, 
and field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and 
interpretation are soundly developed in accordance with prin-
ciples of scientific research. 
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‘‘(47) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(48) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘tribally controlled college or university’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges 
and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 
‘‘(49) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.’’. 
(b) 
REDESIGNATION.—Section 
101 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12511) 
is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) as para-
graphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), (19), (20), (21), 
(22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), (34), (35), (37), (39), (40), 
(41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), 
(16), (17), (18), (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47), (48), 
and (49); and 
(2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so redesignated 
in paragraph (1), appear in numerical order. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B 
(Learn and Serve America) 
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 SCHOOL STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this part is to promote service-learning as 
a strategy to— 
‘‘(1) support high-quality service-learning projects that 
engage students in meeting community needs with demon-
strable results, while enhancing students’ academic and civic 
learning; and 
‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capacity, including 
the training of educators, and to strengthen the service infra-
structure to expand service opportunities. 
‘‘SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘State edu-
cational agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as defined in section 
101) of a State; or 
‘‘(B) for a State in which a State educational agency 
described in subparagraph (A) has designated a statewide 
entity under section 112(e), that designated statewide 
entity. 
42 USC 12522. 
42 USC 12521. 
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‘‘SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN 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 involved to implement service-learning 
programs that are based principally in elementary schools and 
secondary schools, including— 
‘‘(A) providing training and professional development 
for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based 
entities (particularly with regard to the recruitment, utili-
zation, and management of participants), and trainers, to 
be conducted by qualified individuals or organizations that 
have experience with service-learning; 
‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, consistent 
with State or local academic content standards, to be 
integrated into academic programs, including curricula for 
an age-appropriate learning component that provides 
participants an opportunity to analyze and apply their 
service experiences; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph 
(2) or (4)(D) to develop school-based service-learning pro-
grams in accordance with this part; 
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for research on 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 entities with demonstrated effective-
ness in working with school-age youth in their commu-
nities; and 
‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dissemination 
of information to ensure the broadest possible participation 
of schools throughout the State, throughout the territory, 
or serving the Indian tribe involved with particular atten-
tion to schools not making adequate yearly progress for 
two or more consecutive years under section 1111 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, training, supervision, placement, sala-
ries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, through dis-
tribution by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 
tribes of Federal funds 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 provi-
sion of services to meet unmet human, education, 
environmental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(II) will make projects available for partici-
pants, who shall be students; and 
42 USC 12523. 
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‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 year before 
the date on which the organization submitted an 
application under section 113; and 
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit business, pri-
vate elementary school or secondary school, or Indian 
tribe (except that an Indian 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 educational 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 and professional develop-
ment, supervision, and placement of service-learning 
coordinators who may be participants in a program under 
subtitle C or receive a national service educational award 
under subtitle D, who may be participants in a project 
under section 201 of 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 para-
graph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of 
a program described in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in service- 
learning to improve the education of students, through distribu-
tion 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 distrib-
uting funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be 
a recipient of those funds); 
‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or 
‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational 
agencies, and entities described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C); and 
‘‘(5) developing, as service-learning programs, civic engage-
ment programs that promote a better understanding of— 
‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the heroes of 
United States history (including military heroes), and the 
meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance; 
‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government functions; and 
‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Nation’s character. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—A service- 
learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection 
(a) shall provide services to a local partnership described in sub-
section (a)(2) or entity described in subsection (a)(3), respectively, 
that may include— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and 
facilitating the training of, teachers and assisting in the plan-
ning, development, execution, and evaluation of service-learning 
in their classrooms; 
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‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection 
(a)(2) in the planning, development, and execution of service- 
learning projects, including summer of service programs; 
‘‘(3) assisting schools and local educational agencies in 
developing school policies and practices that support the 
integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and 
‘‘(4) carrying out such other duties as the local partnership 
or entity, respectively, may determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives financial 
assistance under this part from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), 
use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable 
costs related to the supervision of participants, program administra-
tion, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for other 
reasonable expenses related to the activities. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency described in 
section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide entity (which may 
be a community-based entity) with demonstrated experience in 
supporting or implementing service-learning programs, to receive 
the State educational agency’s allotment under this part, and carry 
out the functions of the agency under this part. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The Cor-
poration is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary 
of Education for initiatives (and may use funds authorized under 
section 501(a)(6) to enter into the agreements if the additional 
costs of the initiatives are warranted) that may include— 
‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research findings 
on service-learning and scientifically valid research based prac-
tices for service-learning; and 
‘‘(2) provision of professional development opportunities 
that— 
‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learning instruction 
and delivery for teachers both preservice and in-service, 
personnel from community-based entities and youth 
workers; and 
‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partnerships for 
service-learning programs between local educational agen-
cies, community-based entities, businesses, and other 
stakeholders. 
‘‘SEC. 112A. ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appro-
priated 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.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount under sub-
section (a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the 
funds appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 
50 percent 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- 
42 USC 12524. 
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age youth in the State bears to the total number of school- 
age youth in all States. 
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS
BASED
ON
ALLOCATIONS
UNDER 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 
From 50 percent 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 allocation to the 
State for the previous fiscal year under title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total of such allocations 
to all States. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for which 
amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed $50,000,000, the 
minimum allotment to each State under paragraph (1) shall 
be $75,000. 
‘‘(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 submit and receive approval of an application 
for the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make 
the allotment for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available 
for grants to community-based entities to carry out service-learning 
programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in such 
territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community-based entities 
apply for grants from the allotment, by submitting an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires, 
and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be 
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. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION FOR ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allotment 
under section 112A, a State, acting through the State edu-
cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and 
submit to the Corporation an application at such time and 
in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 
require, and obtain approval of the application. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under sec-
tion 112 shall include— 
‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service- 
learning, which shall contain such information as the Chief 
Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how 
the applicant will integrate service opportunities into the 
academic program of the participants; 
‘‘(B) information about the criteria the State edu-
cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to 
evaluate and grant approval to applications submitted 
under subsection (b), including an assurance that the State 
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply 
with the requirement in section 114(a); 
‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant’s efforts to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that students of different ages, races, 
sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic back-
grounds have opportunities to serve together; 
42 USC 12525. 
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‘‘(ii) include any opportunities for students, 
enrolled in schools or programs of education providing 
elementary or secondary education, to participate in 
service-learning programs and ensure that such 
service-learning programs include opportunities for 
such students to serve together; 
‘‘(iii) involve participants in the design and oper-
ation of the programs; 
‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas of greatest 
need, including low-income or rural areas; and 
‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service opportunities into 
the academic program of the participants; and 
‘‘(D) assurances that the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of 
section 177 and the notice, hearing, and grievance proce-
dures required by section 176. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN TRIBE FOR 
ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, territory, local 
educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary 
school or secondary school, or institution of higher edu-
cation that desires to receive financial assistance under 
this subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for 
an activity described in section 112(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) partnership described in section 112(a)(2) that 
desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, 
or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(2); 
‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) that desires 
to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian 
tribe for an activity described in such section; 
‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in section 112(a)(4) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a State, terri-
tory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(E) entity that desires to receive such assistance from 
a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described 
in section 111(a)(5), 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the 
State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an 
application for the program. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 
such time and in such manner, and shall contain such informa-
tion, as the agency, territory, or Indian tribe may reasonably 
require. 
‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist-
ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 
Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 
consider criteria with respect to sustainability, replicability, innova-
tion, and quality of programs. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist-
ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 
Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 
give priority to entities that submit applications under section 113 
42 USC 12526. 
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with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 
that are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs 
targeting low-income areas or serving economically disadvantaged 
youth. 
‘‘(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION.—If the Cor-
poration 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 application. The Corporation shall 
provide the State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable oppor-
tunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide 
technical assistance, 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 PRI-
VATE SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the number 
of students in the State, in the territory, or served by the Indian 
tribe or in the school district of the local educational agency involved 
who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools, such State, territory, or Indian tribe, or agency 
shall (after consultation with appropriate private school representa-
tives) make provision— 
‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for 
the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable 
participation of such students in the programs implemented 
to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described 
in this part; and 
‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so 
as to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers 
in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 
provide the benefits described in this part. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local edu-
cational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participa-
tion of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as 
required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that 
a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency substan-
tially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on 
an equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 
requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to 
such students and teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) CORPORATION SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation share of the cost of 
carrying out a program for which a grant is made from an 
allotment under this part— 
‘‘(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 percent of 
the total cost of the program for the first year of the 
grant period, 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) NONCORPORATION CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 
remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 
each recipient of such a grant under this part— 
42 USC 12528. 
42 USC 12527. 
Notification. 
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‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
equipment, or services; 
‘‘(B) except as provided in subparagraph (C), may pro-
vide for such share through Federal, State, or local sources, 
including private funds or donated services; and 
‘‘(C) may not provide for such share through Federal 
funds made available under title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 
or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect 
to any such program for any fiscal year, on a determination that 
such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of resources at 
the local level. 
‘‘SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received 
by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the original recipient 
of an allotment under this part for a fiscal year may be used 
to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may 
issue, for administrative costs, incurred by that recipient.’’. 
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesig-
nated as section 118. 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.—Section 118 
(as so redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘community service 
programs’’ the following: ‘‘through service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘consortium’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the institution or partnership may coordinate with 
service-learning curricula being offered in the academic 
curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 
or more members of the partnership;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, secondary, and 
postsecondary levels’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of 
higher education and their faculty’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘education 
of the institution; and’’ and inserting ‘‘curricula of the 
institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of 
teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary 
and secondary levels;’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
42 USC 12529. 
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‘‘(B) including service-learning as a component of other 
curricula or academic programs (other than education cur-
ricula or programs), such as curricula or programs relating 
to nursing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; and’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 
(4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(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 exceed 50 percent of the total 
cost of the program. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 
remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 
each recipient of a grant or contract under this part— 
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
equipment, or services; and 
‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State 
sources or local sources, including 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. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a con-
tract under this part, an institution or partnership shall prepare 
and submit to the Corporation, an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information and assur-
ances as the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain 
approval of the application. In requesting applications for 
assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such 
required information and assurances. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under para-
graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) assurances that— 
‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a participant, 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 nonduplica-
tion and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 
and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures 
required by section 176; and 
‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, in 
making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), 
the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications sub-
mitted by, or applications from partnerships including, institutions 
serving primarily low-income populations, including— 
Contracts. 
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‘‘(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions; 
‘‘(2) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander- 
serving institutions; 
‘‘(3) Hispanic-serving institutions; 
‘‘(4) historically black colleges and universities; 
‘‘(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions; 
‘‘(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; 
‘‘(7) Predominantly Black Institutions; 
‘‘(8) tribally controlled colleges and universities; and 
‘‘(9) community colleges serving predominantly minority 
populations. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants and entering into con-
tracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall take into consider-
ation whether the applicants submit applications containing pro-
posals that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of 
higher education involved, other than by demonstrating the 
commitment of the students, to supporting the community 
service projects carried out under the program; 
‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution will pro-
mote faculty, administration, and staff participation in the 
community service projects; 
‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide 
service to the community through organized programs, 
including, where appropriate, clinical programs for students 
in professional schools and colleges; 
‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the 
community service projects, such as a partnership comprised 
of— 
‘‘(A) the institution; 
‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 
‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 
‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves school- 
age youth, older adults, or low-income communities; and 
‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 
‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or 
‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different depart-
ments, schools, or colleges at the institution; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the develop-
ment of the proposal and the extent to which the proposal 
will contribute to the goals of the involved community members; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform community 
service projects in underserved urban and rural communities; 
‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and methods 
to improve service utilized in the design of the projects; 
‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership will use 
the assistance provided through the grant or contract to 
strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher 
education; 
‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, 
specify projects that involve leadership development of school- 
age youth; or 
‘‘(10) describe the needs that the proposed projects are 
designed to address, such as housing, economic development, 
infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime 
prevention, urban planning, transportation, information tech-
nology, or child welfare. 
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‘‘(g) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for assistance under 
this part, an institution of higher education shall demonstrate that 
it meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(A) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating 
to the participation of students employed under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
(relating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community service 
activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements from 
the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(h) 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.’’. 
SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 1202) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may annually designate not more than 
25 institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from 
among institutions nominated by State Commissions. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomination to receive 
designation under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to 
apply for funds under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institu-
tion of higher education in a State shall submit an application 
to the State Commission at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the State Commission may 
require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall 
include information specifying— 
‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if applicable, 
graduate service-learning courses offered at such institu-
tion for the most recent full academic year preceding the 
fiscal year for which designation is sought; and 
‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of undergraduate stu-
dents and, if applicable, the number and percentage of 
graduate students at such institution who were enrolled 
in the corresponding courses described in clause (i), for 
such preceding academic year; 
‘‘(B) 
the 
percentage 
of 
undergraduate 
students 
engaging in and, if applicable, the percentage of graduate 
students engaging in activities providing community serv-
ices, as defined in section 441(c) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding 
academic year, the quality of such activities, and the aver-
age amount of time spent, per student, engaged in such 
activities; 
‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the percentage 
of Federal work-study funds made available to the institu-
tion under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to com-
pensate students employed in providing community serv-
ices, as so defined, and a description of the efforts the 
institution undertakes to make available to students 
42 USC 12561a. 
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opportunities to provide such community services and be 
compensated through such work-study funds; 
‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, information 
demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of 
the institution, and all graduates of the institution, have 
obtained full-time public service employment in the non-
profit sector or government, with a private nonprofit 
organization or a Federal, State, or local public agency; 
and 
‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in place to 
encourage or assist graduates of the institution to pursue 
careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or govern-
ment. 
‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission that receives 
applications from institutions of higher education under 
subsection (b) may nominate, for designation under sub-
section (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher 
education, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) not more than one 4-year public institution 
of higher education; 
‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private institution 
of higher education; and 
‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year institution of higher 
education. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission shall submit 
to the Corporation the name and application of each institu-
tion nominated by the State Commission under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall designate, under 
subsection (a), not more than 25 institutions of higher education 
from among the institutions nominated under paragraph (1). 
In making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, 
designate various types of institutions, including institutions 
from each of the categories of institutions described in clauses 
(i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Using sums reserved under section 
501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall 
provide an award of funds to institutions designated under 
subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to develop or 
disseminate service-learning models and information on best 
practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of 
higher education. 
‘‘(2) PLAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under this sub-
section, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall 
submit a plan to the Corporation describing how the institution 
intends to use the funds to develop or disseminate service- 
learning models and information on best practices regarding 
service-learning to other institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall determine how 
the funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses 
of Service for a fiscal year will be allocated among the institu-
tions submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In deter-
mining the amount of funds to be allocated to such an institu-
tion, the Corporation shall consider the number of students 
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at the institution, the quality and scope of the plan submitted 
by the institution under paragraph (2), and the institution’s 
current (as of the date of submission of the plan) strategies 
to encourage or assist students to pursue public service careers 
in the nonprofit sector or government.’’. 
SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1203, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘PART 
III—INNOVATIVE 
AND 
COMMUNITY- 
BASED SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 
RESEARCH 
‘‘SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING 
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
State educational agency, a State Commission, a territory, an 
Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public 
or private nonprofit organization (including community-based 
entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary 
school, a local educational agency, a consortium of such entities, 
or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit 
organization. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligible partnership’ 
means a partnership that— 
‘‘(A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based entities that have 
demonstrated records of success in carrying out service- 
learning programs with economically disadvantaged 
students, and that meet such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish; and 
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for which— 
‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, as deter-
mined by the Corporation, of the students served 
by the agency are economically disadvantaged stu-
dents; and 
‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as defined in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) 
and as clarified in applicable regulations promul-
gated by the Department of Education for the sec-
ondary school students served by the agency is 
less than 70 percent; and 
‘‘(B) may also include— 
‘‘(i) a local government agency that is not described 
in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive officer of a 
unit of general local government; 
‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State educational 
agency; or 
‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational agency described 
in subclause (I). 
42 USC 12563. 
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‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE.—The term ‘youth engage-
ment zone’ means the area in which a youth engagement zone 
program is carried out. 
‘‘(4) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The term ‘youth 
engagement zone program’ means a service-learning program 
in which members of an eligible partnership collaborate to 
provide coordinated school-based or community-based service- 
learning opportunities— 
‘‘(A) in order to address a specific community challenge; 
‘‘(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth 
and secondary school students served by a local educational 
agency; and 
‘‘(C) in circumstances under which— 
‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of such students 
participate in service-learning activities as part of the 
program; or 
‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the curriculum 
in all of the secondary schools served by the local 
educational agency. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make 
grants (which may include approved summer of service positions 
in the case of a grant for a program described in subsection (c)(8)) 
and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to 
eligible entities or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for pro-
grams and activities described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this part may be 
used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this 
part as ‘STEM’) curricula at the elementary, secondary, postsec-
ondary, or postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with prac-
ticing or retired STEM professionals; 
‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing 
on energy conservation in their community, including con-
ducting educational outreach on energy conservation and 
working to improve energy efficiency in low-income housing 
and in public spaces; 
‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning programs in emer-
gency and disaster preparedness; 
‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning programs aimed 
at improving access to and obtaining the benefits from com-
puters and other emerging technologies, including improving 
such access for individuals with disabilities, in low-income or 
rural communities, in senior centers and communities, in 
schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces; 
‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of 
middle school youth while involving all participants in service- 
learning to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, public safety, or emergency and disaster preparedness 
needs in their community; 
‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, 
including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate 
such research and evaluations widely; 
‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities as described 
in section 112(a); 
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‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service programs 
(giving priority to programs that enroll youth who will be 
enrolled in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer 
concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, 
training, and placing service-learning coordinators)— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 
6 through 12 at the end of the summer concerned; and 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning projects— 
‘‘(i) that shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, educational, environ-
mental 
(including 
energy 
conservation 
and 
stewardship), 
and 
emergency 
and 
disaster 
preparedness and other public safety needs; and 
‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and 
designed to produce identifiable improvements to 
the community; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the extension of academic 
year service-learning programs into the summer 
months; and 
‘‘(iii) under which a student who completes 100 
hours of service as described in section 146(b)(2), shall 
be eligible for a summer of service educational award 
of $500 or $750 as described in sections 146(a)(2)(C) 
and 147(d); 
‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement zone pro-
grams in youth engagement zones, for students in secondary 
schools served by local educational agencies for which a 
majority of such students do not participate in service-learning 
activities that are— 
‘‘(A) carried out by eligible partnerships; and 
‘‘(B) designed to— 
‘‘(i) involve all students in secondary schools served 
by the local educational agency in service-learning to 
address a specific community challenge; 
‘‘(ii) improve student engagement, including stu-
dent attendance and student behavior, and student 
achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates 
at secondary schools; and 
‘‘(iii) involve an increasing percentage of students 
in secondary school and out-of-school youth in the 
community 
in 
school-based 
or 
community-based 
service-learning activities each year, with the goal of 
involving all students in secondary schools served by 
the local educational agency and involving an 
increasing percentage of the out-of-school youth in 
service-learning activities; and 
‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs that— 
‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary school stu-
dents to participate in a semester of coordinated school- 
based or community-based service-learning opportunities 
for a minimum of 70 hours (of which at least a third 
will be spent participating in field-based activities) over 
a semester, to address specific community challenges; 
‘‘(B) engage as participants high percentages or num-
bers of economically disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic credit, for 
the time spent in the classroom and in the field for the 
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program, that is equivalent to the academic credit for any 
class of equivalent length and with an equivalent time 
commitment; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that the classroom-based instruction 
component of the program is integrated into the academic 
program of the local educational agency involved; and 
‘‘(11) carry out any other innovative service-learning pro-
grams or research that the Corporation considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant to carry 
out a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, 
as appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 
application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the applica-
tion. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this part, the Corpora-
tion shall give priority to applicants proposing to— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the 
design and implementation of service-learning programs carried 
out using funds received under this part; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income 
or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the 
resources of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and 
implementation of service-learning programs. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded under this 
part shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may 
include 1 planning year. In the case of a program funded 
under this part, the 3-year period may be extended by 1 year, 
if the program meets performance levels established in accord-
ance with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined 
by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each entity carrying 
out a program or activity funded under this part shall, to 
the extent practicable, collaborate with entities carrying out 
programs under this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 
et seq., 5001 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 4 years after the effective 
date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct 
an independent evaluation of the programs and activities car-
ried out using funds made available under this part, and deter-
mine best practices relating to service-learning and rec-
ommendations for improvement of those programs and activi-
ties. The Corporation shall widely disseminate the results of 
the evaluations, and information on the best practices and 
recommendations to the service community through multiple 
channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a 
clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1204, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
Dissemination. 
Deadline. 
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‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 
‘‘SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved under section 
501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Corporation shall enter into 
a contract with an entity that is not otherwise a recipient 
of financial assistance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10- 
year longitudinal study on the impact of the activities carried 
out under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the entity shall 
consider the impact of service-learning activities carried out 
under this subtitle on students participating in such activities, 
including in particular examining the degree to which the 
activities— 
‘‘(A) improved student academic achievement; 
‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 
‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as 
clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the 
Department of Education; and 
‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the participants 
in the activities engaged in subsequent national service, 
volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers 
in public service, in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—In carrying out such study, the entity shall 
examine the impact of the service-learning activities on the 
4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of para-
graph (2), analyzed in terms of how much time participants 
were engaged in service-learning activities. 
‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES.—The entity shall collect information 
on best practices concerning using service-learning activities 
to improve the 4 factors. 
‘‘(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The entity shall periodically submit 
reports to the Corporation containing the interim results of the 
study and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 
submit such reports to the authorizing committees. 
‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report to the 
Corporation containing the results of the study and the information 
on best practices. The Corporation shall submit such report to 
the authorizing committees, and shall make such report available 
to the public on the Corporation’s website. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION
AND DISSEMINATION.—On receiving the 
report described in subsection (c), the Corporation shall consult 
with the Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, 
and to identify best practices concerning using service-learning 
activities to improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate 
information on the identified best practices.’’. 
Public 
information. 
Web posting. 
Contracts. 
42 USC 12565. 
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Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C 
(National Service Trust Program) 
SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES; LIMITS 
ON CORPORATION COSTS. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
after ‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the following: ‘‘territories,’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 
122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
122’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREEMENTS WITH 
FEDERAL
AGENCIES’’ and inserting ‘‘RESTRICTIONS
ON 
AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 
into an interagency agreement (other than a grant agreement) 
with another Federal agency to support a national service pro-
gram carried out or otherwise supported by the agency. The 
Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement may 
approve positions as approved national service positions for 
a program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corporation may not 
provide a grant under this section to a Federal agency.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance under this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out or supporting a 
national service program’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘using such assistance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through that program’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera-
tive agreement’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘an interagency agreement’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A requirement under 
this Act that applies to an entity receiving assistance under 
section 121 (other than a requirement limited to an entity 
receiving assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered 
to apply to a Federal agency that enters into an interagency 
agreement under this subsection, even though no Federal 
agency may receive financial assistance under such an agree-
ment.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 
and in providing approved national service positions under 
subsection (b),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be provided’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise approved’’; 
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(4) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by striking 
‘‘or (b)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal share of 
the cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of the cost 
(including the costs of member living allowances, employ-
ment-related taxes, health care coverage, and workers’ com-
pensation and other necessary operation costs)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT
REPORT.—A recipient of assistance 
under this section (other than a recipient of assistance 
through a fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 
129(l)) shall report to the Corporation the amount and 
source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program 
for which the assistance is made available other than those 
provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Corporation shall 
report to the authorizing committees on an annual basis 
information regarding each recipient of such assistance 
that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the 
Corporation to carry out such a program, including the 
amounts and sources of the other Federal funds.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—The 
Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) develop a plan to— 
‘‘(A) establish the number of the approved national 
service positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved positions 
to— 
‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 170,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in subpara-
graph (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance 
of full- and part-time service positions; 
‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the authorizing 
committees on the status of the plan described in paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropriations and quality 
service opportunities, implement the plan described in para-
graph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 
ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a grant under 
section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a 
national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion 
of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through 
42 USC 12572. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
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subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following 
national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or 
programs, to address unmet needs: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through an Education Corps that identi-
fies and meets unmet educational needs within commu-
nities through activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 
described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps described in this 
paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support 
to elementary school and secondary school students; 
‘‘(ii) improving school climate; 
‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer 
mentoring; 
‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services and com-
prehensive supports with students, their families, and 
their public schools; 
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in expanding 
the school day by strengthening the quality of staff 
and expanding the academic programming offered in 
an expanded learning time initiative, a program of 
a 21st century community learning center (as defined 
in section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality 
after-school program; 
‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local educational agen-
cies in improving and expanding high-quality service- 
learning programs that keep students engaged in 
schools by carrying out programs that provide special-
ized training to individuals in service-learning, and 
place the individuals (after such training) in positions 
as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service- 
learning in programs eligible for funding under part 
I of subtitle B; 
‘‘(vii) assisting students in being prepared for col-
lege-level work; 
‘‘(viii) involving family members of students in sup-
porting teachers and students; 
‘‘(ix) conducting a preprofessional training program 
in which students enrolled in an institution of higher 
education— 
‘‘(I) receive training (which may include classes 
containing service-learning) in specified fields 
including early childhood education and care, 
elementary and secondary education, and other 
fields such as those relating to health services, 
criminal justice, environmental stewardship and 
conservation, or public safety; 
‘‘(II) perform service related to such training 
outside the classroom during the school term and 
during summer or other vacation periods; and 
‘‘(III) agree to provide service upon graduation 
to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, 
or public safety needs related to such training; 
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‘‘(x) assisting economically disadvantaged students 
in navigating the college admissions process; 
‘‘(xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet 
educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; 
or 
‘‘(xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to 
promote greater community unity through the use of 
music and arts education and engagement through 
work in low-income communities, and education, health 
care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the 
public domain with citizens of all ages. 
‘‘(C) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 
a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) student engagement, including student attend-
ance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined 
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regula-
tions promulgated by the Department of Education; 
‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued col-
lege enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
education for students that the Corporation, in con-
sultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to improving edu-
cation for students, that is approved by the Corporation 
or a State Commission. 
‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that 
identifies and meets unmet health needs within commu-
nities through activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 
described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures Corps described 
in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in navigating the health services system; 
‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to 
health services, including oral health services, for 
themselves or their children; 
‘‘(iii) 
educating 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations about, and engaging 
individuals described in this clause in, initiatives 
regarding navigating the health services system and 
regarding disease prevention and health promotion, 
with a particular focus on common health conditions, 
chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease 
prevention and health promotion measures exist and 
for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and 
ethnic health disparities exist; 
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‘‘(iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding 
health, including oral health; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at clinics and 
in emergency rooms to improve health services; 
‘‘(vi) providing services designed to meet the health 
needs of rural communities, including the recruitment 
of youth to work in health professions in such commu-
nities; 
‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion interventions 
that improve health status, and helping people adopt 
and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status; 
‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity through in- 
school and after-school physical activities, and pro-
viding nutrition education to students, in elementary 
schools and secondary schools; or 
‘‘(ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health 
needs, that the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) 
HEALTHY
FUTURES
CORPS
INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 
are— 
‘‘(i) access to health services among economically 
disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are 
members of medically underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health services for uninsured individ-
uals, including such individuals who are economically 
disadvantaged children; 
‘‘(iii) participation, among economically disadvan-
taged individuals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, in disease 
prevention and health promotion initiatives, particu-
larly those with a focus on addressing common health 
conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing 
health disparities; 
‘‘(iv) literacy of patients regarding health; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator, relating to improving 
or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations, that the Corporation, 
in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estab-
lishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to improving or 
protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations, that is approved by the 
Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps 
that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance 
on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Service Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out activities such 
as— 
‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for 
low-income households to significantly improve the 
energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such 
housing units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low- 
income communities; 
‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for low-income 
households and recommending ways for the households 
to improve energy efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) 
providing 
clean 
energy-related 
services 
designed to meet the needs of rural communities; 
‘‘(v) working with schools and youth programs to 
educate students and youth about ways to reduce home 
energy use and improve the environment, including 
conducting service-learning projects to provide such 
education; 
‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of local recycling 
programs; 
‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and 
State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and 
other public lands, and trails owned or maintained 
by the Federal Government or a State, including 
planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out 
forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion 
control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and 
rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and 
structures throughout the national park system, and 
providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and 
repairs; 
‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained 
by the Federal Government or a State; 
‘‘(ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the 
National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabili-
tate national park resources and enhance services and 
learning opportunities for national park visitors, and 
nearby communities and schools; 
‘‘(x) providing service through a full-time, year- 
round youth corps program or full-time summer youth 
corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth 
service corps program that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful service projects 
with visible public benefits, including projects 
involving 
urban 
renewal, 
sustaining 
natural 
resources, or improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants youths and young 
adults who are age 16 through 25, including out- 
of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth 
(such as youth who are aging out of foster care, 
youth who have limited English proficiency, home-
less youth, and youth who are individuals with 
disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and 
‘‘(III) provides those participants who are 
youth and young adults with— 
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‘‘(aa) team-based, highly structured, and 
adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 
education, career guidance and counseling, 
employment training, and support services 
including mentoring; and 
‘‘(bb) the opportunity to develop citizen-
ship values and skills through service to their 
community and the United States; 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 
unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the 
Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 
are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units of low-income 
households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly 
improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 
‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in 
those costs) at facilities where participants have pro-
vided service; 
‘‘(iii) the number of students and youth receiving 
education or training in energy-efficient and environ-
mentally conscious practices; 
‘‘(iv)(I) the number of acres of national parks, State 
parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, 
that are cleaned or improved; and 
‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or 
miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the 
Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or 
improved; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to clean 
energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or 
education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, 
that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) 
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of the Interior, or the Secretary of Labor, as appro-
priate, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, 
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education 
or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is 
approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(4) VETERANS CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies 
and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities 
such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves 
performance on the indicators described in subparagraph 
(C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans Corps described in this 
paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the 
unique needs of military families while a family 
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member is deployed and upon that family member’s 
return home; 
‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning vet-
erans, into service opportunities, including opportuni-
ties that utilize their military experience; 
‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing their edu-
cational opportunities (including opportunities for 
professional certification, licensure, or credentials), 
coordinating activities with and assisting State and 
local agencies administering veterans education bene-
fits, and coordinating activities with and assisting enti-
ties administering veterans programs with internships 
and fellowships that could lead to employment in the 
private and public sectors; 
‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve 
the needs of veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces who are on active duty, including helping vet-
erans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agen-
cies in providing services to veterans, and sending 
care packages to Members of the Armed Forces who 
are deployed; 
‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring 
relationships with economically disadvantaged stu-
dents; 
‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist veterans with 
disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older vet-
erans, and veterans in rural communities, including 
assisting veterans described in this clause with 
transportation; or 
‘‘(vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of 
veterans, that the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 
a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units created for vet-
erans; 
‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pursue edu-
cational opportunities; 
‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving professional 
certification, licensure, or credentials; 
‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged in service 
opportunities; 
‘‘(v) the number of military families assisted by 
organizations while a family member is deployed and 
upon that family member’s return home; 
‘‘(vi) the number of economically disadvantaged 
students engaged in mentoring relationships with vet-
erans; 
‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed to meet 
identifiable public needs of veterans, especially vet-
erans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, 
older veterans, and veterans in rural communities; 
‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that relates to edu-
cation or skill attainment that assists in providing 
veterans with the skills to address identifiable public 
needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, 
of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and 
of families of the veterans and the members on active 
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duty, and that the Corporation, in consultation (as 
appropriate) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
establishes; or 
‘‘(ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to the education 
or skill attainment, or the improvement, described in 
clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or 
a State Commission. 
‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identi-
fies and meets unmet needs relating to economic oppor-
tunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within 
communities, through activities such as those described 
in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the 
indicators described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Opportunity Corps described in 
this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) providing financial literacy education to 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals, 
including 
financial literacy education with regard to credit 
management, financial institutions including banks 
and credit unions, and utilization of savings plans; 
‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, 
or preservation of housing units, including energy effi-
cient homes, for economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals, including homeless individuals, in finding place-
ment in and maintaining housing; 
‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in obtaining access to health services for them-
selves or their children; 
‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information 
about Federal, State, local, or private programs or 
benefits focused on assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals, economically disadvantaged chil-
dren, or low-income families; 
‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of 
job training for economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in obtaining access to job placement assistance; 
‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to elimi-
nate hunger in low-income communities and rural 
areas through service in projects— 
‘‘(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and 
nonprofit organizations that provide food during 
emergencies; 
‘‘(II) seeking to address the long-term causes 
of hunger through education and the delivery of 
appropriate services; 
‘‘(III) providing training in basic health, nutri-
tion, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger 
in communities and rural areas; or 
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‘‘(IV) 
assisting 
individuals 
in 
obtaining 
information about federally supported nutrition 
programs; 
‘‘(ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citi-
zens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and med-
ical services, nutrition information, and transportation; 
‘‘(x) implementing an E–Corps program that 
involves participants who provide services in a commu-
nity by developing and assisting in carrying out tech-
nology programs that seek to increase access to tech-
nology and the benefits of technology in such commu-
nity; and 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 
unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for 
economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Cor-
poration may designate. 
‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators 
for a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy among economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built or improved 
for economically disadvantaged individuals or low- 
income families; 
‘‘(iii) the number of economically disadvantaged 
individuals with access to job training and other skill 
enhancement; 
‘‘(iv) the number of economically disadvantaged 
individuals with access to information about job place-
ment services; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as 
appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant under section 
121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
service program under section 121(b) may use the financial 
assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants 
to other entities, to carry out national service programs and 
model programs under this subsection that are focused on 
meeting community needs and improve performance on the 
indicators described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include the following 
types of national service programs: 
‘‘(A) A community service program designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities, using teams or individual 
placements to address the development needs of rural 
communities, including addressing rural poverty, or the 
need for health services, education, or job training. 
‘‘(B) A program— 
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‘‘(i) that engages participants in public health, 
emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public 
safety activities; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment of qualified 
participants for, and placement of the participants in, 
positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, 
firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emer-
gency medical service workers; and 
‘‘(iii) that may engage Federal, State, and local 
stakeholders, in collaboration, to organize more effec-
tive responses to issues of public health, emergencies 
and disasters, and other public safety issues. 
‘‘(C) A program that seeks to expand the number of 
mentors for disadvantaged youths and other youths 
(including by recruiting high school-, and college-age 
individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), either 
through— 
‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring services; 
‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to direct men-
toring service organizations (in the case of a partner-
ship); 
‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current and 
emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; 
or 
‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partnerships (including 
statewide and local mentoring partnerships that 
strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by— 
‘‘(I) increasing State resources dedicated to 
mentoring; 
‘‘(II) supporting the creation of statewide and 
local mentoring partnerships and programs of 
national 
scope 
through 
collaborative 
efforts 
between entities such as local or direct service 
mentoring partnerships, or units of State or local 
government; and 
‘‘(III) assisting direct service mentoring pro-
grams. 
‘‘(D) A program— 
‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent of the partici-
pants are disadvantaged youth; 
‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills training, employ-
ment training, educational counseling, assistance to 
complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring relationship 
with an adult volunteer; and 
‘‘(iii) for which, in awarding financial assistance 
and approved national service positions, the Corpora-
tion shall give priority to programs that engage retirees 
to serve as mentors. 
‘‘(E) A program— 
‘‘(i) that reengages court-involved youth and adults 
with the goal of reducing recidivism; 
‘‘(ii) that may create support systems beginning 
in correctional facilities; and 
‘‘(iii) that may have life skills training, employment 
training, an education program (including a program 
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to complete a secondary school diploma or its recog-
nized equivalent), educational and career counseling, 
and postprogram placement services. 
‘‘(F) A demonstration program— 
‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the 
recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and 
adults as participants, volunteers, or members; and 
‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose otherwise per-
mitted under this Act. 
‘‘(G) A program that provides education or job training 
services that are designed to meet the needs of rural 
communities. 
‘‘(H) A program that seeks to expand the number of 
mentors for youth in foster care through— 
‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring 
services for youth in foster care; 
‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive services to men-
toring service organizations that directly provide men-
toring to youth in foster care, including providing 
training of mentors in child development, domestic 
violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and 
other matters related to working with youth in foster 
care; or 
‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partner-
ships, including statewide and local mentoring partner-
ships that strengthen direct service mentoring pro-
grams. 
‘‘(I) Such other national service programs addressing 
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs as the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(3) INDICATORS.—The indicators for a program described 
in this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph 
(C) of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) 
or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant 
or recipient and on which an improvement in performance 
is needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, that 
is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities described 
in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 
(a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 
121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
service program under section 121(b) may directly or through 
grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service 
corps program through the following program models: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that meets unmet 
health, veteran, and other human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and promotes greater 
community unity through the use of organized teams of 
participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, 
skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, 
ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 
‘‘(B) A service program that— 
‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special skills or pro-
vides specialized preservice training to enable partici-
pants to be placed individually or in teams in positions 
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in which the participants can meet such unmet needs; 
and 
‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of the program, 
brings participants together for additional training and 
other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, 
increase the skills of participants, and improve the 
quality of the service provided. 
‘‘(C) A campus-based program that is designed to pro-
vide substantial service in a community during the school 
term and during summer or other vacation periods through 
the use of— 
‘‘(i) students who are attending an institution of 
higher education, including students participating in 
a work-study program assisted under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) teams composed of students described in 
clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination of such 
students and community residents. 
‘‘(D) A professional corps program that recruits and 
places qualified participants in positions— 
‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other health care pro-
viders, police officers, early childhood development 
staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service 
to meet human, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs in communities with an inadequate 
number of such professionals; 
‘‘(ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum 
living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of sec-
tion 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; 
and 
‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or private 
employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries 
and benefits (other than any national service edu-
cational award under subtitle D) of the participants. 
‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans 
to participate in service projects. 
‘‘(F) A program carried out by an intermediary that 
builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based 
organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local 
or national needs. 
‘‘(G) Such other program models as may be approved 
by the Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM MODELS WITHIN CORPS.—A recipient of finan-
cial assistance or approved national service positions for a 
corps program described in subsection (a) may use the assist-
ance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole 
or in part, using a program model described in this subsection. 
The corps program shall meet the applicable requirements of 
subsection (a) and this subsection. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—The Corporation 
shall establish qualification criteria for different types of 
national service programs for the purpose of determining 
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whether a particular national service program should be consid-
ered to be a national service program eligible to receive assist-
ance or approved national service positions under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualification criteria 
under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 
organizations and individuals with extensive experience in 
developing and administering effective national service pro-
grams or regarding the delivery of veteran services, and other 
human, educational, environmental, or public safety services, 
to communities or persons. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The qualification criteria 
established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also 
be used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) 
that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant 
program to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL COMPONENTS 
OF
PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national 
service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved 
national service positions under this subtitle to establish, if 
consistent with the purposes of the program, an intergenera-
tional component of the program that combines students, out- 
of-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults as 
participants to provide services to address unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITIES
FOR CERTAIN CORPS.—In awarding financial 
assistance and approved national service positions to eligible enti-
ties proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible enti-
ties that propose to provide support for participants who, 
after completing service under this section, will undertake 
careers to improve performance on health indicators 
described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible enti-
ties that propose to carry out national service programs 
in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an 
area with a shortage of personal health services); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), 
the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that pro-
pose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps 
so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps 
are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 
individuals support services and education and training to 
develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there 
is current demand or projected future demand. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
BY
CORPORATION.—In 
order 
to 
concentrate 
national efforts on meeting human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and to achieve the other 
purposes of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the 
strategic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall 
establish, and may periodically alter, priorities regarding 
the types of national service programs and corps to be 
assisted under section 129 and the purposes for which 
such assistance may be used. 
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‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with paragraph (4), States 
shall establish, and through the national service plan 
process described in section 178(e)(1), periodically alter 
priorities as appropriate regarding the national service pro-
grams to be assisted under section 129(e). The State prior-
ities shall be subject to Corporation review as part of 
the application process under section 130. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation shall provide 
advance notice to potential applicants of any national service 
priorities to be in effect under this subsection for a fiscal 
year. The notice shall specifically include— 
‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made in the prior-
ities since the previous notice; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the national service programs 
that are designated by the Corporation under section 
133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the next 
competitive distribution of assistance under section 121(a). 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation 
establish procedures to ensure the equitable treatment of 
national service programs that— 
‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for multiple 
years; and 
‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual revisions 
in such national service priorities. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
TO
SUBGRANTS.—Any national service 
priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection 
shall also be used by each recipient of funds under section 
121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a 
grant program to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(g) CONSULTATION ON INDICATORS.—The Corporation shall con-
sult with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of 
the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators 
for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Corporation shall require that each recipient of assistance 
under the national service laws that operates a tutoring pro-
gram involving elementary school or secondary school students 
certifies that individuals serving in approved national service 
positions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) obtained their high school diplomas; and 
‘‘(B) successfully completed pre- and in-service training 
for tutors. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in paragraph (1) do 
not apply to an individual serving in an approved national 
service position who is enrolled in an elementary school or 
secondary school and is providing tutoring services through 
a structured, school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring 
program that receives assistance under the national service laws 
shall— 
Certification. 
Procedures. 
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‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, research-based, 
and consistent with the State academic content standards 
required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional 
program of the local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-service 
training for tutors. 
‘‘(j) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall establish 
guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national service 
laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship 
programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices are based, relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic 
engagement among participants in approved national service posi-
tions and approved summer of service positions, and appropriate 
to the age, education, and experience of the participants. 
‘‘(k) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 
121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing 
committees a report containing— 
‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation allocated 
financial assistance and approved national service positions 
among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national 
service programs described in this section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) information describing the amount of financial assist-
ance and the number of approved national service positions 
the Corporation provided to each corps and national service 
program described in this section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national 
service programs improved performance on the corresponding 
indicators; and 
‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation is coordi-
nating— 
‘‘(A) the national service programs funded under this 
section; with 
‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by the Cor-
poration, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and 
part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 
et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve performance on those 
indicators or otherwise address identified community 
needs.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the 
following: ‘‘a territory,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
agency (under an interagency agreement described in sec-
tion 121(b))’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’; 
Guidelines. 
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(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) A position involving service in the ServeAmerica 
Fellowship program carried out under section 198B.’’. 
SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHALLENGE GRANTS. 
Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$125,000 and $750,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making a grant to a 
State under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the 
State to agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal 
sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corpora-
tion through the grant. 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 
Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates 
hardship or a new State Commission to meet alternative 
matching requirements for such a grant as follows: 
‘‘(A) FIRST $100,000.—For the first $100,000 of grant 
funds provided by the Corporation, the State involved shall 
not be required to provide matching funds. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS
GREATER
THAN
$100,000.—For grant 
amounts of more than $100,000 and not more than 
$250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree 
to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of 
not less than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corporation, 
in excess of $100,000. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS
GREATER
THAN
$250,000.—For grant 
amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the Corpora-
tion, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from 
non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 pro-
vided by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may undertake activi-
ties, including activities carried out through part A of title I of 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 
seq.), to involve programs that receive assistance under the national 
service laws in disaster relief efforts, and to support, including 
through mission assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
nonprofit organizations and public agencies responding to the needs 
of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to national service 
programs that receive assistance under section 121’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘to programs supported under the national service 
laws’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this 
subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not 
more than $1 of assistance 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 matching funds 
requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, a grant 
under this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assist-
ance under this subsection 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 under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised 
from private sources 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 national 
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 NATIONAL 
SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.— 
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 
Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub-
mitted under section 130. The Corporation shall allot for a grant 
to each such territory under this subsection for a fiscal year an 
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 all such territories. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds allocated 
by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) 
for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent 
for grants to Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on 
a competitive basis. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The Corporation 
shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year 
for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a 
participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program 
under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational award 
described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility 
requirements for the award. Funds for approved national service 
positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be 
deducted from the total funding for approved national service posi-
tions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and 
(e) for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall 
reserve not more than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on 
a competitive basis to States specified in subsection (e)(1) for 
national service programs, to nonprofit organizations seeking 
to operate a national service program in 2 or more of those 
States, and to Indian tribes. 
‘‘(2) EQUITABLE
TREATMENT.—In the consideration of 
applications for such grants, the Corporation shall ensure the 
equitable treatment of applicants from urban areas, applicants 
from rural areas, applicants of diverse sizes (as measured by 
the number of participants served), applicants from States, 
and applicants from national nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(3) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.—In making grants under 
this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 
an effort to allocate not less than 10 percent of the financial 
assistance and approved national service positions provided 
through the grants for that fiscal year to eligible entities pro-
posing to carry out encore service programs, unless the Corpora-
tion does not receive a sufficient number of applications of 
adequate quality to justify making that percentage available 
to those eligible entities. 
‘‘(4) CORPS PROGRAMS.—In making grants under this sub-
section for a fiscal year, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall select 2 or more of the national service 
corps described in section 122(a) to receive grants under 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) may select national service programs described 
in section 122(b) to receive such grants. 
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall make a grant to each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 130 
that is approved by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Corporation shall allot for a grant 
to each such State under this subsection for a fiscal year 
an 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 paragraph (1) for each fiscal year 
shall be at least $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated 
for the State formula under this subsection for the fiscal year, 
whichever is greater. 
‘‘(f) 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 application consistent with section 
133, the Corporation may use the amount that would have been 
allotted under this section to the State or territory to— 
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‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved national service 
positions in connection with such grants) to other community- 
based entities under section 121 that propose to carry out 
national service programs in such State or territory; and 
‘‘(2) make reallotments to other States or territories with 
approved applications submitted under section 130, from the 
allotment funds not used to make grants as described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall make an 
allotment of assistance (including the provision of approved national 
service positions) to a recipient under this section only pursuant 
to an application submitted by a State or other applicant under 
section 130. 
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 
The Corporation may not approve positions 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 
service educational awards under subtitle D based on completed 
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 reasonable adjustments to program rules. 
‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP
AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may 
enter into agreements with persons or entities who offer to 
sponsor national service positions for which the person or entity 
will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide 
a national service educational award. The distribution of those 
approved national service positions shall be made pursuant 
to the agreement, and the creation of those positions shall 
not be taken into consideration in determining the number 
of approved national service positions to be available for dis-
tribution under this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds provided 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. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal 
year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
501(a)(2) and allocated to carry out subtitle C and subject 
to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve 
such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate 
for the purpose of making assistance available under sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 126. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000. 
‘‘(3) TIMING.—The Corporation shall reserve such amount, 
and any amount reserved under subsection (k) from funds 
appropriated and allocated to carry out subtitle C, before allo-
cating funds for the provision of assistance under any other 
provision of this subtitle. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION 
OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
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‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public or private 
nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individ-
uals with disabilities in national service and for demonstration 
activities in furtherance of this purpose, and subject to the 
limitation in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall 
reserve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, appropriated 
to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000. 
‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The Chief Executive Officer may use the 
funds reserved under paragraph (1), and not distributed to 
make grants under this subsection for other activities described 
in section 501(a)(2). 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appropriated for a 
fiscal year to provide financial assistance under the 
national service laws, the Corporation may provide assist-
ance in the form of fixed-amount grants in an amount 
determined by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 
than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a program. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed-amount grants to 
support programs described in section 129A, for the 1- 
year period beginning on the effective date of the Serve 
America Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in 
the form of fixed-amount grants to programs that only 
offer full-time positions. 
‘‘(2) 
DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
OF
FIXED-AMOUNT 
GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized by this subsection 
shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that 
is— 
‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable and nec-
essary costs of administering the program supported by 
the grant; and 
‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual enrolled in 
the program receiving the grant, taking into account— 
‘‘(i) the capacity of the entity carrying out the 
program to manage funds and achieve programmatic 
results; 
‘‘(ii) the number of approved national service posi-
tions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved 
summer of service positions for the program, if 
applicable; 
‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the program; 
‘‘(iv) whether the program provides service to, or 
involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or 
otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher 
level of costs; and 
‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corporation may 
consider under section 133 in considering applications 
for assistance. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.—In awarding 
a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 
‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds 
based upon the difference between the number of hours 
served by a participant and the minimum number 
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of hours for completion of a term of service (as estab-
lished by the Corporation); 
‘‘(ii) to report on the program’s performance on 
standardized measures and performance levels estab-
lished by the Corporation; 
‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation activities 
undertaken by the Corporation; and 
‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that additional funds 
will be raised in support of the program, in addition 
to those received under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions that the 
Corporation considers necessary or appropriate based on 
the relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associ-
ated with any application for a fixed-amount grant. 
‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.—Limitations 
on administrative costs and matching fund documentation 
requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided 
in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply 
with the requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States 
Code, or other requirements of Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–133.’’. 
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. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
to provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent 
with the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through 
fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)), provide 
operational support to programs that receive approved national 
service positions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—The Corporation 
may provide the operational support under this section for a pro-
gram in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual 
enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more 
than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons 
enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following provisions shall 
not apply to programs funded under this section: 
‘‘(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 140 (other than individualized support services for 
participants with disabilities under section 140(f)).’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
121(a)’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘assistance, a State,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
42 USC 12581a. 
Reports. 
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(C) by striking ‘‘institution of higher education, or Fed-
eral agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher edu-
cation’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘municipalities and 
governments of counties in which such a community is 
located,’’ after ‘‘providing services,’’; 
(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 ‘‘proposed’’ before 
‘‘minimum’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization intending to 
operate programs in 2 or more States, a description of the 
manner in which and extent to which the organization consulted 
with the State Commissions of each State in which the 
organization intends to operate and the nature of the consulta-
tion.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
121(a)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as sub-
sections (e) through (h), respectively and inserting after sub-
section (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION.—An 
application submitted under subsection (a) for programs described 
in 122(a) shall also contain— 
‘‘(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual measurements 
of the program’s performance on 1 or more of the corresponding 
indicators described in section 122; 
‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant proposes to 
utilize funds to improve performance on the corresponding 
indicators utilizing participants, including describing the activi-
ties in which such participants will engage to improve perform-
ance on those indicators; 
‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical area in which 
the eligible entity proposing to carry out the program proposes 
to use funds to improve performance on the corresponding 
indicators, and demographic information on the students or 
individuals, as appropriate, in such area, and statistics dem-
onstrating the need to improve such indicators in such area; 
and 
‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligible entity 
will work with other community-based entities to carry out 
activities to improve performance on the corresponding indica-
tors using such funds.’’; 
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(6) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be 
selected’’; 
(7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a program applicant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) 
in 
the 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘PROGRAM 
APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICANT’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘program applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ 
the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, 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: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
institution of higher education’’; and 
(8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON
SAME
PROJECT
RECEIVING
MULTIPLE 
GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by law, the Corporation 
may not provide more than 1 grant under the national service 
laws for a fiscal year to support the same project under the national 
service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the community served, the municipality and 
government of the county (if appropriate) in which the 
community is located, and potential participants in the 
program; and’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through 
a State (including a national service program that a nonprofit 
organization seeks to operate in 2 or more States), consult 
with and coordinate activities with the State Commission for 
each State in which the program will operate, and the Corpora-
tion shall obtain 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 the program in that State.’’. 
SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS. 
Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 132 the following: 
Consultation. 
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123 STAT. 1508 
PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 
‘‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—An approved national service 
position under this subtitle may not be used for the following 
activities: 
‘‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation. 
‘‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, 
or strikes. 
‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing. 
‘‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective 
bargaining agreements. 
‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activi-
ties designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal 
office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public 
office. 
‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that 
are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, 
political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, 
or elected officials. 
‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship 
services, providing instruction as part of a program that 
includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, con-
structing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction 
or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently 
devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in 
any form of proselytization, consistent with section 132. 
‘‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit 
to any— 
‘‘(A) business organized for profit; 
‘‘(B) labor union; 
‘‘(C) partisan political organization; 
‘‘(D) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with 
the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to prevent participants from 
engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own 
initiative; and 
‘‘(E) organization engaged in the religious activities 
described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used 
to support those religious activities. 
‘‘(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of 
such services. 
‘‘(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Cor-
poration funds to conduct a voter registration drive. 
‘‘(11) Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation 
may prohibit. 
‘‘(b) INELIGIBILITY.—No assistance provided under this subtitle 
may be provided to any organization that has violated a Federal 
criminal statute. 
‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS OR OTHER VOL-
UNTEERS.—A participant in an approved national service position 
under this subtitle may not be directed to perform any services 
or duties, or to engage in any activities, prohibited under the 
nonduplication, nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements 
relating to employees and volunteers in section 177.’’. 
Abortion. 
Contracts. 
Lobbying. 
42 USC 12584a. 
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123 STAT. 1509 
PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 
SEC. 1311. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘jobs or’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
129(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) national service programs that— 
‘‘(i) conform to the national service priorities in 
effect under section 122(f); 
‘‘(ii) are innovative; and 
‘‘(iii) are well established in 1 or more States at 
the time of the application and are proposed to be 
expanded to additional States using assistance pro-
vided under section 121; 
‘‘(B) grant programs in support of other national service 
programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by 
nonprofit organizations with demonstrated and extensive 
expertise in the provision of services to meet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 
‘‘(C) professional corps programs described in section 
122(c)(1)(D).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 129(d)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (d)(1) 
of section 129’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e) of section 
129’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 129(a)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 129(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 129(e)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3) of such subsection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(f)’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) VIEWS
OF STATE COMMISSION.—In making competitive 
awards under section 129(d), the Corporation shall solicit and con-
sider the views of a State Commission regarding any application 
for assistance to carry out a national service program within the 
State.’’. 
SEC. 1312. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as 
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
122(a)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(3)(B)(x)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)(4)’’. 
SEC. 1313. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘conducted by the State’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting 
‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly those who were consid-
ered, at the time of their service, disadvantaged youth’’. 
SEC. 1314. TERMS OF SERVICE. 
Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less than 9 
months and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘during a period of— 
’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘during a period of not more than 2 years.’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(A) EXTENSION.—An individual in an approved 
national service position performing service directly related 
to disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service 
for a period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified 
in, as appropriate, this subsection or section 153(d) or 
in section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954). 
‘‘(B) SINGLE
TERM
OF
SERVICE.—A period of service 
performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to term 
of service and service performed under this paragraph shall 
constitute a single term of service for purposes of sub-
sections (b)(1) and (c) of section 146. 
‘‘(C) BENEFITS.—An individual performing service 
under this paragraph may continue to receive a living 
allowance and other benefits under section 140 but may 
not receive an additional national service educational 
award under section 141.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as demonstrated 
by the participant’’ and inserting ‘‘as determined by the 
organization responsible for granting the release, if the 
participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has 
completed at least 15 percent of the term of service’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘provide to 
the participant that portion of the national service 
educational award’’ and inserting ‘‘certify the partici-
pant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service 
educational award’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to allow 
return to the program with which the individual was 
serving in order’’. 
SEC. 1315. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 
Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesig-
nated) the following: 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The living allowance 
that may be provided under paragraph (1) to an individual 
whose term of service includes hours for which the individual 
receives a Federal work-study award under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.) shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s Federal 
work study award.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a reduced term of 
service under section 139(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a term of 
service that is less than 12 months’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include an amount 
sufficient to cover 85 percent of such taxes’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘may be used 
to pay the taxes described in this subsection.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 122(c)(1)(D)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
provide or make available’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘provide from its 
own funds’’ and inserting ‘‘provide from its own funds or 
make available’’; and 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (Na-
tional Service Trust and Provision of Na-
tional Service Educational Awards) 
SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST. 
(a) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The subtitle heading for subtitle D 
of title I is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and 
Provision of Educational Awards’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST.—Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)(2)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘, summer of service educational awards, and silver 
scholar educational awards’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms 
of such donations direct that the donated amounts 
be deposited in the National Service Trust’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) any amounts recovered by the Corporation pursuant 
to section 146A; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments of national 
service educational awards in accordance with section 148.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) payments of national service educational awards, 
summer of service educational awards, and silver scholar edu-
cational awards in accordance with section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 
148(e).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CONGRESS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘THE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; 
(C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by inserting ‘‘, 
summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar 
awards’’ after ‘‘national service educational awards’’ each 
place the term appears; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, additional approved summer of 
service positions, and additional approved silver 
scholar positions’’ after ‘‘additional approved national 
service positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under subtitle C’’. 
SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 
Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD FROM THE TRUST.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 
award, or silver scholar educational award’’ after 
‘‘national service educational award’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting 
‘‘if the organization responsible for the individual’s 
supervision in a national service program certifies that 
the individual’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the 
approved national service position, approved silver scholar posi-
tion, or approved summer of service position, as appropriate, 
in which the individual served; 
‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national service edu-
cational award, successfully completed the required term of 
service described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national 
service position; 
‘‘(B) for a partial educational award in accordance with 
section 139(c)— 
‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a 
release for compelling personal circumstances under such 
section; and 
‘‘(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the required term 
of service described in subsection (b) for the approved 
national service position; 
‘‘(C) for a summer of service educational award, successfully 
completed the required term of service described in subsection 
(b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as certified 
through a process determined by the Corporation through regu-
lations consistent with section 138(f); or 
‘‘(D) for a silver scholar educational award, successfully 
completed the required term of service described in subsection 
(b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as certified through 
a process determined by the Corporation through regulations 
consistent with section 138(f); and’’. 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITION.—The term’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 
of service for an approved summer of service position shall 
not be less than 100 hours of service during the summer 
months. 
‘‘(3) APPROVED
SILVER
SCHOLAR
POSITION.—The term of 
service for an approved silver scholar position shall be not 
less than 350 hours during a 1-year period.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON
RECEIPT
OF
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDU-
CATIONAL
AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, through 
national service educational awards and silver scholar educational 
awards, more than an amount equal to the aggregate value of 
42 USC 12602. 
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2 such awards for full-time service. The value of summer of service 
educational awards that an individual receives shall have no effect 
on the aggregate value of the national service educational awards 
the individual may receive.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR
REQUIREMENT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (2), an’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or a silver scholar educational 
award’’ after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘or an approved silver scholar 
position, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘approved national 
service position’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subject 
to paragraph (2), an individual eligible to receive a 
summer of service educational award under this section 
may not use such award after the end of the 10- 
year period beginning on the date the individual com-
pletes the term of service in an approved summer 
of service position that is the basis of the award.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and 
in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, summer of service 
educational award, or silver scholar educational award’’ 
after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 10- 
year period, as appropriate’’ after ‘‘7-year period’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, approved 
summer of service position, or approved silver scholar 
position’’ after ‘‘approved national service position’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—For 
purposes of applying paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual 
who is eligible to receive an educational award as a designated 
individual (as defined in section 148(f)(8)), references to a seven- 
year period shall be considered to be references to a 10-year 
period that begins on the date the individual who transferred 
the educational award to the designated individual completed 
the term of service in the approved national service position 
or approved silver scholar position that is the basis of the 
award.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under this section’’ 
the following: ‘‘or under section 119(c)(8)’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a national service 
educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, a summer of service 
educational award, or a silver scholar educational award’’. 
SEC. 1403. CERTIFICATIONS. 
The Act is amended by adding after section 146 (42 U.S.C. 
12602) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 146A. CERTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TERMS 
OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATIONS.—In making any authorized disbursement 
from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual 
42 USC 12602a. 
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(including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined 
in section 148(f)(8), due to the service of an eligible individual) 
under section 146 who served in an approved national service 
position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved 
silver scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. 
The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the 
individual for and supervised the individual in the approved 
national service position in which such individual successfully com-
pleted a required term of service, in a national service program. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATIONS.—If the Corpora-
tion determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erro-
neous or incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national 
service program a charge for the amount of any associated payment 
or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing 
the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full 
facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect 
certification.’’. 
SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD. 
Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.—Except as 
provided in subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) 
who successfully completes a required term of full-time national 
service in an approved national service position shall receive a 
national service educational award having a value equal to the 
maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student 
eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard 
to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or manda-
tory appropriations), for the award year for which the national 
service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, for each of not more 
than 2 of such terms of service,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT
FOR
SUMMER
OF
SERVICE.—An individual 
described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required 
summer of service term shall receive a summer of service edu-
cational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of 
such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the 
Chief Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant 
who is economically disadvantaged). 
‘‘(e) AMOUNT FOR SILVER SCHOLARS.—An individual described 
in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required silver 
scholar term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having 
a value of $1,000.’’. 
SEC. 1405. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
Payment charge. 
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‘‘SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(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 (5); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational 
institution or training establishment that is approved under 
chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, or other applicable 
provisions of law, for offering programs of education, apprentice-
ship, or on-job training for which educational assistance may 
be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award of the individual’’ the following: 
‘‘, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who served 
in a summer of service program and desires to apply that 
individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 
eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a 
silver scholar program and desires to apply that individ-
ual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 
of service educational award, or the silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 
of service educational award, or the silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described in subpara-
graph (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— 
‘‘(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 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 
‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by the Cor-
poration to be eligible to receive disbursements from 
the National Service Trust.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, an eligible indi-
vidual under section 146(a) who desires to apply the 
individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 
eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a 
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silver scholar program and desires to apply that individ-
ual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 
of service educational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘, summer of service educational awards, or silver 
scholar educational awards, as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘summer of 
service educational awards, or silver scholar educational 
awards’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 
of service educational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by inserting before the 
period the following: ‘‘, additional approved summer 
of service positions, and additional approved silver 
scholar positions’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’ 
the following: ‘‘, summer of service educational award, 
or silver scholar educational award’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and other 
educational expenses’’ after ‘‘cost of attendance’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial assistance for 
such period under part A of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.).’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘national service 
educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘, summer of service edu-
cational awards, and silver scholar educational awards’’; 
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; 
(7) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Execu-
tive Officer’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 
award, or silver scholar educational award, as appropriate,’’ 
after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
(g) and (h) respectively; and 
(9) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligible to receive 
a national service educational award or silver scholar edu-
cational award due to service in a program described in para-
graph (2) may elect to receive the award (in the amount 
described in the corresponding provision of section 147) and 
transfer the award to a designated individual. Subsections (b), 
Applicability. 
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(c), and (d) shall apply to the designated individual in lieu 
of the individual who is eligible to receive the national service 
educational award or silver scholar educational award, except 
that amounts refunded to the account under subsection (c)(5) 
on behalf of a designated individual may be used by the Cor-
poration to fund additional placements in the national service 
program in which the eligible individual who transferred the 
national service educational award or silver scholar educational 
award participated for such award. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS
FOR
TRANSFER.—An educational award 
may be transferred under this subsection if— 
‘‘(A)(i) the award is a national service educational 
award for service in a national service program that 
receives a grant under subtitle C; and 
‘‘(ii) before beginning the term of service involved, the 
eligible individual is age 55 or older; or 
‘‘(B) the award is a silver scholarship educational 
award under section 198C(a). 
‘‘(3) MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual transferring an edu-
cational award under this subsection may, on any date 
on which a portion of the educational award remains 
unused, modify or revoke the transfer of the educational 
award with respect to that portion. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—A modification or revocation of the 
transfer of an educational award under this paragraph 
shall be made by the submission of written notice to the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED AWARD 
AS
MARITAL
PROPERTY.—An educational award transferred 
under this subsection may not be treated as marital property, 
or the asset of a marital estate, subject to division in a divorce 
or other civil proceeding. 
‘‘(5) DEATH OF TRANSFEROR.—The death of an individual 
transferring an educational award under this subsection shall 
not affect the use of the educational award by the child, foster 
child, or grandchild to whom the educational award is trans-
ferred if such educational award is transferred prior to the 
death of the individual. 
‘‘(6) PROCEDURES TO PREVENT WASTE, FRAUD, OR ABUSE.— 
The Corporation shall establish requirements to prevent waste, 
fraud, or abuse in connection with the transfer of an educational 
award and to protect the integrity of the educational award 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may, as 
appropriate, provide technical assistance, to individuals and 
eligible entities carrying out national service programs, con-
cerning carrying out this subsection. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITION OF A DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘designated individual’ is an individual— 
‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to receive 
a national service educational award or silver scholar edu-
cational award due to service in a program described in 
paragraph (2) designates to receive the educational award; 
‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements of para-
graphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); and 
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‘‘(C) who is a child, foster child, or grandchild of the 
individual described in subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 1406. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 12601 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 149. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, and H, 
and any other provision of law, in approving a position as 
an approved national service position, an approved summer 
of service position, or an approved silver scholar position, the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time the Corpora-
tion— 
‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agreement with an 
individual participant to serve in a program carried 
out under subtitle E of title I of this Act, section 
198B or 198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), a 
summer of service program described in section 
119(c)(8), or a silver scholarship program described 
in section 198C(a); or 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), awards a 
grant to (or enters into a contract or cooperative agree-
ment 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 estimate of the 
net present value of the national service educational award, 
summer of service educational award, or silver scholar 
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 
national service educational awards, summer of service 
educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards, 
as appropriate, 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 Budget Office. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to the 
authorizing committees a report that contains a certification 
that the Corporation is in compliance with the requirements 
of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this subsection shall 
apply to each approved national service position, approved 
summer of service position, or approved silver scholarship posi-
tion that the Corporation approves— 
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, 
and H, and any other provision of law, within the National 
Service Trust established under section 145, the Corpora-
tion shall establish a reserve account. 
Applicability. 
42 USC 12606. 
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‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the availability of adequate 
funds to support the awards of approved national service 
positions, approved summer of service positions, and 
approved silver scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the 
Corporation shall place in the account— 
‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion of the funds 
that were appropriated for fiscal year 2010 or a pre-
vious fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or section 
501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry out 
subtitle C, D, or E of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), 
subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973, or summer of service programs described 
in section 119(c)(8), and remain available; and 
‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2011 or a subsequent fiscal 
year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated 
for that fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or 
section 501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry 
out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, section 198B or 
198C(a), subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973, or summer of service programs 
described in section 119(c)(8), and remain available. 
‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not obligate the 
funds in the reserve account until the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be needed 
for the payment of national service educational awards 
associated with previously approved national service posi-
tions, summer of service educational awards associated 
with previously approved summer of service positions, and 
silver scholar educational awards associated with pre-
viously approved silver scholar positions; or 
‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment of national 
service educational awards for such previously approved 
national service positions, summer of service educational 
awards for such previously approved summer of service 
positions, or silver scholar educational awards for such 
previously approved silver scholar positions, as applicable. 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relating to the 
appropriated funds for approved national service positions, approved 
summer of service positions, and approved silver scholar positions, 
and the records demonstrating the manner in which the Corporation 
has recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obliga-
tions, shall be audited annually by independent certified public 
accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified 
or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political 
subdivision of the United States in accordance with generally 
accepted auditing standards. A report containing the results of 
each such independent audit shall be included in the annual report 
required by subsection (a)(3). 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), all amounts included in the National Service Trust 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 145(a) shall be available 
for payments of national service educational awards, summer of 
service educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards 
under section 148.’’. 
Reports. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—The Strengthen AmeriCorps Pro-
gram Act (42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E 
(National Civilian Community 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 service with the best aspects 
of military service, including leadership and team building, to meet 
national and community needs. The needs to be met under such 
programs include those needs related to— 
‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 
‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 
‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conservation; 
‘‘(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: 
‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY 
CORPS PROGRAM.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian 
Community Corps Program’’; 
(3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstra-
tion Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 
Corps Program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS.—Both programs referred to in 
subsection (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 Demonstra-
tion Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 
Corps Program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘on National Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on or before 
December 31 of the calendar year in which the individual 
enrolls in the program, but is not more than 24 years of 
age as of the date the individual begins participating in the 
program; and’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
the 
subsection 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Director 
shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach 
and recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of 
participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth 
to 50 percent of all participants by year 2012. The Director 
shall report to the authorizing committees biennially on 
such steps, any challenges faced, and the annual participa-
tion rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (d); and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). 
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 Demonstra-
tion Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 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 foster care.’’. 
SEC. 1505. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 
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)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstra-
tion Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 
Corps Program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community Corps shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the National Civilian Community Corps 
shall’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) 
MEMBERSHIP
IN
NATIONAL
CIVILIAN
COMMUNITY 
CORPS.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 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.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select individuals 
with prior supervisory or service experience to be team 
leaders within units in the National Civilian Community 
Corps, to perform service that includes leading and super-
vising teams of Corps members. Each team leader shall 
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be selected without regard to the age limitation under 
section 153(b). 
‘‘(B) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—A team leader shall be 
provided the same rights and benefits applicable to other 
Corps members, except that the Director may increase 
the limitation on the amount of the living allowance under 
section 158(b) by not more than 10 percent for a team 
leader.’’; 
(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 heading to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and inserting ‘‘in cam-
puses’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Corps camp’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps 
campus’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
the campuses’’; 
(C) by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a campus director 
for each campus. The campus director is the head of the cam-
pus. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—A campus shall be cost 
effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, 
be located in a facility referred to in section 162(c).’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending the subsection 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 inserting ‘‘rural areas 
such that each Corps unit 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 ‘‘campus’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (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 
‘‘superintendent’s’’ 
and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’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 ‘‘super-
intendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp superintendent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campus director’’. 
SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 
Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 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 
related 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 conserva-
tion, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure 
improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster 
preparedness needs, as appropriate’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.—Members of the 
cadre may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, 
or cooperative agreements, 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 skills described in such sub-
section.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’. 
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 Community Corps’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon 
the following: ‘‘, with specific emphasis on projects in sup-
port of infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, 
and urban and rural development’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘service learning’’ 
and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chief 
of the Forest Service’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘community-based entities 
and’’ before ‘‘representatives of local communities’’; 
and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State Commissions,’’ 
before ‘‘and persons involved in other youth service pro-
grams.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both places such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp superintend-
ents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus directors’’. 
SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 
Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Commu-
nity Corps’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the colon the following: 
‘‘, as the Director determines appropriate’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Clothing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Recreational services 
and supplies’’ and inserting ‘‘Supplies’’. 
SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 
Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ before ‘‘rec-
ommended’’; and 
(ii) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘National’’ 
before 
‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 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 
(II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘The Director 
shall appoint the members’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief 
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Executive Officer shall consider the recommendations 
of the Director in appointing the other members’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief 
Executive Officer’’; 
(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 162(b)’’; 
(III) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(IV) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 
and 
(V) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and other former 
law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency per-
sonnel, and other individuals with backgrounds in dis-
aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘to members’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
other members’’; 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘techniques’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including techniques for working with 
and enhancing the development of disadvantaged 
youth,’’; and 
(III) 
by 
striking 
‘‘service 
learning’’ 
and 
inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘other members’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 
162(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘162(b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 1510. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PERSONNEL 
UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 
Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1511. 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)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1512. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the registry 
established by’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘the registry established by section 
1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be recommended 
for appointment’’ and inserting ‘‘from which individuals 
may be selected for appointment by the Director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622), 
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OTHER DEPART-
MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub-
section (a) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively, and 
aligning the margins of such subsections with the margins 
of section 161(a) of the Act; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(a) SECRETARY’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘OFFICE.—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) LIAISON OFFICE.—’’; 
(4) in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph (3))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and aligning the mar-
gins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 
161(b)(1) of the Act; and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
(2) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) as subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), respectively, and aligning the margins of such 
subparagraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) 
of the Act; 
(5) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 
as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and aligning 
the margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 
161(b)(1) of the Act; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 
and 
(6) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
subsection’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’. 
SEC. 1513. ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of the Pro-
gram, there shall also be’’ and inserting ‘‘There shall be’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps Advisory Board’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘to assist the Corps 
in responding rapidly and efficiently in times of natural 
and other disasters. The Advisory Board members shall 
help coordinate activities with the Corps as appropriate, 
including the mobilization of volunteers and coordination 
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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 para-
graphs (13) and (14), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. 
‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 
‘‘(10) The Chief of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public and private organiza-
tions,’’. 
SEC. 1514. EVALUATIONS. 
Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL EVALUA-
TION’’ and inserting ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘an annual evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘peri-
odic evaluations’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon completing 
each such evaluation, the Corporation shall transmit to the 
authorizing committees a report on the evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 1515. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 
SEC. 1516. DEFINITIONS. 
Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), as amended 
by this subtitle, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 166 as 165; and 
(2) in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph (1))— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as 
paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus director’, with 
respect to a Corps campus, means the head of the campus 
under section 155(d). 
‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the National Civilian 
Community Corps required under section 155 as part of the 
National Civilian Community Corps Program. 
‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps campus’ means the 
facility or central location established as the operational head-
quarters and boarding place for particular Corps units.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking 
‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Demonstration 
42 USC 12626. 
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Program’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means the 
National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘SERVICE 
LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; and 
(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service- 
learning’’. 
SEC. 1517. TERMINOLOGY. 
Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) 
is further amended by striking the subtitle heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community 
Corps’’. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F 
(Administrative Provisions) 
SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to a project 
authorized under the national service laws’’. 
SEC. 1602. REPORTS. 
Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘appropriate authorizing 
and appropriations Committees of Congress’’ and inserting 
‘‘authorizing committees, the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees, 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 1603. USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(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 programs funded in part by the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 1604. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. 
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 a total 
of 90 days’’; 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’’; 
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(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subpara-
graph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) in a case in which the grievance is filed by an 
individual applicant or participant— 
‘‘(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 applicable to the individual; and’’. 
SEC. 1605. 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 national service laws)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive assistance under 
the national service laws shall consult with the parents or 
legal guardians of children in developing and operating pro-
grams that include and serve children. 
‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that receive assist-
ance under the national service laws shall, before transporting 
minor children, provide the children’s parents with the reason 
for the transportation and obtain the parents’ written permis-
sion for such transportation, consistent with State law.’’. 
SEC. 1606. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE. 
Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sections 117B and 
130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sector.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless the State 
permits the representative to serve as a voting member of 
the State Commission or alternative administrative entity’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(6)(B), by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(11)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(12)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State 
that— 
‘‘(A) is developed, through an open and public process 
(such as through regional forums, hearings, and other 
means) that provides for maximum participation and input 
from the private sector, organizations, and public agencies, 
using service and volunteerism as strategies to meet critical 
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community needs, including service through programs 
funded under the national service laws; 
‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning of which 
may be set by the State; 
‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief executive officer 
of the State; 
‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and outcomes for the 
State national service programs in the State consistent 
with the performance levels for national service programs 
as described in section 179(k); 
‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse community-based 
agencies that serve underrepresented populations, through 
established networks and registries at the State level, or 
through the development of such networks and registries; 
‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of funding 
applications submitted by the State and other organizations 
within the State under the national service laws; 
‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes in prac-
tices and policies that will improve the coordination and 
effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for 
service and volunteerism within the State; 
‘‘(H) ensures outreach to, and coordination with, 
municipalities (including large cities) and county govern-
ments regarding the national service laws; and 
‘‘(I) contains such information as the State Commission 
considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may 
require.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sections 117B and 
130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as sub-
sections (h) through (l), respectively; and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) RELIEF
FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS.—Upon 
approval of a State plan submitted under subsection (e)(1), the 
Chief Executive Officer may waive for the State, or specify alter-
natives for the State to, administrative requirements (other than 
statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to grants made to States 
under the national service laws, including those requirements 
identified by the State as impeding the coordination and effective-
ness of Federal, State, and local resources for service and vol-
unteerism within the State. 
‘‘(g) STATE SERVICE PLAN FOR ADULTS AGE 55 OR OLDER.— 
‘‘(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 receive a distribution of approved 
national service positions under subtitle C, a State shall work 
with appropriate State agencies and private entities to develop 
a comprehensive State service plan for service by adults age 
55 or older. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The State service plan shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) recommendations for policies to increase service 
for adults age 55 or older, including how to best use such 
adults as sources of social capital, and how to utilize their 
skills and experience to address community needs; 
Waiver authority. 
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‘‘(B) recommendations to the State agency (as defined 
in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3002)) on— 
‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to businesses; and 
‘‘(ii) outreach to— 
‘‘(I) nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(II) the State educational agency; 
‘‘(III) institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(IV) other State agencies; 
‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engagement and 
multigenerational activities, such as— 
‘‘(i) early childhood education and care, family lit-
eracy, and after school programs; 
‘‘(ii) respite services for adults age 55 or older 
and caregivers; and 
‘‘(iii) transitions for older adults age 55 or older 
to purposeful work in their post-career lives; and 
‘‘(D) recommendations for encouraging the development 
of Encore service programs in the State. 
‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE BASE.—The State service plan shall incor-
porate the current knowledge base (as of the time of the plan) 
regarding— 
‘‘(A) the economic impact of the roles of workers age 
55 or older in the economy; 
‘‘(B) the social impact of the roles of such workers 
in the community; and 
‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of active engagement 
for adults age 55 or older. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State service plan shall be made 
available to the public and be transmitted to the Chief Execu-
tive Officer.’’. 
SEC. 1607. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, directly or 
through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation of pro-
grams 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 assistance 
under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and 
the costs associated with such programs, including an evalua-
tion of each such program’s performance based on the perform-
ance levels established under subsection (k); and 
‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mechanisms for 
delivery of services, such as the effective utilization of the 
participants’ time, the management of the participants, and 
the ease with which recipients were able to receive services, 
to maximize the cost effectiveness and the impact of such 
programs.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘National Senior Vol-
unteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National Senior Service 
Corps’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to public service’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
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inserting ‘‘to engage in service that benefits the commu-
nity.’’; 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(i)(2), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing 
committees’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, in addition to amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve 
not more than 1 percent of the total funds appropriated for a 
fiscal year under section 501 of this Act and sections 501 and 
502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to support 
program accountability activities under this section. 
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—The Corporation shall, in consulta-
tion with each recipient of assistance under the national service 
laws, establish performance levels for such recipient to meet during 
the term of the assistance. The performance levels may include, 
for each national service program carried out by the recipient, 
performance levels based on the following performance measures: 
‘‘(1) Number of participants enrolled in the program and 
completing terms of service, as compared to the stated participa-
tion and retention goals of the program. 
‘‘(2) Number of volunteers recruited from the community 
in which the program was implemented. 
‘‘(3) If applicable based on the program design, the number 
of individuals receiving or benefitting from the service con-
ducted. 
‘‘(4) Number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth 
participants. 
‘‘(5) Measures of the sustainability of the program and 
the projects supported by the program, including measures 
to ascertain the level of community support for the program 
or projects. 
‘‘(6) Measures to ascertain the change in attitude toward 
civic engagement among the participants and the beneficiaries 
of the service. 
‘‘(7) Other quantitative and qualitative measures as deter-
mined to be appropriate by the recipient of assistance and 
the Corporation. 
‘‘(l) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance under the 
national service laws that fails, as determined by the Corpora-
tion, to meet or exceed the performance levels agreed upon 
under subsection (k) for a national service program, shall reach 
an agreement with the Corporation on a corrective action plan 
to meet such performance levels. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that has received 
assistance under the national service laws for less than 
3 years and for which the recipient is failing to meet 
or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under sub-
section (k), the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the recipient 
to address targeted performance problems relating to 
the performance levels for the program; and 
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‘‘(ii) require the recipient to submit quarterly 
reports on the program’s progress toward meeting the 
performance levels for the program to the— 
‘‘(I) appropriate State, territory, or Indian 
tribe; and 
‘‘(II) the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a program that has 
received assistance under the national service laws for 
3 years or more and for which the recipient is failing 
to meet or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under 
subsection (k), the Corporation shall require the recipient 
to submit quarterly reports on the program’s progress 
toward the performance levels for the program to— 
‘‘(i) the appropriate State, territory, or Indian tribe; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Corporation. 
‘‘(m) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, after a 
period for correction as approved by the Corporation in accordance 
with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance under the national 
service laws fails to meet or exceed the performance levels for 
a national service program, the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the assistance received 
by the underperforming recipient by at least 25 percent, for 
each remaining year of the grant period for that program; 
or 
‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming recipient 
for that program, in accordance with section 176(a). 
‘‘(n) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the authorizing 
committees not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Serve America Act, and annually thereafter, a report con-
taining information on the number of— 
‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under the national service laws 
implementing corrective action plans under subsection (l)(1); 
‘‘(2) recipients for which the Corporation provides technical 
assistance for a program under subsection (l)(2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(3) recipients for which the Corporation terminates assist-
ance for a program under subsection (m); 
‘‘(4) entities whose application for assistance under a 
national service law was rejected; and 
‘‘(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their performance 
levels under subsection (k).’’. 
SEC. 1608. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et 
seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by inserting 
after section 179 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
179A. 
CIVIC 
HEALTH 
ASSESSMENT 
AND 
VOLUNTEERING 
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this section, the term 
‘partnership’ means the Corporation, acting in conjunction with 
(consistent with the terms of an agreement entered into between 
the Corporation and the National Conference) the National Con-
ference on Citizenship referred to in section 150701 of title 36, 
United States Code, to carry out this section. 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall facilitate the establish-
ment of a Civic Health Assessment by— 
42 USC 12639a. 
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‘‘(1) after identifying public and private sources of civic 
health data, selecting a set of civic health indicators, in accord-
ance with subsection (c), that shall comprise the Civic Health 
Assessment; 
‘‘(2) obtaining civic health data relating to the Civic Health 
Assessment, in accordance with subsection (d); and 
‘‘(3) conducting related analyses, and reporting the data 
and analyses, as described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of sub-
section (d) and subsections (e) and (f). 
‘‘(c) SELECTION
OF INDICATORS
FOR CIVIC HEALTH ASSESS-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFYING SOURCES.—The partnership shall select 
a set of civic health indicators that shall comprise the Civic 
Health Assessment. In making such selection, the partner-
ship— 
‘‘(A) shall identify public and private sources of civic 
health data; 
‘‘(B) shall explore collaborating with other similar 
efforts to develop national indicators in the civic health 
domain; and 
‘‘(C) may sponsor a panel of experts, such as one con-
vened by the National Academy of Sciences, to recommend 
civic health indicators and data sources for the Civic Health 
Assessment. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ADVICE.—At the request of the partnership, 
the Director of the Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner 
of Labor Statistics shall provide technical advice to the partner-
ship on the selection of the indicators for the Civic Health 
Assessment. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The partnership shall periodically evaluate 
and update the Civic Health Assessment, and may expand 
or modify the indicators described in subsection (d)(1) as nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(d) DATA ON THE INDICATORS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORED DATA COLLECTION.—In identifying the civic 
health indicators for the Civic Health Assessment, and 
obtaining data for the Assessment, the partnership may sponsor 
the collection of data for the Assessment or for the various 
civic health indicators being considered for inclusion in the 
Assessment, including indicators related to— 
‘‘(A) volunteering and community service; 
‘‘(B) voting and other forms of political and civic 
engagement; 
‘‘(C) charitable giving; 
‘‘(D) connecting to civic groups and faith-based 
organizations; 
‘‘(E) interest in employment, and careers, in public 
service in the nonprofit sector or government; 
‘‘(F) understanding and obtaining knowledge of United 
States history and government; and 
‘‘(G) social enterprise and innovation. 
‘‘(2) DATA FROM STATISTICAL AGENCIES.—The Director of 
the Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner of Labor 
Statistics shall collect annually, to the extent practicable, data 
to inform the Civic Health Assessment, and shall report data 
from such collection to the partnership. In determining the 
data to be collected, the Director and the Commissioner shall 
Reports. 
Evaluations. 
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examine privacy issues, response rates, and other relevant 
issues. 
‘‘(3) SOURCES OF DATA.—To obtain data for the Civic Health 
Assessment, the partnership shall consider— 
‘‘(A) data collected through public and private sources; 
and 
‘‘(B) data collected by the Bureau of the Census, 
through the Current Population Survey, or by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics, in accordance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) DEMOGRAPHIC
CHARACTERISTICS.—The partnership 
shall seek to obtain data for the Civic Health Assessment 
that will permit the partnership to analyze the data by age 
group, race and ethnicity, education level, and other demo-
graphic characteristics of the individuals involved. 
‘‘(5) OTHER ISSUES.—In obtaining data for the Civic Health 
Assessment, the partnership may also obtain such information 
as may be necessary to analyze— 
‘‘(A) the role of Internet technology in strengthening 
and inhibiting civic activities; 
‘‘(B) the role of specific programs in strengthening civic 
activities; 
‘‘(C) the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens 
and immigrants; and 
‘‘(D) other areas related to civic activities. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING OF DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall, not less often 
than once each year, prepare a report containing— 
‘‘(A) detailed data obtained under subsection (d), 
including data on the indicators comprising the Civic 
Health Assessment; and 
‘‘(B) the analyses described in paragraphs (4) and (5) 
of subsection (d), to the extent practicable based on the 
data the partnership is able to obtain. 
‘‘(2) AGGREGATION
AND
PRESENTATION.—The partnership 
shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate the data on the 
civic health indicators comprising the Civic Health Assessment 
by community, by State, and nationally. The report described 
in paragraph (1) shall present the aggregated data in a form 
that enables communities and States to assess their civic 
health, as measured on each of the indicators comprising the 
Civic Health Assessment, and compare those measures with 
comparable measures of other communities and States. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The partnership shall submit the report 
to the authorizing committees, and make the report available 
to the general public on the Corporation’s website. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INPUT.—The partnership shall— 
‘‘(1) identify opportunities for public dialogue and input 
on the Civic Health Assessment; and 
‘‘(2) hold conferences and forums to discuss the implications 
of the data and analyses reported under subsection (e). 
‘‘(g) VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—The partnership shall provide for baseline 
research and tracking of domestic and international volun-
teering, and baseline research and tracking related to relevant 
data on the indicators described in subsection (d). In providing 
Public 
information. 
Web posting. 
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for the research and tracking under this subsection, the part-
nership shall consider data from the Supplements to the Cur-
rent Populations Surveys conducted by the Bureau of the 
Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and data from other 
public and private sources, including other data collected by 
the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
‘‘(2) IMPACT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—The partnership 
shall sponsor an independent evaluation of the impact of 
domestic and international volunteering, including an assess-
ment of best practices for such volunteering, and methods of 
improving such volunteering through enhanced collaboration 
among— 
‘‘(A) entities that recruit, manage, support, and utilize 
volunteers; 
‘‘(B) institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(C) research institutions. 
‘‘(h) DATABASE PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to authorize the development, implementation, or mainte-
nance of a Federal database of personally identifiable information 
on individuals participating in data collection for sources of informa-
tion under this section.’’. 
SEC. 1609. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 
Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 
414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 
SEC. 1610. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 
Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency and department shall prepare and submit to the 
Corporation a report concerning the implementation of this 
section, including an evaluation of the agency or department’s 
performance on performance goals and benchmarks for each 
partnership program of the agency or department. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation shall prepare 
and submit to the authorizing committees a compilation of 
the information received under paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING. 
Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with otherwise applicable 
law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘territory,’’ after 
‘‘local government,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with otherwise applicable 
law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘territory’’ after ‘‘local 
government,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with otherwise applicable 
law, the Inspector General of the Corporation shall have access 
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to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents, 
papers, records, and other recorded information in any form— 
‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation 
or any State or local government, territory, Indian tribe, or 
public or private nonprofit organization receiving assistance 
directly or indirectly under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(2) that relates to— 
‘‘(A) such assistance; and 
‘‘(B) the duties of the Inspector General under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 
SEC. 1612. 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 REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and eliminate duplica-
tive requirements, the Corporation shall consolidate or modify 
application procedures and reporting requirements for programs, 
projects, and activities funded under the national service laws. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall 
submit to the authorizing committees a report containing informa-
tion on the actions taken to consolidate or modify the application 
procedures and reporting requirements for programs, projects, and 
activities funded under the national service laws, including a 
description of the procedures for consultation with recipients of 
the funding. 
‘‘SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 
‘‘The Corporation, after consultation with State Commissions 
and recipients of assistance, may set sustainability goals for projects 
or programs under the national service laws, so that recipients 
of assistance under the national service laws are carrying out 
sustainable projects or programs. Such sustainability goals shall 
be in writing and shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to build the capacity of the projects or programs that 
receive assistance under the national service laws to meet 
community needs; 
‘‘(2) in providing technical assistance to recipients of assist-
ance under the national service laws regarding acquiring and 
leveraging non-Federal funds for support of the projects or 
programs that receive such assistance; and 
‘‘(3) to determine whether the projects or programs, 
receiving such assistance, are generating sufficient community 
support. 
‘‘SEC. 187. GRANT PERIODS. 
‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation has 
authority to award a grant or contract, or enter into a cooperative 
agreement, under the national service laws for a period of 3 years. 
‘‘SEC. 188. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 
‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance or approved 
national service positions under the national service laws, the Cor-
poration shall take into consideration the extent to which the 
applicant’s proposal will increase the involvement of volunteers 
42 USC 12645b. 
42 USC 12645a. 
42 USC 12645. 
42 USC 12644b. 
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in meeting community needs. In reviewing the application for this 
purpose, the Corporation may take into account the mission of 
the applicant. 
‘‘SEC. 189. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided by this section, the amount of funds approved by the Corpora-
tion for a grant to operate a program authorized under the national 
service laws, for supporting individuals serving in approved national 
service positions, may not exceed $18,000 per full-time equivalent 
position. 
‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation under sub-
section (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), 
shall apply to the Corporation’s share of the member support costs, 
staff costs, and other costs to operate a program authorized under 
the national service laws incurred, by the recipient of the grant. 
‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation under 
subsection (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), 
shall not apply to expenses under a grant authorized under the 
national service laws to operate a program that are not included 
in the grant award for operating the program. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amounts specified in 
subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each year after 2008 
for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may increase 
the limitation under subsection (a) to not more than $19,500 
per full-time equivalent position if necessary to meet the 
compelling needs of a particular program, such as— 
‘‘(A) exceptional training needs for a program serving 
disadvantaged youth; 
‘‘(B) the need to pay for increased costs relating to 
the participation of individuals with disabilities; 
‘‘(C) the needs of tribal programs or programs located 
in the territories; and 
‘‘(D) the need to pay for start-up costs associated with 
a first-time recipient of assistance under a program of 
the national service laws. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall report 
to the authorizing committees annually on all limitations 
increased under this subsection, with an explanation of the 
compelling needs justifying such increases. 
‘‘SEC. 189A. MATCHING FUNDS FOR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DIS-
TRESSED COMMUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a severely economically distressed community that receives assist-
ance from the Corporation for any program under the national 
service laws shall not be subject to any requirements to provide 
matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of 
such assistance for such a community may be 100 percent. 
‘‘(b) SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITY.—For 
the purposes of this section, the term ‘severely economically dis-
tressed community’ means— 
‘‘(1) an area that has a mortgage foreclosure rate, home 
price decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above 
Definition. 
42 USC 12645d. 
Publication. 
Applicability. 
42 USC 12645c. 
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the national average for such rates or level, for the most recent 
12 months for which satisfactory data are available; or 
‘‘(2) a residential area that lacks basic living necessities, 
such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, 
and safe, sanitary housing. 
‘‘SEC. 189B. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 
‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit and 
reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Financial Officers 
Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 101–576) and chapter 
91 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act’). The Corporation shall report to 
the authorizing committees any failure to comply with such require-
ments. 
‘‘SEC. 189C. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND USE OF 
FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in the national service 
laws shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of 
the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, 
local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of instruc-
tion, or allocation of State or local resources, or mandate a State 
or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs 
not paid for under this Act. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENT OF CURRICULUM.—Notwith-
standing any other prohibition of Federal law, no funds provided 
to the Corporation under this Act may be used by the Corporation 
to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be 
used in an elementary school or secondary school. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL APPROVAL OR CERTIFI-
CATION STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of Fed-
eral law, not State shall be required to have academic content 
or student academic achievement standards approved or certified 
by the Federal Government, in order to receive assistance under 
this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each entity selecting individuals to serve 
in a position in which the individuals receive a living allowance, 
stipend, national service educational award, or salary through a 
program receiving assistance under the national service laws, shall, 
subject to regulations and requirements established by the Corpora-
tion, conduct criminal history checks for such individuals. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check under subsection 
(a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, 
include— 
‘‘(1) 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 
‘‘(2)(A) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 
in the State in which the program is operating and the State 
in which the individual resides at the time of application; 
or 
‘‘(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for a national criminal history background check. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall be ineligible 
to serve in a position described under subsection (a) if such indi-
vidual— 
42 USC 12645g. 
42 USC 12645f. 
42 USC 12645e. 
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‘‘(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 registered, on a 
State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender Reg-
istry 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.’’. 
SEC. 1613. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle F of title I is further amended by 
inserting after section 184 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 184A. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘A reference in subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regarding 
an entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance to carry 
out a national service program shall include a non-profit organiza-
tion promoting competitive and non-competitive sporting events 
involving individuals with disabilities (including the Special Olym-
pics), which enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabil-
ities.’’. 
SEC. 1614. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING 
WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 189D, as added by section 1612, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH VULNER-
ABLE POPULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), on and 
after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Serve America Act, a criminal history check under sub-
section (a) for each individual described in paragraph (2) shall, 
except for an entity described in paragraph (3), include— 
‘‘(A) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender 
Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protec-
tion and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 
in the State in which the program is operating and the 
State in which the individual resides at the time of applica-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for a national criminal history background 
check. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS
WITH
ACCESS
TO
VULNERABLE
POPU-
LATIONS.—An individual described in this paragraph is an indi-
vidual age 18 or older who— 
‘‘(A) serves in a position in which the individual 
receives a living allowance, stipend, national service edu-
cational award, or salary through a program receiving 
assistance under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) as a result of such individual’s service in such 
position, has or will have access, on a recurring basis, 
to— 
‘‘(i) children age 17 years or younger; 
‘‘(ii) individuals age 60 years or older; or 
‘‘(iii) individuals with disabilities. 
Effective date. 
42 USC 12645g. 
42 USC 12644a. 
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‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this subsection shall 
not apply to an entity— 
‘‘(A) where the service provided by individuals serving 
with the entity to a vulnerable population described in 
paragraph (2)(B) is episodic in nature or for a 1-day period; 
‘‘(B) where the cost to the entity of complying with 
this subsection is prohibitive; 
‘‘(C) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 
unable, under State law, to access the national criminal 
history background check system of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation; 
‘‘(D) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 
unable, under Federal law, to access the national criminal 
history background check system of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation; or 
‘‘(E) to which the Corporation otherwise provides an 
exemption from this subsection for good cause.’’. 
(b) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL HISTORY 
CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.— 
(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS 
REGARDING CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.—The Attorney General 
of the United States shall conduct a study that shall examine, 
to the extent discernible and as of the date of the study, 
the following: 
(A) The state of criminal history checks (including the 
use of fingerprint collection) at the State and local level, 
including— 
(i) the available infrastructure for conducting 
criminal history checks; 
(ii) the State system capacities to conduct such 
criminal history checks; and 
(iii) the time required for each State to process 
an individual’s fingerprints for a national criminal his-
tory background check through the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, from the time of fingerprint collection 
to the submission to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion. 
(B) The likelihood that each State would participate 
in a nationwide system of criminal history checks to provide 
information regarding participants to entities receiving 
assistance under the national service laws. 
(C) The number of participants that would require 
a fingerprint-based national criminal history background 
check under the national service laws. 
(D) The impact of the national service laws on the 
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation in terms of capacity 
and impact on other users of the system, including the 
effect on the work practices and staffing levels of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation. 
(E) The fees charged by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, States, local agencies, and private companies to 
collect and process fingerprints and conduct criminal his-
tory checks. 
(F) The existence of model or best practice programs 
regarding conducting criminal history checks that could 
easily be expanded and duplicated in other States. 
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(G) The extent to which private companies are cur-
rently performing criminal history checks, and the possi-
bility of using private companies in the future to perform 
any of the criminal history check process, including the 
collection and transmission of fingerprints and fitness 
determinations. 
(H) The cost of development and operation of the tech-
nology and the infrastructure necessary to establish a 
nationwide fingerprint-based and other criminal back-
ground check system. 
(I) The extent of State participation in the procedures 
for background checks under the National Child Protection 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq.). 
(J) The extent to which States provide access to nation-
wide criminal history checks to organizations that serve 
children. 
(K) The extent to which States permit volunteers and 
other individuals to appeal adverse fitness determinations, 
and whether similar procedures are required at the Federal 
level. 
(L) Any privacy concerns that may arise from nation-
wide criminal background checks for participants. 
(M) Any other information determined relevant by the 
Attorney General. 
(2) INTERIM REPORT.—Based on the findings of the study 
under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall, not later 
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim 
report, which may include recommendations regarding criminal 
history checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with 
organizations that work with children, the elderly, or individ-
uals with disabilities. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a final 
report including recommendations regarding criminal history 
checks for participants under the national service laws, which 
may include— 
(A) a proposal for grants to States to develop or improve 
programs to collect fingerprints and perform criminal his-
tory checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with 
organizations that work with children, the elderly, or 
individuals with disabilities; and 
(B) recommendations for amendments to the National 
Child Protection Act of 1993 and the Volunteers for Chil-
dren Act so that entities receiving assistance under the 
national service laws can promptly and affordably conduct 
nationwide criminal history background checks on their 
employees and volunteers. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘author-
izing committees’’, ‘‘participants’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, subsection 
(b) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G 
(Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service) 
SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 
Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed member 
shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT
OF SUCCESSOR.—A voting 
member of the Board whose term has expired may continue to 
serve on the Board until the date on which the member’s successor 
takes office, which period shall not exceed 1 year.’’. 
SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES. 
Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have responsibility 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 Office of Management and 
Budget’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; and 
(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 (8), by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; 
(5) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with Federal and 
other public departments or agencies, and private nonprofit 
organizations, for the assignment or referral of volunteers 
under the provisions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) (except as 
provided in section 108 of such Act), which may provide 
that the agency or organization shall pay all or a part 
of the costs of the program; and 
‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other Federal agencies 
or private nonprofit organizations for the support of pro-
grams under the national service laws, which— 
‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or organization 
shall pay all or a part of the costs of the program, 
except as is provided in section 121(b); and 
‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program (including any 
program operated by another Federal agency) will 
comply with all requirements related to evaluation, 
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performance, and other goals applicable to similar pro-
grams under the national service laws, as determined 
by the Corporation,’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (11)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 193A(b)(11)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 
Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 
SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 
OFFICER. 
Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with the State 
Commissions, shall—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a strategic 
plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a plan for having 50 per-
cent of all approved national service positions be full-time 
positions by 2012,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, approved 
summer of service positions, and approved silver scholar 
positions’’ after ‘‘approved national service positions’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 
paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the authorizing committees 
and the Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve 
the goal of having 50 percent of all approved national service 
positions be full-time positions by 2012 as described in para-
graph (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;’’; 
(F) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (10) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing 
committees’’; 
(G) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘by June 30, 1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘periodi-
cally,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘described in section 122(c)(1)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘national priorities designed 
to meet the’’ and inserting ‘‘national priorities, as 
described in section 122(f)(1), designed to meet’’; 
and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
a semicolon; 
(H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
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(I) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) bolster the public awareness of and recruitment efforts 
for the wide range of service opportunities for citizens of all 
ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location, 
through a variety of methods, including— 
‘‘(A) print media; 
‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging technologies; 
‘‘(C) television; 
‘‘(D) radio; 
‘‘(E) presentations at public or private forums; 
‘‘(F) other innovative methods of communication; and 
‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic development, State 
employment security agencies, labor organizations and 
trade associations, local educational agencies, institutions 
of higher education, agencies and organizations serving 
veterans and individuals with disabilities, and other 
institutions or organizations from which participants for 
programs receiving assistance from the national service 
laws can be recruited; 
‘‘(14) identify and implement methods of recruitment to— 
‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants in the pro-
grams receiving assistance under the national service laws; 
and 
‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service sponsors of pro-
grams desiring to receive assistance under the national 
service laws; 
‘‘(15) coordinate with organizations of former participants 
of national service programs for service opportunities that may 
include capacity building, outreach, and recruitment for pro-
grams receiving assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(16) collaborate with organizations with demonstrated 
expertise in supporting and accommodating individuals with 
disabilities, including institutions of higher education, to iden-
tify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the 
number of participants who are individuals with disabilities 
in the programs receiving assistance under the national service 
laws; 
‘‘(17) identify and implement recruitment strategies and 
training programs for bilingual volunteers in the National 
Senior Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973; 
‘‘(18) collaborate with organizations that have established 
volunteer recruitment programs to increase the recruitment 
capacity of the Corporation; 
‘‘(19) where practicable, provide application materials in 
languages other than English for individuals with limited 
English proficiency who wish to participate in a national service 
program; 
‘‘(20) collaborate with the training and technical assistance 
programs described in subtitle J with respect to the activities 
described in section 199N(b)); 
‘‘(21) coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 
198O; 
‘‘(22) coordinate with entities receiving funds under subtitle 
C in establishing the National Service Reserve Corps under 
section 198H, through which alumni of the national service 
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programs and veterans can serve in disasters and emergencies 
(as such terms are defined in section 198H(a)); 
‘‘(23) identify and implement strategies to increase aware-
ness among Indian tribes of the types and availability of assist-
ance under the national service laws, increase Native American 
participation in programs under the national service laws, col-
lect information on challenges facing Native American commu-
nities, and designate a Strategic Advisor for Native American 
Affairs to be responsible for the execution of those activities 
under the national service laws; 
‘‘(24) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals in national service programs 
and activities authorized under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(25) ensure that outreach, awareness, and recruitment 
efforts are consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place the term 
occurs and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(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 assistance under this title; 
and’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘date specified in 
subsection (b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the first date that a report 
is submitted under subsection (b)(11) after the effective date 
of the Serve America Act’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH BUSINESSES.—The Chief 
Executive Officer may, through contracts or cooperative agreements, 
carry out the marketing duties described in subsection (b)(13), 
with priority given to those entities that have established expertise 
in the recruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian 
tribes, and older adults. 
‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may conduct a campaign to solicit funds 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.’’. 
SEC. 1705. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STATUS. 
Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There shall be in the Corporation a 
Chief Financial Officer, who shall be appointed by the Chief 
Executive Officer pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 
195.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
SEC. 1706. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS. 
Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
Appointment. 
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(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEMBER’’ and 
inserting ‘‘NONVOTING MEMBER’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘nonvoting’’ before ‘‘member’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corporation may 
enter into personal services contracts to carry out research, evalua-
tion, and public awareness related to the national service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1707. DONATED SERVICES. 
Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) 
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
INDIVIDUALS.—Notwith-
standing section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Corporation may solicit and accept the services of organiza-
tions and individuals (other than participants) to assist 
the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corpora-
tion 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 inserting ‘‘A person who pro-
vides assistance, either individually or as a member 
of an organization, in accordance with subparagraph 
(A)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volunteer under 
this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volunteers under 
this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’; 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 volun-
teer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a person’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1708. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 
Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 196B. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT.—In accordance with section 193A(c)(1), the 
Chief Executive Officer may assign to State Commissions specific 
programmatic functions upon a determination that such an assign-
ment will increase efficiency in the operation or oversight of a 
program under the national service laws. In carrying out this sec-
tion, and before executing any assignment of authority, the Corpora-
tion shall seek input from and consult Corporation employees, State 
Commissions, State educational agencies, and other interested 
stakeholders. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the effective date 
of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall submit a report 
to the authorizing committees describing the consultation process 
described in subsection (a), including the stakeholders consulted, 
Consultation. 
42 USC 12651j. 
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the recommendation of stakeholders, and any actions taken by 
the Corporation under this section.’’. 
SEC. 1709. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 
Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 196C. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 
‘‘(a) STUDY
AND REPORT.—The Corporation shall conduct a 
study and submit a report to the authorizing committees, not later 
than 3 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act, 
on— 
‘‘(1) the number of veterans serving in national service 
programs historically by year; 
‘‘(2) strategies being undertaken to identify the specific 
areas of need of veterans, including any goals set by the Cor-
poration for veterans participating in the service programs; 
‘‘(3) the impact of the strategies described in paragraph 
(2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling greater participation 
by veterans in the national service programs carried out under 
the national service laws; 
‘‘(4) how existing programs and activities carried out under 
the national service laws could be improved to serve veterans, 
veterans service organizations, families of active-duty military, 
including gaps in services to veterans; 
‘‘(5) the extent to which existing programs and activities 
carried out under the national service laws are coordinated 
and recommendations to improve such coordination including 
the methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization 
of services directed towards veterans; and 
‘‘(6) how to improve utilization of veterans as resources 
and volunteers. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the studies and preparing 
the reports required under this subsection, the Corporation shall 
consult with veterans’ service organizations, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of Defense, 
as appropriate, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 
considers appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE PROGRAMS 
FOR DISPLACED WORKERS IN SERVICES CORPS AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TO DEVELOP PILOT PROGRAM 
PLANNING STUDY. 
(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation shall conduct a study 
to identify— 
(1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 
(2) how existing programs and activities (as of the time 
of the study) carried out under the national service laws could 
better serve displaced workers and communities that have been 
adversely affected by plant closings and job losses; 
(3) prospects for better utilization of displaced workers 
as resources and volunteers; and 
(4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization 
of services directed towards displaced workers. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, State labor agencies, and other 
individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate. 
42 USC 12651 
note. 
42 USC 12651k. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the effective date 
of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing commit-
tees a report on the results of the planning study required by 
subsection (a), together with a plan for implementation of a pilot 
program using promising strategies and approaches for better tar-
geting and serving displaced workers. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available to carry 
out this section, the Corporation shall develop and carry out a 
pilot program based on the findings and plan in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (c). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corporation’’, 
‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
(f) 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 2010 through 2014. 
SEC. 1711. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGENCY 
COORDINATION. 
(a) STUDY.—In order to reduce administrative burdens and 
lower costs for national service programs carried out under the 
national service laws, the Corporation shall conduct a study to 
determine the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a data 
matching system under which the statements of an individual 
declaring that such individual is in compliance with the require-
ments of section 146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Corpora-
tion by comparing information provided by the individual with 
information relevant to such a declaration in the possession of 
other Federal agencies. Such study shall— 
(1) review the feasibility of— 
(A) expanding, and participating in, the data matching 
conducted by the Department of Education with the Social 
Security Administration and the Department of Homeland 
Security, pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)); or 
(B) establishing a comparable system of data matching 
with the Social Security Administration and the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security; and 
(2) identify— 
(A) the costs, for both the Corporation and the other 
Federal agencies identified in paragraph (1), associated 
with expanding or establishing such a system of data 
matching; 
(B) the benefits or detriments of such an expanded 
or comparable system both for the Corporation and for 
the other Federal agencies so identified; 
(C) strategies for ensuring the privacy and security 
of participant information that is shared between Federal 
agencies and organizations receiving assistance under the 
national service laws; 
(D) the information that needs to be shared in order 
to fulfill the eligibility requirements of section 146(a)(3) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)); 
42 USC 12602 
note. 
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(E) an alternative system through which an individ-
ual’s compliance with section 146(a)(3) of such Act may 
be verified, should such an expanded or comparable system 
fail to verify the individual’s declaration of compliance; 
and 
(F) recommendations for implementation of such an 
expanded or comparable system. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation shall carry out the study 
in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Commissioner 
of the Social Security Administration, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and other Federal agencies, entities, and individuals that 
the Corporation considers appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the effective date 
of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing commit-
tees a report on the results of the study required by subsection 
(a) and a plan for implementation of a pilot data matching program 
using promising strategies and approaches identified in such study, 
if the Corporation determines such program to be feasible. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available to carry 
out this section, the Corporation may develop and carry out a 
pilot data matching program based on the report submitted under 
subsection (c). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corporation’’, 
‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
SEC. 1712. STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall develop performance measures for each program 
receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The performance measures developed under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) to the maximum extent practicable draw on research- 
based, quantitative data; 
(2) take into account program purpose and program design; 
(3) include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of 
programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; 
(4) include criteria to evaluate the administration and 
management of programs receiving Federal assistance under 
the national service laws; and 
(5) include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability 
of recipients of assistance through such programs under the 
national service laws. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the development 
of the performance measures under subsection (a), and every 5 
years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the 
Corporation’s Board of Directors a report containing an assessment 
of each such program with respect to the performance measures 
developed under subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘authorizing committees’’, 
‘‘Corporation’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
Deadline. 
Performance 
measures. 
42 USC 12513. 
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(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means an entire pro-
gram carried out by the Corporation under the national service 
laws, such as the entire AmeriCorps program carried out under 
subtitle C. 
SEC. 1713. VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CORPS STUDY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Many managers seek opportunities to give back to their 
communities and address the Nation’s challenges. 
(2) Managers possess business and technical skills that 
make them especially suited to help nonprofit organizations 
and State and local governments create efficiencies and cost 
savings and develop programs to serve communities in need. 
(3) There are currently a large number of businesses and 
firms who are seeking to identify savings through sabbatical 
opportunities for senior employees. 
(b) STUDY AND PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall— 
(1) conduct a study on how best to establish and implement 
a Volunteer Management Corps program; and 
(2) submit a plan regarding the establishment of such 
program to Congress and to the President. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study described in sub-
section (b)(1), the Corporation may consult with experts in the 
private and nonprofit sectors. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, this sec-
tion shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 
(Investment for Quality and Innovation) 
SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SUBTITLE H. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 the 
following: 
‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION 
ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 
SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT 
NATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (r)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b), by striking ‘‘to improve the quality’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘including—’’ and inserting ‘‘to address emergent needs 
through summer programs and other activities, and to support 
service-learning programs and national service programs, 
including—’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), 
(m), and (p) and redesignating subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), 
(q), (r), and (s) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and 
(i), respectively. 
Deadline. 
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(b) GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 
12653), as amended in subsection (a), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3))— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONAL’’ 
and inserting ‘‘GLOBAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘National Youth’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Global Youth’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘April 24, 2009, and April 23, 2010, are each designated 
as ‘Global Youth Service Days’.’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘appropriate 
ceremonies and activities’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate 
youth-led 
community 
improvement 
and 
service- 
learning activities’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and other Federal departments 
and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corporation’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ceremonies and activities’’ and 
inserting ‘‘youth-led community improvement and 
service-learning activities’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and other Federal 
departments and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corporation’’. 
(c) CALL
TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN
AND SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY 
OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended by sub-
section (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) CALL
TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corpora-
tion shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to 
encourage all people of the United States, regardless of age, race, 
ethnicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or part- 
time national service, long- or short-term public service in the 
nonprofit sector or government, or volunteering. In conducting the 
campaign, the Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agen-
cies and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and 
faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher edu-
cation, elementary schools, and secondary schools. 
‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may organize 
and carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities, which 
may include activities that are part of the broader Call to 
Service Campaign under subsection (j), in order to observe 
the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 
at the Federal level. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make grants and 
provide other support to community-based organizations to 
assist in planning and carrying out appropriate service, charity, 
and remembrance opportunities in conjunction with the Sep-
tember 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may consult with 
and make grants or provide other forms of support to nonprofit 
organizations with expertise in representing families of victims 
of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted 
constituencies, and in promoting the establishment of Sep-
tember 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service 
and Remembrance.’’. 
Deadline. 
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SEC. 1803. REPEALS. 
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a). 
(2) MILITARY
INSTALLATION
CONVERSION
DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 12653c). 
(3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Section 198D (42 
U.S.C. 12653d). 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is 
redesignated as section 198A. 
SEC. 1804. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS. 
Section 198A(a)(2) (as redesignated by section 1803(b)) (42 
U.S.C. 12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by striking ‘‘section 
101(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 
SEC. 1805. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 
Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term ‘area of national 
need’ means an area involved in efforts to— 
‘‘(A) improve education in schools for economically dis-
advantaged students; 
‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health care; 
‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve natural 
resources; 
‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for economically 
disadvantaged individuals; or 
‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and response. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible 
fellowship recipient’ means an individual who is selected by 
a State Commission under subsection (c) and, as a result of 
such selection, is eligible for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 
‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eligible fellow-
ship recipient who is awarded a ServeAmerica Fellowship and 
is designated a fellow under subsection (e)(2). 
‘‘(4) SMALL
SERVICE
SPONSOR
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘small service sponsor organization’ means a service sponsor 
organization described in subsection (d)(1) that has not more 
than 10 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated under 
section 501(a)(4)(B) and allotted under paragraph (2)(A), the 
Corporation shall make grants (including financial assistance 
and a corresponding allotment of approved national service 
positions), to the State Commission of each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico with an application approved under this section, to enable 
such State Commissions to award ServeAmerica Fellowships 
under subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted to a State 
Commission for a fiscal year shall be equal to an amount 
that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated under 
section 501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State bears 
42 USC 12653b. 
42 USC 12653a. 
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to the total population of the several States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(B) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commission does not 
apply for an allotment under this subsection for any fiscal 
year, or if the State Commission’s application is not 
approved, the Corporation shall reallot the amount of the 
State Commission’s allotment to the remaining State 
Commissions in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the amount allotted 
to a State Commission under subparagraph (A), not more 
than 1.5 percent of such amount may be used for adminis-
trative costs. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of approved 
national service positions under this subsection during each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; 
‘‘(B) establish the number of approved positions at 
500 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved positions 
to— 
‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded under this sub-
section shall be used to enable fellows to carry out service 
projects in areas of national need. 
‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded under this 
subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(i) oversight activities and mechanisms for the 
service sites of the fellows, as determined necessary 
by the State Commission or the Corporation, which 
may include site visits; 
‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experience of fellows, 
including activities to engage the fellows in networking 
opportunities with other national service participants; 
and 
‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activities for fellows. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 
this subsection, a State Commission shall submit an application 
to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Corporation may require, including 
information on the criteria and procedures that the State 
Commission will use for overseeing ServeAmerica Fellowship 
placements for service projects, under subsection (e). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An applicant desiring to become 
an eligible fellowship recipient shall submit an application 
to a State Commission that has elected to participate in 
the program authorized under this section, at such time 
and in such manner as the Commission may require, and 
containing the information described in subparagraph (B) 
and such additional information as the Commission may 
require. An applicant may submit such application to only 
1 State Commission for a fiscal year. 
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‘‘(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
Corporation 
shall 
specify 
information to be provided in an application submitted 
under this subsection, which— 
‘‘(i) shall include— 
‘‘(I) a description of the area of national need 
that the applicant intends to address in the service 
project; 
‘‘(II) a description of the skills and experience 
the applicant has to address the area of national 
need; 
‘‘(III) a description of the type of service the 
applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and 
‘‘(IV) information identifying the local area 
within the State served by the Commission in 
which the applicant plans to serve for the service 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) may include, if the applicant chooses, the size 
of the registered service sponsor organization with 
which the applicant hopes to serve. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission shall— 
‘‘(A) select, from the applications received by the State 
Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellow-
ship recipients that may be supported for that fiscal year 
based on the amount of the grant received by the State 
Commission under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) make an effort to award one-third of the fellow-
ships available to the State Commission for a fiscal year, 
based on the amount of the grant received under subsection 
(b), to applicants who propose to serve the fellowship with 
small service sponsor organizations registered under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organization 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria established by the 
Corporation or the State Commission, including standards 
relating to organizational capacity, financial management, 
and programmatic oversight; 
‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, approved 
national service positions, or approved summer of service 
positions under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a State Commis-
sion, enter into an agreement providing that the service 
sponsor organization shall— 
‘‘(i) abide by all program requirements; 
‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in subsection 
(e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving with the organization 
through the ServeAmerica Fellowship; 
‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying whether each 
fellow serving with the organization successfully com-
pleted the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 
certify in a manner specified by the Corporation the 
number of hours served by a fellow for purposes of 
determining the fellow’s eligibility for benefits; and 
‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records relating to 
the ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State Commission, 
Records. 
Certification. 
Contracts. 
Criteria. 
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the Corporation, and the Inspector General of the Cor-
poration. 
‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor organization 
may receive a fellow under this section until the organiza-
tion registers with the State Commission. 
‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Commission shall 
maintain a list of registered service sponsor organizations 
on a public website. 
‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commission determines 
that a service sponsor organization is in violation of any 
of the applicable provisions of this section— 
‘‘(i) the State Commission shall revoke the registra-
tion of the organization; 
‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eligible to receive 
assistance, approved national service positions, or 
approved summer of service positions under this title 
for not less than 5 years; and 
‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have the right 
to remove a fellow from the organization and relocate 
the fellow to another site. 
‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate in a service 
project as a fellow and receive a ServeAmerica Fellowship, 
an eligible fellowship recipient shall— 
‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected as an eligible 
fellowship recipient by a State Commission, select a reg-
istered service sponsor organization described in subsection 
(d)— 
‘‘(i) with which the recipient is interested in 
serving under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) that is located in the State served by the 
State Commission; 
‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the organization— 
‘‘(i) that specifies the service the recipient will 
provide if the placement is approved; and 
‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to serve for 
1 year on a full-time or part-time basis (as determined 
by the Corporation); and 
‘‘(C) submit such agreement to the State Commission. 
‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fellowship recipi-
ent’s agreement under paragraph (1), the State Commission 
shall award a ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and 
designate the recipient as a fellow. 
‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received under sub-
section (b), each State Commission shall award each of 
the State’s fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that 
is equal to 50 percent of the amount of the average annual 
VISTA subsistence allowance. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 
(ii) and subparagraph (E), the service sponsor organiza-
tion shall award to the fellow serving such organization 
an amount that will ensure that the total award 
received by the fellow for service in the service project 
(consisting of such amount and the ServeAmerica 
Contracts. 
Deadline. 
Records. 
Web posting. 
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Fellowship amount the fellow receives under subpara-
graph (A)) is equal to or greater than 70 percent of 
the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. 
‘‘(ii) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.—In 
the case of a small service sponsor organization, the 
small service sponsor organization may decrease the 
amount of the service sponsor organization award 
required under clause (i) to not less than an amount 
that will ensure that the total award received by the 
fellow for service in the service project (as calculated 
in clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 60 percent 
of the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The total amount 
that may be provided to a fellow under this subparagraph 
shall not exceed 100 percent of the average annual VISTA 
subsistence allowance. 
‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case of a fellow 
who is authorized to serve a part-time term of service 
under the agreement described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the 
amount provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall 
be prorated accordingly. 
‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may allow a State 
Commission to waive the amount required under subpara-
graph (B) from the service sponsor organization for a fellow 
serving the organization if— 
‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent with the objec-
tives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow under 
subparagraph (A) is sufficient to meet the necessary 
costs of living (including food, housing, and transpor-
tation) in the area in which the ServeAmerica Fellow-
ship program is located. 
‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘average 
annual VISTA subsistence allowance’ means the total aver-
age annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volun-
teers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE
WITH
INELIGIBLE
SERVICE
CATEGORIES.— 
Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall comply with section 
132(a). For purposes of applying that section to this subsection, 
a reference to assistance shall be considered to be a reference 
to assistance provided under this section. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization that receives 
a fellow under this section shall, on a biweekly basis, report to 
the Corporation on the number of hours served and the services 
provided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish a web 
portal for the organizations to use in reporting the information. 
‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in a service 
project under this section shall be considered to have served in 
an approved national service position and, upon meeting the 
requirements of section 147 for full-time or part-time national 
service, shall be eligible for a national service educational award 
described in such section. The Corporation shall transfer an appro-
priate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide 
for the national service educational award for such fellow. 
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‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may award fixed- 
amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to community- 
based entities to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Program 
for individuals age 55 or older, in which such individuals com-
plete not less than 350 hours of service in a year carrying 
out projects of national need and receive a Silver Scholarship 
in the form of a $1,000 national service educational award. 
Under such a program, the Corporation shall establish criteria 
for the types of the service required to be performed to receive 
such award. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this subsection 
shall be carried out over a period of 3 years (which may include 
1 planning year), with a 1-year extension possible, if the pro-
gram meets performance levels developed in accordance with 
section 179(k) and any other criteria determined by the Cor-
poration. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under this 
subsection, a community-based entity shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the Corporation an application at such 
time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer 
may reasonably require; and 
‘‘(B) be a listed organization as described in subsection 
(b)(4). 
‘‘(4) COLLABORATION
ENCOURAGED.—A community-based 
entity awarded a grant under this subsection is encouraged 
to collaborate with programs funded under title II of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 in carrying out this 
program. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR FELLOWSHIP.—An individual is eligible 
to receive a Silver Scholarship if the community-based entity 
certifies to the Corporation that the individual has completed 
not less than 350 hours of service under this section in a 
1-year period. 
‘‘(6) TRANSFER TO TRUST.—The Corporation shall transfer 
an appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust 
to provide for the national service educational award for each 
silver scholar under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) 
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—A 
community-based 
entity 
receiving a fixed-amount grant under this subsection may use 
a portion of the grant to provide transportation services to 
an eligible individual to allow such individual to participate 
in a service project. 
‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may award 1-year 
Encore Fellowships to enable individuals age 55 or older to— 
‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of national 
need; and 
‘‘(B) receive training and development in order to 
transition to full- or part-time public service in the non-
profit sector or government. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, the Corpora-
tion shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organizations for which 
Encore Fellows may be placed to carry out service projects 
Records. 
Criteria. 
42 USC 12653c. 
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through the program and shall provide the list to all Fellow-
ship recipients; and 
‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipient— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting recipient is 
able to meet the service needs of a listed organization, 
or another organization that the recipient requests in 
accordance with paragraph (5)(B), for a service project; 
and 
‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable determination under 
clause (i), award the recipient with an Encore Fellow-
ship, and place the recipient with the organization 
as an Encore Fellow under paragraph (5)(C). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual desiring to be selected 
as a Fellowship recipient shall— 
‘‘(i) be an individual who— 
‘‘(I) is age 55 or older as of the time the indi-
vidual applies for the program; and 
‘‘(II) is not engaged in, but who wishes to 
engage in, full- or part-time public service in the 
nonprofit sector or government; and 
‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Corporation, at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information 
as 
the 
Corporation 
may 
require, 
including— 
‘‘(I) a description of the area of national need 
that the applicant hopes to address through the 
service project; 
‘‘(II) a description of the skills and experience 
the applicant has to address an area of national 
need; and 
‘‘(III) information identifying the region of the 
United States in which the applicant wishes to 
serve. 
‘‘(B) SELECTION BASIS.—In determining which individ-
uals to select as Fellowship recipients, the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(i) select not more than 10 individuals from each 
State; and 
‘‘(ii) give priority to individuals with skills and 
experience for which there is an ongoing high demand 
in the nonprofit sector and government. 
‘‘(4) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed under paragraph 
(2)(A), an organization shall— 
‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; and 
‘‘(B) submit an application to the Corporation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Corporation may require, including— 
‘‘(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the services and activities the organization 
carries out generally; 
‘‘(II) the area of national need that the 
organization seeks to address through a service 
project; and 
‘‘(III) the services and activities the organiza-
tion seeks to carry out through the proposed 
service project; 
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‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and experience that 
an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient needs to be 
placed with the organization as an Encore Fellow for 
the service project; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the training and leadership 
development the organization shall provide an Encore 
Fellow placed with the organization to assist the 
Encore Fellow in obtaining a public service job in the 
nonprofit sector or government after the period of the 
Encore Fellowship; and 
‘‘(iv) evidence of the organization’s financial sta-
bility. 
‘‘(5) PLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH LISTED ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—To be placed with a listed organization in accord-
ance with paragraph (2)(B) for a service project, an eligible 
Encore Fellowship recipient shall submit an application 
for such placement to the Corporation at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Cor-
poration may require. 
‘‘(B) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZA-
TION.—An eligible Encore Fellowship recipient may apply 
to the Corporation to serve the recipient’s Encore Fellow-
ship year with a nonprofit organization that is not a listed 
organization. Such application shall be submitted to the 
Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Corporation shall require, and 
shall include— 
‘‘(i) an identification and description of— 
‘‘(I) the organization; 
‘‘(II) the area of national need the organization 
seeks to address; and 
‘‘(III) the services or activities the organization 
carries out to address such area of national need; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the services the eligible Encore 
Fellowship recipient shall provide for the organization 
as an Encore Fellow; and 
‘‘(iii) a letter of support from the leader of the 
organization, including— 
‘‘(I) a description of the organization’s need 
for the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient’s serv-
ices; 
‘‘(II) evidence that the organization is finan-
cially sound; 
‘‘(III) an assurance that the organization will 
provide training and leadership development to 
the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient if placed 
with the organization as an Encore Fellow, to 
assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining a public 
service job in the nonprofit sector or government 
after the period of the Encore Fellowship; and 
‘‘(IV) a description of the training and leader-
ship development to be provided to the Encore 
Fellowship recipient if so placed. 
‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP.—If the 
Corporation determines that the eligible Encore Fellowship 
recipient is able to meet the service needs (including skills 
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and experience to address an area of national need) of 
the organization that the eligible fellowship recipient 
requests under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eligible Encore 
Fellowship recipient with the organization; 
‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 
an Encore Fellowship for a period of 1 year and des-
ignate the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient as an 
Encore Fellow; and 
‘‘(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellowship, make 
a payment, in the amount of $11,000, to the organiza-
tion to enable the organization to provide living 
expenses to the Encore Fellow for the year in which 
the Encore Fellow agrees to serve. 
‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization that receives an 
Encore Fellow under this subsection shall agree to provide, 
for the living expenses of the Encore Fellow during the year 
of service, non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to 
not less than $1 for every $1 of Federal funds provided to 
the organization for the Encore Fellow through the Encore 
Fellowship. 
‘‘(7) TRAINING
AND
ASSISTANCE.—Each organization that 
receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall provide 
training, leadership development, and assistance to the Encore 
Fellow, and conduct oversight of the service provided by the 
Encore Fellow. 
‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, the Corpora-
tion shall convene current and former Encore Fellows to discuss 
the Encore Fellows’ experiences related to service under this 
subsection and discuss strategies for increasing leadership and 
careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of the programs authorized under subsections 
(a) and (b) and widely disseminate the results, including rec-
ommendations for improvement, to the service community through 
multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or 
a clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 
CORPS 
‘‘SEC. 198H. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps member’ 
means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has completed a term of national service or is 
a veteran; 
‘‘(B) has successfully completed training described in 
subsection (c) within the previous 2 years; 
‘‘(C) completes not less than 10 hours of volunteering 
each year (which may include the training session described 
in subparagraph (B)); and 
42 USC 12653h. 
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‘‘(D) has indicated interest to the Corporation in 
responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely 
manner through the National Service Reserve Corps; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘term of national service’ means a term or 
period of service under section 123. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, the Corporation shall establish a 
National Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy National 
Service Reserve Corps members to respond to disasters and 
emergencies in support of national service programs and other 
requesting programs and agencies. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—In carrying out this section, 
the Corporation may enter into a grant or contract with an 
organization experienced in responding to disasters or in coordi-
nating individuals who have completed a term of national 
service or are veterans, or may directly deploy National Service 
Reserve Corps members, as the Corporation determines nec-
essary. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall conduct or 
coordinate annual training sessions, consistent with the training 
requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for 
individuals who have completed a term of national service or are 
veterans, and who wish to join the National Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Corporation 
shall 
designate 
organizations with demonstrated experience in responding to 
disasters or emergencies, including through using volunteers, 
for participation in the program under this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation shall ensure that 
every designated organization is— 
‘‘(A) prepared to respond to disasters or emergencies; 
‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National Service 
Reserve Corps members in responding to disasters or emer-
gencies; and 
‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner when noti-
fied by the Corporation of a disaster or emergency. 
‘‘(e) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or contract 
with an outside organization to develop— 
‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve Corps mem-
bers; and 
‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations that have 
been designated by the Corporation under subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) MAJOR DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—If a major dis-
aster or emergency is declared by the President pursuant to 
section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Cor-
poration, may task the National Service Reserve Corps to assist 
in response. 
‘‘(2) OTHER DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—For a disaster 
or emergency that is not declared a major disaster or emergency 
under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may 
directly, or through a grant or contract, deploy the National 
Service Reserve Corps. 
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‘‘(3) DEPLOYMENT.—Under paragraph (1) or (2), the Cor-
poration may— 
‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service Reserve Corps 
members on assignments of not more than 30 days to 
assist with local needs related to preparing or recovering 
from the incident in the affected area, either directly or 
through organizations designated under subsection (d); 
‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the deployed 
National Service Reserve Corps members to the site of 
the incident; and 
‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations that are 
responding to the incident with deployed National Service 
Reserve Corps members, to enable the organizations to 
coordinate and provide housing, living stipends, and insur-
ance for those deployed members. 
‘‘(4) ALLOWANCE.—Any amounts that are utilized by the 
Corporation from funds appropriated under section 501(a)(4)(D) 
to carry out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept 
in a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are not 
used during a fiscal year shall remain available to use to 
pay National Service Reserve Corps members an allowance, 
determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket expenses. 
‘‘(5) INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.—The Corpora-
tion, the State Commissions, and entities receiving finan-
cial assistance for programs under subtitle C of this Act, 
or under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform partici-
pants about the National Service Reserve Corps upon the 
participants’ completion of their term of national service. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall inform 
veterans who are recently discharged, released, or sepa-
rated from the Armed Forces about the National Service 
Reserve Corps. 
‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In deploying National Service Reserve 
Corps members under this subsection, the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) avoid duplication of activities directed by the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency; and 
‘‘(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen 
Corps programs and other local disaster agencies, including 
State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary 
organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and 
similar organizations, in the affected area.’’. 
SEC. 1807. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 198K. FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 
organizations are developing innovative and effective solutions 
to national and local challenges. 
42 USC 12653k. 
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‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in replicating 
and expanding proven effective solutions, and supporting new 
solutions, developed by social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 
community organizations could allow those entrepreneurs and 
organizations to replicate and expand proven initiatives, and 
support new initiatives, in communities. 
‘‘(3) A network of Social Innovation Funds could leverage 
Federal investments to increase State, local, business, and 
philanthropic resources to replicate and expand proven solu-
tions and invest in supporting new innovations to tackle specific 
identified community challenges. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of social entre-
preneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in tack-
ling national and local challenges; 
‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a network of Social 
Innovation Funds that will increase private and public invest-
ment in nonprofit community organizations that are effectively 
addressing national and local challenges to allow such organiza-
tions to replicate and expand proven initiatives or support 
new initiatives; 
‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds in— 
‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to increase State, 
local, business, and philanthropic resources to address 
national and local challenges; 
‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and expand effec-
tive initiatives; and 
‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives focused on 
improving outcomes in the areas described in subsection 
(f)(3); and 
‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, invest 
in, replicate, and expand initiatives with effective solutions 
to national and local challenges. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘community 
organization’ means a nonprofit organization that carries out 
innovative, effective initiatives to address community chal-
lenges. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution (existing as 
of the date on which the institution applies for a grant 
under this section); or 
‘‘(B) a partnership between— 
‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking institution; and 
‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking institution, a State 
Commission, or a chief executive officer of a unit of 
general local government. 
‘‘(3) ISSUE AREA.—The term ‘issue area’ means an area 
described in subsection (f)(3). 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—From the amounts appropriated to carry out 
this section that are not reserved under subsections (l) and (m), 
the Corporation shall establish a Social Innovation Funds grant 
program to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 
for Social Innovation Funds. 
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‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall make such 
grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew the grants for addi-
tional periods of 5 years, in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 
and not more than $10,000,000 per year. 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
section (d), an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 
‘‘(2) propose to focus on— 
‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical area; or 
‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area; 
‘‘(3) propose to focus on improving measurable outcomes 
relating to— 
‘‘(A) 
education 
for 
economically 
disadvantaged 
elementary or secondary school students; 
‘‘(B) child and youth development; 
‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in economic 
opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(D) health, including access to health services and 
health education; 
‘‘(E) resource conservation and local environmental 
quality; 
‘‘(F) individual or community energy efficiency; 
‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 
‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 
‘‘(4) have an evidence-based decisionmaking strategy, 
including— 
‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous evalua-
tions of program effectiveness including, where available, 
well-implemented randomized controlled trials; and 
‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 
‘‘(i)(I) replicate and expand research-proven initia-
tives that have been shown to produce sizeable, sus-
tained benefits to participants or society; or 
‘‘(II) support new initiatives with a substantial 
likelihood of significant impact; or 
‘‘(ii) partner with a research organization to carry 
out rigorous evaluations to assess the effectiveness 
of such initiatives; and 
‘‘(5) have appropriate policies, as determined by the Cor-
poration, that protect against conflict of interest, self-dealing, 
and other improper practices. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
section (d) for national leveraging capital, an eligible entity shall 
submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may 
specify, including, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 
‘‘(A) use the funds received through that capital in 
order to make subgrants to community organizations that 
will use the funds to replicate or expand proven initiatives, 
or support new initiatives, in low-income communities; 
‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants for commu-
nities, consult with a diverse cross section of community 
representatives in the decisions, including individuals from 
the public, nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 
and 
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‘‘(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size and scope 
to enable the community organizations to build their 
capacity to manage initiatives, and sustain replication or 
expansion of the initiatives; 
‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not make 
any subgrants to the parent organizations of the eligible entity, 
a subsidiary organization of the parent organization, or, if 
the eligible entity applied for funds under this section as a 
partnership, any member of the partnership; 
‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 
‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area referred to 
in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible entity is proposing 
to serve; or 
‘‘(B) the issue area referred to in subsection (f)(2)(B) 
that the eligible entity will address, and the geographical 
areas that the eligible entity is likely to serve in addressing 
such issue area; 
‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas in which 
the eligible entity will work to improve measurable outcomes; 
‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those issue areas 
in, as appropriate— 
‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area described in 
paragraph (3)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in paragraph 
(3)(B), including statistics demonstrating that those geo-
graphical areas have high need in the specific issue area 
that the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 
‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable outcomes 
related to the issue areas involved that the eligible entity 
will seek to improve; 
‘‘(5) information describing the process by which the eligible 
entity selected, or will select, community organizations to 
receive the subgrants, to ensure that the community organiza-
tions— 
‘‘(A) are institutions— 
‘‘(i) with proven initiatives and a demonstrated 
track record of achieving specific outcomes related to 
the measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; or 
‘‘(ii) that articulate a new solution with a signifi-
cant likelihood for substantial impact; 
‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the use of 
the subgrant funds that are connected to the measurable 
outcomes for the eligible entity; 
‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate, expand, or support 
their initiatives; 
‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for replicating, 
expanding, or supporting the initiatives funded; 
‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the subgrant 
period concludes through reliable public revenues, earned 
income, or private sector funding; 
‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial and manage-
ment systems; 
‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data collection and 
evaluation for improvement of the initiatives; 
‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innovative initia-
tives, to be important contributors to knowledge in their 
fields; and 
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‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for providing matching 
funds specified in subsection (k); 
‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, including its 
experience managing collaborative initiatives, or assessing 
applicants for grants and evaluating the performance of grant 
recipients for outcome-focused initiatives, and any other rel-
evant information; 
‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of subsection 
(i) and a plan for meeting the requirements, including informa-
tion on any funding that the eligible entity has secured to 
provide the matching funds required under that subsection; 
‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan for providing 
technical assistance and support, other than financial support, 
to the community organizations that will increase the ability 
of the community organizations to achieve their measurable 
outcomes; 
‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institutional capacity, 
and expertise of the eligible entity concerning— 
‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required for evalua-
tions, compliance efforts, and other purposes; 
‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 
‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Corporation, 
including information on the initiatives of the community 
organizations, and the replication or expansion of such 
initiatives; 
‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations to improve 
the eligible entity’s own model and to improve the initiatives 
funded by the eligible entity; and 
‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any evaluation activi-
ties undertaken by the Corporation. 
‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible entities to 
receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis; 
‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the quality of 
their selection process, as described in subsection (g)(5), the 
capacity of the eligible entities to manage Social Innovation 
Funds, and the potential of the eligible entities to sustain 
the Funds after the conclusion of the grant period; 
‘‘(3) include among the grant recipients eligible entities 
that propose to provide subgrants to serve communities (such 
as rural low-income communities) that the eligible entities can 
demonstrate are significantly philanthropically underserved; 
‘‘(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligible entities; 
and 
‘‘(5) take into account broad community perspectives and 
support. 
‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not make a grant 
to an eligible entity under subsection (d) for a Social Innovation 
Fund unless the entity agrees that, with respect to the cost 
described in subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make 
available matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 
$1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) TYPE AND SOURCES.—The eligible entity shall pro-
vide the matching funds in cash. The eligible entity shall 
provide the matching funds from State, local, or private 
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sources, which may include State or local agencies, 
businesses, private philanthropic organizations, or individ-
uals. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING STATE COMMISSIONS 
OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In a case in which a State 
Commission, a local government office, or both entities 
are a part of the eligible entity, the State involved, 
the local government involved, or both entities, respec-
tively, shall contribute not less than 30 percent and 
not more than 50 percent of the matching funds. 
‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘local government office’ means the 
office of the chief executive officer of a unit of general 
local government. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Corporation may reduce by 50 per-
cent the matching funds required by paragraph (1) for an 
eligible entity serving a community (such as a rural low-income 
community) that the eligible entity can demonstrate is signifi-
cantly philanthropically underserved. 
‘‘(j) SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—An eligible entity receiving 
a grant under subsection (d) is authorized to use the funds 
made available through the grant to award, on a competitive 
basis, subgrants to expand or replicate proven initiatives, or 
support new initiatives with a substantial likelihood of success, 
to— 
‘‘(A) community organizations serving low-income 
communities within the specific local geographical area 
described in the eligible entity’s application in accordance 
with subsection (g)(3)(A); or 
‘‘(B) community organizations addressing a specific 
issue area described in the eligible entity’s application in 
accordance with subsection (g)(3)(B), in low-income commu-
nities in the geographical areas described in the applica-
tion. 
‘‘(2) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The eligible entity shall make 
such subgrants for periods of not less than 3 and not more 
than 5 years, and may renew the subgrants for such periods, 
in amounts of not less than $100,000 per year. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant 
from an eligible entity under this section, including receiving 
a payment for that subgrant each year, a community organiza-
tion shall submit an application to an eligible entity that serves 
the specific local geographical area, or geographical areas, that 
the community organization proposes to serve, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the eligible 
entity may require, including— 
‘‘(A) a description of the initiative the community 
organization carries out and plans to replicate or expand, 
or of the new initiative the community organization intends 
to support, using funds received from the eligible entity, 
and how the initiative relates to the issue areas in which 
the eligible entity has committed to work in the eligible 
entity’s application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(A); 
Definition. 
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‘‘(B) data on the measurable outcomes the community 
organization has improved, and information on the measur-
able outcomes the community organization seeks to 
improve by replicating or expanding a proven initiative 
or supporting a new initiative, which shall be among the 
measurable outcomes that the eligible entity identified in 
the eligible entity’s application, in accordance with sub-
section (g)(4)(C); 
‘‘(C) an identification of the community in which the 
community organization proposes to carry out an initiative, 
which shall be within a local geographical area described 
in the eligible entity’s application in accordance with 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (g)(3), as applicable; 
‘‘(D) a description of the evidence-based decisionmaking 
strategies the community organization uses to improve the 
measurable outcomes, including— 
‘‘(i) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous 
evaluations of program effectiveness including, where 
available, well-implemented randomized controlled 
trials; or 
‘‘(ii) a well-articulated plan to conduct, or partner 
with a research organization to conduct, rigorous 
evaluations to assess the effectiveness of initiatives 
addressing national or local challenges; 
‘‘(E) a description of how the community organization 
uses data to analyze and improve its initiatives; 
‘‘(F) specific evidence of how the community organiza-
tion will meet the requirements for providing matching 
funds specified in subsection (k); 
‘‘(G) a description of how the community organization 
will sustain the replicated or expanded initiative after the 
conclusion of the subgrant period; and 
‘‘(H) any other information the eligible entity may 
require, including information necessary for the eligible 
entity to fulfill the requirements of subsection (g)(5). 
‘‘(k) MATCHING FUNDS FOR SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible entity may not make a 
subgrant to a community organization under this section for 
an initiative described in subsection (j)(3)(A) unless the 
organization agrees that, with respect to the cost of carrying 
out that initiative, the organization will make available, on 
an annual basis, matching funds in an amount equal to not 
less than $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the subgrant. 
If the community organization fails to make such matching 
funds available for a fiscal year, the eligible entity shall not 
make payments for the remaining fiscal years of the subgrant 
period, notwithstanding any other provision of this part. 
‘‘(2) TYPES
AND
SOURCES.—The community organization 
shall provide the matching funds in cash. The community 
organization shall provide the matching funds from State, local, 
or private sources, which may include funds from State or 
local agencies or private sector funding. 
‘‘(l) DIRECT SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may use not 
more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated for this section 
to award grants to community organizations serving low-income 
communities or addressing a specific issue area in geographical 
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areas that have the highest need in that issue area, to enable 
such community organizations to replicate or expand proven 
initiatives or support new initiatives. 
‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A grant awarded under this 
subsection shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as a subgrant awarded under subsection (j). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION; MATCHING FUNDS.—Paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of subsection (j) and subsection (k) shall apply to a commu-
nity organization receiving or applying for a grant under this 
subsection in the same manner as such subsections apply to 
a community organization receiving or applying for a subgrant 
under subsection (j), except that references to a subgrant shall 
mean a grant and references to an eligible entity shall mean 
the Corporation. 
‘‘(m) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for this section for 
a fiscal year to support, directly or through contract with an 
independent entity, research and evaluation activities to 
evaluate the eligible entities and community organizations 
receiving grants under subsections (d) and (l) and the initiatives 
supported by the grants. 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) RESEARCH AND REPORTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The entity carrying out this sub-
section shall collect data and conduct or support 
research with respect to the eligible entities and 
community organizations receiving grants under sub-
sections (d) and (l), and the initiatives supported by 
such eligible entities and community organizations, to 
determine the success of the program carried out under 
this section in replicating, expanding, and supporting 
initiatives, including— 
‘‘(I) the success of the initiatives in improving 
measurable outcomes; and 
‘‘(II) the success of the program in increasing 
philanthropic investments in philanthropically 
underserved communities. 
‘‘(ii) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit peri-
odic reports to the authorizing committees including— 
‘‘(I) the data collected and the results of the 
research under this subsection; 
‘‘(II) information on lessons learned about best 
practices from the activities carried out under this 
section, to improve those activities; and 
‘‘(III) a list of all eligible entities and commu-
nity organizations receiving funds under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Corporation shall 
annually post the list described in clause (ii)(III) on 
the Corporation’s website. 
‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation shall, 
directly or through contract, provide technical assistance 
to the eligible entities and community organizations that 
receive grants under subsections (d) and (l). 
Contracts. 
Web posting. 
Applicability. 
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‘‘(C) 
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT.—The 
Corporation 
shall, directly or through contract, maintain a clearing-
house for information on best practices resulting from ini-
tiatives supported by the eligible entities and community 
organizations. 
‘‘(D) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 
section 501(a)(4)(E) for a fiscal year, not more than 5 per-
cent may be used to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1808. CLEARINGHOUSES. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART 
IV—NATIONAL 
SERVICE 
PROGRAMS 
CLEARINGHOUSES; 
VOLUNTEER 
GENERA-
TION FUND 
‘‘SEC. 198O. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide assistance, 
by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities with exper-
tise in the dissemination of information through clearinghouses 
to establish 1 or more clearinghouses for information regarding 
the national service laws, which shall include information on 
service-learning and on service through other programs receiving 
assistance under the national service laws. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTION
OF
CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clearinghouse 
may— 
‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local service- 
learning and national service programs with needs assessments 
and planning; 
‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning service- 
learning or programs receiving assistance under the national 
service laws, except that such clearinghouse may not conduct 
such research and evaluations if the recipient of the grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement establishing the clearing-
house under this section is receiving funds for such purpose 
under part III of subtitle B or under this subtitle (not including 
this section); 
‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to 
State and local service-learning program administrators, super-
visors, service sponsors, and participants; and 
‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leader-
ship development and training described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(4) facilitate communication among— 
‘‘(A) entities carrying out service-learning programs 
and programs offered under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) participants in such programs; 
‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and curriculum 
materials relating to planning and operating service-learning 
programs and programs offered under the national service laws, 
to States, territories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible 
to receive financial assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(6) 
provide 
and 
disseminate 
information 
regarding 
methods to make service-learning programs and programs 
offered under the national service laws accessible to individuals 
with disabilities; 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
42 USC 12653. 
Contracts. 
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‘‘(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 related to service-learning, and service- 
learning projects; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse 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 pro-
grams and programs offered under the national service laws; 
‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and 
placing a diverse population of service-learning coordinators 
and program sponsors; 
‘‘(11) disseminate effective strategies for working with dis-
advantaged youth in national service programs, as determined 
by organizations with an established expertise in working with 
such youth; and 
‘‘(12) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 
Officer determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 198P. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations for this section, the Corporation may make grants to 
State Commissions and nonprofit organizations for the purpose 
of assisting the State Commissions and nonprofit organizations 
to— 
‘‘(1) develop and carry out volunteer programs described 
in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) make subgrants to support and create new local 
community-based entities that recruit, manage, or support vol-
unteers as described in such subsection. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State Commission or nonprofit 
organization desiring a grant under this section shall submit 
an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, 
and accompanied by such information as the Corporation may 
reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall contain— 
‘‘(A)(i) a description of the program that the applicant 
will provide; 
‘‘(B) an assurance that the applicant will annually 
collect information on— 
‘‘(i) the number of volunteers recruited for activi-
ties carried out under this section, using funds received 
under this section, and the type and amount of activi-
ties carried out by such volunteers; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers managed or sup-
ported using funds received under this section, and 
the type and amount of activities carried out by such 
volunteers; 
‘‘(C) a description of the outcomes the applicant will 
use to annually measure and track performance with 
regard to— 
‘‘(i) activities carried out by volunteers; and 
42 USC 12653p. 
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‘‘(ii) volunteers recruited, managed, or supported; 
and 
‘‘(D) such additional assurances as the Corporation 
determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the 
requirements of this section. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—A State Commission or 
nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this section shall 
use the assistance— 
‘‘(1) directly to carry out volunteer programs or to develop 
and support community-based entities that recruit, manage, 
or support volunteers, by carrying out activities consistent with 
the goals of the subgrants described in paragraph (2); or 
‘‘(2) through subgrants to community-based entities to carry 
out volunteer programs or develop and support such entities 
that recruit, manage, or support volunteers, through 1 or more 
of the following types of subgrants: 
‘‘(A) A subgrant to a community-based entity for activi-
ties that are consistent with the priorities set by the State’s 
national service plan as described in section 178(e), or 
by the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) A subgrant to recruit, manage, or support volun-
teers to a community-based entity such as a volunteer 
coordinating agency, a nonprofit resource center, a volun-
teer training clearinghouse, an institution of higher edu-
cation, or a collaborative partnership of faith-based and 
community-based organizations. 
‘‘(C) A subgrant to a community-based entity that pro-
vides technical assistance and support to— 
‘‘(i) strengthen the capacity of local volunteer infra-
structure organizations; 
‘‘(ii) address areas of national need (as defined 
in section 198B(a)); and 
‘‘(iii) expand the number of volunteers nationally. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance under this section for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds 
to award grants, on a competitive basis, to State Commis-
sions and nonprofit organizations for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds 
make an allotment to the State Commissions of each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico based on the formula 
described in subsections (e) and (f) of section 129, subject 
to paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—In order to ensure that 
each State Commission is able to improve efforts to recruit, 
manage, or support volunteers, the Corporation may determine 
a minimum grant amount for allotments under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 
5 percent of the amount of any grant provided under this section 
for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred 
by either the recipient of the grant or any community-based entity 
receiving assistance or a subgrant under such grant. 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation share 
of the cost of carrying out a program that receives assistance 
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under this section, whether the assistance is provided directly or 
as a subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, may 
not exceed— 
‘‘(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year in which 
the recipient receives such assistance; 
‘‘(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year in which 
the recipient receives such assistance; 
‘‘(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year in which 
the recipient receives such assistance; and 
‘‘(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year in which 
the recipient receives such assistance and each year there-
after.’’. 
SEC. 1809. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 198S. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT GRANTEE.—The term ‘inter-
mediary nonprofit grantee’ means an intermediary nonprofit 
organization that receives a grant under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) INTERMEDIARY
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘intermediary nonprofit organization’ means an experienced and 
capable nonprofit entity with meaningful prior experience in 
providing organizational development assistance, or capacity 
building assistance, focused on small and midsize nonprofit 
organizations. 
‘‘(3) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, used with respect 
to an entity or organization, means— 
‘‘(A) an entity or organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and 
‘‘(B) an entity or organization described in paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 170(c) of such Code. 
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Corporation shall establish a Nonprofit 
Capacity Building Program to make grants to intermediary non-
profit organizations to serve as intermediary nonprofit grantees. 
The Corporation shall make the grants to enable the intermediary 
nonprofit grantees to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 
delivering organizational development assistance, including training 
on best practices, financial planning, grantwriting, and compliance 
with the applicable tax laws, for small and midsize nonprofit 
organizations, especially those nonprofit organizations facing 
resource hardship challenges. Each of the grantees shall match 
the grant funds by providing a non-Federal share as described 
in subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
make such a grant to an intermediary nonprofit organization in 
each State, and shall make such grant in an amount of not less 
than $200,000. 
42 USC 12653s. 
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‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit an 
application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Corporation may require. The 
intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit in the application 
information demonstrating that the organization has secured suffi-
cient resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f). 
‘‘(e) PREFERENCE AND CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—In making such grants, the Corporation 
shall give preference to intermediary nonprofit organizations 
seeking to become intermediary nonprofit grantees in areas 
where nonprofit organizations face significant resource hard-
ship challenges. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether to make 
a grant the Corporation shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the number of small and midsize nonprofit 
organizations that will be served by the grant; 
‘‘(B) the degree to which the activities proposed to 
be provided through the grant will assist a wide number 
of nonprofit organizations within a State, relative to the 
proposed amount of the grant; and 
‘‘(C) the quality of the organizational development 
assistance to be delivered by the intermediary nonprofit 
grantee, including the qualifications of its administrators 
and representatives, and its record in providing services 
to small and midsize nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost as ref-
erenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the cost 
as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent and 
shall be provided in cash. 
‘‘(B) THIRD PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 
(ii), an intermediary nonprofit grantee shall provide 
the non-Federal share of the cost through contributions 
from third parties. The third parties may include chari-
table grantmaking entities and grantmaking vehicles 
within existing organizations, entities of corporate 
philanthropy, corporations, individual donors, and 
regional, State, or local government agencies, or other 
non-Federal sources. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the intermediary nonprofit 
grantee is a private foundation (as defined in section 
509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), a donor 
advised fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of such 
Code), an organization which is described in section 
4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such Code, or an organization which 
is described in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the 
grantee shall provide the non-Federal share from 
within that grantee’s own funds. 
‘‘(iii) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, PRIOR YEAR THIRD- 
PARTY FUNDING LEVELS.—For purposes of maintaining 
private sector support levels for the activities specified 
by this program, a non-Federal share that includes 
donations by third parties shall be composed in a way 
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that does not decrease prior levels of funding from 
the same third parties granted to the nonprofit inter-
mediary grantee in the preceding year. 
‘‘(g) RESERVATION.—Of the amount authorized to provide finan-
cial assistance under this subtitle, there shall be made available 
to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014.’’. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical 
Assistance 
SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Title I is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical 
Assistance 
‘‘SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements (including through 
State Commissions), conduct appropriate training for and provide 
technical assistance to— 
‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the national 
service laws; and 
‘‘(2) entities (particularly entities in rural areas and under-
served communities) that desire to— 
‘‘(A) carry out or establish national service programs; 
or 
‘‘(B) apply for assistance (including subgrants) under 
the national service laws. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and technical assist-
ance activities may include— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to entities applying to 
carry out national service programs or entities carrying out 
national service programs; 
‘‘(2) promoting leadership development in national service 
programs; 
‘‘(3) improving the instructional and programmatic quality 
of national service programs; 
‘‘(4) developing the management and budgetary skills of 
individuals operating or overseeing national service programs, 
including developing skills to increase the cost effectiveness 
of the programs under the national service laws; 
‘‘(5) providing for or improving the training provided to 
the participants in programs under the national service laws; 
‘‘(6) facilitating the education of individuals participating 
in national service programs in risk management procedures, 
including the training of participants in appropriate risk 
management practices; 
‘‘(7) training individuals operating or overseeing national 
service programs— 
‘‘(A) in volunteer recruitment, management, and reten-
tion to improve the abilities of such individuals to use 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
42 USC 12657. 
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participants and other volunteers in an effective manner, 
which training results in high-quality service and the desire 
of participants and volunteers to continue to serve in other 
capacities after the program is completed; 
‘‘(B) in program evaluation and performance measures 
to inform practices to augment the capacity and sustain-
ability of the national service programs; or 
‘‘(C) to effectively accommodate individuals with 
disabilities to increase the participation of individuals with 
disabilities in national service programs, which training 
may utilize funding from the reservation of funds under 
section 129(k) to increase the participation of individuals 
with disabilities; 
‘‘(8) 
establishing 
networks 
and 
collaboration 
among 
employers, educators, and other key stakeholders in the commu-
nity to further leverage resources to increase local participation 
in national service programs, and to coordinate community- 
wide planning and service with respect to national service 
programs; 
‘‘(9) providing training and technical assistance for the 
National Senior Service Corps, including providing such 
training and technical assistance to programs receiving assist-
ance under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001); and 
‘‘(10) carrying out such other activities as the Chief Execu-
tive Officer determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this section, the Corporation 
shall give priority to programs under the national service laws 
and entities eligible to establish such programs that seek training 
or technical assistance and that— 
‘‘(1) seek to carry out high-quality programs where the 
services are needed most; 
‘‘(2) seek to carry out high-quality programs where national 
service programs do not exist or where the programs are too 
limited to meet community needs; 
‘‘(3) seek to carry out high-quality programs that focus 
on and provide service opportunities for underserved rural and 
urban areas and populations; and 
‘‘(4) seek to assist programs in developing a service compo-
nent that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older 
adults as participants to provide needed community services.’’. 
Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III (Points of 
Light Foundation) 
SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 12671) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all that follows 
through the period and inserting the following: ‘‘term ‘adminis-
trative organization’ means a nonprofit private organization 
that enters into an agreement with the Corporation to carry 
out this section.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Foundation’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘administrative organization’’. 
42 USC 
12661–12664, 
12501 note. 
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Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V 
(Authorization of Appropriations) 
SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 
‘‘(1) SUBTITLE B.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to provide financial assistance under subtitle B 
of title I— 
‘‘(i) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(B) PART
IV
RESERVATION.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration may reserve such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out part IV of subtitle B of title I. 
‘‘(C) SECTION 118A.—Of the amount appropriated under 
subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph 
(B) for a fiscal year, not more than $7,000,000 shall be 
made available for awards to Campuses of Service under 
section 118A. 
‘‘(D) SECTION
119(C)(8).—Of the amount appropriated 
under subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subpara-
graph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than $10,000,000 
shall be made available for summer of service program 
grants under section 119(c)(8), and not more than 
$10,000,000 shall be deposited in the National Service 
Trust to support summer of service educational awards, 
consistent with section 119(c)(8). 
‘‘(E) SECTION
119(C)(9).—Of the amount appropriated 
under subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subpara-
graph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than $20,000,000 
shall be made available for youth engagement zone pro-
grams under section 119(c)(9). 
‘‘(F) GENERAL PROGRAMS.—Of the amount remaining 
after the application of subparagraphs (A) through (E) for 
a fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) not more than 60 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under part I of subtitle 
B of title I; 
‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under part II of such 
subtitle; and 
‘‘(iii) not less than 15 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under part III of such 
subtitle. 
‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated, for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014, such sums 
as may be necessary to provide financial assistance under sub-
title C of title I and to provide national service educational 
awards under subtitle D of title I for the number of participants 
described in section 121(f)(1) for each such fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) SUBTITLE E.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to operate the National Civilian Community Corps 
and provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title 
I, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, in obligating the amounts made available pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in this para-
graph, priority shall be given to programs carrying out 
activities in areas for which the President has declared 
the existence of a major disaster, in accordance with section 
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), including a major disaster 
as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina or Rita. 
‘‘(4) SUBTITLE H.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide financial assist-
ance under subtitle H of title I. 
‘‘(B) SECTION 198B.—Of the amount authorized under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may 
be necessary shall be made available to provide financial 
assistance under section 198B and to provide national 
service educational awards under subtitle D of title I to 
the number of participants in national service positions 
established or increased as provided in section 198B(b)(3) 
for such year. 
‘‘(C) SECTION 198C.—Of the amount authorized under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, $12,000,000 shall be 
made available to provide financial assistance under section 
198C. 
‘‘(D) SECTION 198H.—Of the amount authorized under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may 
be necessary shall be made available to provide financial 
assistance under section 198H. 
‘‘(E) SECTION 198K.—Of the amount authorized under 
subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry 
out section 198K— 
‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(F) SECTION 198P.—Of the amount authorized under 
subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry 
out section 198P— 
‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the administration of this Act, including finan-
cial assistance under section 126(a), such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
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‘‘(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts appropriated 
under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a portion shall 
be made available to provide financial assistance under 
section 126(a). 
‘‘(6) EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) and any other 
provision of law, of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
under subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under 
titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
the Corporation shall reserve not more than 2.5 percent to 
carry out sections 112(e) and 179A and subtitle J, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be used by the Corporation to carry out section 
179A. Notwithstanding subsection (b), amounts so reserved 
shall be available only for the fiscal year for which the amounts 
are reserved.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (d); and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 
TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE ACT OF 1973 
SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title 
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 
SEC. 2002. VOLUNTEERISM POLICY. 
Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young’’ and all that 
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘individuals of all 
ages and backgrounds.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘State, and local 
agencies’’ the following: ‘‘, expand relationships with, and sup-
port for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational 
organizations,’’. 
Subtitle A—National Volunteer 
Antipoverty Programs 
CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
SEC. 2101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘exploit’’ and all 
that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘increase 
opportunities for self-advancement by persons affected by such 
problems.’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘at the local level’’ 
and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘at the 
local level, to support efforts by local agencies and community 
organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, 
and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations 
to carry out the objectives of this part.’’. 
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SEC. 2102. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. 
Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘American 
Samoa,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘handicapped individ-
uals’’ and all that follows through the semicolon and 
inserting ‘‘individuals with disabilities, especially individ-
uals with severe disabilities;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the jobless, the 
hungry,’’ and inserting ‘‘unemployed individuals,’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prevention, edu-
cation,’’ and inserting ‘‘through prevention, education, 
rehabilitation, treatment,’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘chronic and life- 
threatening illnesses’’ and inserting ‘‘mental illness, chronic 
and life-threatening illnesses,’’; 
(F) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Headstart act’’ and inserting ‘‘Head 
Start Act’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end; 
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) in assisting with the reentry and reintegration of for-
merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, including 
providing training and counseling in education, employment, 
and life skills; 
‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial literacy, finan-
cial planning, budgeting, saving, and reputable credit accessi-
bility programs in low-income communities, including those 
programs that educate individuals about financing home owner-
ship and higher education; 
‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school and after- 
school programs, serving children in low-income communities, 
that may engage participants in mentoring, tutoring, life skills 
and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 
and health education programs, and other activities addressing 
the needs of the children; 
‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community economic 
development initiatives, with a priority on work on such initia-
tives in rural areas and the other areas where such initiatives 
are needed most; 
‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their family members 
through establishing or augmenting programs that assist such 
persons with access to legal assistance, health care (including 
mental health care), employment counseling or training, edu-
cation counseling or training, affordable housing, and other 
support services; and 
‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of individuals 
in low-income communities and individuals in underserved 
communities, including programs to increase access to preven-
tive services, insurance, and health services.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruitment and 
placement procedures’’ and inserting ‘‘placement procedures 
that involve sponsoring organizations and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Community 
Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end of the fourth sentence and 
inserting ‘‘Community Service Act of 1990.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘central 
information system that shall, on request, promptly 
provide’’ and inserting ‘‘database that provides’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), in the second sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘and management’’ after ‘‘the recruit-
ment’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘information 
system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Internet 
and related technologies,’’ before ‘‘radio,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘Internet 
and related technologies,’’ before ‘‘print media,’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘State or 
local offices of economic development, State employ-
ment security agencies, employment offices,’’ before 
‘‘and other institutions’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘Community 
Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘Community 
Service Act of 1990’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); 
(4) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘private industry council established under the Job Training 
Partnership Act or’’; 
(5) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘, and such’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting a period; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under which public 
and private nonprofit organizations, with sufficient financial 
capacity and size, pay for all or a portion of the costs of supporting 
the service of volunteers under this part.’’. 
SEC. 2103. SUPPORT SERVICE. 
Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such stipend shall be set at a rate that is not less 
than a minimum of $125 per month and not more than a 
maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability of 
funds to provide such a maximum rate.’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘stipend of a max-
imum of $200 per month’’ and inserting ‘‘stipend set at a 
rate that is not more than a maximum of $250 per month’’. 
SEC. 2104. REPEAL. 
Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is repealed. 
SEC. 2105. REDESIGNATION. 
Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is redesignated as section 109. 
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CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 
SEC. 2121. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA. 
Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is repealed. 
CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
SEC. 2131. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second sentence 
by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘organizations’’. 
SEC. 2132. LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS. 
Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995) is repealed. 
Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 
SEC. 2141. TITLE. 
Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by striking the 
title heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 
SEC. 2142. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide— 
‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet unmet local, 
State, and national needs in the areas of education, public 
safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and 
recovery, health and human needs, and the environment; 
‘‘(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, comprised of 
the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Foster Grand-
parent Program, and the Senior Companion Program, and dem-
onstration and other programs, to empower people 55 years 
of age or older to contribute to their communities through 
service, enhance the lives of those who serve and those whom 
they serve, and provide communities with valuable services; 
‘‘(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or older, 
through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, to share 
their knowledge, experiences, abilities, and skills for the better-
ment of their communities and themselves; 
‘‘(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age 
or older, through the Foster Grandparents Program, to have 
a positive impact on the lives of children in need; and 
‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age 
or older, through the Senior Companion Program, to provide 
support services and companionship to other older individuals 
through volunteer service.’’. 
SEC. 2143. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘avail’’ and all that follows through ‘‘community,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘share their experiences, abilities, and skills to 
42 USC 
4971–4973. 
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improve their communities and themselves through service 
in their communities,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and individuals 
60 years of age or older will be given priority for enroll-
ment,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘established and will be carried 
out’’ and inserting ‘‘designed and implemented’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘field of service’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘field 
of service to be provided, as well as persons who have 
expertise in the management of volunteers and the 
needs of older individuals.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each fiscal 
year thereafter, each grant or contract awarded under this section, 
for such a year, shall be— 
‘‘(A) awarded for a period of 3 years, with an option for 
a grant renewal of 3 years if the grantee meets the perform-
ances measures established under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(B) awarded through a competitive process described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2)(A) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations estab-
lishing the competitive process required under paragraph (1)(B), 
and make such regulations available to the public, not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of the Serve America 
Act. The Corporation shall consult with the directors of programs 
receiving grants under this section during the development and 
implementation of the competitive process. 
‘‘(B) The competitive process required by subparagraph (A) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) include the use of a peer review panel, including mem-
bers with expertise in senior service and aging, to review 
applications; 
‘‘(ii) include site inspections of programs assisted under 
this section, as appropriate; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of an applicant who has previously received 
a grant or contract for a program under this section, include 
an evaluation of the program conducted by a review team, 
as described in subsection (f); 
‘‘(iv) ensure that— 
‘‘(I) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 
through the competitive process for a grant or contract 
cycle support an aggregate number of volunteer service 
years for a given geographic service area that is not less 
than the aggregate number of volunteer service years sup-
ported under this section for such service area for the 
previous grant or contract cycle; 
‘‘(II) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 
through the competitive process for a grant or contract 
cycle maintain a similar program distribution, as compared 
to the program distribution for the previous grant or con-
tract cycle; and 
‘‘(III) every effort is made to minimize the disruption 
to volunteers; and 
‘‘(v) include the use of performance measures, outcomes, 
and other criteria established under subsection (g). 
Consultation. 
Regulations. 
Public 
information. 
Deadline. 
Effective date. 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
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‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding section 412, and effective beginning 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, each 
grant or contract under this section that expires in fiscal year 
2011, 2012, or 2013 shall be subject to an evaluation process con-
ducted by a review team described in paragraph (4). The evaluation 
process shall be carried out, to the maximum extent practicable, 
in fiscal year 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. 
‘‘(2) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing 
the evaluation process required under paragraph (1), and make 
such regulations available to the public, not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act. The Corpora-
tion shall consult with the directors of programs receiving grants 
under this section during the development and implementation 
of the evaluation process. 
‘‘(3) The evaluation process required under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) include performance measures, outcomes, and other 
criteria established under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(B) evaluate the extent to which the recipient of the grant 
or contract meets or exceeds such performance measures, out-
comes, and other criteria through a review of the recipient. 
‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
provide that each evaluation required by this subsection is con-
ducted by a review team that— 
‘‘(A) includes individuals who are knowledgeable about pro-
grams assisted under this section; 
‘‘(B) includes current or former employees of the Corpora-
tion who are knowledgeable about programs assisted under 
this section; 
‘‘(C) includes representatives of communities served by vol-
unteers of programs assisted under this section; and 
‘‘(D) shall receive periodic training to ensure quality and 
consistency across evaluations. 
‘‘(5) The findings of an evaluation described in this subsection 
of a program described in paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) be presented to the recipient of the grant or contract 
for such program in a timely, transparent, and uniform manner 
that conveys information of program strengths and weaknesses 
and assists with program improvement; and 
‘‘(B) be used as the basis for program improvement, and 
for the provision of training and technical assistance. 
‘‘(g)(1) The Corporation shall, with particular attention to the 
different needs of rural and urban programs assisted under this 
section, develop performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria 
for programs assisted under this section that— 
‘‘(A) include an assessment of the strengths and areas 
in need of improvement of a program assisted under this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(B) include an assessment of whether such program has 
adequately addressed population and community-wide needs; 
‘‘(C) include an assessment of the efforts of such program 
to collaborate with other community-based organizations, units 
of government, and entities providing services to seniors, taking 
into account barriers to such collaboration that such program 
may encounter; 
Performance 
measures. 
Criteria. 
Regulations. 
Public 
information. 
Deadline. 
Consultation. 
Effective date. 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
Evaluation. 
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‘‘(D) include a protocol for fiscal management that shall 
be used to assess such program’s compliance with the program 
requirements for the appropriate use of Federal funds; 
‘‘(E) include an assessment of whether the program is in 
conformity with the eligibility, outreach, enrollment, and other 
requirements for programs assisted under this section; and 
‘‘(F) contain other measures of performance developed by 
the Corporation, in consultation with the review teams 
described in subsection (f)(4). 
‘‘(2)(A) The performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria 
established under this subsection may be updated or modified as 
necessary, in consultation with directors of programs under this 
section, but not earlier than fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(B) For each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2014, the Corpora-
tion may, after consulting with directors of the programs under 
this section, determine that a performance measure, outcome, or 
criterion established under this subsection is operationally problem-
atic, and may, in consultation with such directors and after notifying 
the authorizing committees— 
‘‘(i) eliminate the use of that performance measure, outcome 
or criterion; or 
‘‘(ii) modify that performance measure, outcome, or criterion 
as necessary to render it no longer operationally problematic. 
‘‘(3) In the event that a program does not meet one or more 
of the performance measures, outcome, or criteria established under 
this subsection, the Corporation shall initiate procedures to termi-
nate the program in accordance with section 412. 
‘‘(h) The Chief Executive Officer shall develop procedures by 
which programs assisted under this section may receive training 
and technical assistance, which may include regular monitoring 
visits to assist programs in meeting the performance measures, 
outcomes, and criteria. 
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (g)(3) or section 412, the 
Corporation shall continue to fund a program assisted under this 
section that has failed to meet or exceed the performance measures, 
outcomes, and other criteria established under this subsection for 
not more than 12 months if the competitive process established 
under subsection (e) does not result in a successor grant or contract 
for such program, in order to minimize the disruption to volunteers 
and the disruption of services. 
‘‘(2) In the case where a program is continued under paragraph 
(1), the Corporation shall conduct outreach regarding the avail-
ability of a grant under this section for the area served by such 
program and establish a new competition for awarding the successor 
program to the continued program. The recipient operating the 
continued program shall remain eligible for the new competition. 
‘‘(3) The Corporation may monitor the recipient of a grant 
or contract supporting a program continued under paragraph (1) 
during this period and may provide training and technical assist-
ance to assist such recipient in meeting the performance measures 
for such program. 
‘‘(j) The Corporation shall develop and disseminate an online 
resource guide for programs under this section not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) examples of high-performing programs assisted under 
this section; 
Web posting. 
Deadline. 
Procedures. 
Notification. 
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‘‘(2) corrective actions for underperforming programs; and 
‘‘(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based performance 
measures, outcomes, and criteria that capture a program’s mis-
sion and priorities.’’. 
SEC. 2144. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. 
Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘aged sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘children having exceptional needs’’ 
and inserting ‘‘children having special or exceptional 
needs or circumstances identified as limiting their aca-
demic, social, or emotional development’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘any of a variety of’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘children with special or exceptional 
needs’’ and inserting ‘‘children having special or excep-
tional needs or circumstances identified as limiting 
their academic, social, or emotional development’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘shall have’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(2) 
of the subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘may determine’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interest of the child receiving, 
and the particular foster grandparent providing, services in 
such a project, to continue the relationship between the child 
and the grandparent under this part after the child reaches 
the age of 21, if such child is an individual with a disability 
who was receiving such services prior to attaining the age 
of 21.’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) If an assignment of a foster grandparent under this part 
is suspended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster grand-
parent shall be determined in a manner consistent with paragraph 
(3).’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$2.45 per hour’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘five cents, except’’ and inserting ‘‘$3.00 
per hour, except’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125 per centum’’ 
and inserting ‘‘200 percent’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘per centum’’ and 
inserting ‘‘percent’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs 
(B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C). 
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SEC. 2145. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. 
Section 213(a) (42 U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘aged 
60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 or older’’. 
SEC. 2146. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 
221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and 
inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘participation of volun-
teers’’ and inserting ‘‘participation of volunteers of all ages 
and backgrounds, living in urban or rural communities’’. 
(b) MINORITY POPULATION PARTICIPATION.—Section 223 (42 
U.S.C. 5023) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GROUP’’ and 
inserting ‘‘POPULATION’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘sixty years and older from minority groups’’ 
and inserting ‘‘age 55 years or older from minority populations’’. 
(c) USE OF LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN NATIONAL 
SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and 
inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Service 
Corps’’. 
(d) NATIONAL PROBLEMS OF LOCAL CONCERN.—Section 225 (42 
U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(10), (12), 
(15), and (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9), (11), and (14)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(9)’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall deter-
mine whether the program to be supported by the grant is a 
program under part A, B, or C, and shall submit an application 
as required for such program.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall 
ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this section are used to award grants— 
‘‘(A) to applicants for grants under this section that are 
not receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of 
such grant award; or 
‘‘(B) to applicants from locations where no programs sup-
ported under part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of 
such grant award. 
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal year, less 
than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under this section 
are applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may use 
an amount that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this subsection to award grants to applicants that are already 
receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant 
award.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘through education, 
prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation’’ before the period 
at the end; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring pro-
grams for low-income youth, including mentoring programs that 
match such youth with mentors and match such youth with 
employment and training programs, including apprenticeship 
programs.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, including literacy 
programs that serve youth, and adults, with limited English 
proficiency’’ before the period at the end; 
(D) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care 
for elderly individuals and for children and individuals with 
disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at home. 
‘‘(7) Programs that provide before-school and after-school 
activities, serving children in low-income communities, that 
may engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, 
life skills, and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, 
nutrition, and health education programs, and other activities 
addressing the needs of the children in the communities, 
including children of working parents.’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (8); 
(F) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 
paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; 
(G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (F))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘educationally disadvantaged chil-
dren’’ and inserting ‘‘students’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the basic skills of such children’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the academic achievement of such stu-
dents’’; 
(H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) Programs that engage older individuals with children 
and youth to complete service in energy conservation, environ-
mental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a commu-
nity, including service relating to conducting energy audits, 
insulating homes, or conducting other activities to promote 
energy efficiency.’’; 
(I) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(14) Programs in which the grant recipients involved 
collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations 
in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income 
youth or youth reentering society after incarceration and their 
families, which prevention programs may include mentoring, 
counseling, or employment counseling.’’; 
(J) by striking paragraph (16); and 
(K) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) as para-
graphs (15) and (16), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and that such 
applicant has expertise applicable to implementing the proposed 
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program for which the applicant is requesting the grant’’ before 
the period at the end; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘widely’’ after ‘‘shall’’. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 
5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 228. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
entity receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, 
including donations in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including 
plant, equipment, or services. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity receiving assistance under this title 
to carry out an activity shall not accept donations from the bene-
ficiaries of the activity.’’. 
Subtitle C—Administration and 
Coordination 
SEC. 2151. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS. 
Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or other volunteers (not including participants under this Act 
and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12501 et seq.)),’’ after ‘‘employed workers’’ both places such term 
appears. 
SEC. 2152. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW. 
Section 415 (42 U.S.C. 5055) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 
America Act)’’ after ‘‘part B’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 
America Act)’’ after ‘‘A, B’’. 
SEC. 2153. EVALUATION. 
Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘(including’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3 years)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘authorizing committees’’. 
SEC. 2154. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (7); 
(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 
(4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (20) as para-
graphs (7) through (19), respectively; 
(6) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
42 USC 5027a. 
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(7) in paragraph (19) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) the term ‘authorizing committees’ means the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 2155. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 
Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 
‘‘Service Corps’’. 
SEC. 2156. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 426. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
‘‘The Corporation shall carry out this Act in accordance with 
the provisions of this Act and the relevant provisions of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
particularly the provisions of section 122 and subtitle F of title 
I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12572, 12631 et seq.) relating to the national service laws.’’. 
Subtitle D—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS.—Section 
501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) VOLUNTEERS
IN
SERVICE
TO
AMERICA.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title I 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part C of title I such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014.’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘part B or C’’ and inserting 
‘‘part C’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) NATIONAL 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 PROGRAM.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, 
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
42 USC 5066. 
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‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $55,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION
AND
COORDINATION.—Section 504 (42 
U.S.C. 5084) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’. 
TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
SEC. 3101. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 
‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 
‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 
‘‘Sec. 111. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 111A. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes. 
‘‘Sec. 112A. Allotments. 
‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 
‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 
‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 
‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 
‘‘Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of funds. 
‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 
‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 
‘‘Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service. 
‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 
RESEARCH 
‘‘Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and re-
search. 
‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 
‘‘Sec. 120. Study and report. 
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‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 
‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE 
‘‘Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 
‘‘Sec. 122. National service programs eligible for program assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national serv-
ice educational awards. 
‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 
‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS 
‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 
‘‘Sec. 129A. Educational awards only program. 
‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 
‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 
‘‘Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 
‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS 
‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants. 
‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 
‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service. 
‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 
‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 
‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards 
‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 
‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 
‘‘Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service. 
‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 
‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards. 
‘‘Sec. 149. Approval process for approved positions. 
‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 
‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program. 
‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 
‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 
‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 
‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 
‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 
‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 
‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of Department of Defense. 
‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 
‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluations. 
‘‘Sec. 165. Definitions. 
‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 
‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 
‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 
‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 
‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 
‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 
‘‘Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation. 
‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 
‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 
‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 
‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 184A. Availability of assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 186. Sustainability. 
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‘‘Sec. 187. Grant periods. 
‘‘Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers. 
‘‘Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs. 
‘‘Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed commu-
nities. 
‘‘Sec. 189B. Audits and reports. 
‘‘Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal funds. 
‘‘Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks. 
‘‘Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 
‘‘Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 
‘‘Sec. 192. Board of Directors. 
‘‘Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 
‘‘Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 
‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
‘‘Sec. 194. Officers. 
‘‘Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 
‘‘Sec. 196. Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 
‘‘Sec. 196B. Assignment to State Commissions. 
‘‘Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans. 
‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 
‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE 
‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 
‘‘Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service. 
‘‘Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships. 
‘‘Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships. 
‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS 
‘‘Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 198K. Funds. 
‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER 
GENERATION FUND 
‘‘Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses. 
‘‘Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund. 
‘‘ ‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM 
‘‘ ‘‘Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building. 
‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 
‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 
‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 
‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 
‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 
‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 
‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 
‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 
‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 
‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 
‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 
‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 
‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 
‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 
‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 
‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 
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‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 
‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 
‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 
‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 
‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism to 
democracy.’’. 
SEC. 3102. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 
Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy. 
‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 
‘‘PART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
‘‘Sec. 101. Statement of purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program. 
‘‘Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 
‘‘Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 
‘‘Sec. 105. Support service. 
‘‘Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 
‘‘Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 
‘‘Sec. 108. Limitation. 
‘‘Sec. 109. Applications for assistance. 
‘‘PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
‘‘Sec. 121. Statement of purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration 
programs. 
‘‘Sec. 123. Technical and financial assistance. 
‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 
‘‘Sec. 200. Statement of purpose. 
‘‘PART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 
‘‘PART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 
‘‘PART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 
‘‘PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 222. Payments. 
‘‘Sec. 223. Minority population participation. 
‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 
‘‘Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 
‘‘Sec. 228. Acceptance of donations. 
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‘‘PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
‘‘Sec. 231. Authority of Director. 
‘‘TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 
‘‘Sec. 403. Political activities. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Special limitations. 
‘‘Sec. 406. Labor standards. 
‘‘Sec. 408. Joint funding. 
‘‘Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control. 
‘‘Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs. 
‘‘Sec. 411. Prohibition. 
‘‘Sec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of finan-
cial assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas. 
‘‘Sec. 415. Application of Federal law. 
‘‘Sec. 416. Evaluation. 
‘‘Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 419. Legal expenses. 
‘‘Sec. 421. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 422. Audit. 
‘‘Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 
‘‘Sec. 424. Review of project renewals. 
‘‘Sec. 425. Protection against improper use. 
‘‘Sec. 426. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 
‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 504. Administration and coordination. 
‘‘Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS 
‘‘Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act. 
‘‘Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.’’. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER 
LAWS 
SEC. 4101. 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 and Community Service 
Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Community Service 
Act of 1990’’. 
TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR 
PROSPERITY PROGRAM 
SEC. 5101. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Americans engaged in international volunteer service, 
and the organizations deploying them— 
(A) play critical roles in responding to the needs of 
people living throughout the developing world; and 
(B) advance the international public diplomacy of the 
United States. 
(2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully 
promoted international volunteer service by skilled American 
professionals. 
22 USC 8301. 
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(3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped to mobilize 
74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors, nurses, engineers, 
businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250 non-
profit organizations and companies in the United States, to 
carry out development and humanitarian efforts for those 
affected by great global challenges in health, the environment, 
poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, and other 
challenges. 
(4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including— 
(A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations 
and companies in the United States; 
(B) promotion of the work of skilled Americans and 
nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States 
as it relates to international volunteer service; 
(C) public recognition of skilled American volunteers; 
(D) support for organizations that utilize skilled Ameri-
cans as volunteers; 
(E) participation in the development of special initia-
tives to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and 
(F) leadership of an innovative public-private partner-
ship to provide eligible skilled with financial assistance 
for volunteer assignments. 
SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ means the Office 
of Volunteers for Prosperity of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ means the 
Volunteers for Prosperity Program established through Execu-
tive Order 13317. 
(3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means a program 
established by the VfP Office, in cooperation with the USA 
Freedom Corps, to provide eligible skilled professionals with 
fixed amount stipends to offset the travel and living costs 
of volunteering abroad. 
SEC. 5103. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the objectives 
of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) by— 
(1) implementing the VfPServe Program to provide eligible 
skilled professionals with matching grants to offset the travel 
and living expenses of volunteering abroad with nonprofit 
organizations; 
(2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term international 
volunteer service by skilled American professionals, including 
connecting such professionals with nonprofit organizations, to 
achieve such objectives; 
(3) helping nonprofit organizations in the United States 
recruit and effectively manage additional skilled American 
professionals for volunteer assignments throughout the devel-
oping world; 
(4) providing recognition for skilled American volunteers 
and the organizations deploying them; 
(5) helping nonprofit organizations and corporations in the 
United States to identify resources and opportunities in inter-
national volunteer service utilizing skilled Americans; 
22 USC 8303. 
22 USC 8302. 
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(6) encouraging the establishment of international volun-
teer programs for employees of United States corporations; 
and 
(7) encouraging international voluntary service by highly 
skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity throughout 
the world. 
(b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the VfP Pro-
gram should include— 
(1) eliminating extreme poverty; 
(2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition; 
(3) increasing access to safe potable water; 
(4) enacting universal education; 
(5) reducing child mortality and childhood diseases; 
(6) combating the spread of preventable diseases, including 
HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 
(7) providing educational and work skill support for girls 
and empowering women to achieve independence; 
(8) creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial 
opportunities; and 
(9) increasing access to information technology. 
(c) VOLUNTEERS
FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The VfP Office may provide matching 
grants to offset the travel and living costs of volunteering 
abroad to any eligible organization that— 
(A) has members who possess skills relevant to 
addressing any objective described in subsection (b); and 
(B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such grant— 
(i) through the organization with which the indi-
vidual is serving; or 
(ii) by raising private funds. 
(2) NONDISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENT.—The VfP Office 
may not provide a stipend to an individual under paragraph 
(1) unless the nonprofit organization to which the individual 
is assigned has certified to the VfP Office that it does not 
discriminate with respect to any project or activity receiving 
Federal financial assistance, including a stipend under this 
title, because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, polit-
ical affiliation, or beliefs. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.— 
Service carried out by a volunteer receiving funds under this 
section may not provide a direct benefit to any— 
(A) business organized for profit; 
(B) labor union; 
(C) partisan political organization; or 
(D) religious or faith-based organization for the purpose 
of proselytization, worship or any other explicitly religious 
activity. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall make available 
the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 5104 to the VfP 
Office to pursue the objectives described in subsection (b) by 
carrying out the functions described in subsection (a). 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under para-
graph (1) may be used by the VfP Office to provide personnel 
and other resources to develop, manage, and expand the VfP 
Certification. 
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Program, under the supervision of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate its efforts 
with other public and private efforts that aim to send skilled profes-
sionals to serve in developing nations. 
(f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual report 
to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 
SEC. 5104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 
for the administrative costs of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to manage the VfP Program. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 6101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, and the amendments made by 
this Act, take effect on October 1, 2009. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service may issue such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. 
SEC. 6102. SENSE OF THE SENATE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 
(1) President John F. Kennedy said, ‘‘The raising of extraor-
dinarily large sums of money, given voluntarily and freely 
by millions of our fellow Americans, is a unique American 
tradition . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and 
freely . . . call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of 
an American tradition’’. 
(2) Americans gave more than $300,000,000,000 to chari-
table causes in 2007, an amount equal to roughly 2 percent 
of the gross domestic product. 
(3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 75 percent 
or $229,000,000,000, came from individuals. 
(4) Studies have shown that Americans give far more to 
charity than the people of any other industrialized nation— 
more than twice as much, measured as a share of gross domestic 
product, than the citizens of Great Britain, and 10 times more 
than the citizens of France. 
(5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to charities 
to support a wide range of religious, educational, cultural, 
health care, and environmental goals. 
(6) These charities provide innumerable valuable public 
services to society’s most vulnerable citizens during difficult 
economic times. 
(7) Congress has provided incentives through the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable giving by 
allowing individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt 
charities. 
42 USC 12651c 
note. 
42 USC 4950 
note. 
22 USC 8304. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1388 (S. 277): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111–37 (Comm. on Education and Labor). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 
Mar. 18, considered and passed House. 
Mar. 24–26, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Mar. 31, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2009): 
Apr. 21, Presidential remarks. 
(8) 41,000,000 American households, constituting 86 per-
cent of taxpayers who itemize deductions, took advantage of 
this deduction to give to the charities of their choice. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that 
Congress should preserve the income tax deduction for charitable 
contributions through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and look 
for additional ways to encourage charitable giving. 
Approved April 21, 2009. 
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