National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993
PL 103-82 (H.R.2010), enacted 09/21/1993

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PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 785 
Public Law 103-82 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Corpora-
tion for National Service, enhance opportunities for national service, and provide 
Sept. 21,1993 
national service educational awards to persons participating in such service, and 
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for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
National and 
Community 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Service Trust 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "National ^fe?-^^^^^ 
and Community Service Trust Act of 1993". 
governmental 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—^The table of contents is as follows: relations. 
Children and 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
youth. 
Sec. 2, Findings and purpose. 
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TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—^Programs 
Sec. 101. Federal investment in support of national service. 
Sec. 102. National Service Trust and provision of national service educational 
awards. 
Sec. 103. School-based and community-based service-learning programs. 
Sec. 104. Quality and innovation activities. 
Sec. 105. Public Lands Corps. 
Sec. 106. Urban Youth Corps. 
Subtitle B—Related Provisions 
Sec. 111. Definitions. 
Sec. 112. Authority to make State grants. 
Sec. 113. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 114. Reports. 
Sec. 115. Nondiscrimination. 
Sec. 116. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 117. Nondisplacement. 
Sec. 118. Evaluation. 
Sec. 119. Engagement of participants. 
Sec. 120. Contingent extension. 
Sec. 121. Audits. 
Sec. 122. Repeals. 
Sec. 123. Elective date. 
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION 
Sec. 201. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice and ACTION Agency. 
Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National and Community Service. 
Sec. 204. Business plan. 
Sec. 205. Actions under the national service laws to be subject to the availability 
of appropriations. 
TITLE III—REAUTHORIZATION 
Subtitle A—^National and Community Service Act of 1990 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
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Subtitle B—^Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
Sec. 311. Short title; references. 
CHAPTER 1—VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 321. Purpose of the VISTA program. 
Sec. 322. Assistant director for VISTA program. 
Sec. 323. Selection and assignment of VISTA volunteers. 
Sec. 324. Terms and periods of service. 
Sec. 325. Support for VISTA volunteers. 
Sec. 326. Participation of younger and older persons. 
Sec. 327. Literacy activities. 
Sec. 328. Applications for assistance. 
Sec. 329. Repeal of authority for student community service programs. 
Sec. 330. Umversity Year for VISTA. 
Sec. 331. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration 
programs. 
Sec. 332. Technical and financial assistance. 
Sec. 333. Elimination of separate authority for drug abuse programs. 
CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS 
Sec. 341. National Senior Volunteer Corps. 
Sec. 342. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Pn^am. 
Sec. 343. Operation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 
Sec. 344. Services imder the Foster Grandparent Program. 
Sec. 345. Stipends for low-income volunteers. 
Sec. 346. Conditions of grants and contracts. 
Sec. 347. Evaluation of the Senior Companion Program. 
Sec. 348. Agreements with other Federal agencies. 
Sec. 349. Programs of national significance. 
Sec. 350. Ac^ustments to Federal financial assistance. 
Sec. 351. Demonstration programs. 
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 361. Purpose of agency. 
Sec. 362. Autnority of the Director. 
Sec. 363. Political activities. 
Sec. 364. Compensation for volunteers. 
Sec. 365. Repeal of report. 
Sec. 366. ^plication of Federal law. 
Sec. 367. Nondiscrimination provisions. 
Sec. 368. Elimination of sepsu-ate requirements for setting regulations. 
Sec. 369. Clarification of role of Inspector Greneral. 
Sec. 370. Copyright protection. 
Sec. 371. Deposit requirement credit for service as a volunteer. 
CHAPTER 4—^AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations for title I. 
Sec. 382. Authorization of appropriations for title II. 
Sec. 383. Authorization of appropriations for title IV. 
Sec. 384. Conforming amendments; compensation for VISTA FECA claimants. 
Sec. 385. Repeal of authority. 
CHAPTER 5—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 391. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 392. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
Sec. 402. References to the Commission on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 403. References to Directors of the Commission on National and Community 
Service. 
Sec. 404. Definition of Director. 
Sec. 405. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency. 
Sec. 406. Effective date. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Compliance with Buy American Act. 
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice. 
Sec. 503. Prohibition of contracts with persons falsely labeling products as made in 
America. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PUKPOSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is amended to read as follows: 
'nSEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
"(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
"(1) Throughout the United States, there are pressing 
unmet human, educational, environmental, and public safety 
needs. 
"(2) Americans desire to affirm common responsibilities 
and shared values, and join together in positive experiences, 
that transcend race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, 
income, and education. 
"(3) The rising costs of postsecondary education are putting 
higher education out of reach for an increasing number of 
citizens. 
"(4) Americans of all ages can improve their communities 
and become better citizens through service to the United States. 
"(5) Nonprofit organizations, local governments. States, and 
the Federal Grovemment are already supporting a wide variety 
of national service programs that deliver needed services in 
a cost-effective manner. 
"(6) Residents of low-income communities, especially youth 
and young adults, can be empowered through their service, 
and can help provide fiiture commimity leadership. 
"(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to— 
"(1) meet the unmet himian, educational, environmental, 
and public safety needs of the United States, without displacing 
existing workers; 
"(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit 
of community throughout the United States; 
"(3) expand educational opportunity by rewarding individ-
uals who participate in national service with an increased 
ability to pursue higher education or job training; 
"(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless 
of age, income, or disability, to engage in full-time or part-
time national service; 
"(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplication, support 
locally established initiatives, require measurable goals for 
performance, and offer flexibiUty in meeting those goals; 
"(6) expand and strengthen existing service programs with 
demonstrated experience in providing structured 
service 
opportunities with visible benefits to the participants and 
community; 
"(7) build on the existing organizational service infrastruc-
ture of Federal, State, and local programs and agencies to 
expand full-time and part-time service opportiuiities for all 
citizens; and 
"(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which 
national service is performed.". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 2 and 
inserting the following new item: 
"Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.". 
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PUBLIC ];.AW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Programs 
SEC. 101. FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) TRANSFER OF EXISTING SUBTITLE.—Title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 12541 et seq.) 
as subtitle I; 
(2) by inserting subtitle I (as redesignated by paragraph 
(1) of this subsection) after subtitle H; and 
(3) by redesignating sections 120 through 136 as sections 
199 through 1990, respectively. 
(b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after subtitle B the following new subtitle: 
^Subtitle C—^National Service Trust 
Program 
"PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE 
"SEC. 121. AUTHORmr TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED 
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
"(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Subject to the availabihty of 
appropriations for this purpose, the Corporation for National and 
Cfommunity Service may make grants to States, subdivisions of 
States, Inman tribes, puolic or private nonprofit organizations, and 
institutions of higher education for the purpose of assisting the 
recipients of the grants— 
**(1) to carry out full- or part-time national service pro-
grams, including summer programs, described in section 122(a); 
and 
''(2) to make grants in support of other national service 
programs described in section 122(a) that are carried out by 
other entities. 
"(b) AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
"(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 
into a contract or cooperative agreement with another Federal 
agency to support a national service program carried out by 
the agency. The support provided by the (Jorporation pursuant 
to the contract or cooperative agreement may include the trans-
fer to the Federal agency of funds available to the Corporation 
under this subtitle. 
"(2) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—A Federal agency 
receiving assistance imder this subsection shall not be required 
to satisQr the matching funds requirements specified in sub-
section (e). However, the supplementation requirements speci-
fied in section 173 shall apply with respect to the Federal 
national service programs supported with such assistance. 
"(3) CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS.—A Federal 
agency receiving assistance under this subsection shall consiilt 
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with the State Commissions for those States in which projects 
will be conducted using such assistance in order to ensure 
that the projects do not duplicate projects conducted by State 
or local national service programs. 
"(4) SUPPORT FOR OTHER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
A Federal agency that enters into a contract or cooperative 
agreement under psuragraph (1) shall, in an appropriate case, 
enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an entity 
that is carrying out a national service program in a State 
that is in existence in the Stete as of the date of the contract 
or cooperative agreement and is of high quality, in order to 
support the national service program. 
"(c) PROVISION OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.— 
As part of the provision of assistance under subsections (a) and 
(b), the Corporation shall— 
"(1) approve the provision of national service educational 
awards described in subtitle D for the participants who serve 
in national service programs carried out using such assistance; 
and 
"(2) deposit in the National Service Trust established in 
section 145(a) an amount equal to the product o
f
— 
"(A) the value of a national service educational award 
under section 147; and 
"(B) the total number of approved national service 
positions to be provided. 
"(d) FIVE PERCENT LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
"(1) LIMITATION.—^Not more than 5 percent of the amount 
of assistance provided to the original recipient of a grant or 
transfer of assistance under subsection (a) or (b) for a fiscal 
year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred 
"(A) the recipient of the assistance; and 
"(B) national service programs carried out or supported 
with the assist£mce. 
"(2) RULES ON USE.—^The Corporation may by rule prescribe 
the manner and extent to which— 
"(A) assistance provided under subsection (a) or (b) 
may be used to cover administrative costs; and 
"(B) that portion of the assistence available to cover 
administrative costs should be distributed between— 
"(i) the original recipient of the grant or transfer 
of assistance under such subsection; and 
"(ii) national service programs carried out or sup-
ported with the assistance. 
"(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.— 
"(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in section 140, 
the Federal share of the cost of carrying out a national service 
program that receives the assistence under subsection (a), 
whether the assistance is provided directly or as a subgrant 
from tiie original recipient of the assistence, may not exceed 
75 percent of such cost. 
"(2) CALCULATION.—^In providing for the remaining share 
of the cost of carrying out a national service program, the 
program— 
"(A) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including faciUties, 
equipment, or services; and 
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''(B) may provide for such share through State sources, 
local sources, or other Federal sources (other than the 
use of funds made available under the national service 
laws). 
"(3) COST OF HEALTH CARE.—^In providing a pajrment in 
cash under paragraph (2XA) as part of providing for the remain-
ing share of the cost of canrying out a national service program, 
the program may count not more than 85 percent of the cost 
of providing a health care policy described in section 14(KdX2) 
toward such share. 
"(4) WAIVER.—^The Corporation may waive in whole or in 
part the requirements of paragraph (1) with respect to a 
national service program in any fiscal year if the Corporation 
determines that sucn a waiver would be equitable due to a 
lack of available 
financial 
resources at the local level. 
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<n3EC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS EUGIBLE FOR 
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
"(a) EuGiBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.~The recipient of 
a ^ant under section 121(a) and each Federal agency receiving 
assistance under section 121(b) shall use the assistance, directly 
or through subgrants to other entities, to carry out full- or part-
time national service programs, including summer programs, tiiat 
address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs. Subject to subsection (bXD, these national service programs 
may include the following types of national service programs: 
"(1) A community corps program that meets immet himian, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs and pro-
motes greater commimity unity through the use of organized 
teams of participants of varied social and economic back-
groimds, skill levels, physical and developmentcd capabilities, 
ages, ethnic backgroimds, or genders. 
"(2) A full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-
time summer youth corps program, such as a conservation 
corps or youth service corps (including youth corps progrcuns 
under suDtitle I, the Public Lands Corps established under 
the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Urban Youth Corps 
estabUshed under section 106 of the National and Community 
Service Trust Act of 1993, and other conservation corps or 
youth service corps that performs service on Federal or other 
public lands or on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands), 
thai^ 
"(A) undertakes meaningful service projects with visi-
ble public benefits, including natural resource, urban ren-
ovation, or human services projects; 
"(B) includes as participants youths and young adults 
between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, including out-
of-school youths and other disadvantaged youths (such as 
youths with limited basic skills, youths in foster care who 
are becoming too old for foster care, youths of limited-
English proficiency, homeless youths, and youths who are 
inchviduals with disabiUties) who are between those ages; 
and 
"(C) provides those participants who are youths and 
young adults with— 
"(i) crew-based, highly structured, and adult-super-
vised work experience, life skills, education, career 
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guidance and counseling, emplojrment training, and 
support services; and 
"(ii) the opportunity to develop citizenship values 
and skills through service to their community and tiie 
United States. 
"(3) A program that provides specialized training to individ-
uals in service-learning and places the individuals after such 
training in positions, includmg positions as service-learning 
coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs eligible 
for funding under part I of subtitle B. 
"(4) A service program that is targeted at specific unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and 
that— 
"(A) recruits individuals with special skills or provides 
specialized preservice training to enable participants to 
be placed individually or in teams in positions in which 
the participants can meet such unmet needs; and 
"(B) 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. 
"(5) An individualized placement program that includes 
regular group activities, such as leadership training and special 
service projecte. 
"(6) A campus-based program that is designed to provide 
substantial service in a community during the school term 
and during summer or other vacation periods through the use 
of— 
"(A) studente who are attending an institution of higher 
education, including studente participating in a work-study 
program assisted under part C of title TV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 
"(B) teams composed of such students; or 
"(C) teams composed of a combination of such students 
and community residents. 
"(7) A preprofessional training program in which students 
enrolled in an institution of higher education— 
"(A) receive training in specified fields, which may 
include classes containing service-learning; 
"(B) perform service related to such training outeide 
the classroom during the school term and during summer 
or other vacation periods; and 
"(C) agree to provide service upon graduation to meet 
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs related to such training. 
"(8) A professional corps program that recruits and places 
qualified participants in positions— 
"(A) as teachers, nurses and other health care provid-
ers, police officers, early childhood development staff, engi-
neers, or other professionals providing service to meet 
educational, human, environmental, or public safety needs 
in communities with an inadequate number of such profes-
sionals; 
"(B) that may include a salary in excess of the maxi-
mum Uving allowance authorized in subsection (aX3) of 
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section 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; 
and 
"(C) that are sponsored by public or private nonprofit 
employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries 
and benefits (other tiian any national service educational 
award imder subtitle D) of the participants. 
"(9) A program in which economically disadvantaged 
individuals who are between the ages of 16 and 24 years 
of age, inclusive, are provided with opportunities to perform 
service that, while enabling such individuals to obtain the 
education and emplojrment skills necessary to achieve economic 
self-sufficiency, will help their communities meet— 
"(A) the housing needs of low-income families and the 
homeless; and 
"(B) the need for conmnmity facilities in low-income 
areas. 
"(10) A national service entrepreneur program that identi-
fies, recruits, and trains gifted young adults of all backgrounds 
and assists them in designing solutions to community problems. 
"(11) An intergenerational program that combines students, 
out-of-school youths, and older adults as participants to provide 
needed community services, including an intergenerational 
component for other national service programs described in 
this subsection. 
"(12) A program that is administered by a combination 
of nonprofit organizations located in a low-income area, provides 
a broad range of services to residents of such area, is governed 
by a board composed in significant part of low-income individ-
uals, and is intended to provide opportunities for individuals 
or teams of individuals to engage in community projects in 
such area that meet unaddressed community and individual 
needs, including projects that would— 
"(A) meet tiie needs of low-income children and youth 
aged 18 and younger, such as providing afl^r-school 'safe-
places', including schools, with opportunities for learning 
and recreation; or 
"(B) be directed to other important unaddressed needs 
in such area. 
"(13) A community service program designed to meet the 
needs of rural communities, using teams or individual place-
ments to address the development needs of rural communities 
and to combat rural poverty, including health care, education, 
and job training. 
"(14) A program that seeks to eliminate hunger in commu-
nities and rural areas through service in projects— 
"(A) involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit 
organizations that provide food during emergencies; 
"(B) involving the gleaning of prepared and unprepared 
food that would otherwise be discarded as unusable so 
that the usable portion of such food may be donated to 
food banks, food pantries, and other nonprofit organiza-
tions; 
"(C) seeking to address the long-term causes of himger 
through education and the delivery of appropriate services; 
or 
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"(D) providing training in basic health, nutrition, and 
life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in comnuuiities 
and rural areas. 
''(15) Such other national service programs addressing 
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs as the Corporation may designate. 
**(b) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.— 
"(1) ESTABUSHMENT BY CORPORATION.—The Corporation 
shall establish qualification criteria for different types of 
national service programs for the purpose of determining 
whether a particular national service program should be 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 hiunan, educational, environ-
mental, 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 serv-
ice programs eligible to receive assistance or approved national 
service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent 
with the purposes of the program, an intergenerational compo-
nent of the program that combines students, out-of-school 
youths, and older adults as participants to provide services 
to address unmet himian, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs. 
"(c) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
"(1) ESTABUSHMENT.— 
"(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order 
to 
concentrate 
national efforts on meeting certain unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs and to 
achieve the other purposes of this Act, the Corporation 
shall establish, and after reviewing the strategic plan 
approved under section 192A(gXl), periodically alter prior-
ities as appropriate regarding the types of national service 
programs to be assisted under subsection (b) or (d) of 
section 129 and the purposes for which such assistance 
may be used. 
"(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with paragraph (4), Stetes 
shall esteblish, and through the national service plan 
process described in section 178(eXl), periodically alter 
priorities as appropriate regarding the national service pro-
grams to be assisted under section 129(aXl). The Stete 
priorities shall be subject to Corporation review as part 
of the application process under section 130. 
"(2) NOTICE TO APPUCANTS.—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— 
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"(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 imder section 
133(dX2) 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. 
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«SEC. 123. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS ELIGIBLE FOR 
APPROVAL FOR NATIONAL SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL 
AWARDS. 
"The Corporation mav approve of any of the following service 
positions as an approved national service position that includes 
the national service educational award described in subtitle D as 
one of the benefits to be provided for successful service in the 
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position: 
"(1) A position for a participant in a national service pro-
gram described in section 122(a) that receives assistance under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 121. 
"(2) A position for a participant in a program that— 
"(A) is carried out by a State, a subdivision of a State, 
an Indian tribe, a public or private nonprofit organization, 
an institution of higher education, or a Federal agency; 
and 
"(B) would be eligible to receive assistance under sec-
tion 121(a), based on criteria established by the Corpora-
tion, but has not applied for such assistance. 
"(3) A position involving service as a VISTA volunteer 
under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42U.S.C.4951etsea.). 
"(4) A position facilitating service-learning in a program 
described in section 122(aX3) that is eligible for assistance 
under part I of subtitle B. 
"(5) A position for a participant in the Civilian Community 
Corps under subtitle E. 
"(6) A position involving service as a crew leader in a 
youth corps program or a similar position supporting a national 
service program that receives an approved national service 
position. 
"(7) Such other national service positions as the Corpora-
I 
tion considers to be appropriate. 
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'^EC. 124. TYPES OF PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
"(a) PLANNING ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may provide 
assistance under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits 
an application under section 130 for the planning of a national 
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service program. Assistance provided in accordance with this sub-
section may cover a period of not more than 1 ye£u:. 
"(b) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may provide 
assistance under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits 
an application under section 130 for the est£U)lishment, operation, 
or expansion of a national service program. Assistance provided 
in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more 
than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consider-
ation of a new application imder section 130. 
"(c) REPLICATION ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may provide 
assistance under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits 
an application under section 130 for the expansion of a proven 
national service program to another geographical location. Assist-
ance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period 
of not more than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation 
upon consideration of a new application under section 130. 
"(d) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The requirements of this 
section shall apply to any State or other applicant receiving assist-
ance under section 121 that proposes to conduct a grant program 
using the assistance to support other national service programs. 
"SEC. 126. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
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"(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may conduct, 
directly or by grant or contract, appropriate training programs 
regarding national service in order to-— 
(1) improve the ability of national service programs 
assisted under section 121 to meet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs in communities— 
"(A) where services are needed most; and 
"(B) where programs do not exist, or are too limited 
to meet commimity needs, as of the date on which the 
Corporation makes the grant or enters into the contract; 
"(2) promote leadership development in such programs; 
"(3) improve the instructional and programmatic quality 
of such programs to build an ethic of civic responsibility; 
"(4) develop the management and budgetary skills of pro-
gram operators; 
"(5) provide for or improve the training provided to the 
participants in such programs; and 
"(6) encourage national service programs to adhere to risk 
management procedures, including the training of participants 
in appropriate risk management practices. 
"(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To the extent appropriate and 
necessary, the Corporation shall raake technical assistance available 
to States, Indian tribes, labor organizations, organizations operated 
by young adults, organizations serving economically disadvcmtaged 
individuals, and other entities described in section 121 that desire— 
"(1) to develop national service programs; or 
"(2) to apply for assistance under such section or under 
a grant program conducted using assistance provided imder 
such section. 
-SEC. 126. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE. 
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"(a) SUPPORT FOR STATE COMMISSIONS.— 
"(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts appropriated for 
a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization oi appropriation 
in section 501(aX4), the Corporation may make a grant in 
an amoimt between $125,000 and $750,000 to a State to assist 
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District of 
Columbia. 
Puerto Rico. 
the State to establish or operate the State Commission on 
National and Community Service required to be established 
by the State under section 178. 
"(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Notwithstanding 
the amounts specified in paragraph (1), the amount of a grant 
that may be provided to a State Commission under this sub-
section, together with other Federal funds available to establish 
or operate the State Commission, may not exceed— 
"(A) 85 percent of the total cost to establish or operate 
the State Commission for the first year for which the 
State Commission receives assistance under this sub-
section; and 
"(B) such smaller percentage of such cost as the Cor-
poration may establish for the second, third, and fourth 
years of such assistance in order to ensure that the Federal 
share does not exceed 50 percent of such costs for the 
fifth year, and any subsequent year, for which the State 
Commission receives assistance under this subsection. 
"(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 in disaster relief efforts youth corps programs 
described in section 122(aX2) and other programs that receive 
assistance under the national service laws. 
"(c) CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may make 
challenge grants imder this subsection to national service pro-
grams that receive assistance under section 121. 
"(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Corporation shall develop 
criteria for the selection of recipients of challenge grants under 
this subsection, so as to make the grants widely available 
to a variety of programs that— 
"(A) are nigh-quality national service programs; and 
"(B) are carried out by entities with demonstrated 
experience in establishing and implementing projects that 
provide benefits to participants and communities. 
'^(S) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this 
subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance under 
this subsection for each $1 in cash raised by the national 
service program from private sources in excess of amounts 
required to be provided by the program to satisfy matching 
fimds requirements under section 121(e). The Corporation shaU 
establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be 
provided to a national service program under this subsection. 
"PART n—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL 
PROCESS 
<«EC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 
SERVICE POSITIONS BY COMPETTIIVE AND OTHER 
MEANS. 
"(a) ALLOTMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED POSITIONS TO 
STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.— 
"(1) 33Y3 PERCENT ALLOTMENT OF ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN 
STATES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision 
of assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for 
a fiscal year, tiie Corporation shall make a grant under section 
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107 STAT. 797 
121(a) (and a corresponding allotment of approved national 
service positions) to each of the several States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Conmionwealth of Puerto Rico that has 
an application approved by the Corporation under section 133. 
The amount allotted as a grant to each such State under 
this paragraph for a fiscal year shsdl be equal to the amount 
that bears uie same ratio to 33y3 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 
Coliunbia, and tne Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
**(2) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES 
AND POSSESSIONS.—Of the fiuids allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance imder subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 
1 percent of the allocated fimds for grants under section 121(a) 
to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon 
approval of an application by the Corporation under section 
133. Palau shall also be eligible for a grant under this para-
graph firom the allotment until such time as the Compact 
of Free Association with Palau is ratified. The amount allotted 
as a grant to each such territory or possession imder this 
paragraph for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that 
bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for 
that fiscal year as the population of the territory or possession 
bears to the total popiilation of such territories and possessions. 
"(3) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 
fimds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 
imder subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, 
the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent of the allocated fiinds 
for grants imder section 121(a) to Indian tribes, to be allotted 
by the Corporation on a competitive basis in accordance with 
their respective needs. 
"(4) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or Indian 
tribe fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation 
of its intent to apply for, an allotment under this subsection, 
the Corporation shall use the amount that would have been 
allotted under this subsection to the Stete or Indian tribe— 
"(A) to make grants (and provide approved national 
service positions in connection with such grants) to other 
eligible entities under section 121 that propose to carry 
out national service programs in the Stete or on behalf 
of the Indian tribe; and 
"(B) afl»r making grants under subparagraph (A), to 
make a reallotment to other Stetes and Indian tribes with 
approved applications iinder section 130. 
**(b) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The Corporation 
shall ensure that each individual selected during a fisc€d year 
for assignment as a VISTA volimteer under title I of the Domestic 
Volimteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a 
participant in the Civilian Commimity Corps Demonstration Pro-
gram under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational 
award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligi-
bility requirements for the award. Fimds for approved national 
service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall 
be deducted from the totel fimding for approved national service 
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positions to be available for distribution under subsections (a) and 
(d) for that fiscal year. 
"(c) RESERVATION FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—From amounts 
appropriated for a fiscal year pursucuit to the authorization of 
appropriation in section 501(aX2), and subject to the limitation 
in sutm section, the Corporation may reserve such amount as the 
Corporation considers to be appropriate for the piupose of making 
assistance available imder sections 125 and 126. liie Corporation 
may not reserve more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year for disaster 
service imder subsection (b) of section 126 or challenge grants 
under subsection (c) of such section. 
"(d) COMPETITIVE DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINING FUNDS.— 
"(1) STATE COMPETITION.—Of the fimds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
use not less than SSVs percent of the allocated funds to meike 
grants to States on a competitive basis under section 121(a). 
"(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OTHER APPUCANTS.—The Cor-
poration shall distribute on a competitive basis to subdivisions 
of States, Indian tribes, public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions (including labor organizations), institutions of higher 
education, and Federal agencies the remainder of the finds 
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under 
section 121 for a fiscal year, afi«r operation of paragraph (1) 
and subsections (a) and (c). 
"(3) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
The Corporation may not provide more than V3 of the fiinds 
available for competitive distribution imder paragraph (2) for 
a fiscal year to Federal agencies under section 121(b). 
"(4) PRIORITY LIMITATIONS.—The Corporation may limit the 
categories of eligible applicants for assistance under paragraph 
(2) consistent with the priorities established by the Corporation 
under section 133(dX2). 
"(5) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AND OUT-
REACH GRANTS.— 
"(A) RESERVATION.—From amounts appropriated for a 
fiscal yecu* pursuant to the authorization of appropriation 
in section 501(aX2), and subject to the limitation in such 
section, the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve an amount 
that is not less than 1 percent of such amounts (except 
that the amount reserved may not exceed $5,000,000), in 
order to make supplemental grants as provided in subpara-
graph (B) and outreach grants as provided in subparagraph 
(C). The amount reserved pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be available until expended. 
"(B) GRANTS TO ASSIST ENTITIES IN PLACING APPUCANTS 
W
H
O ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer shall 
make grants from a portion of the funds reserved under 
subparagraph (A) to entities that— 
"(I) receive a grant to carry out a national 
service program under paragraph (1) or (2); 
"(II) demonstrate that the entity has received 
a substiintial number of applications for placement 
in the national service program of persons who 
are individuals vdth a disability and who require 
a reasonable accommodation (as defined in section 
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107 STAT. 799 
101(9) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(9))), or auxiliary aids and 
services (as defined in section 3(1) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12102(1))), in order to perform national 
service; and 
"(III) demonstrate that additional funding 
would assist the national service program in plac-
ing a substantial number of such individuals with 
a disability as participants in projects carried out 
through the program. 
"(ii) 
REQUIREMENTS.—Funds 
made 
available 
through such a supplemental grant under clause (i) 
shall oe made available for the same purposes, and 
subject to the same requirements, as funds made avail-
able through a grant made under paragraph (1) or 
(2). 
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C
) GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS WITH A 
DISABILITY.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^From the portion of the funds 
reserved imder subparagraph (A) that is not used to 
make grants under subparagraph (B), the Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall make grants to public or private 
nonprofit organizations to pay for the Federal share 
described in section 121(e) oi— 
"(1) providing information about the programs 
specified in section 193A(dX10) to such individuals 
with a disability who desire to perform national 
service; and 
"(11) enabling the individuals to participate 
in activities earned out through such programs, 
which may include assisting the placement of the 
individuals in approved national service positions. 
**(ii) APPLICATION.—^To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this subparagraph, an organization described 
in clause (i) shall submit an application to the Chief 
Executive Officer at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Chief Executive 
Officer may require. 
"(e) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of assistance and 
approved national service positions to a State or Indian tribe imder 
subsection (a), and the competitive distribution of assistance under 
subsection (d), shall be made by the Corporation only pursuant 
to an application submitted by a State or other applicant under 
section 130 and approved by the Corporation under section 133. 
"(f) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 
The Corporation may not approve positions as approved national 
service positions under this subtitle for a fisc£U 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 educationsd 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 recisonable adjustments to program rules. 
"(g) 
SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI-
TIONS.— 
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"(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 these 
approved national service positions shall be made pursuant 
to the agreement, and the creation of these 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 OP CONTRIBUTION.—^Funds provided pursuant 
to an agreement under paragraph (1) £ind any other funds 
contributed to the Corporation to support the activities of the 
Corporation under the national service laws shall be deposited 
in the National Service Trust established in section 145 until 
such time as the funds are needed. 
42 use 12582. 
«SEC. 130. APPUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 
SERVICE POSITIONS. 
"(a) TIME, MANNER, AND CONTENT OF APPLICATION.—TO be 
eligible to receive assistance under section 121 or approved national 
service positions for participants who serve in the national service 
programs to be carried out using the assistance, a State, subdivision 
of a State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, 
institution of higher education, or Federal agency shall prepare 
and submit to the Corporation an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation 
may reasonably require. 
"(b) TYPES OF PERMISSIBLE APPLICATION INFORMATION.—In 
order to have adequate information upon which to consider an 
application imder section 133, the Corporation may require the 
following information to be provided in an application submitted 
under subsection (a): 
"(1) A description of the national service programs proposed 
to be carried out directly by the applicant using assistance 
provided under section 121. 
"(2) A description of the national service programs that 
are selected by the applicant to receive a grant using assistance 
requested under section 121 and a description of the process 
and criteria by which the programs were selected. 
"(3) A description of other funding sources to be used, 
or sought to be used, for the national service programs referred 
to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and, if the application is submitted 
for the piirpose of seeking a renewal of assistance, a description 
of the success of the programs in reducing their reliance on 
Federal funds. 
"(4) A description of the extent to which the projects to 
be conducted using the assistance will address unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs and produce 
a direct benefit for the community in which the projects are 
performed. 
"(5) A description of the plan to be used to recruit partici-
pants, including youth who are individuals with disaoilities 
and economically disadvantaged young men and women, for 
the national service programs referred to in paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
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107 STAT. 801 
"(6) A description of the manner in which the national 
service programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) build 
on existing programs, including Federal programs. 
"(7) A description of the manner in which the national 
service progr£uns referred to in p£iragraphs (1) and (2) will 
involve participants— 
"(A) in projects that build an ethic of civic responsibility 
and produce a positive change in the lives of participants 
through training and participation in meaningful service 
experiences and opportimities for reflection on such experi-
ences; and 
''(B) in leadership positions in implementing and 
evaluating the program. 
"(8) Measurable goals for the national service programs 
referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and a strategy to achieve 
such goals, in terms of— 
''(A) the impact to be made in meeting immet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 
"(B) the service experience to be provided to partici-
pants in the programs. 
(9) A description of the manner and extent to which the 
national service programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) conform to the national service priorities established by 
the Corporation under section 122(c). 
"(10) A description of the past experience of the applicant 
in operating a comparable program or in conducting a grant 
program in support of other comparable service programs. 
"(11) A description of the type and number of proposed 
service positions in which participants will receive the national 
service educational award aescribed in subtitle D and a descrip-
tion of the manner in which approved national service positions 
will be apportioned by the applicant. 
"(12) A description of the manner and extent to which 
participants, representatives of the community served, commu-
nity-based agencies with a demonstrated record of experience 
in providing services, and labor organizations contributed to 
the development of the national service programs referred to 
in paragraphs (1) and (2), including the identity of the individ-
ual representing each appropriate labor organization (if any) 
who was consulted and the nature of the consultation. 
"(13) Such other information as the Corporation may 
reasonably require. 
"(c) REQUIRED APPUCATION 
INFORMATION.—An application 
submitted imder subsection (a) shall contain the following informa-
tion: 
"(1) A description of the jobs or positions into which partici-
pants will be placed using the assistance provided under section 
121, including descriptions of specific tasks to be performed 
by such participants. 
"(2) A description of the minimum qualifications that 
individu£ds shall meet to become participants in such programs. 
"(d) APPUCATION TO RECEIVE ONLY APPROVED NATIONAL SERV-
ICE POSITIONS.— 
"(1) APPLICABILITY OF SUBSECTION.—This subsection shall 
apply in the case of an application in which— 
"(A) the applicant is not seeking assistance under sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 121, but requests national 
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service educational awards for individuals serving in serv-
ice positions described in section 123; or 
"(B) the applicant requests national service educational 
awards for service positions described in section 123, but 
the positions are not positions in a national service program 
described in section 122(a) for which assistance may be 
provided under subsection (a) or (b) of section 121. 
\2) SPECIAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—For the applica-
tions described in para^aph (1), the Corporation shall establish 
special application requirements in order to determine— 
"(A) whether the service positions meet unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs and 
meet the criteria for assistance under this subtitle; and 
"(B) whether the Corporation should approve the posi-
tions as approved national service positions. 
"(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE APPLICANTS.— 
"(1) SUBMISSION BY STATE COMMISSION.—The application 
of a State for approved national service positions or for a 
grant luider section 121(a) shall be submitted by the State 
ommission. 
"(2) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—The application of a State 
shall contain an assurance that all assistance provided imder 
section 121(a) to the State will be used to support national 
service programs that were selected by the State on a competi-
tive basis. In making such competitive selections, the State 
shall seek to ensure the equitable allocation within the State 
of assistance £uid approved national service positions provided 
imder this subtitle to the State taking into consideration such 
factors as the location of the programs applying to the State, 
population density, and economic distress. 
"(3) ASSISTANCE TO NONSTATE ENTITIES.—The application 
of a State shall also contain an assurance that not less than 
60 percent of the assistance will be used to make grants in 
support of national service programs other than national service 
programs carried out by a State agency. The Corporation may 
permit a State to deviate from me percentage specified by 
this subsection if the State has not received a simicient number 
of acceptable applications to comply with the percentage. 
"(0 SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN APPUCANTS.— 
"(1) WRITTEN CONCURRENCE.—In the case of a program 
applicant that proposes to also serve as the service sponsor, 
the application shall include the written concurrence of any 
local labor organization representing employees of the service 
sponsor who are engaged in the same or substantially similar 
work as that proposed to be carried out. 
"(2) PROGRAM APPUCANT DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term 'program appUcant' means— 
"(A) a State, subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public 
or private nonprofit organization, institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency submitting an application imder 
this section; or 
"(B) an entity applying for assistance or approved 
national service positions through a grant program con-
ducted using assistance provided to a State, subdivision 
of a State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit 
organization, institution of higher education, or Federal 
agency under section 121. 
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107 STAT. 803 
"(g) 
LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE 
APPLICA-
TIONS.—^The Corporation shall reject an application submitted under 
this section if a project proposed to be conducted using assistance 
requested by the applicant is already described in another applica-
tion pending before the Corporation. 
"SEC. 131. NATIONAL 
SERVICE 
PROGRAM 
ASSISTANCE 
REQUIRE. 
42 USC12583. 
MENTS. 
"(a) IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES.—An application submitted under 
section 130 shall include an assurance by the applicant that any 
national service program carried out by the applicant using assist-
ance provided under section 121 and any national service program 
supported by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance 
Will-
ie 
1) address unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
public safety needs through services that provide a direct bene-
fit to the community in which the service is performed; and 
"(2) comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
requirements of section 177 and the grievance procedure 
requirements of section 176(f). 
"(b) IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS.—An application submitted under 
section 130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that 
any national service program carried out by the applicant using 
assistance provided under section 121 and any national service 
program supported by a grant made by the applicant using such 
assistance will— 
"(1) provide participants in the national service program 
with the training, skills, and knowledge necessary for the 
projects that participants are called upon to perform; 
"(2) provide support services to participants, such as the 
provision of appropriate information and support— 
"(A) to those participants who are completing a term 
of service and making the transition to other educational 
and career opportunities; and 
"(B) to those participants who are school dropouts in 
order to assist those participants in earning the equivalent 
of a high school diploma; and 
"(3) provide, if appropriate, structured opportunities for 
participants to reflect on their service experiences. 
"(c) CJONSULTATION.—^An application submitted under section 
130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that any 
national service program carried out by the applicant using assist-
ance provided under section 121 and any national service program 
supported by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance 
will— 
"(1) provide in the design, recruitment, and operation of 
the program for broad-based input from— 
"(A) the community served and potential participants 
in the program; and 
"(B) commimity-based agencies with a demonstrated 
record of experience in providing services and local labor 
organizations representing employees of service sponsors, 
if these entities exist in the area to be served by the 
program; 
(2) prior to the placement of participante, consult with 
the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing 
employees in the area who are engaged in the same or similar 
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work as that proposed to be carried out by such program 
to ensure compliance with the nondisplacement requirements 
specified in section 177; and 
"(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through 
a State, consult with and coordinate activities with the State 
Commission for the State in which the program operates. 
**(d) EVALUATION Ahro PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—An application submitted under section 
130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that the 
applicant will— 
"(A) arrange for an independent evaluation of any 
national service program carried out using assistance pro-
vided to the applicant under section 121 or, with the 
approval of the Corporation, conduct an internal evaluation 
of the program; 
"(B) apply measurable performance goals and evalua-
tion methods (such as the use of surveys of participants 
and persons served), which are to be used as part of such 
evaluation to determine the impact of the program— 
"(i) on communities and persons served by the 
projects performed by the program; 
"(ii) on participants who take part in the projects; 
and 
''(iii) in such other areas as the Corporation may 
require; and 
"(CJ) cooperate with any evaluation activities under-
taken by the Corporation. 
"(2) EVALUATION.—Subject to paragraph (3), the Corpora-
tion shall develop evaluation criteria and performance goals 
applicable to all national service programs carried out with 
assistance provided under section 121. 
"(3) ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Cor-
poration may establish alternative evaluation requirements for 
national service pro-ams based upon the amount of assistance 
received under section 121 or received by a grant made by 
a recipient of assistance imder such section. The determination 
of whether a national service program is covered by this para-
graph shall be made in such manner as the Corporation may 
prescribe. 
"(e) LIVING ALLOWANCES AND OTHER INSERVICE BENEFITS.— 
Except as provided in section 14(Xc), an application submitted under 
section 130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that 
the applicant will— 
"(1) ensure the provision of a living allowance and other 
benefits specified in section 140 to participants in any national 
service program carried out by the applicant using assistance 
provided under section 121; and 
"(2) require that each national service program that 
receives a grant from the applicant using such assistance will 
also provide a living allowance and other benefits specified 
in section 140 to participants in the program. 
"(f) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS FROM INDIVIDUALS RECRUITED 
BY CORPORATION OR STATE COMMISSIONS.—The Corporation may 
also require an assurance by the applicant that any national service 
program carried out by the applicant using assistance provided 
under section 121 and any national service program supported 
by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance wiU select 
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107 STAT. 805 
a portion of the participants for the program from among prospec-
tive participants recruited by the Corporation or State Commissions 
under section 138(d). The Corporation may specify a minimum 
percentage of participants to be selected from tne national leader-
ship pool established imder section 138(e) and may vary the percent-
age for different types of national service programs. 
'^EC. 132. INEUGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES. 
42 USC 12584. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
application submitted to the Corporation imder section 130 shall 
include an assurance by the applicant that any national service 
program carried out using assistance provided under section 121 
and any approved national service position provided to an applicant 
will not be used to perform service that provides a direct benefit 
to any— 
''(1) business organized for profit; 
"(2) labor union; 
"(3) partisan political organization; 
''(4) organization engag^ in religious activities, unless such 
service does not involve tine use of assistance provided under 
section 121 or participants— 
"(A) to give religious instruction; 
"(B) to conduct worship services; 
"(C) to provide instruction as part of a progrsim that 
includes mandatory religious education or worship; 
"(D) to construct or operate facilities devoted to reli-
gious instruction or worship or to maintain facilities pri-
marily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or 
worship; or 
"(E) to engage in any form of prosel3rtization; or 
''(5) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the 
restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)), except that nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent participants froia engaging 
in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative. 
"(b) REGIONAL CORPORATION.—The requirement of subsection 
(a) relating to an assurance regarding direct benefits to businesses 
organized for profit shall not apply with respect to a Regional 
Corporation, as defined in section 3(g) of the Alaska Native (Jiaims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(g)), that is established in accordance 
with such Act as a for-profit corporation but that is engaging 
in nonprofit activities. 
"SEC. 133. CONSIDERATION OF APPUCATIONS. 
42 USC 12585. 
"(a) CORPORATION CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN CRITERIA.—The 
Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsections (c) 
and (d) in determining whether— 
"(1) to approve an application submitted imder section 130 
and provide assistance under section 121 to the applicant; 
and 
"(2) to approve service positions described in the application 
as national service positions that include the national service 
educational award described in subtitle D and provide such 
approved national service positions to the applicant. 
"(b) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^A State or other entity that uses assist-
ance provided under section 121(a) to support national service 
programs selected on a competitive basis to receive a share 
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of the assistance shall use the criteria described in subsections 
(c) and (d) when considering an application submitted by a 
national service program to receive a portion of such assistance 
or an approved national service position. 
"(2) CONTENTS.—^The application of the State or other entity 
under section 130 shall contain— 
"(A) a certification that the State or other entity used 
these criteria in the selection of national service programs 
to receive assistance; 
"(B) a description of the jobs or positions into which 
participants will be placed using such assistance, including 
descriptions of specific tasks to be performed by such 
participcuits; and 
"(C) a description of the minimimi qualifications that 
individuals shall meet to become participants in such pro-
grams. 
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c
) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—^The criteria required to be applied 
in evaluating applications submitted under section 130 are as fol-
lows: 
"(1) The quality of the national service program proposed 
to be carried out directly by the applicant or supported by 
a grant from the applicant. 
"(2) The innovative aspects of the national service program, 
and the feasibility of replicating the program. 
"(3) The sustainability of the national service program, 
based on evidence such as tiie existence— 
"(A) of strong and broad-based community support for 
the program; and 
"(B) of multiple fimding sources or private funding 
for the program. 
"(4) The quality of the leadership of the national service 
program, the past performance of the program, and the extent 
to which the program builds on existing programs. 
"(5) The extent to which participants of the national service 
program are recruited 
fi*om 
among residents of the communities 
in which projects are to be conducted, and the extent to which 
participants and community residents are involved in the 
design, leadership, and operation of the program. 
"(6) The extent to which projects would be conducted in 
the following areas where they are needed most: 
"(A) Commimities designated as empowerment zones 
or redevelopment areas, targeted for special economic 
incentives, or othervase identifiable as having high con-
centrations of low-income people. 
''(B) Areas that are environmentally distressed. 
"(C) Areas adversely afiected by Federal actions related 
to the management of Federal lands that result in signifi-
cant regional job losses £uid economic dislocation. 
"(D) Areas adversely affected by reductions in defense 
spending or the closure or realignment of military installa-
tions. 
"(E) Areas that have an unemployment rate greater 
than the national average unemployment for the most 
recent 12 months for which satisfactory data are available. 
"(7) In the case of applicants other than States, the extent 
to which the application is consistent with the application under 
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107 STAT. 807 
section 130 of the State in which the projects would be con-
ducted. 
"(8) Such other criteria as the Corporation considers to 
be appropriate. 
"(d) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.— 
"(1) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corporation shall ensure 
that recipients of assistance provided under section 121 are 
geographically diverse and include projects to be conducted 
in those urban and rural areas in a State with the highest 
rates of poverty. 
"(2) PRIORITIES.—^The Corporation may designate, under 
such criteria as may be established by the Corporation, certain 
national service programs or tvpes of national service programs 
described in section 122(a) for priority consideration in the 
competitive distribution of funds under section 129(dX2). In 
designating national service programs to receive priority, the 
Corporation may include— 
"(A) national service programs carried out by another 
Federal agency; 
"(B) national service programs that conform to the 
national service priorities in efiTect under section 122(c); 
"(C) innovative national service programs; 
"(D) national service programs that are well estab-
lished in one or more States at the time of the application 
and are proposed to be expanded to additional States using 
assistance provided under section 121; 
"(E) grant programs in support of other national service 
programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by 
nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated and extensive 
expertise in the provision of services to meet himian, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs; 
"(F) professional corps programs described in section 
122(a)(8); and 
"(G) programs that— 
(i) received funding under subtitle D of this Act, 
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of this subtitle; 
"(ii) the Corporation determines to meet the 
requirements of sections 142 (other than subsection 
(g)), 143, and 148 through 150 of this Act, as in effect 
on such day, in addition to the requirements of this 
subtitle; and 
"(iii) include an evaluation component. 
"(3) ADDITIONAL PRIORITY.—In making a competitive dis-
tribution of funds imder section 129(dX2), the Corporation may 
give priority consideration to a national service program that 
is— 
"(A) proposed in an application submitted by a State 
Commission; and 
"(B) not one of the t3rpes of programs described in 
paragraph (2), 
if the State Commission provides an adequate explanation of 
the reasons why it shomd not be a priority of such State 
to carry out any of such types of programs in the State. 
"(4) REVIEW PANEL.—The Corporation shall— 
"(A) establish pcmels of experts for the purpose of secur-
ing recommendations on apphcations submitted under sec-
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tion 130 for more than $250,000 in assistance, or for 
national service positions that would require more than 
$250,000 in national service educational awards; and 
"(B) consider the opinions of such panels prior to mak-
ing such determinations. 
"(e) EMPHASIS ON AREAS MOST IN NEED.—In making assistance 
available under section 121 and in providing approved national 
service positions under section 123, the Corporation shall ensure 
that not less than 50 percent of the total amoimt of assistance 
to be distributed to States under subsections (a) and (dXD of section 
129 for a fiscal year is provided to carry out or support national 
service programs and projects that— 
"(1) are conducted in any of the areas described in sub-
section (c)(6) or on Federal or other public lands, to address 
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs in such areas or on such lands; and 
"(2) place a priority on the recruitment of participants 
who are residents of any of such areas or Federal or other 
public lands. 
"(f) REJECTION OF STATE APPLICATIONS.— 
"(1) NOTIFICATION OF STATE APPLICANTS.—If the Corpora-
tion rejects an application submitted by a State Commission 
under section 130 for fimds described in section 129(aXl), the 
Corporation shall promptly notify the State Commission of 
the reasons for the rejection of the application. 
"(2) RESUBMISSION AND RECONSIDERATION.—The Corpora-
tion shall provide a State Commission notified under para^aph 
(1) with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the 
application. At the request of the State Commission, the Cor-
poration shall provide technical assistance to the State Commis-
sion as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall 
promptly reconsider an application resubmitted under this 
paragraph. 
"(3) REALLOTMENT.—The amount of any State's allotment 
under section 129(a) for a fiscal year that the Corporation 
determines will not be provided for that fiscal year shall be 
available for distribution by the Corporation as provided in 
paragraph (3) of such subsection. 
"PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS 
42 use 12591. 
"SEC. 137. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subtitle, an individual 
shall be considered to be a participant in a national service program 
carried out using assistance provided under section 121 if the 
individual— 
"(1) meets such eligibility requirements, directly related 
to the tasks to be accomplished, as may be established by 
the program; 
"(2) is selected by the program to serve in a position with 
the program; 
"(3) will serve in the program for a term of service specified 
in section 139 to be performed before, during, or after attend-
ance at an institution of higher education; 
"(4) is 17 years of age or older at the time the individual 
begins the term of service; 
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107 STAT. 809 
"(5) has received a high school diploma or its equivalent, 
agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent (unless 
this requirement is waived based on an individual education 
assessment conducted by the program) and the individual did 
not drop out of an elementary or secondary school to enroll 
in the program, or is enrolled in an institution of higher edu-
cation on an ability to benefit basis and is considered eligible 
for funds under section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091); and 
"(6) is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful 
permanent resident aUen of the United States, 
^(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN YOUTH PROGRAMS.—An 
individual shall be considered to be a participant in a vouth corps 
program described in section 122(aX2) or a program described m 
section 122(aX9) that is carried out with assistance provided imder 
section 121(a) if the individual— 
"(1) satisfies the requirements specified in subsection (a), 
except paragraph (4) of such subsection; and 
(2) is between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, at the 
time the individual begins the term of service. 
"(c) WAIVER.—^The Corporation may waive the requirements 
of subsection (aX5XA) with respect to an individual if the program 
in which the individual seeks to become a participant conducts 
an independent evaluation demonstrating that the individual is 
incapable of obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent. 
"SEC. 138. SELECnON OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 
42 USC 12592. 
"(a) SELECTION PROCESS.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c) 
and section 131(f), the actual recruitment and selection of an 
individual to serve in a national service program receiving assist-
ance under section 121 or to fill an approved national service 
position shall be conducted by the State, subdivision of a State, 
Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, institution 
of higher education. Federal agency, or other entity to which the 
assistance £uid approved national service positions are provided. 
"(b) NONDISCRIMINATION AND NONPOUTICAL SELECTION OF 
PARTICIPANTS.—^The recruitment and selection of individuals to 
serve in national service programs receiving assistance under sec-
tion 121 or to fill approved national service positions shall be 
consistent with the requirements of section 175. 
"(c) SECOND TERM.—^Acceptance into a national service program 
to serve a second term of service under section 139 shall only 
be available to individuals who perform satisfactorily in their first 
term of service. 
"(d) RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT.—The Corporation and each 
State Commission shall establish a system to recruit individuals 
who desire to perform national service and to assist the placement 
of these individuals in approved national service positions, which 
may include positions available under titles I and II of the Domestic 
Volimteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). The Corpo-
ration and State Commissions shall disseminate information re-
garding available approved national service positions through 
cooperation with secondary schools, institutions of higher education, 
emplojnxient service offices. State vocational rehabilitation agencies 
within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
701 et seq.) and other State agencies that primarily serve individ-
uals with disabilities, and other appropriate entities, particularly 
107 STAT. 810 
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Grants. 
Contracts. 
Veterans. 
Regulations. 
42 u s e 12593. 
those organizations that provide outreach to disadvantaged youths 
and youths who are individuals with disabilities. 
"(e) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POOL.— 
"(1) SELECTION AND TRAINING.—^From among individuals 
recruited under subsection (d), the Corporation may select 
individuals with significant leadership potential, as determined 
by the Corporation, to receive special training to enhance their 
leadership ability. The leadership training shall be provided 
by the Corporation directly or through a grant or contract. 
"(2) EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—In selecting 
individuals to receive leadership training under this subsection, 
the Corporation shall make special efforts to select individuals 
who have served— 
"(A) in the Peace Corps; 
"(B) as VISTA voltmteers; 
"(C) as participants in national service programs 
receiving assistance under section 121; 
"(D) as participants in programs receiving assistance 
under subtitle D of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990, as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this subtitle; or 
"(E) as members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States and who were honorably dischcurged from such serv-
ice. 
"(3) ASSIGNMENT.—^At the request of a program that 
receives assistance under the national service laws, the Cor-
poration may assign an individiial who receives leadership 
training under paragraph (1) to work with the program in 
a leadership position and carry out assignments not otherwise 
performed by regular participants. An individual assigned to 
a program shall be considered to be a participant of me pro-
gram. 
"(f) EVALUATION OF SERVICE.—The Corporation shall issue regu-
lations regarding the manner and criteria by which the service 
of a participant shall be evaluated to determine whether the service 
is satisfactory and successful for purposes of eligibility for a second 
term of service or a national service educational award. 
*«EC. 139. TERMS OF SERVICE. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a national service 
education award under subtitle D, a participant in an approved 
national service position shall be required to perform full- or part-
time national service for at least one term of service specified 
in subsection (b). 
"(b) TERM OF SERVICE.— 
"(1) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—An individual performing full-
time national service in an approved national service position 
shall agree to participate in the program sponsoring the position 
for not less than 1,700 hours during a period of not less than 
9 months and not more than 1 year. 
"(2) PART-TIME SERVICE.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(3), an individual performing part-time national service in an 
approved national service position shall agree to participate 
in the program sponsoring the position for not less than 900 
hours during a period of— 
"(A) not more than 2 years; or 
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107 STAT. 811 
"(B) not more than 3 years if the individual is enrolled 
in an institute of higher education while preforming all 
or a portion of the service. 
"(3) REDUCTION IN HOURS OF PART-TIME SERVICE.—The Cor-
poration may reduce the number of hours required to be served 
to successfully complete p£urt-time national service to a level 
determined by the Corporation, except that any reduction in 
the required term of service shall include a corresponding reduc-
tion in the amount of any national service educational award 
that may be available under subtitle D with regard to that 
service. 
"(c) RELEASE FROM COMPLETING TERM OF SERVICE.— 
"(1) RELEASE AUTHORIZED.—A recipient of assistance under 
section 121 or a program sponsoring an approved national 
service position may release a participant from completing a 
term of service in the position— 
"(A) for compelling personal circumstances as dem-
onstrated by the participant; or 
"(B) for cause. 
"(2) 
EFFECT 
OF 
RELEASE 
FOR 
COMPELLING 
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—If a participant eligible for release under para-
graph (IXA) is serving in an approved national service position, 
the recipient of assistance under section 121 or a program 
sponsoring an approved national service position may elect— 
"(A) to grant such release and provide to the partici-
pant that portion of the national service educational award 
corresponding to the portion of the term of service actually 
completed, as provided in section 147(c); or 
"(B) to permit the participant to temporarily suspend 
performance of the term of service for a period of up to 
2 years (and such additional period as tne Corporation 
may allow for extenuating circumstances) and, upon 
completion of such period, to allow return to the program 
with which the individual was serving in order to complete 
the remainder of the term of service and obtain the entire 
national service educational award. 
"(3) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR CAUSE.—A participant released 
for cause may not receive any portion of tne national service 
educational award. 
"SEC. 140. LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI- 42 USC 12594. 
PANTS. 
"(a) PROVISION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.— 
"(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), a national service program carried out using assistance 
provided imder section 121 shall provide to each participant 
who participates on a full-time basis in the program a living 
allowance in an amount equal to or greater than the average 
annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
"(2) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount of the 
annual living allowance provided imder paragraph (1) that 
may be paid using assistance provided imder section 121 and 
using any other Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent 
of the total average annual provided to VISTA volunteers under 
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section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4955). 
"(3) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—Except as provided in 
subsection (c), tlie total amount of an annual living allowance 
that may be provided to a participant in a national service 
program shall not exceed 20)0 percent of the average annual 
subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under sec-
tion 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4955). 
"(4) PRORATION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The amoimt pro-
vided as a living allowance under this subsection shall be 
prorated in the case of a participant who is authorized to 
serve a reduced term of service under section 139(bX3). 
"(5) WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The 
Corporation may waive or reduce the requirement of paragraph 
(1) with respect to such national service program if such pro-
gram demonstrates that— 
"(A) such requirement is inconsistent with the objec-
tives of the program; and 
''(B) the amount of the living allowance that will be 
provided to each full-time participant is sufficient to meet 
the necessary costs of living (including food, housing, and 
transportation) in the area in which the program is located. 
"(6) EXEMPTION.—The requirement of paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any program that was in existence on the date 
of the enactment of the National and Community Service Trust 
Act of 1993. 
"(b) COVERAGE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-RELATED TAXES.— 
To the extent a national service program that receives assistance 
under section 121 is subject, witii respect to the participants in 
the program, to the taxes imposed on an employer under sections 
3111 and 3301 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
3111, 3301) and taxes imposed on an employer under a workmen's 
compensation act, the assistance provided to the program under 
section 121 shall include an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent 
of such taxes based upon the lesser o
f
— 
"(1) the total average annual subsistence allowance pro-
vided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955); and 
"(2) the annual Uving allowance established by the pro-
gram. 
"(c) EXCEPTION FROM MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR CER-
TAIN ASSISTANCE.—A professional corps program described in sec-
tion 122(aX8) that desires to provide a living allowance in excess 
of the maximum allowance authorized in subsection (aX3) may 
still apply for such assistance, except that— 
"(1) any assistance provided to the applicant under section 
121 may not be used to pay for any portion of the sdlowance; 
"(2) the appUcant shall apply for such assistance only by 
submitting an' application to the Corporation for assistance 
on a competitive basis; and 
"(3) the national service program shall be operated directly 
by the applicant and shall meet urgent, unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public ss^ety needs, as determined 
by the Corporation, 
"(d) HEALTH INSURANCE.— 
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107 STAT. 813 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or other recipient of assistance 
under section 121 shall provide a basic health care policy for 
each full-time participant in a national service program carried 
out or supported using the assistance, if the participant is 
not otherwise covered by a health care policv. ^fot more than 
85 percent of the cost of a premium shall be provided by 
the Corporation, with the remaining cost paid by the entity 
receiving assistcmce under section 121. The Corporation shall 
establish minimum standards that all plans must meet in 
order to qualify for payment under this part, any circimistances 
in which an alternative health care policy may be substituted 
for the basic health care policy, ana mechanisms to prohibit 
participants from dropping existing coverage. 
"(2) OPTION.—A State or other recipient of assistance imder 
section 121 may elect to provide from its own funds a health 
care policv for participants that does not meet all of the stand-
ards established by the Corporation if the fair market value 
of such policy is equal to or greater than the fair market 
value of a plan that meets the minimum standards established 
by the Corporation, and is consistent with other applicable 
laws. 
"(e) CHILD CARE.— 
"(1) AVAILABILITY.—^A State or other recipient of assistance 
under section 121 shall— 
"(A) make child care available for children of each 
full-time participant who needs child care in order to 
participate in a national service program carried out or 
supported by the recipient using the assistance; or 
"(B) provide a child care allowance to each full-time 
participant in a national service program who needs such 
assistance in order to participate in the program. 
"(2) GUIDELINES.—The Corporation shall establish guide-
lines regarding the circumstances under which child care shall 
be made available under this subsection and the value of any 
allowance to be provided. 
"(f) INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT SERVICES.—A State or other Disabled. 
recipient of assistance under section 121 shall provide reasonable 
accommodation, including auxiliary aids and services (as defined 
in section 3(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12102(1))), based on the individualized need of a participant 
who is a qualified individual with a disability (as defined in section 
101(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12111(8))). 
"(g) WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The Corpora-
tion may waive in whole or in part the limitation on the Federal 
share specified in this section with respect to a particular national 
service program in 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. 
"(h) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR FEDER-
ALLY SUBSIDIZED LIVING ALLOWANCE.—NO national service program 
may use assistance provided under section 121, or any other Federal 
funds, to provide a living allowance under subsection (a), a health 
care policy under subsection (d), or child care or a child care 
allowance under subsection (e), to an individual for a third, or 
subsequent, term of service described in section 139(b) by the 
individual in a national service program carried out imder this 
subtitle. 
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42 use 12595. 
'^EC. 141. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
"(a) EuGiBiLiTY GENERALLY.—^A participant in a national serv-
ice program carried out using assistance provided to an applicant 
under section 121 shall be eligible for the national service edu-
cational award described in subtitle D if the particii)ant— 
"(1) serves in an approved national service position; and 
"(2) satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in section 
146 with respect to service m that approved national service 
position. 
*'(b) SPECLVL RULE FOR VISTA VOLUNTEERS.—A VISTA volun-
teer who serves in an approved national service position shall 
be ineligible for a national service educational award if the VISTA 
volunteer accepts the stipend authorized under section 105(aXl) 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4955(aXl)).''. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS RELATED TO SUBTITLE C.—Section 1(b) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the items relating 
to subtitle C of title I of such Act and inserting the following 
new items: 
"Subtitle C—^National Service Trust Program 
"PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE 
"Sec. 121. Authori^ to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 
"Sec. 122. Types of 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 proeram assistance. 
"Sec. 125. Training and technical assistance. 
"Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 
"PART II—APPUCATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS 
"Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions by com-
petitive and other means. 
"Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 
"Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 
"Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 
"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.". 
(d) LIVING ALLOWANCE UNDER SUBTITLE I.—Section 199M(a) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (former section 
133(a) of such Act as redesignated in subsection (aX3) of this 
42 use I2655f. 
section) (42 U.S.C. 12553(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs 
(1) and (2) and inserting the following new paragraphs: 
"(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), each participant in a full-time youth corps program that 
receives assistance under this subtitle shall receive a living 
allowance in an amount equal to or greater than the average 
annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volimteers 
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
"(2) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount of the 
annual living allowance provided under paragraph (1) that 
may be paid using assistance provided under this subtitle, 
section 121, and any other Federal funds shall not exceed 
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107 STAT. 815 
85 percent of the total average annual subsistence allowance 
provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
"(3) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The total amount of 
'^'^ an annual living allowance that may be provided to a partici-
pant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance 
under this subtitle shall not exceed 200 percent of the average 
annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
"(4) WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The 
Corporation may waive or reduce the requirement of paragraph 
(1) with respect to such national service program if such pro-
gram demonstrates that— 
"(A) such requirement is inconsistent with the objec-
tives of the program; and 
"(B) the amount of the living allowance that will be 
provided to each full-time participant is sufficient to meet 
the necessary costs of living (including food, housing, and 
transportation) in the area in which the program is located. 
"(5) EXEMPTION.—The requirement of paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any program that was in existence on the date 
of the enactment of the National and Community Service Trust 
Act of 1993.". 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REFERENCES.—Subtitle I of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (as so redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1) of this section) is amended by striking "Commis-
sion" each place it appears in sections 199A, 199C, 199D, 199F, 
1991, 199M, and 199N (as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) 
of this section) and inserting "Corporation". 
(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 199A of such Act (as 
redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
12541) is amended— 
(A) by striking "imder section 102"; 
(B) by striking ", to the Secretary of the Interior, 
or to the Director of ACTION" and inserting "or to the 
Secretary of the Interior"; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
"To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall apply 
the provisions of subtitle C in making grants under this 
section.". 
(3) PURCHASE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Section 199B 
of 
such Act (as redesignated in subsection (aX3) of this section) 
(42 U.S.C. 12542) is amended to read as follows: 
«SEC. 199B. LIMITATION ON PURCHASE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. 
"Not to exceed 10 percent of the amoimt of assistance made 
available to a program agency under this subtitle shall be used 
for the purchase of major capital equipment.". 
(4) STATE APPLICATION.—Section 199C of such Act (as 
redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
12543) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking "section 122(b)" and inserting "sec-
tion 199A"; and 
42 
use 
12655, 
12655b, 
12655c, 
12655e, 
12655h, 
12655/, 
12655m. 
42 
use 
12655a. 
42 
use 
12655b. 
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42 u s e 12655c. 
42 u s e 12655e. 
42 u s e 12655h. 
42 u s e 12655g, 
12655k. 
42 u s e 12655h, 
126551, 12655J, 
12655/, 12655m, 
12655n. 
(5) 
(ii) by striking *
*
, including the information 
reqmred under subsection (b)" before the period at 
the end thereof; and 
(B) by striking subsections (c) and (d). 
Focus OF PROGRAMS.—Section 199D of such Act (as 
redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
12544) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 
(6) PUBLIC LANDS.—Section 199F(b) of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (aX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12546(b)) 
is amended by striking "section 123" and inserting "section 
199C". 
(7) PREFERENCE.—Section 1991(a) of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (aX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12549) 
is amended by striking "section 123" and inserting "section 
199C". 
(8) 
OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Such subtitle is 
further 
amended— 
(A) by striking sections 199H and 199L (as redesig-
nated in subsection (a)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12548, 
12552); and 
(B) by redesignating sections 1991, 199J, 199K, 199M, 
199N, and 1990 (as previosly redesignated) as sections 
199H, 1991, 199J, 199K, 199L, and 199M, respectively. 
(f) TABLE OF CONTENTS RELATED TO SUBTITLE L—Section 1(b) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1950 the following new items: 
"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. 1991. 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.". 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST AND PROVISION OF NATIONAL 
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST; PROVISION OF AWARDS.—Subtitle 
D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 817 
^Subtitle D—^National Service Trust and 
Provision 
of National 
Service 
Edu-
cational Awards 
<«£€. 145. ESTABUSHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST. 
42 USC 12601. 
"(a) ESTABUSHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury of 
the United States an account to be known as the National Service 
Trust. The Trust shall consist of— 
"(1) from the amounts appropriated to the Corporation 
and made available to carry out this subtitle pursuant to section 
501(aX2), such amoiuits as the Corporation may designate to 
be available for the pa3rment of— 
"(A) national service educational awards; and 
"(B) interest expenses piu'suant to section 148(e); 
**(2) any amoimts received by the Corporation as gifts, 
bequests, devises, or otherwise pursuant to section 196(aX2); 
and 
"(3) the interest on, and proceeds from the sale or redemp-
tion of, any obligations held by the Trust. 
"(b) INVESTMENT OF TRUST.—It shall be the duty of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to invest in full the amounts appropriated 
to the Trust. Except as otherwise expressly provided in instruments 
concerning a gift, bequest, devise, or other donation and agreed 
to by the Corporation, such investments may be made only in 
interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations 
guaranteed as to botn principal and interest by the United States. 
For such purpose, sucn obligations may be acquired on original 
issue at the issue price or by purchase of outstanding obligations 
at the market price. Any obligation acquired by the Trust may 
be sold by the Secretary at the market price. 
"(c) EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST.—Amounts in the Trust shall 
be available, to the extent provided for in advance by appropriation, 
for payments of national service educational awards in accordance 
with section 148. 
"(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.— 
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Corporation shall submit 
a report to the Congress on the financial status of the Trust during 
the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall— 
"(1) specify the amount deposited to the Trust firom the 
most recent appropriation to the Corporation, the amount 
received by the Corporation as gifts, bequests, devises, or other-
wise pursuant to section 196(aX2) during the period covered 
by the reptort, and any amounts obtained by the Trust pursuant 
to subsection (aX3); 
"(2) identify ihe number of individuals who are currently 
performing service to qualify, or have qualified, for national 
service educational awards; 
"(3) identify the number of individuals whose expectation 
to receive national service educational awards during the period 
covered by the report— 
*XA) has been reduced pursuant to section 147(c); or 
"(B) has lapsed pursuant to section 146(d); and 
"C4) estimate the number of additional approved national 
service positions that the Corporation will be able to make 
available under subtitle C on the basis of any accumulated 
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surplus in the Trust above the amount required to provide 
national service educational awards to individuals identified 
luider paragraph (2), including any amounts available as a 
result of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3). 
42 use 12602. 
*«£€. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 
"(a) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—^An individual shall receive a 
national service educational award from the National Service Trust 
if the individual— 
"(1) successfully completes the required term of service 
described in subsection (b) in an approved national service 
position; 
"(2) was 17 years of age or older at the time the individual 
began serving in the approved national service position or was 
an out-of-school youth serving in an approved national service 
position with a youth corps program described in section 
122(aX2) or a program described in section 122(aX9); 
"(3) at the time the individual uses the national service 
educational award— 
''(A) has received a high school diploma, or the equiva-
lent of such diploma; 
''(B) is enrolled at an institution of higher education 
on the basis of meeting the standard described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 484 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091) and meets 
the requirements of subsection (a) of such section; or 
"(C) has received a waiver described in section 137(c); 
and 
"(3) has received a high school diploma, or the equivalent 
of such diploma, at the time the individual uses the national 
service educational award, unless this requirement has been 
waived based on an individual education assessment conducted 
by the program; and 
"(4) is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful 
permanent resident alien of the United States. 
"(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—^The term of service for an approved 
national service position shall not be less than the full- or part-
time term of service specified in section 139(b). 
"(c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR 
AWARDS.—^Although an individual may serve more than 2 terms 
of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service 
position, the individual shall receive a national service educational 
award from the National Service Trust only on the basis of the 
first and second of such terms of service. 
"(d) TIME FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD.— 
"(1) SEVEN-YEAR REQUIREMENT.—An individual eligible to 
receive a national service educational award under this section 
may not use such award after the end of the 7-year period 
beginning on the date the individual completes the term of 
service in an approved national service position that is the 
basis of the award. 
"(2) EXCEPTION.—The Corporation may extend the period 
within which an individual may use a national service edu-
cational award if the Corporation determines that the 
individual— 
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107 STAT. 819 
"(A) was unavoidably prevented from using the 
national service educational award during the original 7-
year period; or 
*
*
(
B
) performed another term of service in an approved 
national service position during that period. 
"(e) 
SUSPENSION 
OF 
ELIGIBILITY 
FOR 
DRUG-RELATED 
OFFENSES.— 
**(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who, after qualif3dng 
Tinder this section as an eligible individual, has been convicted 
under any Federal or State law of the possession or sale of 
a controlled substance shall not be eligible to receive a national 
service educational award during the period beginning on the 
date of such conviction and ending after the interval specified 
in the following table: 
"If convicted of: 
The possession of a controlled substance: 
Ineligibility period is: 
ist conviction 
1 year 
2nd conviction 
2 years 
3rd conviction 
indefinite 
The sale of a controlled substance: 
1st conviction 
2 years 
2nd conviction 
indefinite 
"(2) REHABILITATION.—An individual whose eligibiKty has 
been suspended under paragraph (1) shall resume eligibility 
before the end of the period determined under such paragraph 
if the individual satisfactorily completes a drug rehabilitation 
program that complies with such criteria as the Corporation 
shall prescribe for purposes of this paragraph. 
"(3) FIRST CONVICTIONS.—An individual whose ehgibihty 
has been suspended imder paragraph (1) and is convicted of 
a first offense may resume eligibility before the end of the 
period determined under such paragraph if the individual dem-
onstrates that he or she has enrolled or been accepted for 
enrollment in a drug rehabilitation program described in para-
graph (2). 
"(4) DEFINITIONS.—^As used in this subsection, the term 
'controlled substance' has the meaning given in section 102(6) 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)). 
"(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall be effective Federal 
upon publication by the Corporation in the Federal Register S^^f^tion 
of criteria prescribed under paragraph (2). 
"(f) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— 
The Corporation may establish by regulation demonstration pro-
grams for the creation and evaluation of innovative volunteer and 
community service programs. 
*SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE NATIONAL 42 USC 12603. 
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD. 
"(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, for each of 
not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90 percent 
o
f
— 
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Armed Forces. 
42 u s e 12604. 
Loans. 
''(1) one-half of an amount equal to the aggregate basic 
educational assistance allowance provided in section 3015(bXl) 
of title 38, United States Code (as in effect on July 28, 1993), 
for the period referred to in section 3013(aXl) of such title 
(as in effect on July 28, 1993), for a member of the Armed 
Forces who is entitled to such an allowance under section 
3011 of such title and whose initial obligated period of active 
duty is 2 years; less 
"(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribution required 
to be made by the member in section 3011(b) of such title 
(as in effect on July 28,1993). 
*
*
(
b
) AMOUNT FOR PART-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.—Except as 
provided in subsection (c), ai^ individiial described in section 146(a) 
who successfully completes a required term of part-time national 
service in an approved national service position shall receive a 
national service educational award having a value, for each of 
not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 50 percent 
of value of the national service educational award determined under 
subsection (a). 
"(c) AWARD FOR PARTIAL COMPLETION OF SERVICE.—If an 
individual serving in an approved national service position is 
released in accordance with section 139(cXlXA) from completing 
the full-time or part-time term of service agreed 
to 
by the individual, 
the Corporation may provide the individual with that portion of 
the national service educational award approved for the mdividual 
that corresponds to the quantity of the term of service actually 
completed by the individual. 
^^EC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARDS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Trust shall be available— 
"(1) to repay student loans in accordance vfith subsection 
(b); 
"(2) to pav all or part of the cost of attendance at an 
institution of nigher education in accordance with subsection 
(0; 
"(3) to pay expenses incurred in participating in an 
approved school-to-work program in accordance Mdth subsection 
(a); and 
"(4) to pay interest expenses in accordance with regulations 
prescribed pursuant to suDsection (e). 
^(b) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO REPAY OUTSTANDING STU-
DENT LOANS.— 
"(1) APPLICATION BY EUGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An eligible 
individual under section 146 who desires to apply the national 
service educational award of the individual to the repayment 
of qualified student loans shall submit, in a manner prescribed 
by the Corporation, an application to the Corporation that— 
"(A) identifies, or permits the Corporation to identify 
readily, the holder or holders of such loans; 
"(B) indicates, or permits the Corporation to determine 
readily, the amounts of principal and interest outetanding 
on the locms; 
"(C) specifies, if the outetanding balance is greater 
than the amount disbursed under paragraph (2), which 
of the loans the individual prefers to be pcdd by the Cor-
poration; and 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 821 
"(D) contains or is accompanied by such other informa-
tion as the Corporation may require. 
"(2) DISBURSEMENT OF REPAYMENTS.—Upon receipt of an 
application from an eligible individual of an application that 
compUes with paragraph (1), the Corporation shall, as promptly 
as practicable consistent with paragraph (5), disburse the 
amount of the national service educational award that the 
eligible individual has earned. Such disbursement shall be 
made by check or other means that is payable to the holder 
of the loan and requires the endorsement or other certification 
by the eligible individual. 
"(3) APPLICATION OF DISBURSED AMOUNTS.—If the amoimt 
disbursed under paragraph (2) is less than the principal and 
accrued interest on any qualiifled student loan, such amoimt 
shall be applied according to the specified priorities of the 
individual. 
"(4) REPORTS BY HOLDERS.—Any holder receiving a loan 
payment pursuant to this subsection shall submit to the Cor-
poration such information as the Corporation may require to 
verify that such payment was applied in accordance with this 
subsection and any regulations prescribed to carry out this 
subsection. 
"(5) NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL.—^The Corporation upon 
disbursing the national service educational award, shall notify 
the individual of the amount paid for each outstanding loan 
and the date of payment. 
"(6) AUTHORITY TO AGGREGATE PAYMENTS.—The Corpora-
tion may, by regulation, provide for the aggregation of pajmients 
to holders under this subsection. 
"(7) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED STUDENT LOANS.—AS used 
in this subsection, the term 'qualified student loans' means— 
"(A) any loan made, insured, or guaranteed pursuant 
to title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.), other than a loan to a parent of a student 
pursuant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078-
2); and 
"(B) any loan made pursuant to title VII or VIII of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292a et seq.). 
"(8) DEFINITION OF HOLDER.—AS used in this subsection, 
the term 'holder* with respect to any eligible loan means the 
original lender or, if the loan is subsequently sold, transferred, 
or assigned to some other person, and such other person 
acquires a legally enforceable right to receive payments from 
the borrower, such other person. 
"(c) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS TO PAY CURRENT EDU-
CATIONAL EXPENSES.— 
"(1) APPUCATION BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—An eligible 
individual imder section 146 who desires to apply the individ-
ual's national service educational award to the payment of 
current full-time or part-time educational expenses shall, on 
a form prescribed by the Corporation, submit an application 
to the institution of higher education in which the student 
will be enrolled that contains such information as the Corpora-
tion may require to verify the individual's eligibility. 
"(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT BY INSTITU-
TIONS.—^An institution of higher education that receives one 
or more applications that comply with paragraph (1) shall sub-
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Regulations. 
mit to the Corporation a statement, in a manner prescribed 
by the Corporation, that— 
"(A) identifies each eligible individual filing an applica-
tion imder paragraph (1) for a disbiirsement of the 
individual's national service educational award under this 
subsection; 
"(B) specifies the amounts for which such eligible 
individuals are, consistent with paragraph (6), quafified 
for disbursement under this subsection; 
"(C) certifies that— 
"(i) the institution of higher education has in effect 
a program participation agreement under section 487 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094); 
"(ii) the institution's eligibility to participate in 
any of the programs under title IV of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) has not been limited, suspended, 
or terminated; and 
"(iii) individuals using national service educational 
awards received under mis subtitle to pay for edu-
cational costs do not comprise more than 15 percent 
of the total student population of the institution; and 
"(D) contains such provisions concerning financial 
compliance as the Corporation may require. 
"(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.^Upon receipt of a state-
ment fh>m an institution of higher education that complies 
with paragraph (2), the Corporation shall, subject to paragraph 
(4), disburse the total amount of the national service eau-
cational awards for which eligible individuals who have submit-
ted applications to that institution imder paragraph (1) are 
scheduled to receive. Such disbursement shall be made by 
check or other means that is payable to the institution and 
requires the endorsement or otner certification by the eligible 
individual. 
"(4) 
MULTIPLE 
DISBURSEMENTS 
REQUIRED.—The 
total 
amount required to be disbursed to an institution of higher 
education under paragraph (3) for any period of enrollment 
shall be disbursed by the Uoiporation in 2 or more installments, 
none of which exceeds V^ of such total amoiuit. The interval 
between the first and second such installment shall not be 
less than V2 of such period of enrollment, except as necessary 
to permit the second mstallment to be paid at the beginning 
of the second semester, quarter, or similar division of such 
period of enrollment. 
"(5) REFUND RULES.—^The Corporation shall, by regulation, 
provide for the refund to the Corporation (and the. crediting 
to the national service educational award of an eligible individ-
ual) of amounts disbursed to institutions for the benefit of 
eligible individuals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete 
the period of enrollment for which the assistance was provided. 
Such regulations shall be consistent with the fair and equitable 
refund policies required of institutions pursuant to section 484B 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091b). Amoimte 
refunded to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph may be 
used by the Corporation to fund additional approved national 
service positions imder subtitle C. 
"(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eligible individ-
ual's total available national service educational award that 
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107 STAT. 823 
may be disbursed under this subsection for any period of enroll-
ment shall not exceed the difTerence between— 
"(A) the eligible individual's cost of attendance for such 
period of enrollment, determined in accordance with section 
472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 108711); 
and 
"(B) the sum o
f
— 
"(i) 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.); and 
**(ii) the student's veterans' education benefits, 
determined in accordance with section 480(c) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087w(c)). 
"(d) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVED Regulations. 
SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall by regulation 
provide for the payment of national service educational awards 
to permit eligible individuals to participate in school-to-work pro-
grams approved by the Secretaries of Labor and Education. 
"(e) INTEREST PAYMENTS DURING FORBEARANCE ON LOAN Regulations. 
REPAYMENT.—^The Corporation shall i)rovide by regulation for the 
pa3rment on behalf of an eligible individual of interest that accrues 
during a period for which such individual has obtained forbearance 
in the repayment of a qualified student loan (as defined in sub-
section (bX6)), if the eligible individual successfully completes the 
individual's required term of service (as determined under section 
146(b)). Such regulations shall be prescribed after consultation with 
the Secretary of Education. 
"(f) EXCEPTION.—^With the approval of the Director, an approved 
national service program funded under section 121, may offer 
participants the option of waiving their right to receive a national 
service educational award in order to receive an alternative post-
service benefit funded by the program entirely with non-Federal 
funds. 
"(g) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Not-
withstanding section 101 of this Act, for purposes of this section 
the term 'institution of higher education' has the meaning provided 
by section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1088(a)).''. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Commimity Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the items relating to subtitle D 
of title I of such Act and inserting the following new items: 
"Subtitle D—^National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational 
Awards 
145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 
146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award from 
"Sec 
"Sec 
the Trust. 
"Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational award. 
"Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards.". 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
FORBEARANCE IN THE COLLECTION OF STAFFORD 
LOANS.—Section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (bXl)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (W), (X), and 
(Y) as subparagraphs (X), (Y), and (Z), respectively; 
and 
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(ii) by inserting immediately after subparagraph 
(V) the following ne\V subparagraph: 
"(WXi) provides that, upon written request, a lender 
shall grant a borrower forbearance on such terms as are 
otherwise consistent with the regulations of the Secretary, 
during periods in which the borrower is serving in a 
national service position, for which the borrower receives 
a national service educational award imder the National 
and Community Service Trust Act of 1993; 
''(ii) provides that clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph 
(V) shall also apply to a forbearance granted under this 
subparagraph; and 
"(iii) provides that interest shall continue to accrue 
on a loan for which a borrower receives forbearance under 
this subparagraph and shall be capitalized or paid by the 
borrower;"; and 
(B) in subsection (cX3XA), by striking "subsection 
(bXl)(V)" and inserting "subparagraphs (V) and (W) of sub-
section (bXD". 
(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR STAFFORD LOAN FORGiVEhfESS.—Section 
428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-
10) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (bXD, by striking "October 1, 1992" 
and inserting "October 1,1989"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(5) 
INELIGIBILITY OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL 
A
W
A
R
D RECIPIENTS.—No Student borrower may, for the same 
volunteer service, receive a benefit under both this section 
and subtitle D of title I of the National and Commimity Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.).". 
(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR PERKINS LOAN FORGIVENESS.—Section 
465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(6) No borrower may, for the same volunteer service, 
receive a benefit under both this section and subtitle D of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.).". 
(4) DEFINITION OF INCOME.—Section 480(aX2) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087w(aX2)) is amended 
by inserting after 'Tjy an individual" the following: ", and no 
E
ortion of a national service educational award or post-service 
enefit received by an individual under title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.),". 
(5) IMPACT ON GENERAL NEEDS ANALYSIS.—Section 480(j) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1966 (20 U.S.C. 1087w(i)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a national service edu-
cational award or post-service benefit under title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 
et seq.) shall not be treated as financial assistance for purposes 
of section 471(3).". 
SEC. 103. SCHOOL-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARN-
ING PROGRAMS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS.— 
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107 STAT. 825 
(1) PURPOSE.—^The purpose of this subsection is to improve 
the Serve-America programs established under part I of subtitle 
B of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and 
to enable the Corporation for National and Conmiunity Service, 
and the entities receiving financial assistance under such part, 
to— 
(A) work with teachers in elementarv schools and 
secondary schools within a community, ana with commu-
nity-based agencies, to create and offer service-learning 
opportimities for all school-age youth; 
(B) educate teachers, and faculty providing teacher 
training and retraining, about service-learning, and incor-
porate service-learning opportunities into classroom teach-
mg to strengthen academic learning; 
(C) coordinate the work of adult volunteers who work 
with elementary and secondary schools as part of their 
community service activities; and 
(D) work with employers in the communities to ensure 
that projects introduce tiie students to various careers and 
expose the students to needed further education and train-
ing. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Subtitle B of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is 
amended by striking the subtitle heading and all that follows 
through the end of part I and inserting the following: 
42 use 12521 
note. 
''Subpart A—School-Based Programs for Students 
'^EC. 111. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES. 
"(a) USE OF FUNDS.—^The Corporation, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may make grants under section 
112(bXl), and allotments under subsections (a) and (bX2) of section 
112, to States (through State educational agencies), and to Indian 
tribes, to pay for the Federal share o
f
— 
''(I) planning and building the capacity of the States or 
Indian tribes (which may be accomplished through grants or 
contracts with qualified organizations) to implement school-
based service-learning programs, including— 
"(A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, 
personnel from community-based agencies (particularly 
with regard to the utilization of participants), and trainers, 
to be conducted by qualified individuals or organizations 
that have experience with service-learning; 
''(B) developing service-learning curricula to be 
integrated into academic programs, including the ap;e-
appropriate learning component described in section 
114(dX2); 
"(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph 
(2) or (4) to develop school-based service-learning programs 
in accordance with this subpart; 
42 use 12501 
note, 12521-
12527. 
"Subtitle B—School-Based and Commu- ^'^'^^ 
nity-Based Service-Learning Programs 
"PART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS 
42 use 12521. 
/ / 
107 STAT. 826 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
"(D) devising appropriate methods for research and 
evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and 
the effect of service-learning activities on communities; and 
"(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination 
of information to ensure the broadest possible involvement 
of community-based agencies with demonstrated effective-
ness in working with school-age youth in their commu-
nities; 
"(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 State 
distribution of Federal funds made available imder this subpart 
to projects operated by local partnerships among— 
"(A) local educational agencies; and 
"(B) one 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, educational, 
environmental, or public safety needs; 
"(II) was in existence at least 1 year before 
the date on which the organization submitted an 
application under section 114; and 
"(III) will make projects available for partici-
pants, who shall be students; and 
"(ii) may include a private for-profit business or 
private elementary or secondary school; 
"(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, 
through State distribution of Federal funds made available 
under this subpart to local educational agencies, which planning 
may include paying for the cost of— 
"(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning 
coordinators; or 
"(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and place-
ment of service-learning coordinators who are participants 
in a program imder subtitle C or receive a national service 
educational award under subtitle D, 
who will identify the community partners described in para-
graph (2XB) and assist in the design and implementation of 
a program described in paragraph (2); and 
"(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
service-learning programs involving adult volunteers to utilize 
service-learning to improve the education of students, through 
State distribution of Federal funds made available under tins 
part to local partnerships among— 
"(A) local educational agencies; and 
"(B) one or more— 
"(i) public or private nonprofit organizations; 
"(ii) other educational agencies; or 
"(iii) private for-profit businesses, 
that coordinate and operate projects for participants, who shall 
be students. 
"(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 educational agency by— 
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107 STAT. 827 
''(I) providing technical assistance and information to, and 
facilitating the training of, teachers who want to use service-
learning in their classrooms; 
''(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection 
(a) in the planning, development, and execution of service-
learning projects; and 
"(3) carrying out such other duties as the local educational 
agency may determine to be appropriate. 
"(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—^A p£u:tnership, local educational 
agency, or other qualified organization that receives financial assist-
ance under this subpart 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, pro-
gram administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations, 
and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 
'^EC. IIIA. AUTHORITY 
TO 
ASSIST 
LOCAL 
APPLICANTS 
IN 42 USC12522. 
NONPARTICIPATING STATES. 
"In any fiscal year in which a State does not submit an applica-
tion imder section 113, for an allotment under subsection (a) or 
(bX2) of section 112, that meets the requirements of section 113 
and such other requirements as the Chief Executive Officer may 
determine to be appropriate, the Corporation may use the allotment 
of that Stete to make direct grants to pay for the Federal share 
of the cost o
f
— 
"(1) carr3dng out the activities described in paragraph (2) 
or (4) of section 111(a), to a local partnership described in 
such paragraph; or 
"(2) carrying out the activities described in paragraph (3) 
of such section, to an agency described in sucn paragraph, 
that is located in the State. 
"SEC. IIIB. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST PUBUC OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT 42 USC 12523. 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Corporation may make grants under 
section 112(bXl) to public or private nonprofit organizations that— 
"(1) have experience with service-learning; 
"(2) were in existence at least 1 year before the date on 
which the organization submitted an application under section 
114(a); and 
"(3) meet such other criteria as the Chief Executive Officer 
may esteblish. 
"(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Such organizations may use grants made 
under subsection (a) to make grants to partnerships described in 
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 111(a) to implement, operate, or 
expand school-based service-learning programs as described in such 
section and provide technical assistence and training to appropriate 
persons. 
"SEC. 112. GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS. 
42 USC 12524. 
"(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Corporation 
shall reserve an amoimt of not more than 3 percent for payments 
to Indian tribes, the United Stetes Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs. The Cor-
poration may also make payments from such amount to Palau, 
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in accordance with its needs, until such time as the Compact 
of Free Association with Palau is ratified. 
"(b) GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—The Corpora-
tion shall use the remednder of the funds appropriated to carry 
out this subpart for any fiscal year as follows: 
"(1) GRANTS.—^Except as provided in paragraph (3), firom 
25 percent of such remainder, the Corporation may make 
grants, on a competitive basis, to— 
"(A) States and Indian tribes; or 
"(B) as described in section l l l B , to grantmaking 
entities. 
"(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 
"(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—^Except as provided in para-
graph (3), fi:om 37.5 percent of such remainder, the Cor-
poration shall allot to each State an amount that bears 
the same ratio to 37.5 percent of such remainder as the 
number of school-age youth in the State bears to the total 
nimiber of school-age youth of all States. 
"(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(3), fi'om 37.5 percent of such remainder, the Corporation 
shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same 
ratio to 37.5 percent of such remainder as the allocation 
to the State for the previous fiscal year under chapter 
1 of title I of the Elementary and l^condary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2711 et seq.) bears to such alloca-
tions to all States. 
"(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—NO State shall receive, under para-
graph (2), an allotment that is less than the allotment such 
State received for fiscal year 1993 imder section 112(b) of 
this Act, as in efiect on the day before the date of enactment 
of this part. If the amount of funds made available in a fiscal 
year to carry out paragraph (2) is insufiicient to make such 
allotments, the Corporation shall make available sums from 
the 25 percent described in paragraph (1) for such fiscal year 
to make such allotments. 
"(4) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101(26), for pur-
poses of this subsection, the term 'State' means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico. 
"(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the 
allotment of a State or Indian tribe under this section will not 
be required for a fiscal year because the State or Indian tribe 
does not submit an application for the allotment imder section 
113 that meets the requirements of such section and such other 
requirements as the Chief Executive Officer may determine to be 
appropriate, the Corporation shall, after making any grants imder 
section l l l A to a partnership or agency described in such section, 
make any rem£dnder of such allotment available for reallotment 
to such other States, and Indian tribes, with approved applications 
submitted under section 113, as the Corporation may determine 
to be appropriate. 
"(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if 
less than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any fiscal year to carry 
out this subpart, the Corporation shall award grants to States 
and Indian tribes, from the amount so appropriated, on a competi-
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107 STAT. 829 
tive basis to pay for the Federal share of the activities described 
in section 111. 
*«£€. 113. STATE OR TRIBAL APPUCATIONS. 
42 USC 12525. 
"(a) SUBMISSION.—^To be eligible to receive a grant under section 
112(bXl), an allotment under subsection (a) or (bX2) of section 
112, a reallotment under section 112(c), or a grant under section 
112(d), a State, acting through the State educational agency, or 
an Indian tribe, shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and 
obtain approval of, an application at such time and in such manner 
as the Cnief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
"(b) CONTENTS.—^An application that is submitted imder sub-
section (a) with respect to service-learning programs described in 
section 111 shall include— 
"(1) a 3-year strate^c plan, or a revision of a previously 
approved 3-year strategic plan, for promoting service-learning 
tnrough the programs, which plan shall contain such informa-
tion as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, 
including information demonstrating that the programs will 
be carried out in a manner consistent with the approved strate-
gic plan; 
"(2) assurances that— 
"(A) the applicant will keep such records and provide 
such information to the Corporation with respect to the 
programs as may be required for fiscal audits and program 
evaluation; and 
"(B) the applicant will comply with the nonduplication 
and nondisplacement requirements of section 177 and the 
grievance procedure requirements of section 176(f); and 
(3) such additional inrormation as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require. 
««SEC. 114. LOCAL APPUCATIONS. 
42 USC 12526. 
"(a) 
APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO MAKE GRANTS FOR 
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^To be eligible to receive a grant in 
accordance with section lllB(a) to make grants relating to 
school-based service-learning programs described in section 
111(a), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the Cor-
poration, and obtain approval of, an application. 
"(2) SUBMISSION,-—Such application shall be submitted at 
such time and in such manner, and shall contain such informa-
tion, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 
Such application shall include a proposal to assist such pro-
grams in more than 1 State. 
^(b) DIRECT APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO CARRY OUT 
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS IN NONPARTICIPATING 
STATES.—^To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation 
in the circumstances described in section l l l A to carry out an 
activity as described in such section, a partnership or agency 
described in such section shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, 
and obtain approval of, an application. Such application shall be 
submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain 
such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 
require. 
"(c) APPLICATION TO STATE OR INDL^N TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSIST-
ANCE To 
CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PRO-
GRAMS.— 
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42 use 12527. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
"(A) qualified organization that desires to receive finan-
cial assistance under this subpart from a State or Indian 
tribe for an activity described in section lll(aXl); 
"(B) partnersnip described in section lll(aX2) that 
desires to receive sudi assistance from a State, Indian 
tribe, or grantmaking entity for an activity described in 
section lll(aX2); 
"(C) agencv described in section lll(aX3) that desires 
to receive such assistance from a State or Indian tribe 
for an activity described in such section; or 
"(D) partnership described in section lll(aX4) that 
desires to receive such assistance from a State or Indian 
tribe for an activity described in such section, 
to be carried out through a service-learning program described 
in section 111, shall prepare, submit to the State educational 
agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity, and obtain 
approval of, an application for the pro-am. 
"(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 
such time £ind in such manner, and shall contain such informa-
tion, as the agency, tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 
"(d) REGULATIONS.—^The Corporation shall by regulation estab-
lish standards for the information and assurances required to be 
contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) 
with respect to a service-learning program described in section 
111, including, at a minimiun, assurances that— 
"(1) prior to the placement of a participant, the entity 
carndng out the program 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; 
"(2) the entity carrying out the program will develop an 
age-appropriate learning component for participants in the pro-
gram that sh£dl include a chance for participants to analyze 
and apply their service experiences; and 
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) the entity carrying out the program will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of sec-
tion 177 and the grievance procedure requirements of section 
176(f). 
"(e) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE APPLICA-
TIONS.—No applicant shall submit an application imder section 
113 or this section, and the Corporation shall reject an application 
that is submitted imder section 113 or this section, if the application 
describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance 
requested by the applicant and the project is already described 
in another application pending before the Corporation. 
'^EC. lis. CONSIDERATION OF APPUCATIONS. 
"(a) CRITERIA FOR APPLICATIONS.—In approving applications 
for financial £issistance under subsection (a), (D), (C), or (d) of section 
112, the Corporation shall consider such criteria with respect to 
sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of programs 
imder this subpart as the Chief Executive Officer may by regulation 
specify. In providing assistance under this subpart, a State edu-
cational agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity shall consider 
such criteria. 
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107 STAT. 831 
"(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPUCATIONS.—In providing assist-
cuice under this subpart, a State educational agency or Indian 
tribe, or the Corporation if section lllA or 11 IB applies, shall 
give priority to entities that submit applications under section 114 
with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 
that— 
''(I) involve participants in the design and operation of 
the program; 
"(2) are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs 
targeting low-income areas; 
"(3) involve— 
''(A) students from public elementary or secondary 
schools, and students from private elementary or secondary 
schools, serving together; or 
"(B) students of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic 
groups, disabilities, or economic backgrounds, serving 
together; or 
"(4) are integrated into the academic program of the partici-
pants. 
"(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corporation rejects 
an application submitted by a State under section 113 for an allot-
ment imder section 112(bX2), the Corporation shall promptly notify 
the State of the reasons for the rejection of the application. The 
Corporation shall provide the State with a reasonable opportunity 
to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical 
assistance, if needed, to the State as part of the resubmission 
process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmit-
ted application. 
*«£€. USA. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRI- 42 USC 12528. 
VATE SCHOOLS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^To the extent consistent with the number 
of students in the State or Indian tribe or in the school district 
of the local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private 
nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, such State, Indian 
tribe, or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private 
school representatives) 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 subpart; 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 subpart. 
"(b) WAIVER.—^If a State, Indian tribe, or local educational 
agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation 
of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as required 
by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a State, 
Indian tribe, or local educational agency substantially 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. Such waivers shall be subject to consultation, withholding, 
notice, and judicial review requirements in accordance with para-
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graphs (3) and (4) of section 1017(b) of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2727(b)). 
42 u s e 12529. 
"SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
"(a) SHARE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attributable to this 
subpart of the cost of canying out a program for which a 
grant or allotment is made under this subpart may not exceed— 
"(A) 90 percent of the total cost of the program for 
the first year for which the program receives assistance 
under this subpart; 
"(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the program for 
the second year for which the program receives assistance 
imder this subpart; 
"(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the program for 
the third year for which the program receives assistance 
under this subpart; and 
"(D) 50 percent of the total cost of the program for 
the fourth year, and for any subsequent year, for which 
the program receives assistance under this subpart. 
"(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the remaining share 
of the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient 
of assistance under mis subpart— 
"(A) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fedrly evaluated, including lacilities, 
equipment, or services; and 
(B) may provide for such share through State sources, 
local sources, or Federal sources (other than fiuids made 
available under the national service laws). 
"(b) WAIVER.—^The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part vnth respect 
to any such program in anv 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. 
42 u s e 12530. 
«SEC. llfiA. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
"(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
"(1) LIMITATION.—^Not more than 5 percent of the amoimt 
of assistance provided to a State educational agency, Indian 
tribe, or grantmaking entity that is the originsQ recipient of 
a grant or allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of 
section 112 for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administra-
tive costs incurred by— 
"(A) the original recipient; or 
"(B) the entitjr carrying out the service-learning pro-
grams supported with the assistance. 
n[2) RULES ON USE.—The Chief Executive Officer may by 
rule prescribe the manner and extent to which— 
"(A) such assistance may be used to cover administra-
tive costs; and 
"(B) that portion of the assistance available to cover 
administrative costs should be distributed between— 
"(i) the original recipient; and 
"(ii) the entity carrying out the service-learning 
programs supported with the assistance. 
"(b) CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES.-
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
not less than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of 
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107 STAT. 833 
the amount of assistance provided to a State educational agency 
or Indian tribe that is the original recipient of a grant or 
allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112 
for a fiscal year may be used to build capacity through training, 
technical assistance, curriculum development, and coordination 
activities, described in section lll(aXl). 
**(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of paragraph (1) in order to permit an agency 
or a tribe to use not less than 10 percent and not more than 
20 percent of such amount to build capacity as provided in 
paragraph (1). To be eligible to receive sucn a waiver such 
an agency or tribe shall submit an application to the Chief 
Executive Officer at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Chief Executive Officer may require. 
"(c) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—^Funds made available under this 
subpart may not be used to pay any stipend, allowance, or other 
financial support to any student who is a participant under this 
subtitle, except reimbursement for transportation, meals, and other 
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses directly related to participation 
in a program assisted under this subpart. 
"SEC. 116B. DEFINITIONS. 
42 USC 12531. 
"As used in this subpart: 
"(1) GRANTMAKING ENnry.-The term 'grantmaking entity* 
means an organization described in section lllB(a). 
"(2) SCHOOL-BASED.—^The term 'school-based' means based 
in an elementary school or a secondary school. 
"(3) STUDENT.—Notwithstanding section 101(29), the term 
'student' means an individual who is enrolled in an elementary 
or secondary school on a 
fiiU- 
or part-time basis. 
^Subpart B—Community-Based Service Programs 
for School-Age Youth 
"SEC 117. DEFINITIONS. 
42 USC 12541. 
"As used in this subpart: 
"(1) 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 
'community-based service program' means a program described 
in section 117A(bXlXA). 
"(2) GRANTMAKING ENTITY.—The term 'grantmaking entity* 
means a qualified organization that— 
"(A) submits an application imder section 117C(a) to 
make grants to qualified organizations; 
"(B) was in existence at least 1 year before the date 
on which the organization submitted the appUcation; and 
"(C) meets such other criteria as the Chief Executive 
Officer shall establish. 
"(3) 
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 estabUsh. 
<n3EC. 117A. GENERAL AUTHORnY. 
42 USC 12542. 
"(a) GRANTS.—^From the fimds appropriated to carry out this 
subpart for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants to 
State Commissions, grantmaking entities, and qualified organiza-
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tions to pay for the Federal share of the implementation, operation, 
expansion, or replication of community-based service programs. 
"(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
"(1) STATE COMMISSIONS AND GRANTMAKING ENTITIES.—A 
State Commission or grantmaking entity may use a grant made 
under subsection (a)— 
"(A) to make a grant to a qualified organization to 
implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community-
based service pro-am that provides tor meaningful hiunan, 
educational, environmental, or public safety service by 
participants, who shall be school-age youth; or 
"(a) to provide training and technical assistance to 
such an organization. 
"(2) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.—A qualified organization, 
other than a grantmaking entity, may use a grant made under 
subsection (a) to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a 
program described in paragraph (IXA). 
42 use 12543. 
«SEC. 117B. STATE APPUCATIONS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^To be eUgible to receive a grant under section 
117A(a), a State Commission shall prepare, submit to the Corpora-
tion, and obtain approval of, an application. 
"(b) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted to the 
Corporation at such time ana in such manner, and shall contain 
such information, as the Chief Executive Ofi[icer may reasonably 
require. 
"(c) CONTENTS.—Such an application shall include, at a mini-
mum, a State plan that contains the information and assurances 
described in section 117C(d) with respect to each community-based 
service program proposed to be carried out through fiinding distrib-
uted by the State Commission under this subpart. 
42 use 12544. 
"SEC. 117C. LOCAL APPUCATIONS. 
"(a) APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO MAKE GRANTS FOR 
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant firom the Corporation imder section 117A(a) to make grants 
under section 117A(bXl), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, sub-
mit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 
that proposes a community-based service program to be carried 
out tnrough grants made to qualified organizations. Such applica-
tion shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and 
shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may 
reasonably require. 
"(b) DIRECT APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO CARRY OUT 
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—TO be eligible to receive 
a grant firom the Corporation under section 117A(a) to implement, 
operate, expand, or replicate a commimity service program, a quali-
fied organization shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and 
obtain approval of, an application that proposes a community-based 
service pro-am to be carried out at miiltiple sites, or that proposes 
an innovative community-based service program. Such application 
shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and ahall 
contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may 
reasonably require. 
"(c) APPLICATION TO STATE COMMISSION OR GRANTMAKING 
ENTITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY-BASED 
SERVICE PROGRAMS.—^To be eligible to receive a ^ant from a State 
Commission or grantmaking entity under section 117A(bXl), a 
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107 STAT. 835 
qualified organization shall prepare, submit to the Commission 
or entity, and obtain approval of, an application. Such application 
shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall 
contain such information, as the Commission or entity may reason-
ably require. 
"(d) REGULATIONS.—^The Corporation shall by regulation estab-
lish standards for the information and assurances required to be 
contained in an application submitted imder subsection (a) or (b) 
with respect to a commimity-based service program, including, at 
a minimum— 
"(1) an assurance that the entity c£uriying out the program 
proposed by the applicant will comply with the nonduplication 
and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and the griev-
ance procedure requirements of section 176(f); 
"(2) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program 
will, prior to placing a participant in the program, considt 
with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, represent-
ing employees in the area in which the program will be carried 
out that are engaged in the same or similar work as the 
work proposed to be carried out by the program, to prevent 
the displacement of such employees; and 
"(3) in the case of an application submitted by a 
grantmaking entity, information demonstrating that the entity 
will make grants for a program t o ^ 
"(A) carry out activities described in section 117A(bXl) 
in two or more States, under circumstances in which the 
activities carried out under such program can be carried 
out more efficiently through one program than through 
two or more programs; and 
"(B) carry out the same activities, such as training 
activities or activities related to exchanging information 
on service experiences, through each of the projects assisted 
through the program. 
**(e) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE APPUCA-
TIONS.—'So applicant shall submit an application under section 
117B or this section, and the Corporation shall reject an application 
that is submitted under section 117B or this section, if the applica-
tion describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance 
requested by the applicant and the project is already described 
in another application pending before the Corporation. 
*«£€. 117D. CONSIDERATION OF APPUCATIONS. 
42 USC 12545. 
"(a) APPLICATION OF CRITERIA.—^The Corporation shall apply 
the criteria described in subsection (b) in determining whether 
to approve an application submitted imder section 117B or under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 117C and to provide assistance 
under section 117A to the applicant on the basis of the application. 
"(b) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—In evaluating such an application 
with respect to a program under this subpart, the Corporation 
shall consider the criteria established for national service programs 
under section 133(c). 
"(c) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—A State Commission or 
grantmaking entity shall apply the criteria described in subsection 
(b) in determining whether to approve an application under section 
117C(c) and to make a grant under section 117A(bXl) to the 
applicant on the basis of the application. 
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42 u s e 12546. 
«SEC. 117E. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
"(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attributable to this 
subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a 
grant is made under this subpart may not exceed the percentage 
specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 
116(aXl), as appropriate. 
"(2) CALCULATION.—^Each recipient of assistance under this 
subpart shcdl comply with section 116(aX2). 
"(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
reqiiirements of subsection (a), in whole or in part, as provided 
in section 116(b). 
42 u s e 12547. 
"SEC. 117F. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
"(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—^Not more than 5 percent of the 
amount of assistance provided to a State Commission, grantmaking 
entity, or qualified organization that is the original recipient of 
a grant under section 117A(a) for a fiscal year may be used to 
pay for administrative costs inciured by— 
"(1) the original recipient; or 
"(2) the entity canying out the community-based service 
programs supported witn the assistance. 
"(b) RULES ON USE.—The Chief Executive Officer may by rule 
prescribe the manner and extent to which— 
"(1) such assistance may be used to cover administrative 
costs; and 
"(2) that portion of the assistance available to cover 
administrative costs should be distributed between— 
"(A) the original recipient; and 
"(B) the entity canying out the community-based serv-
ice programs supported witn the assistance. 
^Subpart C—Clearinghouse 
42 u s e 12551. 
<«EC. 118. SERVICE-LEARNING CLEARINGHOUSE. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Corporation shall provide financial 
assistance, firom fiinds appropriated to carry out subtitle H, to 
organizations described in suDsection (b) to establish a clearing-
house, which shall carry out activities, either directly or by arrange-
ment with another such organization, with respect to information 
about service-learning. 
"(b) PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Public 
or private nonprofit organizations that have extensive experience 
with service-learning, including use of adult volunteers to foster 
service-learning, shall be eligible to receive assistance under sub-
section (a). 
"(c) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—An organization that 
receives assistance under subsection (a) may— 
"(1) assist entities canying out State or local service-learn-
ing programs with needs assessments and planning; 
"(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning service-
learning; 
"(SXA) 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 traimng described in subparagraph (A); 
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107 STAT. 837 
''(4) facilitate communication among entities canying out 
service-learning programs and participants in such programs; 
**(5) provide information, curriculimi materials, and tech-
nical assistance relating to planning and operation of service-
learning pro-ams, to States and local entities eligible to receive 
financial assist€uice imder this title; 
"(6) provide information regarding methods to make serv-
ice-leammg programs accessible to inmviduals with disabilities; 
''(7XA) gather and disseminate information on successful 
service-learning programs, components of such successful pro-
- a m s , innovative youth skills curricula related to service-learn-
ing, and service-learning projects; and 
"(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with 
appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort; 
"(8) make recommendations to State and local entities on 
quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning pro-
grams; 
"(9) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and plac-
ing service-learning coordinators; and 
"(10) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 
Officer determines to be Etppropriate.". 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.—Subtitle B of 
title I of the National and Commimity Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12531 et seq.) is amended by striking part II and inserting 42 use 12531. 
the following: 
**PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE 
PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 
*«£€. 119. mCHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMU- 42 USC 12561. 
NTTY SERVICE. 
"(a) PURPOSE.—^It is the purpose of this part to expand partici-
pation in community service by supporting innovative community 
service programs carried out through institutions of higher edu-
cation, acting as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, 
environmental, or public safety needs of neighboring communities. 
"(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Corporation, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, is authorized to make grants 
to, and enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education 
(including a combination of such institutions), and partnerships 
comprised of such institutions and of other public or private non-
profit organizations, to pay for the Federal share of the cost of— 
(1) enabling such an institution or partnership to create 
or expand an organized community service program that— 
"(A) engenders a sense of social responsibility and 
commitment to the community in which the institution 
is located; and 
"(B) provides projects for participants, who shall be 
students, faculty, administration, or staff of the institution, 
or residents of tne community; 
"(2) supporting student-initiated and 
student-designed 
community service projects through the program; 
"(3) strengthening the leadership and instructional capacity 
of teachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 
levels, with respect to service-learning, by— 
"(A) including service-learning as a key component of 
the preservice teacher education of the institution; and 
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"(B) encouraging the faculty of the institution to use 
service-leaming methods throughout their curriculum; 
"(4) facilitating the integration of commimity service carried 
out under the program into academic curricvila, including 
integration of clinical programs into the curriculum for students 
in professional schools, so that students can obtain credit for 
their community service projects; 
"(5) supplementing the funds available to carry out work-
study programs under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to support service-learning 
and community service through the community service pro-
gram; 
"(6) strengthening the service infrastructure within institu-
tions of higher education in the United States through the 
program; £uid 
"(7) providing for the training of teachers, prospective 
teachers, related education personnel, and commimity leaders 
in the skills necessary to develop, supervise, and organize serv-
ice-learning. 
"(c) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
"(1) SHARE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of 
carrying out a community service project for which a4p:>i»it^— 
or contract is awarded imder this part may not exceed 
50 percent. 
"(B) CALCULATION.—Each recipient of assistance under 
this part shall comply with section 116(aX2). 
^ 
"(2) WAIVER.—The (Jhief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of paragraph (1), in whole or in part, as provided 
in section 116(b). 
"(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
"(1) SUBMISSION.—^To receive a grant or enter into a con-
tract under this part, an institution or partnership described 
in subsection (b) shall prepare, submit to the (Corporation, 
and obtain approval of, an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information and assurances as 
the Corporation may reasonably require. In requesting applica-
tions for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall 
specify such required information and assurances. 
"(2) CONTENTS.—^An application submitted imder 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 employ-
ees; and 
"(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplica-
tion and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 
and grievance procedure requirements of section 176(f); 
and 
"(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Offi-
cer may reasonably require. 
"(e) PRIORITY.— 
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107 STAT. 839 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^In making grants and entering into con-
tracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give priority 
to applicants that submit applications containing proposals 
that— 
''(A) demonstrate the commitment of the institution 
of higher education, other than by demonstrating the 
commitment of the students, to supporting the community 
service projects carried out under the program; 
"(B) specify the manner in whicn the institution will 
promote faculty, administration, and staff participation in 
the community service projects; 
"(C) specify the manner in which the institution will 
provide service to the conmiunity through organized pro-
grams, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for 
students in professional schools; 
"(D) describe any partnership that will participate in 
the commimity service projects, such as a partnership com-
prised of— 
"(i) the institution; 
"(iiXD a commimity-based agency; 
"(II) a local government agency; or 
"(III) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves 
school-age youth or older adults; and 
"(iii) a student organization; 
"(E) demonstrate community involvement in the devel-
opment of the proposal; 
"(F) specify that the institution will use such assistance 
to strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of 
higher education; or 
"(G) with respect to projects involving delivery of serv-
ice, specify projects that involve leadership development 
of school-age youth. 
"(2) DETERMINATION.—In giving priority to applicants 
under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall give increased prior-
ity to such an applicant for each characteristic described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1) that is reflected 
in the application submitted by the applicant. 
"(f) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—A participant 
in a program funded under this part shall be eligible for the 
national service educational award described in subtitle D, if the 
participant served in an approved national service position. 
"(g) DEFINITION.—^Notwithstanding section 101(29), as used in 
this part, the term 'student' means an individiial who is enrolled 
in an institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.", 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Commimity Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended bv striking the items relating to subtitle B of 
title I of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 
"PART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS 
"SUBPART A—SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS 
"Sec. 111. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes. 
"Sec. IIIA. Authority to assist local applicants in nonparticipating States. 
"Sec. 11 
IB. Authority to assist public or private nonprofit organizations. 
"Sec. 112. Grants and allotments. 
"Sec. 113. State or tribal applications. 
"Sec. 114. Local applications. 
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PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
"Sec. 115. Consideration of applications. 
"Sec. 115A. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 
"Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 
"Sec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds. 
"Sec. 116B. Definitions. 
"SUBPAKT B—COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH 
"Sec. 117. Definitions. 
"Sec. 117A. General authority. 
"Sec. 117B. State applications. 
"Sec. 117C. Local applications. 
"Sec. 117D. Consideration of applications. 
"Sec. 117E. Federal, State, and local contributions. 
"Sec. 117F. Limitations on uses of funds. 
"SUBPART C—CLEARINGHOUSE 
"Sec. 118. Service-learning clearinghouse. 
"PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 
"Sec. 119. Higher education innovative programs for community service.". 
SEC. 104. QUALITY AND INNOVATION ACTIVmES. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subtitle E of title I of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSFER.—^Title I of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subtitle H (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) 
42 use 12653- 
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(2) by inserting subtitle E (as redesignated by paragraph 
(l)ofthissubsection)after subtitle D; and 
(3) by redesignating sections 195 through 1950 as sections 
151 through 166, respectively. 
(c) INVESTMENT FOR QUALITY AND INNOVATION.—Title I of the 
National and Commimity Service Act of 1990 (as amended by 
subsection (b) of this section) is amended by inserting after subtitle 
G the following new subtitle: 
^Subtitle H—^Investment for Quality and 
Innovation 
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'^EC. 198. ADDITIONAL 
CORPORATION 
ACTIVITIES 
TO 
SUPPORT 
NATIONAL SERVICE. 
"(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 
may carry out this section directly (except as provided in subsection 
(r)) or through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with 
other entities. 
"(b) INNOVATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.—The Corporation 
may undertake activities to improve the quality of national service 
programs, including service-learning programs, and to support 
mnovative and model programs, including— 
"(1) programs, including programs for rural youth, under 
subtitle B or C; 
''(2) employer-based retiree programs; 
"(3) intergenerational programs; 
"(4) programs involving individuals with disabilities as 
participants providing service; and 
"(5) programs sponsored by Governors. 
"(c) SUMMER PROGRAMS.—^The Corporation may support service 
programs intended to be carried out between May 1 and October 
1, except that such a program may also include a year-round 
component. 
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107 STAT. 841 
"(d) COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES.—The Conwration may pro-
vide training and technical assistcuice and other assistance to 
service sponsors and other community-based agencies that provide 
volunteer placements in order to improve the abiUty of such agencies 
to use p£irticipants and other volunteers in a manner that resi:dts 
in high-quality service and a positive service experience for the 
participants and volunteers. 
"(e) IMPROVE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE.—The Corpora-
tion shall provide training and technical assistance, where nec-
essary, to mdividuals, programs, local labor organizations, State 
educational agencies. State Commissions, local educational agencies, 
local governments, community-based agencies, and other entities 
to enable them to apply for funding under one of the national 
service laws, to conduct high-quality progr&ms, to evaluate such 
programs, and for other purposes. 
"(f) NATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Corporation may 
award national service fellowships. 
"(g) CONFERENCES AND MATERIALS.—The Corporation may orga-
nize and hold conferences, and prepare and publish materials, to 
disseminate information and promote the sharing of information 
among programs for the purpose of improving the quality of pro-
grams and projects. 
"(h) PEACE CORPS AND VISTA TRAINING.—The Corporation may 
provide training assistance to selected individuals wno volunteer 
to serve in the Peace Corps or a program authorized under title 
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 
et seq.). The training shall be provided as part of the course of 
study of the individual at an institution of higher education, shall 
involve service-learning, and shall cover appropriate skills that 
the individual will use in the Peace Corps or VISTA. 
"(i) PROMOTION AND RECRUITMENT.—The Corporation may con-
duct a campaign to solicit fimds for the National Service Trust 
and other programs and activities authorized imder the national 
service laws and to promote and recruit participants for programs 
that receive assistance under the national service laws. 
"(j) TRAINING.—^The Corporation may support national and 
regional participant and supervisor training, including leadership 
training and training in specific tjrpes of service and in building 
the ethic of civic responsibility. 
"(k) RESEARCH.—^The Corporation may support research on 
national service, including service-learning. 
"(1) INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT.—The Corporation may assist 
programs in developing a service component that combines students, 
out-of-school youths, and older adults as participants to provide 
needed community services. 
"(m) PLANNING COORDINATION.—The Corporation may coordi-
nate community-wide planning among programs and projects. 
"(n) YOUTH LEADERSHIP.—^The Corporation may support activi-
ties to enhance the ability of youth and young adults to play 
leadership roles in national service. 
"(o) NATIONAL PROGRAM IDENTITY.—^The Corporation mav sup-
port the development and dissemination of materials, including 
training materials, and arrange for uniforms and insignia, designed 
to promote imity and shared features among programs that receive 
assistance imder the national service laws. 
"(p) SERVICE-LEARNING.—^The Corporation shall support innova-
tive programs and activities that promote service-learmng. 
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PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
"(q) NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY.— 
"(1) DESIGNATION.—April 19, 1994, and April 18, 1995 are 
President. 
each designated as 'National Youth Service Day*. The President 
is authorized and directed to issue a proclamation calling on 
the people of the United States to observe the day with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities. 
"(2) FEDERAL AcnvmES.—^In order to observe National 
Youth Service Day at the Federal level, the Corporation may 
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y out appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
**(3) AcTlvrnES.—^The Corporation may make grants to pub-
lic or private nonprofit organizations with demonstrated ability 
to carry out appropriate activities, in order to support such 
activities on National Youth Service Day. 
"(r) ASSISTANCE FOR HEAD START.—The Corporation may make 
grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements 
with, public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations that 
receive grants or contracts imder the Foster Grandparent Program 
(part B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 5011 et seq.)), for projects of the tjrpe described in 
section 211(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 5011) operating under memo-
randa of agreement with the ACTION Agency, for the purpose 
of increasing the number of low-income individuals who provide 
services under such program to children who participate in Head 
Start programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C 9831 et seq). 
42 use 12653a. 
"SEC. IMA. CLEARINGHOUSES. 
''(a) ASSISTANCE.—^The Corporation shall provide assistance to 
appropriate entities to establish one or more clearinghouses, includ-
ing the clearinghouse described in section 118. 
"(b) APPLICATION.—^To be eligible to receive assistance under 
subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application to the Corpora-
tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Corporation may require. 
**(c) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSES.—An entity that receives 
assistance under subsection (a) may— 
"(1) assist entities canying out State or local community 
service programs with needs assessments and planning; 
"(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning commu-
nity service; 
''(3XA) provide leadership development and training to 
State and local community service program administrators, 
supervisors, and participants; and 
"(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leader-
ship development and traimng described in subparagraph (A); 
"(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out 
conmiunity service programs and participants; 
"(5) provide information, curriculum materials, and tech-
nical assist£uice relating to planning and operation of commu-
nity service programs, to States and local entities eligible to 
receive funds imder this title; 
"(GXA) gather and disseminate information on successful 
commimity service programs, components of such successful 
programs, innovative youth skills curriculum, and community 
service projects; and 
"(B) coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with 
appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort; 
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107 STAT. 843 
"(7) make recommendations to State and local entities on 
quality controls to improve the delivery of community service 
programs and on changes in the programs under this title; 
and 
**(8) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 
Officer determines to be appropriate. 
<^EC. 1»8B. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR SERVICE. 
42 USC 12653b. 
"(a) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the Cor-
poration, may make Presidential awards for service to individ-
uals providing significant service, and to outstanding service 
programs. 
"(2) INDIVIDUALS AND PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding section 
101(19>-
"(A) an individual receiving an award under this sub-
section need not be a participant in a program authorized 
under this Act; and 
"(B) a program receiving an award under this sub-
section need not be a program authorized under this Act. 
"(3) NATURE OF AWARD.—-In making an award under this 
section to an individual or program, the President, acting 
through the Corporation— 
"(A) is authorized to incur necessary expenses for the 
honorary recognition of the individual or program; and 
"(B) is not authorized to make a cash award to such 
individual or program. 
"(b) INFORMATION.—^The President, acting through the Corpora-
tion, shall ensure that information concerning individuals and pro-
grams receiving awards imder this section is widely disseminated. 
•nSEC. 198C. MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEMONSTRATION 
Disadvantaged. 
PROGRAMS. 
42 USC 12653c. 
"(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are t o ^ 
"(1) provide meaningful service opportimities for economi-
cally disadvantaged youth; 
"(2) fully utilize military installations affected by closures 
or realignments; 
"(3) encourage communities affected by such closures or 
realignments to convert the installations to community use; 
and 
"(4) foster a sense of community pride in the youth in 
the community. 
"(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
"(1) AFFECTED MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term 'affected 
military installation' means a military installation described 
in section 325(eXl) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 
U.S.C. 1662d(eXl)). 
"(2) COMMUNITY.—^The term 'community' includes a county. 
"(3) CONVERT TO COMMUNITY USE.—The term 'convert to 
community use', used with respect to an affected military 
installation, includes— 
"(A) conversion of the installation or a part of the 
installation to— 
"(i) a park; 
"(ii) a community center; 
"(iii) a recreational facility; or 
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''(iv) a facility for a Head Start program under 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and 
"(B) carrying out, at the instcdlation, a construction 
or economic development project that is of substantial bene-
fit, as determined by the Chief Executive Officerj to— 
"(i) the community in which the installation is 
located; or 
"(ii) a community located within such distance of 
the installation as the Chief Executive Officer may 
determine by regulation to be appropriate. 
"(4) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The term 'demonstration 
program' means a program described in subsection (c). 
"(c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) GRANTS.—^The Corporation may make grants to 
communities and community-based agencies to pay for the Fed-
eral share of establishing and carrying out military installation 
conversion demonstration programs, to assist in converting to 
community use £ififected military installations located— 
"(A) within the community; or 
"(B) within such distance from the commimity as the 
Chief Executive Officer may by regulation determine to 
be appropriate. 
**(2) DURATION.—^In carrying out such a demonstration pro-
gram, the community or community-based agency may carry 
out— 
"(A) a program of not less than 6 months in duration; 
or 
"(B) a full-time simimer program. 
"(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
"(1) STIPEND.—A community or community-based agency 
that receives a grant under subsection (c) to establish and 
carry out a project through a demonstration program may 
use the funds made available through such grant to pay for 
a portion of a stipend for the participants in the project. 
"(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF STIPEND.—The amount of 
the stipend provided to a participant under para|n'aph (1) that 
may be paid using assistance provided imder this section and 
using any other Federal funds shall not exceed the lesser of— 
(A) 85 percent of the total average annual subsistence 
allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4955); and 
"(B) 85 percent of the stipend established by the dem-
onstration program involved. 
"(e) PARTICIPANTS.— 
"(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A person shall be eUgible to be selected 
as a participant in a project carried out through a demonstra-
tion program if the person is— 
"(A) an economically disadvantaged individual; and 
"(BXi) a person described in section 153(b); 
"(ii) a youth described in section 154(a); or 
"(iii) an eligible youth described in section 423 of the 
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1693). 
"(2) PARTICIPATION.—Persons desiring to participate in such 
a project shall enter into an agreement with tne service sponsor 
of the project to participate— 
(A) on a full-time or a part-time basis; and 
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107 STAT. 845 
**(B) for the duration referred to in subsection (fK2XC). 
"(D APPLICATION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^To be eligible to receive a grant irnder 
subsection (c), a communitv or community-based agency shall 
submit an application to the Chief Executive OfiEicer at such 
time, in sucn manner, and containing such information as 
the Chief Executive Officer may require. 
"(2) CONTENTS.—^At a minimum, such application shall 
contain— 
"(A) a description of the demonstration program pro-
posed to be conducted by the applicant; 
''(B) a proposal for carrying out the program that 
describes the manner in which the applicant will— 
"(i) provide preservice and mservice training, for 
supervisors and participants, that will be conducted 
by qualified individuals or qualified organizations; 
"(ii) conduct an appropriate evaluation of the pro-
gram; and 
"(iii) provide for appropriate commiuiity involve-
ment in the program; 
''(C) information indicating the duration of the pro-
gram; and 
"(D) an assurance that the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of 
section 177 and the grievance procedure requirements of 
section 176(f). 
"(g) LIMITATION ON GRANT.—^In making a grant under sub-
section (c) with respect to a demonstration program to assist in 
converting an affected military installation, the Corporation shall 
not make a grant for more than 25 percent of the total cost of 
the conversion. 
'^EC. 198D. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
42 USC 12653d. 
"(a) 
SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
FOR THE YUKON-
KusKOKWiM DELTA OF ALASKA.—^The President may award grants 
to, and enter into contracts with, organizations to carry out pro-
grams that address significant human needs in the Yukon-
Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska. 
"(b) APPLICATION.— 
"(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—TO be eligible to receive a 
grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) with respect 
to a program, an organization shall submit an application to 
the President at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the President may require. 
"(2) 
CONTENTS.—^The 
application 
submitted 
by 
the 
organization shall, at a minimum— 
"(A) include information describing the manner in 
which the program will utilize VISTA volunteers, individ-
uals who have served in the Peace Corps, and other quali-
fied persons, in partnership with tne local nonprofit 
organizations known as the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Cor-
poration and the Alaska Village Coimcil Presidents; 
"(B) take into consideration— 
"(i) the primarily noncash economy of the region; 
and 
"(ii) the needs and desires of residents of the local 
communities in the region; and 
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"(C) include specific strategies, developed in coopera-
tion with the Yupilc speaking population that resides in 
such communities, for comprehensive and intensive commu-
nity development for communities in the Yukon-
Kuskokwim delta region.". 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
(1) 
CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.—Section 1(b) of 
the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the items relating 
to subtitle E of title I of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Subtitle E—Civilian Community Corps 
"Sec. 151. Purpose. 
"Sec. 152. Establishment of Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program. 
"Sec. 153. Nationsil service program. 
"Sec. 154. Simimer national service program. 
"Sec. 155. 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 other departments. 
"Sec. 163. Advisory board. 
"Sec. 164. Annual evaluation. 
"Sec. 165. Fimding limitation. 
"Sec. 166. Definitions.". 
(2) QUALITY AND INNOVATION.—Section 1(b) of the National 
and Commimity Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 
104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the items relating 
to subtitle H of title I of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 
"Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 
"Sec. 198A. Clearinghouses. 
"Sec. 198B. Presidential awards for service. 
"Sec. 198C. Militanr installation conversion demonstration programs. 
"Sec. 198D. Special demonstration project.". 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—-
(1) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 
]^993 _ 
(A) Section 1091(£X2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Pubhc Law 102-
32 use 501 note. 
484) is amended by striking "1950" and inserting "158". 
(B) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1092(b), and sec-
42 use 12653a 
tions 1092(c), 1093(a), and 1094(a) of such Act are amended 
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Striking "195A'' and inserting "152". 
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(C) Sections 1091(fK2), 1092(bXl), and 1094(a), and 
106 Stat. 2535. 
subsections (a) and (c) of section 1095 of such Act are 
106 Stat. 2535. 
amended by striking "subtitle H" and inserting "subtitle 
E". 
(D) Section 1094(bXl) and subsections (b) and (cXD 
of section 1095 of such Act are amended by striking "sub-
titles B, C, D, E, F, and G" and inserting "subtitles B, 
C, D, F, G, and H". 
(2) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990.— 
(A) Section 153(a) of the National £md Community 
Service Act of 1990 (as redesignated in subsection (bX3) 
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of this Section) (42 U.S.C. 12653b(a)) is amended by striking 
"195A(a)" and inserting "152(a)". 
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107 STAT. 847 
(B) Section 154(a) of such Act (as redesignated in 
subsection (bX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653c(a)) is 42 use 12614. 
amended by striking ''195A(a)'' and inserting ''152(a)''. 
(C) Section 155 of such Act (as redesignated in sub-
section (bX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653d) is 42 use 12615. 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ''195H(cXl)'' and 
inserting "159(cXl)''; 
(ii) in subsection (cX2), by striking **195H(cX2)'' 
and inserting **159(cX2)''; and 
(iii) in subsection (dX3), by striking "195K(aX3)'' 
and inserting "162(aX3)*'. 
(D) Section 156 of such Act (as redesignated in sub-
section (bX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653e) is 42 use 12616. 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (cXD, by striking "195H(cX2)'' and 
inserting "159(cX2)''; and 
(ii) in subsection (d), by striking ''195K(aX3)'' and 
inserting *'162(aX3)''. 
(E) Section 159 of such Act (as redesignated in sub-
section (bX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653h) is 42 use 12619. 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) by striking "195A'' and inserting "152"; and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking "195" and 
inserting "151"; and 
(ii) 
in 
subsection 
(cX2XCXi), 
by 
striking 
"195K(aX2)" and inserting "section 162(aX2)". 
(F) Section 161(bXlXB) of such Act (as redesignated 
in 
subsection 
(bX3) 
of 
this 
section) 
(42 
U.S.C. 42 use 12621. 
12653i(bXlXB)) is amended by striking "195K(aX3)" and 
inserting "162(aX3)". 
(G) Section 162(aX2XA) of such Act (as redesignated 
in 
subsection 
(bX3) 
of 
this 
section) 
(42 
U.S.C. 42 use 12622. 
12653k(aX2XA)) is amended by striking "195(3)" and insert-
ing "151(3)". 
(H) Section 166 of such Act (as redesignated in sub-
section (bX3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653o) is 42 use 12626. 
amended— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking "195D" and insert-
ing "155"; 
(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking "195A" and insert-
ing "152"; 
(iii) in paragraph (10), by striking "195D(d)" and 
inserting "155(d) ; and 
(iv) in paragraph (11), by striking "195D(c)" and 
inserting "155(c) . 
(0 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CIVILIAN COMMUNITY 
CORPS.—Section 1092(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2534), as 
amended by subsection (eXD of this section, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The amount 
made available for the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
Program pursuant to this subsection shall remain available for 
expenditure during fiscal years 1993 and 1994.". 
(g) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING CIVILIAN COMMUNITY 
CORPS.—Action 158 of the National and Community Service Act 
107 STAT. 848 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
42 use 12618. 
of 1990 (as redesignated in subsection (bX3) of this section) (42 
U.S.C. 12653g) is amended by striking subsections (f), (g), and 
(h) and inserting tiie following new subsections: 
*
*
(
f
) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A Corps mem-
ber who successfully completes a ^riod of agreed service in the 
Corps may receive tne national service educational award described 
in subtitle D if the Corps member— 
"(1) serves in an approved national service position; and 
"(2) satisfies the eligioilit^ requirements specined in section 
146 with respect to service m that approved national service 
position. 
(g) M
.
T
E
R
N
A
T
I
V
E BENEFIT.—If a Corps member who success-
fully completes a period of agreed service m the Corps is ineligible 
for the national service educational award described in subtitle 
D, the Director may provide for the provision of a suitable alter-
native benefit for the Corps member.". 
SEC. 105. PUBUC LANDS CORPS. 
Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly known 
as the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before section 1 the following: 
"TITLE I—YOUTH CONSERVATION 
\ 
CORPS''; 
(2) by striking "Act" each place it appears and inserting 
"title"; 
16 use 1701- 
(3) by redesignating sections 1 through 6 as sections 101 
^
'
^
^
^
- 
through 106, respectively; 
16 use 1702. 
(4) in section 102 (as so redesignated), by inserting "in 
this title" after "hereinafter" in subsection (a); 
16 use 1704. 
(5) in section 104 (as so redesignated), by striking "section 
6" in subsection (d) and inserting "section 106 ; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new title: 
"TITLE II—PUBUC LANDS CORPS 
Public Lands 
C!orps Act 
of 1993. 
Conservation. 
*nSEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
16 u s e 1701 
note. 
"This title may be cited as the 'Public Lands Corps Act of 
1993'. 
16 u s e 1721. 
•«£€. a02. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
"(a) FINDINGS.—^The Congress finds the following: 
"(1) Conserving or developing natural and cultural 
resources and enhancing and maintcdning environmentally 
important lands and waters through the use of the Nation's 
young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit 
those men and women by providing them with education and 
work opportimities, furthering their imderstanding and appre-
ciation of the natural and cultural resources, and providing 
a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness 
they have incurred to obtain higher education while at the 
same time benefiting the Nation's economy and its environment. 
"(2) Many facilities and natural resources located on eligible 
service lands are in disrepair or degraded and in need o
f
^ 
labor intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement \ 
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107 STAT. 849 
work which cannot be carried out by Federal agencies at exist-
ing personnel levels. 
''(3) Youth conservation corps have established a good 
record of restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities 
and resources in a cost effective and efficient manner, especially 
when they have worked in partnership arrangements with 
government land management agencies. 
"(b) PURPOSE.—^It is the purpose of this title to— 
**(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate con-
servation projects on eligible service lands where such projects 
will not be performed by existing employees; 
"(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in performing 
research and public education tasks associated with natural 
and cultural resources on eligible service lands; 
"(3) expose young men and women to public service while 
furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation's 
natural and cultural resources; 
"(4) expand educational opportunities by rewarding individ-
uals who participate in national service with an increased 
ability to pursue higher education or job training; and 
"(5) stimulate interest among the Nation's yoimg men and 
women in conservation careers by exposing them to conserva-
tion professionals in land managing agencies. 
«SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
16 USC 1722. 
"For purposes of this title: 
"(1) 
APPROPRIATE 
CONSERVATION 
PROJECT.—The term 
'appropriate conservation project' means any project for the 
conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation of natu-
ral, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or scenic 
resources. 
"(2) CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS.—The terms 'Corps' 
and 'Public Lands Corps' mean the Public Lands Corps estab-
lished under section 204. 
"(3) ELIGIBLE SERVICE LANDS.—The term 'eligible service 
lands' means public lands, Indian lands, and Hawaiian home 
lands. 
"(4) HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.—The term 'Hawaiian home 
l£inds' means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home 
lands imder section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission 
Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the corresponding provision 
of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 
4 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the admission 
of the State of Hawaii into the Union*, approved March 18, 
1959 (Public Law 86-3; 73 Stat. 5). 
"(5) INDIAN.—^The term 'Indian' means a person who— 
"(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or 
"(B) is a 'Native', as defined in section 3(b) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)). 
"(6) INDIAN LANDS.—The term 'Indian lands' means— 
"(A) any Indian reservation; 
"(B) any public domain Indian allotments; 
"(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of 
Oklahoma; 
"(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, 
regional corporations, and village corporations under the 
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); and 
**(£) any land held by dependent Indian communities 
within the borders of the United States whether within 
the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and 
whether within or without the limits of a State. 
"(7) INDIAN TRIBE.—^The term 'Indian tribe' means an 
Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or commu-
nity, including any Native village. Regional Corporation, or 
Village Corporation, as defined m subsection (c), (g), or (j)> 
respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (c), (g), or (i)), that is recognized 
as eligible for the special programs and services providfed by 
the Imited States under Federal law to Indians because of 
their status as Indians. 
"(8) PUBLIC LANDS.—^The term 'public lands' means any 
lands or waters (or interest therein) owned or administered 
by the United States, except that such term does not include 
any Indian lands. 
"(9) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION CORPS.—The term 
'qualified youth or conservation corps' means any program 
established by a State or local government, by the governing 
body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that— 
"(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, produc-
tive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, 
inclusive, in a natural or cultural resource setting; 
"(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic 
and life skills, education, training, and support services; 
and 
"(C) provides participants with the opportunity to 
develop citizenship values and skills through service to 
their community and the United States. 
"(10) RESOURCE ASSISTANT.—The term 'resource assistant' 
means a resource assistant selected under section 206. 
"(11) STATE.—The term 'State' means any State of the 
United States, the District of Colimibia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Vi^n Islands of the United States, 
Americ€ui Samoa, and the (Jommonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
16 use 1723. 
«SEC. 204. PUBUC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM. 
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBUC LANDS CORPS.—There is hereby 
established in the Department of the Interior and the Department 
of 
Agriculture a PubUc Lands Corps. 
(b) PARTICIPANTS.—^The Corps shall consist of individuals 
between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are enrolled as 
participants in the Corps by the Secretary of the Interior or the 
secretary of Agriculture. To he eligible for enrollment in the Corps, 
an individual shall satisfy the criteria specified in section 137(b) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries 
may enroll such individuals in the Corps without regard to the 
civQ service and t:lassification laws, rules, or regulations of the 
United States. The Secretaries may establish a preference for the 
enrollment in the Corps of individuals who are economically, phys-
ically, or educationally disadvantaged. 
"(c) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION CORPS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriciilture are author-
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107 STAT. 851 
ized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with any 
qualified youth or conservation corps to perform appropriate con-
servation projects referred to in subsection (d). 
"(d) PROJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT.—The Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may each utilize the 
Corps or any qualified youth or conservation corps to carry out 
appropriate conservation projects which such Secretary is author-
ized to carry out under other authority of law on public lands. 
Appropriate conservation projects may also be carried out under 
this title on Indian lands with the approval of the Indian tribe 
involved and on Hawaiian home landis with the approval of the 
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State of Hawaii. The 
Secretaries may also authorize appropriate conservation projects 
and other appropriate projects to be carried out on Federal, State, 
local, or private lands as part of disaster prevention or relief efforts 
in response to an emergenqr or mcgor disaster declared by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
''(e) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—In selecting appro-
priate conservation projects to be carried out imder this title, the 
Secretaiy of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
give preference to those projects which— 
"(1) will provide long-term benefits to the public; 
"(2) will instill in the enroUee involved a work ethic and 
a sense of public service; 
"(3) wul be labor intensive; 
"(4) can be planned and initiated promptly; and 
"(5) will provide academic, experiential, or environmental 
education opportunities. 
"(f) CONSISTENCY.—^Each appropriate conservation project car-
ried out imder this title on eligible service lands shall be consistent 
with the provisions of law ana policies relating to the management 
and administration of such lands, with all other applicable provi-
sions of law, and with all management, operational, and other 
plans and documents which govern the administration of the area. 
"SEC. 205. CONSERVATION CENTERS. 
16 USC 1724. 
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND USE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide 
such quarters, board, medical care, transportation, and other serv-
ices, facilities, supplies, and equipment as such Secretary deems 
necessary in connection with the Public Lands Corps and appro-
priate conservation projects carried out under this title and to 
establish and use conservation centers owned and operated by 
such Secretary for purposes of the Corps and such projects. The 
Secretaries shall estabUsh basic standards of health, nutrition, sani-
tation, and safety for all conservation centers established under 
this section and shall assure that such standards are enforced. 
Where necessary or appropriate, the Secretaries may enter into 
contracts and otner appropriate arrangements with State and local 
government agencies and private organizations for the management 
of such conservation centers. 
"(b) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements with the 
Secretary of Defense to have logistical support provided by the 
Armed Forces to the Corps and any conservation center established 
imder this section, where feasible. Logistical support may include 
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the provision of temporary tent shelters where needed, transpor-
tation, and residential supervision. 
"(c) USE OF MIUTARY INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements 
with the Secretary of Defense to identify military installations 
and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consulta-
tion with the a4jutant generals of the State National Guards, 
National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, 
by the Corps for training or housing Corps participants. 
16 use 1725. 
<^EC. 206. RESOURCE ASSISTANTS. 
"(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide individual 
placements of resource assistants with any Federal land managing 
agency under the jurisdiction of such Secretary to carry out research 
or resource protection activities on behalf of the agency. To be 
eligible for selection as a resource assistant, an individual must 
be at least 17 years of age. The Secretaries may select resource 
assistants without regard to the civil service and classification 
laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretaries 
shall give a preference to the selection of individuals who are 
enrolled in an institution of higher education or are recent grad-
uates from an institution of higher education, with particular atten-
tion given to ensure full representation of women and participants 
from historically black, Hispanic, and Native American schools. 
"(b) USE OF EXISTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Whenever 
one or more existing nonprofit organizations can provide, in the 
judgment of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture, appropriate recruitment and placement services to fulfill 
the requirements of this section, the Secretary may implement 
this section through such existing organizations. Participating non-
profit organizations shall contribute to the expenses of providing 
and supporting the resource assistants, through private sources 
of funding, at a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of 
each participant in the Resource Assistant program who has been 
recruited and placed through that organization. Any such participat-
ing nonprofit conservation service organization shall be required, 
by the respective land managing agency, to submit an annual 
report evaluating the scope, size, and quality of the program, includ-
ing the value of work contributed by the Resource Assistants, to 
the mission of the agency. 
16 use 1726. 
'^EC. 207. LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE. 
"(a) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide each participant in the 
Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allow-
ance in an amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance 
authorized by section 140(aX3) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 for participants in a national service program 
assisted imder subtitle C of title I of such Act. 
"(b) TERMS OF SERVICE.—Each participant in the Corps and 
each resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps 
or serve as a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such 
term of service as may be established by the Secretary enrolling 
or selecting the individual. 
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107 STAT. 853 
<«EC. a08. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
16 USC 1727. 
"(a) EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS AND AWARDS.—If a participant in 
the Public Lands Corps or a resource assistant also serves in 
an approved national service position designated under subtitle 
C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, 
the participant or resource assistant shall be eligible for a national 
service educational award in the manner prescribed in subtitle 
D of such title upon successfully complving with the requirements 
for the award. Tne period during which the national service edu-
cational award may be used, the purposes for which the award 
may be used, and the amount of the award shall be determined 
as provided under such subtitle. 
"(b) FORBEARANCE IN THE COLLECTION OF STAFFORD LOANS.— 
For purposes of section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
in the case of borrowers who are either participants in the Corps 
or resource assistants, upon written request, a lender shall grant 
a borrower forbearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent 
with the regulations of the Secretary of Education, during periods 
in which the borrower is serving as such a participant or a resource 
assistant. 
'*SEC. 209. NONDISPLACEMENT. 
16 USC 1728. 
"The nondisplacement re(][uirements of section 177 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable 
to all activities carried out by the Public Lcuids Corps, to all activi-
ties carried out under this title by a qualified youth or conservation 
corps, and to the selection and service of resource assistants. 
"SEC 210. FUNDING. 
16 USC 1729. 
**(a) COST SHARING.— 
"(1) PROJECTS BY QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION 
CORPS.—^The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture are each authorized to pay not more than 75 percent 
of the costs of an^ appropriate conservation project carried 
out pursuant to this title on public lands by a qualified youth 
or conservation corps. The remaining 25 percent of the costs 
of such a project may be provided firom nonfederal sources 
in the form of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, 
or any combination of the foregoing. No cost sharing shall 
be required in the case of any appropriate conservation project 
carried out on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands under 
this title. 
"(2) PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROJECTS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized 
to accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or 
equipment for the purposes of operating the Public Lands Corps 
and carrying out appropriate conservation projects by the Corps. 
However, nothing m this title shall be construed to reqmre 
any cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the 
Corps. 
"(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERV-
ICE ACT.—In order to carry out the Public Lands Corps or to 
support resource assistants and qualified youth or conservation 
corps under this title, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of AgriciUture shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance 
under section 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990.". 
107 STAT. 854 
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42 use 12656. 
SEC. 106. URBAN YOUTH CORPS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautification of 
urban public housing, recreational sites, youth and senior cen-
ters, and public roads and public works facilities through the 
efforts of young people in the United States in an Urban Youth 
Corps can benefit these youths, while also benefiting their 
communities, by— 
(A) providing them with education and work opportimi-
ties; 
(B) furthering their understanding and appreciation 
of the challenges faced by individuals residing in urban 
communities; and 
(C) providing them with a means to pay for higher 
education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred 
to obtain higher education. 
(2) A significant number of housing units for low-income 
individuals in urban areas has become substandard and unsafe 
and the deterioration of urban roadways, mass transit systems, 
and transportation facilities in the United States have contrib-
uted to the blight encountered in many cities in the United 
States. 
(3) As a result, urban housing, public works, and transpor-
tation resources are in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, 
reclamation, and beautification work that has been neglected 
in the past and cannot be adequately carried out by Federal, 
State, and local government at existing personnel levels. 
(4) Urban youth corps have established a good record of 
rehabilitating, reclaiming, and beautifjdng these kinds of 
resources in a cost-efficient manner, especially when they have 
worked in partnership with government housing, public works, 
and transportation authorities and agencies. 
(b) PURPOSE.—^It is the purpose of this section— 
(1) to perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate serv-
ice projects to rehabilitate, reclaim, beautify, and improve public 
housing and public works and transportation facilities and 
resources in urban areas suffering from high rates of poverty 
where work will not be performed by existing employees; 
(2) to assist government housing, public works, and 
transportation authorities and agencies; 
(3) to expose young people in the United States to public 
service while furthering their understanding and appreciation 
of their commimity; 
(4) to expand educational opportunity for individuals who 
participate in the Urban Youth Corps established by this section 
by providing them with an increased ability to pursue post-
secondary education or job training; and 
(5) to stimulate interest among young people in the United 
States in lifelong service to their communities and the United 
States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROJECT.—The term "appropriate 
service project" means any project for the rehabilitation, rec-
lamation, or beautification of urban public housing and public 
works and transportation resoiu'ces or facilities. 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 855 
(2) CORPS AND URBAN YOUTH CORPS.—The term "Corps" 
and "Urban Youth Corps" mean the Urban Youth Corps estab-
lished under subsection (dXl). 
(3) QUALIFIED URBAN YOUTH CORPS.—The term "qualified 
urban youth corps" means any program established by a State 
or local government or by a nonprofit organization that— 
(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, produc-
tive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, 
inclusive, in an urban or public works or transportation 
setting; 
(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic 
and life skills, education, training, and support services; 
and 
(C) provides participants with the opportunity to 
develop citizenship values and skills through service to 
their communities and the United States. 
(4) SECRETARY.—^The term "Secretarjr" means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of 
Transportation. 
(5) STATE.—The term "State" means any State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN YOUTH CORPS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estabHshed in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Department of Transportation an Urban Youth Corps. The 
Corps shall consist of individuals between the ages of 16 and 
25, inclusive, who are enrolled as participants in the Corps 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Secretary of Transportation. To be eligible for enrollment in 
the Corps, an individual shall satisfy the criteria specified 
in section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990. The Secretaries may enroll such individuals in the 
Corps without regard to the civil service and classification 
laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretaries 
may establish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps 
of individuals who are economically, physically, or educationally 
disadvantaged. 
(2) USE OF QUALIFIED URBAN YOUTH CORPS.—The Secretar-
ies are authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agree-
ments with any qualified urban youth corps to perform appro-
priate service projects described in paragraph (3). As part of 
the Urban Youth Corps established in the Department of 
Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation may make 
grants to States (and through States to local governments) 
for the purpose of establishing, operating, or supporting quali-
fied urban youth corps that will perform appropriate service 
projects relating to transportation resources or facilities. 
(3) SERVICE PROJECTS.—The Secretaries may each utilize 
the Corps or any qualified urban youth corps to carry out 
appropriate service projects that the Secretary involved is 
authorized to carry out under other authority of law involving 
public housing projects or public works resources or facilities. 
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(4) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—^In selecting an 
appropriate service project to be carried out under this section, 
the Secretaries shall give a preference to those projects which— 
(A) will provide long-term benefits to the public; 
(B) will instill in the participant a work ethic and 
a sense of public service; 
(C) will be labor intensive; 
(D) can be planned £ind initiated promptly; and 
(E) will provide academic, experiential, or community 
education opportunities. 
(5) CONSISTENCY.—Each appropriate service project carried 
out under this section in any public housing project or public 
works resource or facility shall be consistent with the provisions 
of law and policies relating to the management and administra-
tion of such projects, facilities, or resources, with all other 
applicable provisions of law, and with all management, oper-
ational, and other plans and documents which govern the 
administration of such projects, facilities, or resources. 
(e) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—^The Secretaries shall provide each 
participant in the Urban Youth Corps with a living allowance 
in an amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance author-
ized by section 140(aX3) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 for participants in a national service program assisted 
under subtitle C of title I of such Act. 
(£) TERMS OF SERVICE.—Each participant in the Urbcm Youth 
Corps shall agree to participate in the Corps for a term of service 
established by the Secretary involved, consistent with the terms 
of service required under section 139(b) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 for participants in a national service 
program assisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act. 
(g) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each participant in the Urban Youth 
Corps shall be eligible for a national service educational award 
in the manner prescribed in subtitle D of title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 if such participant complies 
with such requirements as may be established under this sub-
title by the Secretary involved respecting eligibility for the 
award. The period during which the award may be used, the 
purposes for which the award may be used, and the amount 
of the award shall be determined as provided under such sub-
title. 
(2) 
FORBEARANCE 
IN 
THE 
COLLECTION 
OF 
STAFFORD 
LOANS.—For purposes of section 428 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, in the case of borrowers who are participants 
in the Urban Youth Corps, upon written request, a lender 
shall grant a borrower forbearance on such terms as are other-
wise consistent with the regulations of the Secretary of Edu-
cation, during periods in which the borrower is serving as 
such a participant and eligible for a national service educational 
award under paragraph (1). 
(h) NONDISPLACEMENT.—^The nondisplacement requirements of 
section 177 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
shall be applicable to all activities carried out by the Urban Youth 
Corps and to all activities carried out luider this section by a 
qualified urban youth corps. 
(i) COST SHARING.— 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 857 
(1) PROJECTS BY QUALIFIED URBAN YOUTH CORPS.—The Sec-
retaries are each authorized to pay not more than 75 percent 
of the costs of any appropriate service project carried out pursu-
ant to this section by a qualified urban youth corps. The remain-
ing 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be provided 
from nonfederal sources in the form of mnds, services, facilities, 
materials, equipment, or any combination of the foregoing. 
(2) DONATIONS.—^The Secretaries are each authorized to 
accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or 
equipment for the purposes of operating the Urban Youth Corps 
and carr3dng out appropriate service projects by the Corps. 
However, nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
any cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the 
Corps. 
(3) FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT.—In order to carry out the Urban Youth Corps 
or to support qualified urban youth corps imder this section, 
the Secretaries shall be eligible to apply for and receive assist-
ance under section 121(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990. 
Subtitle B—^Related Provisions 
SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 101. DEFINrnONS. 
"For purposes of this title: 
"(1) ADULT VOLUNTEER.—^The term 'adult volimteer* means 
an individual, such as an older adult, an individual with a 
disability, a parent, or an employee of a business or public 
or private nonprofit organization, who— 
"(A) works without financial remuneration in an edu-
cational institution to assist students or out-of-school youth; 
and 
"(B) is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance 
in the State in which the educational institution is located. 
"(2) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITION.—The term 
'approved national service position' means a national service 
position for which the Corporation has approved the provision 
of a national service educational award described in section 
147 as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service 
in the position. 
"(3) CARRY OUT.—^The term 'carry out', when used in 
connection with a national service program described in section 
122, means the planning, establishment, operation, expansion, 
or replication of the program. 
"(4) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The term 'Chief Executive 
Officer', except when used to refer to the chief executive officer 
of a State, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 
appointed under section 193. 
"(5) COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCY.—The term 'community-
based agency* means a private nonprofit organization (including 
a church or other religious entity) that— 
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"(A) is representative of a community or a significant 
segment of a commiinity; and 
"(B) is engaged in meeting human, educational, 
environmental, or public safety community needs. 
"(6) CORPORATlON.^The term 'Corporation' means the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service established under 
section 191. 
"(7) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.—The term 'economi-
cally disadvantaged' means, with respect to an individual, an 
individual who is determined by the Chief Executive Officer 
to be low-income according to the latest available data from 
the Department of Commerce. 
"(8) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—^The term 'elementary school' 
has the same meaning given such term in section 1471(8) 
of the Elementary and l^condary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 2891(8)). 
"(9) INDIAN.—^The term 'Indian' means a person who is 
a member of an Indian tribe, or is a 'Native', as defined in 
section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1602(b)). 
"(10) INDIAN LANDS.—The term 'Indian lands' means any 
real property owned by an Indian tribe, any real property 
held in trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian 
tribe, and any real property held by an Indian or Indian tribe 
that is subject to restrictions on alienation imposed by the 
United States. 
"(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term 'Indian tribe' means— 
"(A) an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized 
group or commimity, including— 
"(i) any Native village, as defined in section 3(c) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1602(c)), whether organized traditionally or pursuant 
to the Act of Jime 18, 1934 (commonly known as the 
'Indian Reorganization Act'; 48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 
25 U.S.C 461 et seq.); and 
"(ii) any Regional Corporation or Village Corpora-
tion, as defined in subsection (g) or (j), respectively, 
of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (g) or (j)), 
that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States under Federal law 
to Indians because of their status as Indians; and 
"(B) any tribal organization controlled, sanctioned, or 
chartered by an entity described in subparagraph (A). 
"(12) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—Except as provided 
in section 175(a), the term 'individual with a disabilitjr' has 
the meaning given the term in section 7(8XB) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8XB)). 
"(13) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term 
'institution of higher education' has the same meaning given 
such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)). 
"(14) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term local edu-
cational agency* has the same meaning given such term in 
section 1471(12) of the Elementary and ^condary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)). 
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**(15) NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS.—The term 'national service 
laws' means this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 
**(16) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term 'out-of-school 
youth* means an individual who— 
"(A) has not attained the age of 27; 
"(B) has not completed college or the equivalent thereof; 
and 
**(C) is not enrolled in an elementary or secondary 
school or institution of higher education. 
"(17) PARTICIPANT.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The term 'participant' means— 
"(i) for purposes of subtitle C, an individual in 
an approved national service position; and 
(ii) for purposes of any other provision of this 
Act, an individual enrolled in a program that receives 
assistance imder this title. 
"(B) RULE.—^A participant shall not be considered to 
be an employee of the program in which the participant 
is enrolled. 
"(18) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.—The term 'partnership pro-
gram' means a program through which an adult volunteer, 
a public or private nonprofit organization, an institution of 
higher education, or a business assists a local educational 
agency. 
"(19) PROGRAM.—The term 'program', unless the context 
otherwise requires, and except when used as i)art of the term 
\^^ 
'academic program', means a program described in section 
^"^-^ 
111(a) (other than a program referred to in paragraph (3XB) 
of such section), 117A(a), 119(bXl), or 122(a), or in paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 152(b), or an activity that could be fimded 
under section 198,198C, or 198D. 
"(20) PROJECT.—^The term 'project' means an activity, car-
ried out through a program that receives assistance imder 
this title, that results in a specific identifiable service or 
improvement that otherwise would not be done with existing 
funds, and that does not duplicate the routine services or func-
tions of the employer to whom participants are assigned. 
"(21) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—The term 'school-age youth' 
means— 
"(A) individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, inclusive; 
and 
"(B) children with disabilities, as defined in section 
602(aXl) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1401(aXl)), who receive services under part 
Bof such Act. 
"(22) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 'secondary school' has 
the same meaning given such term in section 1471(21) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
2891(21)). 
"(23) 
SERVICE-LEARNING.—The 
term 
'service-learning' 
means a method— 
"(A) imder which students or participants learn and 
develop through active participation in thoughtfully orga-
nized service that— 
"(i) is conducted in and meets the needs of a 
conununity; 
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"(ii) is coordinated with an elementary school, 
secondaiy school, institution of higher education, or 
community service program, and with the community; 
and 
"(iii) helps foster civic responsibility; and 
"(B) t h a t ^ 
"(i) is integrated into and enhances the academic 
curriculum of uie students, or the educational compo-
nents of the community service program in which the 
participants are enrolled; and 
"(ii) provides structured time for the students or 
participants to reflect on the service experience. 
"(24) SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—The term 'service-
learning coordinator* means an individual who provides services 
as described in subsection (aX3) or (b) of section 111. 
"(25) SERVICE SPONSOR.—^The term 'service sponsor* means 
an organization, or other entity, that has been selected to 
provide a placement for a participant. 
"(26) STATE.—^The term 'State' means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Tlie 
term also includes Palau, until such time as the Compact 
of Free Association is ratified. 
"(27) STATE COMMISSION.—The term 'State Commission' 
means a State Commission on National and Community Service 
maintained by a State pursuant to section 178. Except when 
used in section 178, the term includes an alternative adminis-
trative entity for a State approved by the Corporation under 
such section to act in lieu of a State Commission. 
"(28) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 'State edu-
cational agenc/ has the same meaning given such term in 
section 1471(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(23)). 
"(29) STUDENT.—^The term 'student' means an individual 
who is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or institu-
tion of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.", 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 182(aX2) of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(aX2)) is amended by striking 
"adult volunteer and partnership" each place the term appears 
and inserting "partnership". 
(2) Section 182(aX3) of the National and Commimity Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(aX3)) is amended by striking 
"adult volunteer and partnership" and inserting "partnership*. 
(3) Section 441(cX2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 2751(cX2)) is amended by striking "service opportuni-
ties or youth corps as defined in section 101 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, and service in the agencies, 
institutions and activities designated in section 124(a) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990" and inserting 
"a project, as defined in section 101(20) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(20))". 
(4) Section 1122(aX2XC) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1137a(aX2XC)) is amended by striking "youth 
corps as defined in section 101(30) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990" and inserting "youth corps programs, 
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107 STAT. 861 
as described in section 122(aX2) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990" 
(5) Section 120Kp) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1141(p)) is amended by striking "section 101(22) 
of the National and Commimity Service Act of 1990" and insert-
ing ''section 101(23) of the National and Commimity Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(21))". 
SEC. 112. AUTHORITY TO MAKE STATE GRANTS. 
Section 102 of the National and Commimity Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12512) is repealed. 
SEC. 113. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 171 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631) is amended to read as follows: 
'^EC. 171. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
"(a) PARTICIPANTS IN PRIVATE, STATE, AND LOCAL PROJECTS.— 
For purposes of title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), if— 
"(1) a participant has provided service for the period 
required by section 101(2XAXi) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(AXi)), and 
has met the hours of service requirement of section 101(2XAXii), 
of such Act with respect to a project; and 
"(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employer 
described in section 101(4) of such Act (other than an employing 
agency within the meaning of subchapter V of chapter 63 
of title 5, United States Code), 
the participant shall be considered to be an eligible employee of 
the service sponsor. 
"(b) PARTICIPANTS IN FEDERAL PROJECTS.—For piirposes of sub-
chapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, if— 
"(1) a participant has provided service for the period 
required by section 6381(1XB) of such title with respect to 
a project; and 
(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employing 
agency within the meaning of such subchapter, 
the participant shall be considered to be an employee of the service 
sponsor. 
"(c) TREATMENT OF ABSENCE.—^The period of any absence of 
a participant from a service position pursuant to title I of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or subchapter V of chapter 
63 of title 5, United States Code, shall not be counted toward 
the completion of the term of service of the participant under 
section 139 of this Act.". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section Kb) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 171 
of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.". 
SEC. 114. REPORTS. 
Section 172 of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (aX3XA), by striking "sections 177 and 
113(9)" and inserting "section 177"; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by striking "REPORT TO CONGRESS"; and inserting 
"REPORT TO CONGRESS BY CORPORATION"; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking "this title" and insert-
ing "the national service laws"; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
"(1) STUDY.—^The Secretary of Defense shall annually con-
duct a study of the effect of the programs carried out under 
this title on recruitment for the Armed Forces. 
"(2) REPORT.—^The Secretary of Defense shall annually sub-
mit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress contain-
ing the findings of the study described in paragraph (1) and 
such recommendations for legislative and administrative reform 
as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.". 
SEC. 115. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
Section 175 of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12635) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 175. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.— 
"(1) BASIS.—^An individual with responsibility for the oper-
ation of a project that receives assistance under this title shall 
not discriminate against a participant in, or member of the 
stafT of, such project on the basis of race, color, national origin, 
sex, age, or political eifdliation of such participant or member, 
or on the basis of disability, if the participant or member 
is a qualified individual with a disability. 
(2) DEFINITION.—As used in paragraph (1), the term 'quali-
fied individual with a disability has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(8) of the Ainericans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(8)). 
"(b) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Any assistance provided 
under this title shall constitute Federal financial assistance for 
purposes of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.), title D
C of the Education Amendments of 1972 
(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 
(42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and shall constitute Federal financial 
assistance to an education program or activity for purposes of 
the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
"(c) RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
an individual with responsibility for the operation of a project 
that receives assistance under this title shall not discriminate 
on the basis of religion against a participant in such project 
or a member of the staff of such project who is paia with 
funds received under this title. 
"(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
emplojonent, with assistance provided under this title, of any 
member of the staff, of a project that receives assistance under 
this title, who was employed with the organization operating 
the project on the date the grant under this title was awarded. 
"(d) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall promiilgate rules and regulations to provide for the enforce-
ment of this section that shall include provisions for summary 
suspension of assistance for not more than 30 days, on an emergency 
basis, luitil notice and an opportunity to be heard can be provided. . 
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SEC. 116. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. 
(a) DECERTIFICATION OF POSITIONS.—Section 176(a) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12636(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ", or revoke the designa-
tion of positions, related to the grant or contract, as approved 
national service positions," before "whenever the Commission"; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2XB), by inserting "or revoked" after 
"terminated". 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 176(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12636(e)) is amended by adding before the period the following 
", other than assistance provided pursuant to this Act". 
(c) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—Section 176(f) of such Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(f) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^A State or local applicant that receives 
assistance under this title shall establish and maintain a proce-
dure for the filing and adjudication of grievances from partici-
pants, labor organizations, and other interested individuals 
concerning projects that receive assistance imder this title, 
including grievances regarding proposed placements of such 
participants in such projects. 
"(2) DEADLINE FOR GRIEVANCES.—Except for a grievance 
that alleges fraud or criminal activity, a grievance shall be 
made not later than 1 year after the date of the alleged occur-
rence of the event that is the subject of the grievance. 
"(3) DEADLINE FOR HEARING AND DECISION.— 
"(A) HEARING.—^A hearing on any grievance conducted 
under this subsection shall be conducted not later than 
30 days after the filing of such grievance. 
"(B) DECISION.—^A decision on any such grievance shall 
be made not later than 60 days after the filing of such 
grievance. 
"(4) ARBITRATION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.— 
"(i) JOINTLY SELECTED ARBITRATOR.—In the event 
of a decision on a grievance that is adverse to the 
party who filed such grievance, or 60 days after the 
filing of such grievance if no decision has been reached, 
such party shall be permitted to submit such grievance 
to binding arbitration before a qualified arbitrator who 
is jointly selected and independent of the interested 
parties. 
"(ii) APPOINTED ARBITRATOR.—If the parties cannot 
agree on an arbitrator, the Chief Executive OflEicer 
shall appoint an arbitrator from a list of qualified 
arbitrators within 15 days after receiving a request 
for such appointment from one of the parties to the 
grievance. 
"(B) 
DEADLINE 
FOR PROCEEDING.—An 
arbitration 
proceeding shall be held not later than 45 days aft«r the 
request for such arbitration proceeding, or, if the arbitrator 
is appointed by the Chief Executive Officer in accordance 
with subparagraph (AXii), not later than 30 days after 
the appointment of such arbitrator. 
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"(C) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—A decision concerning 
a grievance shall be made not later than 30 days after 
the date such arbitration proceeding begins. 
"(D) COST.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^Except as provided in clause 
(ii), the cost of an arbitration proceeding shall be 
divided evenly between the parties to the arbitration, 
"(ii) EXCEPTION.—If a participant, labor organiza-
tion, or other interested individual described in 
paragraph (1) prevails under a binding arbitration 
proceeding, the State or local applicant described in 
paragraph (1) that is a party to such grievance shall 
pay uie total cost of such proceeding and the attorneys' 
fees of such participant, labor organization, or individ-
ual, as the case may be. 
"(5) PROPOSED PLACEMENT.—If a grievance is filed regard-
ing a proposed placement of a participant in a project that 
receives assistance under this title, such placement shall not 
be made unless the placement is consistent with the resolution 
of the grievance pursuant to this subsection. 
"(6) REMEDIES.—^Remedies for a grievance filed under this 
subsection include— 
"(A) suspension of payments for assistance under this 
title; 
"(B) termination of such pajnnents; 
"(C) prohibition of the placement described in para-
graph (5); and 
"(D) in a case in which the grievance involves a viola-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 £ind the employer 
of the displaced employee is the recipient of assistance 
under this title— 
"(i) reinstatement of the displaced employee to the 
position held by such employee prior to displacement; 
"(ii) payment of lost wages and benefits of the 
displaced employee; 
"(iii) reestablishment of other relevant terms, 
conditions, and privileges of employment of the dis-
placed employee; and 
"(iv) such equitable relief as is necessary to correct 
any violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 
or to make the displaced employee whole. 
"(7) ENFORCEMENT.—Suits to enforce arbitration awards 
iinder this section may be brought in any district court of 
the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without 
regard to the amount in controversy and without regard to 
the citizenship of the parties.". 
SEC. 117. NONDISPLACEMENT. 
Section 177(bX3) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12637(bX3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), to read as follows: 
"(B) SUPPLANTATION OF HIRING.—^A participant in any 
program receiving assistance under this title shall not per-
form any services or duties, or engage in activities, that— 
"(i) will supplant the hiring of employed workers; 
or 
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**(ii) are services, duties, or activities with respect 
to which an individual has recall rights pursuant to 
a collective bargaining agreement or applicable person-
nel procedures. ; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), to read as follows: 
"(iii) employee who— 
"(I) is subject to a reduction in force; or 
"(II) has recall rights pursuant to a collective 
bargaining agreement or applicable personnel 
procedures;". 
SEC. 118. EVALUATION. 
Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (aX2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing "for purposes of the reports required by subsection 
(j),** and inserting "with respect to the programs authorized 
iinder subtitle C,"; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking "older American 
volimteer programs" and inserting "National Senior Volun-
teer Corps programs"; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
"subtitle D" and inserting "subtitle C"; and 
(B) in paragraphs (3) and (9), by striking "older Amer-
ican volunteer programs" and inserting "National Senior 
Volimteer Corps programs"; 
(3) by striking subsections (i) and (j); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
"(i) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND REPORT OF DEMOGRAPHICS 
OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITIES.— 
"(1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall, on an annual 
basis, arrange for an independent evaluation of the pro-
grams assisted imder subtitle C. 
"(B) PARTICIPANTS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^The entity conducting such 
evaluation shall determine the demographic character-
istics of the participants in such programs. 
"(ii) CHARACTERISTICS.—The entity shall deter-
mine, for the year covered by the evaluation, the total 
number of participants in the programs, and the num-
ber of participants within the programs in each State, 
by sex, age, economic background, education level, eth-
nic group, disability classification, and geographic 
region. 
"(iii) CATEGORIES.—The Corporation shall deter-
mine appropriate categories for analysis of each of 
the characteristics referred to in clause (ii) for purposes 
of such an evaluation. 
"(C) COMMUNITIES.—In conducting the evaluation, the 
entity shall determine the amount of assistance provided 
under section 121 during the year that has been expended 
for projects conducted under the programs in areas 
described in section 133(c)(6). 
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"(2) REPORT.—^The entity conducting the evaluation shall 
submit a report to the President, Congress, the Corporation, 
and each State Commission containing the results of the 
evaluation— 
"(A) with respect to the evaluation covering the year 
beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, 
not later than 18 months after such date; and 
"(B) with respect to the evaluation covering each subse-
quent year, not later than 18 months after the first day 
of each such year.". 
SEC. 119. ENGAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 180 of the National and Commimity Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12640) is amended by striking "post-service bene-
fits" and inserting "national service educational awards". 
SEC. 120. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 181 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 181. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 
"Section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 
1226a) shall apply to this Act.". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 181 
of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Sec. 181. Contingent extension.". 
SEC. 121. AUDITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 183 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended to read as follows: 
Records. 
"SEC. 183. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING. 
"(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General, or any 
of the duly authorized representatives of the Comptroller General, 
shall have access 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, Indian tribe, or public or 
private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 
indirectly under this Act; and 
"(2) that the Comptroller General, or his representative, 
considers necessary to the performance of an evaluation, audit, 
or review. 
"(b) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—The Chief Financial Officer 
of the Corporation shall have access to, and the right to examine 
and copy, any books, documents, papers, records, andother recorded 
information in any form— 
"(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation 
or any State or local government, Indian tribe, or public or 
private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 
indirectly under this Act; and 
"(2) that relates to the duties of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer.". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
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107 STAT. 867 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 183 
of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying.*. 
SEC. 122. REPEALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended 
by repealing sections 185 and 186. 
42 use 12645. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Commimity Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 185 
of such Act. 
SEC. 128. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
16 USC 1701 
This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
effect on October 1,1993. 
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION 
SEC. 201. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMBfUNITY 
SERVICE. 
(a) COMPOSITION AND DUTIES OF STATE COMMISSIONS.—Subtitle 
F of title I of the National and Communi^ Service Act of 1990 
is amended by striking section 178 (42 U.S.C;. 12638) and inserting 
the following new section: 
<^EC. 178. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 42 USC 12638. 
SERVICE. 
"(a) EXISTENCE REQUIRED.— 
"(1) STATE COMMISSION.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under suotitle 
B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national service 
positions under subtitle C, a State snail maintain a State 
Commission on National and Community Service that satisfies 
the requirements of this section. 
"(2) ALTERNATIVE 
ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY.—The chief 
executive officer of a State may api^ljr to the Corporation for 
approval to use an alternative administrative entity to carry 
out the duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission under 
this Act. The chief executive officer shall ensure that any alter-
native administrative entity used in lieu of a State Commission 
provides for the individuals described in paragraph (1), and 
some of the individuals described in paragraph (2), of subsection 
(c) to play a significant policymaking role in canyin^ out the 
duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission, mcluding 
the submission of applications on behalf of the State under 
sections 117B and 130. 
"(b) APPOINTMENT AND SIZE.—^Except as provided in subsection 
(cX3), the members of a State Commission for a State shall be 
appointed by the chief executive officer of the State. A State 
Commission shall consist of not fewer than 15, and not more than 
25, voting members, and any ex officio nonvoting members, as 
described in paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (c). 
"(c) COMPOSITION AND MEMBERSHIP.— 
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"(1) REQUIRED MEMBERS.—The State Commission for a 
State shall include as voting members at least one of each 
of the following individuals: 
"(A) An individual with expertise in the educational, 
training, and development needs of youth, particularly dis-
advantaged youth. 
"(B) An individual with experience in promoting the 
involvement of older adults in service and voluntarism. 
"(C) A representative of community-based agencies or 
community-based organizations within the State. 
"(D) The head of the State educational agency. 
"(E) A representative of local governments in the State. 
"(F) A representative of local labor organizations in 
the State. 
"(G) A representative of business. 
"(H) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 
who is a participant or supervisor in a program. 
"(I) A representative of a national service program 
described in section 122(a), such as a youth corps program 
described in section 122(a)(2). 
"(2) SOURCES OF OTHER MEMBERS.—The State Commission 
for a State may include as voting members the following 
individuals: 
"(A) Members selected from among local educators. 
"(B) Members selected from among experts in the deliv-
ery of human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
services to communities and persons. 
"(C) Representatives of Indian tribes. 
"(D) Members selected from among out-of-school youth 
or other at-risk youth. 
"(E) Representatives of entities that receive assistance 
under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 
"(3) CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE.—The representative of 
the Corporation designated under section 195(c) for a State 
shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the State Commis-
sion or alternative administrative entity for that State, unless 
the State permits the representative to serve as a voting mem-
ber of the State Commission or alternative administrative 
entity. 
'X4) Ex OFFICIO STATE REPRESENTATIVES.—^The chief execu-
tive officer of a State may appoint, as ex officio nonvoting 
members of the State Commission for the State, representatives 
selected from among officers and employees of State agencies 
operating community service, youth service, education, social 
service, senior service, and job training programs. 
"(5) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF STATE EMPLOYEES AS MEM-
BERS.—^The number of voting members of a State Commission 
selected under paragraph (1) or (2) who are officers or employ-
ees of the State may not exceed 25 percent (reduced to the 
nearest whole number) of the total membership of the State 
Commission. 
"(d) MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.— 
"(1) MEMBERSHIP BALANCE.—The chief executive officer of 
a State shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
the membership of the State Commission for the State is diverse 
with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability 
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107 STAT. 869 
characteristics. Not more than 50 percent of the voting members 
of a State Commission, plus one additional member, may be 
from the same political party. 
**(2) TERMS.—^Each member of the State Commission for 
a State shall serve for a term of 3 years, except that the 
chief executive officer of a State shall initially appoint a portion 
of the members to terms of 1 year and 2 years. 
**(3) VACANCIES.—If a vacancy occurs on a State Commis-
sion, a new member shall be appointed by the chief executive 
officer of the State and serve for the remainder of the term 
for which the predecessor of such member was appointed. The 
vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining members 
to execute the duties of the State Commission. 
"(4) COMPENSATION,—^A member of a State Commission 
or alternative administrative entity shall not receive any addi-
tional compensation by reason of service on the State Commis-
sion or alternative administrative entity, except that the State 
may authorize the reimbursement of travel expenses, including 
a per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as 
other employees serving intermittently in the service of the 
State. 
"(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The voting members of a State 
Commission shall elect one of the voting members to serve 
as chairperson of the State Commission. 
"(6) LIMITATION ON MEMBER PARTICIPATION.— 
"(A) GENERAL LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a voting member of the State Commis-
sion (or of an alternative administrative entity) shall not 
participate in the administration of the grant program 
(including any discussion or decision regarding the provi-
sion of assistance or approved national service positions, 
or the continuation, suspension, or termination of such 
assistance or such positions, to any program or entity) 
described in subsection (e)(9) i
f
—
• 
"(i) a grant application relating to such program 
is pending before the Commission (or such entity); 
and 
"(ii) the application was submitted by a program 
or entity of which such member is, or in the 1-year 
period before the submission of such application was, 
an officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or 
employee. 
"(B) EXCEPTION.—If, as a result of the operation of 
subparagraph (A), the number of voting members of the 
Commission (or of such entity) is insufficient to establish 
a quonmi for the purpose of administering such program, 
then voting members excluded from participation by 
subparagraph (A) may participate in the administration 
of such program, notwithstanding the limitation in 
subparagraph (A), to the extent permitted by regulations 
issued under section 193A(bXll) by the Corporation. 
"(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 
not be construed to limit the authority of any voting mem-
ber of the Commission (or of such entity) to participate 
in— 
"(i) discussion of, and hearing and fonmis on— 
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"(I) the general duties, policies, and operations 
of the Commission (or of such entity); or 
"(II) the general administration of such pro-
gramj or 
"(ii) similar general matters relating to the 
Commission (or such entity). 
"(e) DUTIES OF A STATE COMMISSION.—^The State Commission 
or alternative administrative entity for a State shall be responsible 
for the following duties: 
"(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, ana other 
means) that provides for maximum participation and input 
from national service programs within the State and other 
interested members of the public; 
"(B) covers a 3-year period; 
"(C) is updated annually; 
"(D) ensures outreach to diverse community-based 
agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by— 
"(i) using established networks, and registries, at 
the State level; or 
"(ii) establishing such networks and registries; and 
"(E) contains such information as the State Commis-
sion considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation 
may require. 
"(2) Pr^aration of the applications of the State under 
sections 117B and 130 for financial assistance. 
"(3) Assistance in the preparation of the application of 
the State educational agency for assistance under section 113. 
"(4) Preparation of the application of the State under sec-
tion 130 for the approval of service positions that include the 
national service educational award described in subtitle D. 
"(5) Make recommendations to the Corporation with respect 
to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the Domes-
tic Volimteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 
"(6) Make 
technical 
assistance 
available 
to 
enable 
applicants for assistance under section 121— 
"(A) to plan and implement service programs; and 
"(B) to apply for assistance under the national service 
laws using, if appropriate, information and materials avail-
able through a clearinghouse established under section 
198A. 
"(7) Assistance in the provision of health care and child 
care benefits under section 140 to participants in national 
service programs that receive assistance under section 121. 
"(8) Development of a State system for the recruitment 
and placement of participants in programs that receive assist-
ance under the national service laws and dissemination of 
information concerning national service programs that receive 
such assistance or approved national service positions. 
"(9) Administration of the grant program in support of 
national service programs that is conducted by the State using 
assistance provided to the State under section 121, including 
selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. 
"(10) Development of projects, training methods, curriculum 
materials, and other materials and activities related to national 
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107 STAT. 871 
service programs that receive assistance directly from the Cor-
poration (to be made available in a case in which such a 
program requests such a project, method, material, or activity) 
or from the State using assistance provided imder section 121, 
for use bv progp*ams that request such projects, methods, mate-
rials, and activities. 
"(f) ACTIVITY INELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—A State Commission 
or alternative administrative entity may not directly carry out 
any national service program that receives assistance under section 
12L 
"(g) DELEGATION.—Subject to such requirements as the Cor-
poration may prescribe, a State Commission may 
delegate 
nonpolicymaMng duties to a State agency or public or private 
nonprofit organization. 
"(h) APPROVAL OF STATE COMMISSION OR ALTERNATIVE.— 
"(1) SUBMISSION TO CORPORATION.—The chief executive offi-
cer for a Stete shall notify the Corporation of the esteblishment 
or designation of the State Commission or use of an alternative 
administrative entity for the State. The notification shall 
include a description of— 
"(A) the composition and membership of the State 
Commission or alternative administrative entity; and 
"(B) the authority of the State Commission or alter-
native administrative entity regarding national service 
activities carried out by the State. 
"(2) APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY.— 
Any designation of a State Commission or use of an alternative 
administrative entity to carry out the duties of a State Commis-
sion shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation, which 
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Corporation shall 
approve an alternative administrative entity if such entity pro-
vides for individuals described in paragraph (1), and some 
of the individuals described in paragraph (2), of subsection 
(c) to play a significant policymaking role in carrying out the 
duties otnerwise entrusted to a State Commission, including 
the duties described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
(e). 
"(3) REJECTION.—^The Corporation may reject a Stete 
Commission if the Corporation determines that the composition, 
membership, or duties of the State Commission do not comply 
with the requirements of this section. The Corporation may 
reject a request to use an alternative administrative entity 
in lieu of a Stete Commission if the Corporation determines 
that the entity does not provide for the individuals described 
in paragraph (1), and some of the individuals described in 
paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant policy-
making role as described in paragraph (2). If the Corporation 
rejecte a Stete Commission or alternative administrative entity 
under this paragraph, the Corporation shall promptly notify 
the Stete of the reasons for the rejection. 
"(4) RESUBMISSION AND RECONSIDERATION.—^The Corpora-
tion shall provide a State notified under paragraph (3) with 
a reasonable opportunity to revise the rejected Stete Commis-
sion or alternative administrative entity. At the request of 
the Stete, the Corporation shall provide technical assistence 
to the Stete as part of the revision process. The Corporation 
shall promptly reconsider any resubmission of a notification 
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under paragraph (1) or application to use an alternative 
administrative entity under paragraph (2). 
"(5) SUBSEQUENT CHANGES.—^This subsection shall also 
apply to any change in the composition or duties of a State 
Commission or an alternative administrative entity made after 
approval of the State Commission or the alternative administra-
tive entity. 
"(6) 
RIGHTS.—^An 
alternative 
administrative 
entity 
approved by the Corporation under this subsection shall have 
the same rights as a State Commission, 
"(i) COORDINATION.— 
"(1) 
COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES.—The 
State Commission or alternative administrative entity for a 
State shall coordinate the activities of the Commission or entity 
under this Act with the activities of other State agencies that 
administer Federal financial assistance programs under the 
Commimity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) 
or other appropriate Federal financial assistance programs. 
"(2) COORDINATION WITH VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The State Commission or alter-
native administrative entity for a State shall coordinate 
functions of the Commission or entity (including recruit-
ment, public awareness, and training activities) with such 
fimctions of any division of ACTION, or of the Corporation, 
that carries out volunteer service programs in the State. 
"(B) AGREEMENT.—^In coordinatmg functions under this 
paragraph, such Commission or entity, and such division, 
may enter into an agreement to— 
"(i) carry out such a function jointly; 
"(ii) to assign responsibility for such a function 
to the Commission or entity; or 
"(iii) to assign responsibility for such a function 
to the division. 
"(C) INFORMATION.—The State Commission or alter-
native entity for a State, and the head of any such division, 
shall exchange information about— 
"(i) the programs carried out in the Stete by the 
Commission, entity, or division, as appropriate; and 
**(ii) opportunities to coordinate activities, 
"(j) LIABILITY.— 
"(1) LIABILITY OF STATE.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(2XB), a State shall agree to assume liability with respect 
to any claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission 
by a member of the State Commission or alternative adminis-
trative entity of the State, within the scope of the service 
of the member on the State Commission or alternative adminis-
trative entity. 
"(2) OTHER CLAIMS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^A member of the State Commission 
or alternative administrative entity shall have no personal 
liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting 
from any act or omission by such person, within the scope 
of the service of the member on the State Commission 
or alternative administrative entity. 
"(B) LIMITATION.—This paragraph shall not be con-
strued to limit personal liability for criminal acts or omis-
sions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions 
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107 STAT. 873 
for private gain, or any other act or omission outside the 
scope of the service of such member on the State Commis-
sion or alternative administrative entity. 
"(3) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—This subsection shall not 
be construed— 
"(A) to afTect any other immunities and protections 
that may be available to such member under applicable 
law with respect to such service; 
"(B) to tiffect any other right or remedy against the 
State imder applicable law, or against any person other 
than a member of the State Conunission or alternative 
administrative entity; or 
"(C) to limit or alter in any way the immunities that 
are available under applicable law for State officials and 
employees not described in this subsection.". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 178 
and inserting the following new item: 
"Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service.". 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1,1993. 
(d) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) USE OF ALTERNATIVES TO STATE COMMISSION.—If a State 
does not have a State Commission on National and Community 
Service that satisfies the reqmrements specified in section 178 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amend-
ed by subsection (a), the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service may authorize the chief executive officer of the 
State to use an existing agency of the State to perform the 
duties otherwise reserved to a State Commission imder sub-
section (e) of such section. 
(2) APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION.—^This subsection shall 
apply only during the 27-month period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. INTERIM AUTHORITIES OF THE CORPORATION FOR 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTION 
AGENCY. 
(a) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990.—Subtitle 
G of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12651) is amended to read as follows: 
^Subtitle G—Corporation for National and 
Community Service 
42 use 12638 
note. 
42 use 12638 
note. 
"SEC 191. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
'There is established a Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service that shall administer the programs established under 
this Act. The Corporation shall be a Government corporation, as 
defined in section 103 of title 5, United States Code. 
"SEC. 192. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
"(a) COMPOSITION.— 
Establishment. 
42 use 12651. 
President. 
42 use 12651a. 
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**(1) IN GENERAL.—^There shall be in the Corporation a 
Board of Directors (referred to in this subtitle as the 'Board') 
that shall be composed of— 
"(A) 15 members, including an individual between the 
ages of 16 and 25 who— 
"(i) has served in a school-based or community-
based service-learning program; or 
"(ii) is or was a participant or a supervisor in 
a program; 
to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate; and 
"(B) the ex ofiicio nonvoting members described in 
paragraph (3). 
"(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—To the maximum extent practicable, 
the President shall appoint members— 
"(A) who have extensive experience in volunteer or 
service activities, which may include programs funded 
under one of the national service laws, and in State govern-
ment; 
"(B) who represent a broad range of viewpoints; 
"(C) who are experts in the delivery of human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety services; 
"(D) so that the Board shall be diverse according to 
race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability characteristics; 
and 
"(E) so that no more than 50 percent of the appointed 
members of the Board, plus 1 additional appointed member, 
are from a single political party. 
"(3) Ex OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Secretary of Education, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 
of Labor, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Director 
of the Peace Corps, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the Chief Executive Officer shall serve 
as ex officio nonvoting members of the Board. 
"(b) OFFICERS.— 
"(1) CHAIRPERSON.—^The President shall appoint a member 
of the Board to serve as the initial Chairperson of the Board. 
Each subsequent Chairperson shall be elected by the Board 
from among its members. 
"(2) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Board shall elect a Vice 
Chairperson from among its membership. 
"(3) OTHER OFFICERS.—^The Board may elect from among 
its membership such additional officers of the Board as the 
Board determines to be appropriate. 
"(c) TERMS.—^Each appointed member of the Board shall serve 
for a term of 5 years, except that, as designated by the President— 
"(1) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 
serve for a term of 1 year; 
"(2) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 
serve for a term of 2 years; 
"(3) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 
serve for a term of 3 years; 
"(4) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 
serve for a term of 4 years; and 
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107 STAT. 875 
"(5) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 
serve for a term of 5 years. 
"(d) VACANCIES.—If a vacancy occurs on the Board, a new 
member shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, and serve for the remainder 
of the term for which the predecessor of such member was 
appointed. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining 
members to execute the duties of the Board. 
"SEC. 192A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIREC* 
42 USC 12651b. 
TORS. 
"(a) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not less often than 3 
times each year. The Board shall hold additional meetings at the 
call of the Chairperson of the Board, or if 6 members of the Board 
request such meetings in writing. 
"(b) QUORUM.—A mtgority of the appointed members of the 
Board shall constitute a quorum. 
"(c) AUTHORITIES OF OFFICERS.— 
"(1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Board may 
call and conduct meetings of the Board. 
"(2) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Vice Chairperson of the 
Board may conduct meetings of the Board in the absence of 
the Chairperson. 
"(d) EXPENSES.—^While away from their homes or regular places 
of business on the business of the Board, members of such Board 
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under 
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, for 
persons employed intermittently in the Government service. 
"(e) SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of the 
provisions of chapter 11 of part I of title 18, United States Code, 
and any other provision of Federal law, a member of the Board 
(to whom such provisions would not otherwise apply except for 
this subsection) shall be a special Government employee. 
"(f) STATUS OF MEMBERS.— 
"(1) TORT CLAIMS.—For the purposes of the tort claims 
provisions of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, a 
member of the Board shall be considered to be a Federal 
employee. 
"(2) OTHER CLAIMS.—A member of the Board shall have 
no personal liability under Federal law with respect to any 
claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission 
by such person, within the scope of the service of the member 
on the Board, in connection with any transaction involving 
the provision of financial assistance by the Corporation. This 
paragraph shall not be construed to limit personal liability 
for criminal acts or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, 
acts or omissions for private gain, or any other act or omission 
outside the scope of the service of such member on the Board. 
"(3) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—This subsection shall not 
be construed— 
"(A) to afiect any other immunities and protections 
that may be available to such member under applicable 
law with respect to such transactions; 
"(B) to affect any other right or remedy against the 
Corporation, against the United States under applicable 
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law, or against any person other than a member of the 
Board participating in such transactions; or 
"(C) to Umit or alter in any way the immunities that 
are available imder applicable law for Federal officials 
and employees not described in this subsection. 
"(g) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 
"(1) review and approve the strategic plan described in 
section 193A(bXl), and annual updates of the plan; 
"(2) review and approve the proposal described in section 
193A(bX2)(A), with respect to the grants, allotments, contracts, 
financial assistance, pajnnent, and positions referred to in such 
section; 
"(3) review and approve the proposal described in section 
193A(bX3XA), regarding the regulations, standards, policies, 
procedures, programs, and initiatives referred to in such sec-
tion; 
"(4) review and approve the evaluation plan described in 
section 193A(bX4XA); 
"(5XA) review, and advise the Chief Executive Officer 
regarding, the actions of the Chief Executive Officer with 
respect to the personnel of the Corporation, and with respect 
to such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and initia-
tives as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act; 
and 
"(B) inform the Chief Executive Officer of any aspects of 
the actions of the Chief Executive Officer that are not in compli-
ance with the annual strategic plan referred to in paragraph 
(1), the proposals referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), or 
the plan referred to in paragraph (4), or are not consistent 
with the objectives of this Act; 
"(6) receive any report as provided under subsection (b), 
(c), or (d) of section BE of the Inspector General Act of 1978; 
"(7) m£ike recommendations relating to a program of 
research for the Corporation with respect to national and 
community service programs, including service-learning pro-
grams; 
"(8) advise the President and the Congress concerning 
developments in national and community service that merit 
the attention of the President and the Congress; 
"(9) ensure effective dissemination of information regarding 
the programs and initiatives of the Corporation; and 
"(10) prepare and make recommendations to the Congress 
and the President for changes in this Act resulting from the 
studies and demonstrations the Chief Executive Officer is 
required to carry out under section 193A(b)(10), which rec-
ommendations snail be submitted to the Congress and Presi-
dent not later than September 30, 1995. 
"(h) ADMINISTRATION.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the Board. 
"(i) LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION.—All employees and officers 
of the Corporation shall recuse themselves from decisions that 
would constitute conflicts of interest. 
"(j) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—AS part 
of the agenda of meetings of the Board under subsection (a), the 
Board shall review projects and programs conducted or funded 
by the Corporation under the national service laws to improve 
the coordination between such projects and programs, ana the 
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107 STAT. 877 
activities of other Federal agencies that deal with the individuals 
and communities participating in or benefiting from such projects 
and programs. The ex officio members of the Board specified in 
section 192(aX3) shall jointly plan, implement, and fund activities 
in connection with projects and programs conducted under the 
national service laws to ensure tnat Federal efforts attempt to 
address the total needs of participants in such programs and 
projects, their communities, and the persons and communities the 
participants serve. 
"SEC. 193. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 
42 USC 12651c. 
"(a) APPOINTMENT.—^The Corporation shall be headed by an President, 
individual who shall serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Corpora-
tion, and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. 
"(b) COMPENSATION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall be com-
pensated at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
"(c) REGULATIONS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall prescribe 
such rules and regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry 
out this Act. 
"SEC. 193A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 42 USC 12651d. 
OFFICER. 
"(a) GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall be responsible for the exercise of the powers and the 
discharge of the duties of the Corporation that are not reserved 
to the Board, and shall have authority and control over all personnel 
of the Corporation, except as provided in section 8E of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978. 
"(b) DUTIES.—In addition to the duties conferred on the Chief 
Executive Officer under any other provision of this Act, the Chief 
Executive Officer shall— 
"(1) prepare and submit to the Board a strategic plan 
every 3 years, and annual updates of the plan, for the Corpora-
tion with respect to the major functions and operations of 
the Corporation; 
"(2XA) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal with 
respect to such grants and allotments, contracts, other financial 
assistence, and designation of positions as approved national 
service positions, as are necessary or appropriate to carry out 
this Act; and 
"(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal 
under section 192A(g)(2), make such grants and allotments, 
enter into such contracts, award such other financial assistance, 
make such payments (in lump sum or installments, and in 
advance or by way of reimbursement, and in the case of finan-
cial assistence otherwise authorized under this Act, with 
necessary adjustments on account of overpayments and imder-
pajmients), and designate such positions as approved national 
service positions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out 
this Act; 
"(3)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal regard-
ing, the regulations established under section 195(bX3XA), and 
such other stendards, policies, procedures, programs, and initia-
tives as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act; 
and 
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Reports. 
Reports. 
**(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal 
under section 192A(gX3)— 
"(i) establish such standards, policies, and procedures 
as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act; and 
"(ii) establish and administer such programs and initia-
tives as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this 
Act; 
"(4XA) prepare and submit to the Board a plan for the 
evaluation of programs established under this Act, in accord-
ance with section 179; and 
"(B) after receiving an approved proposal under section 
192A(gX4)— 
"(i) establish measurable performance goals and objec-
tives for such programs, in accordance with section 179; 
and 
"(ii) provide for periodic evaluation of such programs 
to assess the manner and extent to which the programs 
achieve the goals and objectives, in accordance with such 
section; 
"(5) consult with appropriate Federal agencies in admin-
istering the programs and initiatives; 
"(6) suspend or terminate payments and positions described 
in paragraph (2XB), in accordance with section 176; 
"(7) prepare and submit to the Board an annual report, 
and such interim reports as may be necessary, describing the 
major actions of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to 
the personnel of the Corporation, and with respect to such 
standards, policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives; 
"(8) inform the Board of, and provide an explanation to 
the Board regarding, any substantial differences regarding the 
implementation of this Act between— 
"(A) the actions of the Chief Executive Officer; and 
"(BXi) the strategic plan approved by the Board under 
section 192A(gXl); 
"(ii) the proposals approved by the Board under para-
graph (2) or (3) of section 192A(g); or 
"(iii) the evaluation plan approved by the Board under 
section 192A(gX4); 
"(9) prepare and submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress an annual report, and such interim reports as 
may be necessary, describing— 
"(A) the services referred to in paragraph (1), and 
the money and property referred to in paragraph (2), of 
section 196(a) that have been accepted by the Corporation; 
"(B) the manner in which the Corporation used or 
disposed of such services, money, and property; and 
"(C) information on the results achieved by the pro-
grams funded under this Act during the year preceaing 
the year in which the report is prepared; 
"(10) provide for 
studies (including the 
evaluations 
described in subsection (0) and demonstrations that evaluate, 
and prepare and submit to the Board by June 30, 1995, a 
report containing recommendations regarding, issues related 
to— 
"(A) the administration and organization of programs 
authorized under the national service laws or under PubUc 
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107 STAT. 879 
Law 91-378 (referred to in this subparagraph as 'service 
programs'), including— 
"(i) whether the State and national priorities 
designed to meet the immet human, 
education, 
environmental, or public safety needs described in sec-
tion 122(cXl) are being addressed by this Act; 
"(ii) the manner in which— 
"(I) educational and other outcomes of both 
stipended and nonstipended service and service-
learning are defined and measured in such service 
programs; and 
"(II) such outcomes should be defined and 
measured in such service programs; 
"(iii) whether stipended service programs, and 
service programs providing educational benefits in 
return for service, should focus on economically dis-
advantaged individuals or at-risk youth or whether 
such programs should include a mix of individuals, 
including individuals from middle- and upper-income 
families; 
"(iv) the role and importance of stipends and edu-
cational benefits in achieving desired outcomes in the 
service programs; 
"(v) the potential for cost savings and coordination 
of support and oversight services from combining func-
tions performed by ACTION State offices and State 
Commissions; 
"(vi) the implications of the results from such 
studies and demonstrations for authorized funding lev-
els for the service programs; and 
**(vii) other issues that the Director determines 
to be relevant to the administration and organization 
of the service programs; and 
"(B) the number, potential consolidation, and future 
organization of national service or domestic volunteer serv-
ice programs that are authorized under Federal law, includ-
ing VISTA, service corps assisted under subtitle C and 
other programs authorized by this Act, programs adminis-
tered by the Public Health Service, the Department of 
Defense, or other Federal agencies, programs regarding 
teacher corps, and programs regarding work-study and 
higher education loan forgiveness or forbearance programs 
authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.) related to community service; and 
"(11) for purposes of section 178(d)(6)(B), issue regulations Regulations. 
to waive the disqualification of members of the Board and 
members of the State Commissions selectively in a random, 
nondiscretionary manner and only to the extent necessary to 
establish the quorum involved, including rules that forbid each 
member of the Board and each voting member of a State 
Commission to participate in any discussion or decision regard-
ing the provision of assistance or approved national service 
positions, or the continuation, suspension, or termination of 
such assistance or such positions, to any program or entity 
of which such member of the Board or such member of the 
State Commission is, or in the 1-year period before the submis-
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sion of the application referred to in such section was, an 
officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. 
"(c) POWERS.—In addition to the authority conferred on the 
Chief Executive Officer under any other provision of this Act, the 
Chief Executive Officer may— 
"(1) establish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue such 
organizational units or components within the Corporation as 
the Chief Executive Officer considers necessary or appropriate, 
consistent with Federal law, and shall, to the meiximum extent 
practicable, consolidate such units or components of the divi-
sions of the Corporation described in section 194(aX3) as may 
be appropriate to enable the two divisions to coordinate common 
support mnctions; 
"(2) with the approval of the President, arrange with and 
reimburse the heads of other Federal agencies for the perform-
ance of any of the provisions of this Act; 
"(3) with their consent, utilize the services and facilities 
of Federal agencies with or without reimbursement, and, with 
the consent of any State, or political subdivision of a State, 
accept and utilize the services and facilities of the agencies 
of such State or subdivisions without reimbursement; 
"(4) allocate and expend funds made available under this 
Act; 
"(5) disseminate, without regard to the provisions of section 
3204 of title 39, United States Code, data and information, 
in such form as the Chief Executive Officer shall determine 
to be appropriate to public agencies, private organizations, and 
the general public; 
"(6) collect or compromise all obligations to or held by 
the Chief Executive Officer and all legal or equitable righte 
accruing to the Chief Executive Officer in connection with the 
payment of obligations in accordance with chapter 37 of title 
31, United States Code (commonly known as the 'Federal 
Claims Collection Act of 1966'); 
"(7) file a civil action in any court of record of a State 
having general jurisdiction or in any district court of the United 
States, with respect to a claim arising under this Act; 
"(8) exercise the authorities of the Corporation under sec-
tion 196; 
"(9) consolidate the reports to Congress required xinder 
this Act, and the report required under section 9106 of title 
31, United States Code, into a single report, and submit the 
report to Congress on an annual basis; and 
"(10) generally perform such functions and take such steps 
consistent with the objectives and provisions of this Act, as 
the Chief Executive Officer determines to be necessary or appro-
priate to carry out such provisions. 
"(d) DELEGATION.— 
"(1) DEFINITION,—^As used in this subsection, the term 
'function' means any duty, obligation, power, authority, respon-
sibility, right, privilege, activity, or program. 
"(2) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise prohibited by law 
or provided in this Act, the Chief Executive Officer may delegate 
any function under this Act, and authorize such successive 
redelegations of such function as may be necessaiy or appro-
priate. No delegation of a function by the Chief Executive 
Officer under this subsection or under any other provision 
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107 STAT. 881 
of this Act shall relieve such Chief Executive Officer of respon-
sibility for the administration of such function. 
"(3) FUNCTION OF BOARD.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
not delegate a function of the Board without the permission 
of the Board. 
"(e) ACTIONS.—In an action described in subsection (cX7)— 
"(1) a district court referred to in such subsection shall 
have jurisdiction of such a civil action without regard to the 
amount in controversy; 
"(2) such an action brought by the Chief Executive Officer 
shall survive notwithstanding any change in the person occupy-
ing the office of Chief Executive Officer or any vacancy m 
that office; 
"(3) no attachment, injimction, garnishment, or other simi-
lar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the Chief 
Executive Officer or the Board or property under the control 
of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board; and 
"(4) nothing in this section shall be construed to except 
litigation arising out of activities imder this Act firom tne 
application of sections 509, 517, 547, and 2679 of title 28, 
iJnited States Code. 
"(f) EVALUATIONS.— 
"(1) EVALUATION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The Corporation 
shall arrange for an independent evaluation to determine the 
levels of living allowances p£dd in all programs imder subtitles 
C and I, individually, by State, and by re^on. Such evaluation 
shall determine the effects that such living allowances have 
had on the ability of individuals to participate in such programs. 
"(2) EVALUATION OF SUCCESS OF INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL 
SERVICE.— 
"(A) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall 
arrange for the independent evaluation of the operation 
of subtitle C to determine the levels of participation of 
economically disadvantaged individuals in national service 
programs carried out or supported using assistance pro-
vided imder section 121. 
"(B) PERIOD COVERED BY EVALUATION.—The evaluation 
required by this paragraph shall cover the period beginning 
on the date the Corporation first makes a grant under 
section 121, £ind ending on a date that is as close as 
is practicable to the date specified in subsection (bXlO). 
"(C) INCOME LEVELS OF PARTICIPANTS.—^The evaluating 
entity shall determine the total income of each participant 
who serves, during the period covered by the evaluation, 
in a national service program carried out or supported 
using assistance provided under section 121 or in an 
approved national service position. The total income of 
the participant shall be determined as of the date the 
participant was first selected to participate in such a pro-
gram and shall include family total income unless the 
evaluating entity determines that the participant was 
independent at the time of selection. 
(D) ASSISTANCE FOR DISTRESSED AREAS.—The evaluat-
ing entity shall also determine the amount of assistance 
provided under section 121 during the period covered by 
the report that has been expended for projects conducted 
in areas of economic distress described in section 133(cX6). 
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"(E) DEFINITIONS.—^As used in this paragraph: 
**(i) INDEPENDENT.—^The term 'independent' has the 
meaning given the term in section 480(d) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087w(d)). 
"(ii) TOTAL INCOME.—The term 'total income' has 
the meaning given the term in section 48(Ka) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(a)). 
42 u s e 12651e. 
"SEC. 1»4. OFFICERS. 
"(a) MANAGING DIRECTORS.— 
President. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^There shall be in the Corporation 2 
Managing Directors, who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who 
shall report to the Chief Executive Officer. 
"(2) COMPENSATION.—The Managing Directors shall be 
compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
"(3) DUTIES.—^The Corporation shall determine the pro-
grams for which the Managing Directors shall have primary 
responsibility and shall establish the divisions of the Corpora-
tion to be headed by the Managing Directors. 
"(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
"(1) OFFICE.—^There shall be in the Corporation an Office 
of the Inspector General. 
"(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Office shall be headed by an 
Inspector General, appointed in accordance with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978. 
"(3) COMPENSATION.—The Inspector General shall be com-
pensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
"(c) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.— 
President. 
"(1) OFFICE.—^There shall be in the Corporation a Chief 
Financial Officer, who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
"(2) COMPENSATION.—The Chief Financial Officer shall be 
compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
"(3) DUTIES.—The Chief Financial Officer shall— 
"(A) report directly to the Chief Executive Officer 
regarding financial management matters; 
"(B) oversee all financial management activities relat-
ing to the programs and operations of the Corporation; 
"(C) develop and maintain an integrated accoimting 
and financial management system for the Corporation, 
including financial reporting and internal controls; 
"(D) develop and maintain any joint financial manage-
ment systems with the Department of Education necessary 
to carry out the programs of the Corporation; and 
"(E) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and 
oversight of the financial management personnel, activities, 
and operations of the Corporation. 
"(d) ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR VISTA AND NATIONAL SENIOR 
VOLUNTEER CORPS.— 
"(1) 
APPOINTMENT.—One 
of the 
Managing 
Directors 
appointed under subsection (a) shall, in accordance with 
applicable provisions of title 5, United States Code, appoint 
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107 STAT. 883 
4 Assistant Directors who shall report directly to such Manag-
ing Director, of which— 
**(A) 1 Assistant Director shall be responsible for pro-
grams carried out under parts A and B of title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (the Volunteers 
in Service to America (VISTA) program) and other anti-
poverW programs under title I of that Act; 
"(B) 1 Assistant Director shall be responsible for pro-
grams carried out under part A of title II of that Act 
(relating to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program); 
"(C) 1 Assistant Director shall be responsible for pro-
grams carried out under part B of title II of that Act 
(relating to the Foster Grandparent Program); and 
"(D) 1 Assistant Director shall be responsible for pro-
grams carried out under part C of title II of that Act 
(relating to the Senior Companion Program). 
"(2) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—Each 
Assistant Director appointed n)ursuant to paragraph (1) may 
exercise the authority assigned to each such Director only after 
the effective date of section 203(cX2) of the National and 
Community Service Trust Act of 1993. 
«SEC. 195. EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL. 
42 USC 12651f. 
"(a) EMPLOYEES.—Except as provided in subsection (b), section 
194(d), and section BE of the Inspector General Act of 1978, the 
Chief Executive Officer shall, in accordance with applicable provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code, appoint and determine the 
compensation of such employees as the Chief Executive Officer 
determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Corpora-
tion. 
"(b) ALTERNATIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEM.— 
"(1) AUTHORITY.—The Chief Executive Officer may des-
ignate positions in the Corporation as positions to which the 
(Jhief Executive Officer may make appointments, and for which 
the Chief Executive Officer may determine compensation, with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
govemmg appointments in the competitive service, and without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and Cxeneral 
Schedule pay rates, to the extent the Chief Executive Officer 
determines that such a designation is appropriate and desirable 
to further the effective operation of the Corporation. The Chief 
Executive Officer may provide for appointments to such posi-
tions to be made on a limited term basis. 
"(2) 
APPOINTMENT IN THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE AFTER 
EMPLOYMENT UNDER ALTERNATIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEM.—The 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management may grant 
competitive status for appointment to the competitive service, 
under such conditions as the Director may prescribe, to an 
employee who is appointed under this subsection and who 
is separated from the Corporation (other than by removal for 
cause). 
"(3) SELECTION AND COMPENSATION SYSTEM.— 
"(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—^The Chief Executive Regulations. 
Officer, after obtaining the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, shall issue regulations 
establishing a selection and compensation system for 
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employees of the Corporation appointed under paragraph 
(1). In issuing such regulations, the Chief Executive Officer 
shall take into consideration the need for flexibility in 
such a system. 
"(B) APPLICATION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall 
appoint and determine the compensation of employees in 
accordance with the selection and compensation system 
established imder subparagraph (A). 
"(C) 
SELECTION.—^The 
system 
established 
imder 
subparagraph (A) shall provide for the selection of 
employees— 
"(i) through a competitive process; and 
"(ii) on the basis of the qualifications of applicants 
and the requirements of the positions. 
"(D) COMPENSATION.—The system established under 
subparagraph (A) shall include a scheme for the classifica-
tion of positions in the Corporation. The system shall 
require that the compensation of an employee be deter-
mined in part on the basis of the job performance of the 
employee, and in a manner consistent with the principles 
described in- section 5301 of title 6, United States Code. 
The rate of compensation for each employee compensated 
under the system shall not exceed the annual rate of basic 
pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
"(c) CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH STATE.— 
"(1) DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE.—^The Corporation 
shall designate 1 employee of the Corporation for each State 
or group of States to serve as the representative of the Corpora-
tion in the State or States and to assist the Corporation in 
carrying out the activities described in this Act in the State 
or States. 
"(2) DUTIES.—^The representative designated imder this 
subsection for a State or group of States shall serve as the 
liaison between— 
"(A) the Corporation and the State Commission that 
is established in the State or States; 
"(B) the Corporation and any subdivision of a State, 
Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, or 
institution of higher education, in the State or States, 
that is awarded a grant under section 121 directly from 
the Corporation; and 
"(C) after the effective date of section 203(cX2) of the 
National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, the 
State Commission and the Corporation employee respon-
sible for programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 in the State, if the employee is not the rep-
resentative described in paragraph (1) for the State. 
"(3) MEMBER OF STATE COMMISSION.—The representative 
designated under this subsection for a State or group of States 
shall also serve as a member of the State Commission estab-
lished in the State or States, as described in section 178(c)(3). 
"(4) COMPENSATION.—If the employee designated imder 
paragraph (1) is an employee whose appointment was made 
pursuant to section 195(b), the rate of compensation for such 
employee may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay pay-
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able for GS-13 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code. 
"(d) CONSULTANTS.—The Chief Executive Officer may procure 
the temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants 
and compensate the experts and consultants in accordance with 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
"(e) DETAILS OF PERSONNEL.—The head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency may detail on a reimbursable basis, or on a 
nonreimbursable basis for not to exceed 180 calendar days during 
any fiscal year, as agreed upon by the Chief Executive Officer 
and the head of the Federal agency, any of the personnel of that 
department or agency to the Corporation to assist the Corporation 
in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under this Act. Any 
detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status 
or privileges of the Federal employee. 
"(f) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
"(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chief Executive Officer, acting 
upon the recommendation of the Board, may establish advisory 
committees in the Corporation to advise the Board with respect 
to national service issues, such as the t3rpe of pro-ams to 
be established or assisted under the national service laws, 
priorities and criteria for such programs, and methods of 
conducting outreach for, and evaluation of, such programs. 
"(2) COMPOSITION.—Such an advisory committee shall be 
composed of members appointed by the Chief Executive Officer, 
with such qualifications as the Chief Executive Officer may 
specifyr. 
"(3) EXPENSES.—^Members of such an advisory committee 
may be allowed travel expenses as described in section 192A(d). 
"(4) STAFF.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to appoint 
and fix the compensation of such staff as the Chief Execu-
tive Officer determines to be necessary to carry out the 
functions of the advisory committee, without regard to— 
"(i) the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the competitive service; and 
"(ii) the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates. 
"(B) 
COMPENSATION.—If a 
member 
of the 
staff 
appointed imder subparagraph (A) was appointed without 
regard to the provisions described in clauses (i) and (ii) 
of subparagrapn (A), the rate of compensation for such 
member may not exceed the maximum rate of basic i)ay 
payable for GS-13 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
"SEC. 196. ADMINISTRATION. 
42 USC 12651g. 
"(a) DONATIONS.— 
"(1) SERVICES.— 
"(A) VOLUNTEERS.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may solicit 
and accept the voluntary services of individuals to assist 
the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corpora-
tion under this Act, and may provide to such individuals 
the travel expenses described in section 192A(d). 
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"(B) LIMITATION.—Such a volxinteer shall not be consid-
ered to be a Federal employee and shall not be subject 
to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, 
including those relating to hours of work, rates of com-
pensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal 
employee benefits, except that— 
"(i) for the purposes of the tort claims provisions 
of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, a volun-
teer under this subtitle shall be considered to be a 
Federal employee; 
**(ii) for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensa-
tion to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers 
under this subtitle shall be considered to be employees, 
as defined in section 8101(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code, and the provisions of such subchapter shall 
apply; and 
"(iii) for purposes of the provisions of chapter 11 
of part I of title 18, United States Code, such a volim-
teer (to whom such provisions would not otherwise 
apply except for this subsection) shall be a special 
Government employee. 
"(C) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—Such a volunteer shall not carry 
out an inherently governmental function. 
"(ii) REGULATIONS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out this subpara-
graph. 
"(iii) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.—As 
used in this subparagraph, the term 'inherently govern-
mental fimction' means any activity that is so 
intimately related to the public interest as to mandate 
performance by an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, including an activity that requires either 
the exercise of discretion in applying the authority 
of the Government or the use of value judgment in 
making a decision for the Government. 
"(2) PROPERTY.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The Corporation may solicit, accept, 
hold, administer, use, and dispose of, in furtherance of 
the purposes of this Act, donations of any money or prop-
erty, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, 
received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise. Donations 
accepted under this subparagraph shall be used as nearly 
as possible in accordance with the terms, if any, of such 
donation. 
"(B) STATUS OF CONTRIBUTION.—-Any donation accepted 
under subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be a gift, 
devise, or bequest to, or for the use of, the United States. 
"(C) RULES.—The Chief Executive Officer shall estab-
lish written rules to ensure that the solicitation, acceptance, 
holding, administration, and use of property described in 
subparagraph (A)— 
"(i) will not reflect imfavorably upon the ability 
of the Corporation, or of any officer or employee of 
the Corporation, to carry out the responsibilities or 
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107 STAT. 887 
official duties of the Corporation in a fair and objective 
manner; and 
"(ii) will not compromise the integrity of the pro-
grams of the Corporation or any ofi&cial or employee 
of the Corporation involved in such pron>ams. 
**(D) DISPOSITION.—^Upon completion of the use by the 
Corporation of any property accepted pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) (other than money or monetary proceeds from 
sales of property so accepted), such completion shall be 
reported to the Ueneral Services Administration and such 
property shall be disposed of in accordance with title II 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et seq.). 
"(3) VOLUNTEER.—^As used in this subsection, the term 
Volunteer' does not include a participant. 
"(b) CONTRACTS.—Subject to the Feaeral Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949, the Corporation may enter into con-
tracts, and cooperative and interagency agreements, with Federal 
and State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals to 
conduct activities necessary to assist the Corporation in carrying 
out the duties of the Corporation under this Act. 
"(c) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Appropriate circu-
lars of the Office of Management and Budget shall apply to the 
Corporation. 
"SEC. 196A. CORPORATION STATE OFFICES. 
42 USC 12651h. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer shall establish 
and maintain a decentralized field structure that provides for an 
office of the Corporation for each State. The office for a State 
shall be located in, or in reasonable proximity to, such State. 
Only one such office may carry out the duties described in sub-
section (b) with respect to a State at any particular time. Such 
State office may be directed by the representative designated under 
section 195(c). 
"(b) DUTIES.—^Each State office established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall— 
"(1) provide to the State Commissions established under 
section 178 technical and other assistance for the development 
and implementation of national service plans under section 
178(eXl); 
"(2) provide to community-based agencies and other entities 
within tne State technical assistance for the preparation of 
applications for assistance under the national service laws, 
utilizing, as appropriate, information and materials provided 
by the clearinghouses established pursuant to section 198A; 
"(3) provide to the State Commission and other entities 
within the State support and technical assistance necessary 
to assure the existence of an effective system of recruitment, 
placement, and training of volunteers within the State; 
"(4) monitor and evaluate the performance of all programs 
and projects within the State that receive assistance imder 
the national service laws; and 
"(5) perform such other duties and functions as may be 
assigned or delegated by the Chief Executive Officer.". 
(b) iJOMESTic VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973.—Section 401 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041) 
is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following: 
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42 u s e 12651 
note. 
42 u s e 12651 
note. 
The Director shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service.". 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, unless 
otherwise provided or indicated by the context, each term speci-
fied in section 203(cXl) shall have the meaning given the term 
in such section. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTiONS.^There are transferred to the 
Corporation the functions that the Board of Directors or Execu-
tive Director of the Commission on National and Community 
Service exercised before the efiTective date of this subsection 
(including all related functions of any officer or employee of 
the Commission). 
(3) APPLICATION.—^The provisions of paragraphs (3) through 
(10) of section 203(c) shall apply with respect to the transfer 
described in paragraph (2), except that— 
(A) for purposes of such application, references to the 
term "ACTION Agencjr" shall oe deemed to be references 
to the Commission on National and Community Service; 
and 
(B) paragraph (10) of such section shall not preclude 
the transfer of the members of the Board of Directors 
of the Commission to the Corporation if, on the effective 
date of this subsection, the Board of Directors of the Cor-
poration has not been confirmed. 
(d) CONTINUING PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS.—The 
individuals who, on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, are performing any of the fimctions required by section 190 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12651), as in effect on such date, to be performed by the members 
of the Board of Directors of the Commission on National and 
Community Service may, subject to section 193A of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section, continue to perform such functions until the date 
on which the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National 
and Commimity Service conducts the first meeting of the Board. 
The service of such individuals as members of the Board of Directors 
of such Commission, and the emplo3rment of such individuals as 
special Grovemment employees, shall terminate on such date. 
(e) GOVERNMENT CORPORATION CONTROL.— 
(1) WHOLLY OWNED GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.—Section 
9101(3) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after subparagraph (D) the following: 
"(E) the Corporation for National and Conmiunity Serv-
ice.". 
(2) AUDITS.—Section 9105(aXl) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting *, or under otJier Federal law," 
before *or by an independent". 
(0 DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.—Section 203(k) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(5XA) Under such regulations as the Administrator may pre-
scribe, the Administrator is authorized, in the discretion of the 
Administrator, to assign to the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service for disposal such 
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107 STAT. 889 
siirplus property as is recommended by the Chief Executive Officer 
as being needed for national service activities. 
"(B) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator, within 
30 days after notice to the Administrator by the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
of a proposed transfer of property for such activities, the Chief 
Executive Officer, through such officers or employees of the Corpora-
tion as the Chief Executive Officer may designate, may sell, lease, 
or donate such property to any entity that receives financial assist-
ance under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for 
such activities. 
"(C) In fixing the sale or lease value of such property, the 
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service shall comply with the requirements of paragraph 
(IXC).". 
(g) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 
1978.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended by redesignating sections 8E and 8F as sections 8F 
and 8G, respectively, and inserting after section 8D the follo\^-
ing new section: 
5 u s e app. 
8E-8G. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL 
A N D COMMUNITY SERVICE 
"SEC. 8 E . (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 
5 USC app. 8E. 
(7) and (8) of section 6(a), it is within the exclusive jurisdiction 
of the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to— 
"(1) appoint and determine the compensation of such offi-
cers and employees in accordance with section 195(b) of the 
Nationcd and Community Service Trust Act of 1993; and 
"(2) procure the temporary and intermittent services of 
and compensate such experts and consultants, in accordance 
with section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Inspector General. 
"(b) No later than the date on which the Chief Executive Reports. 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
transmits any report to the Confess under subsection (a) or (b) 
of section 5, the Chief Executive Officer shall transmit such report 
to the Board of Directors of such Corporation. 
"(c) No later than the date on which the Chief Executive Officer 
Reports. 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service transmits 
a report described under section 5(b) to the Board of Directors 
as provided under subsection (b) of this section, the Chief Executive 
Officer shall also transmit any audit report which is described 
in the statement required under section 5(bX4) to the Board of 
Directors. All such audit reports shall be placed on the agenda 
for review at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors 
following such transmittal. The Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration shall be present at such meeting to provide any information 
relating to such audit reports. 
"(d) No later than the date on which the Inspector General 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service reports 
a problem, abuse, or deficiency under section 5(d) to the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation, the Chief Executive Officer 
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shall report such problem, abuse, or deficiency to the Board of 
Directors.". 
(2) 
TERMINATION OF STATUS AS DESIGNATED FEDERAL 
ENTITY.— 
5 use app. 8F. 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 8F(aX2) of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) is amended by striking out 
"ACTION,". 
5 use app. 8F 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph shall take effect 
note. 
on the effective date of section 203(cX2). 
(3) TRANSFER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(aXl) of the Inspector Gen-
5 use app. 9. 
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (T), by striking out "and" at 
the end thereof; and 
(ii) by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subparagraph: 
"(V) of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, the Office of Inspector (Jeneral of ACTION; and . 
5 use app. 9 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph shall take effect 
''°*®- 
on the effective date of section 203(cX2). 
(4) HEAD OF ESTABLISHMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 
5 use app. n. 
11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting "; the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service;" sifter "Thrift; Depositor Protection 
Oversight 
Board"; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ", the Corporation 
for National and Community Service," after "United States 
Information Agencjr". 
(5) 
TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
5 use app. 4. 
(A) in section 4(bX2)— 
(i) by striking out "section 8E(aX2), £uid any" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "section 8F(aX2), and any"; 
(ii) by striking out "section 8E(aXl)'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof "section 8F(aXl)"; and 
(iii) by striking out "section 8E(aX2).'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof "section 8F(aX2)."; and 
5 use app. 8G. 
(B) in section 8G (as redesignated by paragraph (1) 
of this subsection)— 
(i) by striking out "or 8D" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "8D, or 8E"; and 
(ii) by striking out "section 8E(a)" and inserting 
in Ueu thereof "section 8F(a)". 
(6) POSTAL SERVICE TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 41(Kb) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (8) by striking out "and" after the 
semicolon; 
(B) in the first paragraph (9) by striking out the period 
and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "and ; £md 
(C) by striking out the second paragraph (9) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: 
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107 STAT. 891 
"(10) the provisions of section 8F of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978.". 
(h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 
3127) is amended by striking the items relating to subtitle G 
of title I of such Act and inserting the following: 
"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.". 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), or 
P
aragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (g), the amenmnents made 
y this section shall take efiTect on October 1,1993. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT AND APPOINTMENT AUTHORITIES.—Sec-
tions 191, 192, and 193 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of tnis Act. 
SEC. 203. FINAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL 
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
(a) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990.— 
(1) APPLICATION.— 
(A) EVALUATION.—Subsections (a), (d), and (e) of sec-
tion 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) are amended by striking "this title" 
and inserting "the national service laws". 
(B) CORPORATION.—Subtitle I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 
202 of this Act) is amended in section 191, paragraphs 
(5) and (10) of section 192A(g), section 193(c), subsections 
(b) (other than paragraph (10)), (c) (other than paragraph 
(7)), and (d) of section 193A, subsections (c) and (e) of 
section 195, and subsections (a) and (b) of section 196, 
by striking "this Act" each place the term appears and 
inserting "the national service laws". 
(2) GRANTS.—Section 192A(g) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 202 of this 
Act) is amended— 
(A) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (9); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: 
"(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law, make 
grants to or contracts with Federal or other public departments 
or agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the assign-
ment or referral of volunteers imder the provisions of the 
Domestic Voliuiteer Service Act of 1973 (except as provided 
in section 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973), 
which may provide that the agency or organization shall pay 
all or a part of the costs of the program; an(r. 
(3) RECRUITMENT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS FUNCTIONS.—Sec-
tion 193A of the National and Community Service Act of 1993 
42 
use 12651 
note. 
42 
use 
12651, 
12651b, 12651c, 
12651d, 12651f, 
12651g. 
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(as added by section 202 of this Act) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
"(g) RECRUITMENT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS FUNCTIONS.— 
"(1) EFFORT.—The Chief Executive Officer shall ensure that 
the Corporation, in carrying out the recruiting and public 
awareness functions of the (jorporation, shall expend at least 
the level of effort on recruitment and public awareness activities 
related to the programs carried out under the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) as ACTION 
expended on recruitment and public awareness activities 
related to programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 during fiscal year 1993. 
"(2) PERSONNEL.—The Chief Executive Officer shall assign 
or hire, as necessary, such additional national, regional, and 
State personnel to carry out such recruiting and public aware-
ness functions as may be necessary to ensure that such func-
tions are carried out in a timely and effective manner. The 
Chief Executive Officer shall give priority in the hiring of 
such additional personnel to individuals who have formerly 
served as volunteers in the programs carried out imder the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 or similar pro|^ams, 
and to individuals who have specialized experience m the 
recruitment of volunteers. 
"(3) FUNDS.—For the first fiscal year after the effective 
date of this subsection, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
for the purpose of carrying out such recruiting and public 
awareness ninctions, the Chief Executive Officer shall obligate 
not less than 1.5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
the fiscal year under section 501(a) of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973.". 
(b) AUTHORITIES OF ACTION AGENCY.—Sections 401 and 402 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041 
and 5042) are repealed. 
42 use 12651 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS FROM ACTION AGENCY.— 
"°^- 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this subsection, unless 
otherwise provided or indicated by the context— 
(A) the term "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation; 
(B) the term "Corporation" means the Corporation for 
National and Community Service, established under section 
191 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; 
(C) the term "Federal agency" has the mesining given 
to the term "agency" by section 551(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; 
(D) the term "function" means any duty, obligation, 
power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, 
or program; and 
(E) the term "office" includes any office, administration, 
agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component 
thereof. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are transferred to the 
Corporation the functions that the Director of the ACTION 
Agency exercised before the effective date of this subsection 
(including all related fimctions of any officer or employee of 
the ACTION Agency). 
(3) DETERMINATIONS OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS BY THE OFFICE 
OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—If necessary, the Office of 
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107 STAT. 893 
Management and Budget shall make any determination of the 
functions that are transferred under paragraph (2). 
(4) REORGANIZATION.—The Chief Executive Officer is 
authorized to allocate or reallocate any function transferred 
under paragraph (2) among the officers of the Corporation. 
(5) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS AND 
PERSONNEL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 
the personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, 
liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other 
funds employed, used, held, arising from, available to, or to 
be made available in connection with the Unctions transferred 
by this subsection, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be transferred to the Corporation. Unex-
pended funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be used only for the purposes for which the fimds were origi-
nally authorized and appropriated. 
(6) INCIDENTAL TRANSFER.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, at such time or times as the Director 
shall provide, is authorized to make such determinations as 
may be necessary with regard to the functions transferred 
by this subsection, and to make such additional incidental 
dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising 
from, available to, or to be made available in connection with 
such functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this subsection. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall provide for the termination of the affairs 
of all entities terminated by this subsection and for such further 
measures and dispositions as may be necessary to effectuate 
the purposes of this subsection. 
(7) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided by this 
subsection, the transfer pursuant to this subsection of full-
time personnel (except special Government employees) and 
part-time personnel holding permanent positions shall be 
to positions in the Corporation subject to section 195(a) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as 
added by section 202(a) of this Act, and shall not cause 
any such employee to be separated or reduced in grade 
or compensation, or to have the benefits of the employee 
reduced, for 1 year after the date of transfer of such 
employee under this subsection, and such transfer shall 
be deemed to be a transfer of functions for purposes of 
section 3503 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.—Except as other-
wise provided in this subsection, any person who, on the 
day preceding the effective date of this subsection, held 
a position compensated in accordance with the Executive 
Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, and who, without a break in service, is appointed 
in the Corporation to a position having duties comparable 
to the duties performed immediately preceding such 
appointment shall continue to be compensated in such new 
position at not less than the rate provided for such previous 
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position, for the duration of the service of such person 
in such new position. 
(C) TERMINATION OP CERTAIN POSITIONS.—Positions 
whose incumbents are appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, the fimctions 
of which are transferred by this subsection, shall terminate 
on the effective date of 
this subsection. 
(8) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(A) CONTINUING EFFECT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All 
orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, a^;ree-
ments, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, 
privileges, and other administrative actions— 
(i) that have been issued, made, granted, or 
allowed to become effective by the President, any Fed-
ersd agency or official thereof, or by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions 
that are transferred under this subsection; and 
(ii) that are in effect at the time this subsection 
takes effect, or were final before the effective date 
of this subsection and are to become effective on or 
after the effective date of this subsection, 
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modi-
fied, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
accordance with law by the President, the Chief Executive 
Officer, or other authorized official, a court of competent 
jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
(B) PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—^The provisions of 
this subsection shall not affect any proceedings, including 
notices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any 
license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending 
before the ACTION Agency at the time this subsection 
takes effect, with respect to functions transferred by this 
subsection. Such proceedings and applications shall be 
continued. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, 
appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall he 
made pursuant to such orders, as if this subsection had 
not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceedings 
shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, super-
seded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court 
of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing 
in this subparagraph shall be deemed to prohibit the dis-
continuance or modification of any such proceeding under 
the same terms and conditions and to the same extent 
that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modi-
fied if this subsection had not been enacted. 
(C) SUITS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions of this sub-
section shall not affect suits commenced before the effective 
date of this subsection, and in all such suits, proceedings 
shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in 
the same manner and with the same effect as if this 
subsection had not been enacted. 
(D) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, action, or 
other proceeding commenced by or against the ACTION 
Agency, or by or against any individual in the official 
capacity of such individual as an officer of the ACTION 
Agency, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
subsection. 
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107 STAT. 895 
(E) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO PROMULGA-
TION OF REGULATIONS.—^Any administrative action relating 
to the preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the 
ACTION Agency relating to a function transferred imder 
this subsection may be continued by the Corporation with 
the same effect as if this subsection had not oeen enacted. 
(9) SEVERABILITY.—If a provision of this subsection or its 
appUcation to any person or circumstance is held invalid, nei-
ther the remainder of this subsection nor the application of 
the provision to other persons or circumstances shall be 
affected. 
(10) TRANSITION.—^Prior to, or after, any transfer of a func-
tion under this subsection, the Chief Executive Officer is 
authorized to utilize— 
(A) the services of such officers, employees, and other 
personnel of the ACTION Agency with respect to functions 
that will be or have been transferred to the Corporation 
by this subsection; and 
(B) fimds appropriated to such functions for such period 
of time as may reasonably be needed to faciUtate the 
orderly implementation of this subsection. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), this 
section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take 
effect— 
(A) 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act; or 
(B) on such earlier date as the President shall deter-
mine to be appropriate and announce by proclamation pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
(2) TRANSITION.—Subsection (cXlO) shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 204. BUSINESS PLAN. 
(a) BUSINESS PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this section as the "Corpora-
tion") shall prepare and submit to Congress a business plan. 
The Corporation may not provide assistance under section 121 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 before 
the twentieth day of continuous session of Congress after the 
date on which the Corporation submits the business plan to 
Congress. 
(2) COMPUTATION.—For purposes of the computation of the 
20-day period referred to in paragraph (1), continmty of a 
session of the Congress shall be considered to be broken only 
b y -
(A) an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and 
(B) the days on which either House is not in session 
because of an adijoumment of more than 3 days to a date 
certain. 
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS PLAN.— 
(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The business plan shall 
contain— 
(A) a description of the manner in which the Corpora-
tion will allocate funds for programs carried out by the 
Corporation after October 1,1993; 
42 u s e 12651 
note. 
President. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
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note. 
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(B) information on the principal offices and officers 
of the Corporation that will allocate such funds; and 
(C) information that indicates how accountability for 
such funds can be determined, in terms of the office or 
officer responsible for such funds. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE AND AUDIT FUNCTIONS.—The business 
plan shall include a description of the plans of the 
Corporation— 
(A) to ensure continuity, during the transition period, 
and after the transition period, in the investigative and 
audit functions carried out by the Inspector General of 
ACTION prior to such period, consistent with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 
(B) to carry out investigative and audit functions and 
implement financial management controls regarding pro-
grams carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993, 
consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978, including 
a specific description of— 
(i) the manner in which the Office of Inspector 
General shall be established in the Corporation, in 
accordance with section 194(b) of the National Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990, as added by section 202 
of this Act; and 
(ii) the manner in which grants made by the Cor-
poration shall be audited by such Office and the finan-
cial management controls tnat shall apply with regard 
to such grants and programs. 
(3) AccouNTABiUTY MEASURES.—The business plan shall 
include a detailed description of the accountability measures 
to be established by the Corporation to ensure effective control 
of all funds for programs carried out by the Corporation after 
October 1,1993. 
(4) INFORMATION RESOURCES.—The business plan shall 
include a description of an information resource management 
program that will support the program and financial manage-
ment needs of the Corporation. 
Reports. 
(5) CORPORATION STAFFING AND INTEGRATION OF ACTION.— 
(A) TRANSFERS.—^The business plan shall include a 
report on the progress and plans of the President for 
transferring the fimctions, programs, and related personnel 
of ACTION to the Corporation, and shall include a time-
table for the transfer. 
(B) DETAILS AND ASSIGNMENTS.—The report shall 
specify the number of ACTION employees (tetailed or 
assigned to the Corporation, and describe the hiring activity 
of the Corporation, during the transition period. 
(C) STRUCTURE.—^The business plan shall include a 
description of the organizational structure of the Corpora-
tion during the transition period. 
(D) STAFFING.—^The business plan shall include a 
description of— 
(i) measures to ensure adequate staffing during 
the transition period with respect to programs carried 
out b^ the Corporation after October 1, 1993; and 
(ii) the responsibilities and authorities of the 
Managing Directors and other key personnel of the 
Corporation. 
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107 STAT. 897 
(E) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—The business plan 
shall include— 
(i) an explanation of the number of the employees 
of the Corporation who will be paid at or above the 
rate of pay for level 1 of the Senior Executive Service 
Schedule under section 5382 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) information justifying such pay for such 
employees. 
(6) DUPLICATION OF FUNCTIONS.—The business plan shall 
include a description of the measures that the Corporation 
is taking or wili take to minimize duplication of functions 
in the Corporation caused by the transfer of the functions 
of the Commission on National and Community Service, and 
the transfer of the functions of ACTION, to the Corporation. 
This description shall address functions at both the national 
and State levels. 
(c) DEFINITION.—^The term "transition period" means the period 
beginning on October 1, 1993 and ending on the day before the 
effective date of section 203(cX2). 
SEC. 206. ACTIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS TO BE SUB- 
42 USC 12682. 
JECT TO THE AVAILABIUTY OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
No action involving the obligation or expenditure of funds may 
be taken imder one of the national service laws (as defined in 
section 101(15) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(15))) unless and until the Corporation for 
National and Community Service has sufficient appropriations 
available at the time such action is taken to satisfy the obligation 
to be incurred or make the expenditure to be made. 
TITLE III—REAUTHORIZATION 
Subtitle A—^National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the National and Commimity 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"(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, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such siuns 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 
through 1996. 
"(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year— 
"(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under subpart A of part 
I of subtitle B of title I; 
"(ii) not more than 11.25 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under subpart B of part 
I of such subtitle; and 
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42 u s e 12681 
note. 
"(iii) not more than 25 percent shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under part II of such 
subtitle. 
"(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AhfD H.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^There are authorized to be appro-
priated to provide financial assistance under subtitles C 
and H of title I, to provide national service educational 
awards under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out such 
audits and evaluations as the Chief Executive Officer or 
the Inspector General of the Corporation may determine 
to be necessary, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $700,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1996. 
"(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to 15 percent shall 
be made available to provide financial assistance under 
section 125, under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126, 
and under subtitle H of title I. 
"(3) SUBTITLE E.—^There are authorized to be appropriated 
to provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 
through 1996. 
"(4) ADMINISTRATION.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the administration of this Act $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1994, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and 
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. 
"(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amoimts 
appropriated 
under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year— 
"(i) up to 60 percent shall be made available to 
the Corporation for the administration of this Act; 
and 
"(ii) the remainder shall be available to provide 
financial assistance imder section 126(a). 
"(b) TITLE III.—^There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out title III $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 
through 1996. 
"(c) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Fxinds appropriated 
under this section shall remain available until expended. 
"(d) SPECIFICATION OF BUDGET FUNCTION.—The authorizations 
of appropriations contained in this section shall be considered to 
be a component of budget fimction 500 as used by the Office 
of Management and Budget to cover education, training, employ-
ment, and social services, and, as such, shall be considered to 
be related to the programs of the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education for budgetary purposes.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on October 1,1993. 
Domestic 
Volunteer 
Service Act 
Amendments 
of 1993. 
42 u s e 4950 
note. 
Subtitle B- -Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 
SEC. 311. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the "Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993". 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 899 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
whenever in this subtitle 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.). 
CHAPTER 1—VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 321. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM. 
The last sentence of section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended 
to read as follows: "In addition, the objectives of this part are 
to generate the commitment of private sector resources, to encour-
age volunteer service at the local level, and tn strengthen local 
agencies and organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.**. 
SEC. 322. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR VISTA PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4952) is amended 
by striking "The Director" and inserting "This part shall be adminis-
tered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 
194(dXlXA) of the National and Commimity Service Act of 1990. 
Such Director". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 42 use 4952 
(a) shall take effect on the effective date of section 203(b). 
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SEC. 323. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VISTA VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS.—Section 103(a) (42 U.S.C. 
4953(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "a 
public" and inserting "public"; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking "illiterate or fimctionally 
illiterate youth and other individuals,"; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking "and" at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by striking "or the Community Economic" and 
inserting "the Community Economic"; 
(B) by inserting "or other similar Acts," after "1981,"; 
and 
(C) by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(7) in strengthening, supplementing, and expanding efforts 
to address the problem of illiteracy throughout the United 
States.". 
(b) RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES.—Section 103(b) (42 U.S.C. 
4953(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: 
"(2)(A) The Director shall establish and maintain within the 
national headquarters of the ACTION Agency (or any successor 
entity of such agency) a volunteer placement office which shall 
be responsible for all fimctions related to the recruitment and 
placement of volunteers under this part. Such functions and activi-
ties shall be carried out in coordmation or in conjunction with 
recruitment and placement activities carried out under the National 
and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. Upon the transfer of 
the functions of the ACTION Agency to the Corporation for National 
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and Community Service, the office established under this subpara-
graph shall be merged with the recruitment office of such Corpora-
tion. At no time after such transfer of functions shall more than 
one office responsible primarily for recruitment exist within the 
Corporation."; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (6); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as paragraphs 
(4) and (6), respectively. 
(c) PuBUC AWARENESS AND RECRUITMENT.—Subsection (c) of 
section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the 1st sentence by striking "regional or State 
employees designated in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of sub-
section (b)(2)'' and inserting "personnel described in sub-
section (b)(2)(C)''; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking "shall include" 
and inserting "may include"; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following 
new subparagraph: 
"(F) publicizing national service educational awards 
available under the National and Community Service Trust 
Act of 1993;"; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4). 
(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Section 
103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
"(h) The Director is encouraged to enter into agreements with 
other Federal agencies to use VISTA volimteers in furtherance 
of program objectives that are consistent with the purposes 
described in section 101.". 
SEC. 324. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION AND PERIODS OF SERVICE.—Subsection (b) 
of section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(bXD Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled 
initially for periods of service of not less than 1 year, nor more 
than 2 years, except as provided in paragraph (2) or subsection 
(e). 
"(2) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for 
periods of service of less than 1 year if^ the Director determines, 
on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than 1 
year is necessary to meet a critical scarce skill need. 
"(3) Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for 
periods of service in a manner to be determined by the Director. 
No volunteer shall serve for more than a total of 5 years under 
this part.". 
(b) SUMMER PROGRAM.—Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(eXD Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the 
Director may enroll full-time VISTA summer associates in a pro-
gram for the summer months only, under such terms and conditions 
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as the Director shall determine to be appropriate. Such individuals 
shall be assigned to projects that meet the criteria set forth in 
section 103(a). 
"(2) In preparing reports relating to programs under this Act, Reports, 
the Director shall report on participants, costs, and accomplish-
ments under the summer program separately. 
"(3) The limitation on funds appropriated for grants and con-
tracts, as contained in section 108, shall not apply to the summer 
program.". 
SEC. 325. SUPPORT FOR VISTA VOLUNTEERS. 
v 
(a) PosTSERViCE STIPEND.—Section 105(aXl) (42 U.S.C. 
4955(aXl)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(A)" after "(aXD"; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the follow-
ing: 
"(B) Such stipend shall not exceed $95 per month in fiscal 
year 1994, but shall be set at a minimum of $100 per month, 
and a maximum of $125 per month assuming the availability of 
funds to accomplish such msiximum, during the service of the volun-
teer after October 1, 1994. The Director may provide a stipend 
of a maximum of $200 per month in the case of persons who 
have served as volunteers under this part for at least 1 year 
and who, in accordance with standards established in such regula-
tions as the Director shall prescribe, have been designated volunteer 
leaders on the basis of experience and special sluUs and a dem-
onstrated leadership among volunteers. 
"(C) The Director shall not provide a stipend under this sub-
section to an individual who elects to receive a national service 
educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990.". 
(b) SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.—Section 105(b) (42 U.S.C. 
4955(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the subparagraph 
designation; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
"The Director shall review such adjustments on an annual 
basis to ensure that the adjustments are current."; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) CHILD CARE.—Section 105 (42 U.S.C. 4955) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
"(cXD The Director shall— 
"(A) make child care available for children of each volunteer 
enrolled under this part who need such child care in order 
to participate as volunteers; or 
"(B) provide a child care allowance to each such volimteer 
who needs such assistance in order to participate as volunteers. 
"(2) The Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the 
circumstances under which child care shall be made available under 
this subsection and the value of any child care allowance to be 
provided.". 
SEC. 326. PARTICIPATION OF YOUNGER AND OLDER PERSONS. 
Section 107 (42 U.S.C. 4957) is amended to read as follows: 
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PARTICIPATION 
OF 
YOUNGER 
AND 
OLDER 
PERSONa 
*Tn carrying out this part and part C, the Director shall take 
necessary steps, including the development of special i>roiects, 
where appropriate, to encourage the fullest participation of individ-
uals 18 through 27 years of age, and individuals 55 years of age 
and older, in uie various programs and activities authorized under 
such parts.". 
SEC. 327. LITERACY ACnvmES. 
Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) by striking the paragraph designation of paragraph 
(2); and 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ''paragraphs (2) and 
(3)** and inserting "paragrapn (2)"; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 328. APPUCATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. 
Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is amended to read as follows: 
'nSEC. 110. APPUCATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. 
"In reviewing an application for assistance imder this part, 
the Director shall not deny such assistance to any {>roject or pro-
gram, or any public or private nonprofit organization, solely on 
the basis of the duration of the assistance such project, program, 
or organization has received under this part prior to the date 
of submission of the application. The Director shall grant assistance 
under this part on the basis of merit and to accomplish the goals 
of the VISTA program, and shall consider the needs and require-
ments of prdects in existence on such date as well as potential 
new projects. . 
SEC. 329. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR STUDENT COMMUNITY SERV-
ICE PROGRAMS. 
Section 114 (42 U.S.C. 4974) is repealed. 
SEC. 330. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA. 
(a) PROGRAM TITLE.—Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in the part heading, to read as follows: 
"PART B—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA"; 
42 use 4971, 
(2) by striking "University Year for ACTION" each place 
^^'^- 
that such term appears in such part and inserting "University 
Year for VISTA"; 
42USC4971, 
(3) by striking "UYA" each place that such term appears 
in such part and inserting "UYV"; and 
(4) m section 112 (42 U.S.C. 4972) by striking the section 
heading and inserting the following new section heading: 
"AUTHORITY TO OPERATE UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA PROGRAM". 
(b) SPECIAL CONDITIONS.—Section 113(a) (42 U.S.C. 4973(a)) 
is amended— 
4973. 
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107 STAT. 903 
(1) by striking "of not less than the duration of an academic 
year^ and inserting "of not less than the duration of an aca-
demic semester or its equivalent"; and 
(2) by adding at the end Hie following new sentence: "Volun-
teers may receive a living allowance and such other support 
or allowances as the Director determines to be appropriate.". 
SEC. 331. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIAL VOLUN-
TEER AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 4992) is amended to read as follows: 
<«EC. 122. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIAL VOLUN-
TEER AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Director is authorized to conduct special 
volunteer programs for demonstration programs, or award grants 
to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations 
to carry out such programs. Such programs shall encourage wider 
volunteer participation on a full-time, part-time, or short-term basis 
to further the purpose of this part, and identify particular segments 
of the poverty community that could benefit from volunteer and 
other antipoverty efforts. 
"(b) ASSIGNMENT AND SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS.—The assign-
ment of volimteers under this section, and the provision of support 
for such volunteers, including any subsistence allowances and sti-
pends, shall be on such terms and conditions as the Director shall 
determine to be appropriate, but shall not exceed the level of 
support provided under section 105. Projects using volunteers who 
do not receive stipends may also be supported under this section. 
"(c) CRITERIA AND PRIORITIES.—^In carrying out this section 
and section 123, the Director shall establish criteria and priorities 
for awarding grants and entering into contracts under this part 
in each fiscal year. No grant or contract exceeding $100,000 shall 
be made under this part unless the recipient of the grant or contrac-
tor has been selected by a competitive process that includes public 
announcement of the availability of funds for such grant or contract, 
general criteria for the selection of recipients or contractors, and 
a description of the application process and application review 
process.". 
SEC. 332. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended to read as follows: 
'^EC. 123. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
"The Director may provide technical and financial assistance 
to Federal agencies. State and local governments and agencies, 
private nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private 
organizations that utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying 
out the purpose of this part.". 
SEC. 333. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE AUTHORITY FOR DRUG ABUSE 
PROGRAMS. 
Title I (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by repealing section 124; and 
42 use 4994. 
(2) by redesignating section 125 as section 124. 
42 use 4995. 
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CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS 
SEC. 341. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTE^^ CORPS. 
(a) TITLE HEADING.—The heading for titl6 II is amended to 
read as follows: 
TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS". 
\ • 
(b) REFERENCES.— 
\ 
(1) Section 200(1) (42 U.S.C. 5000(1)) is amended by strik-
ing "Older American Volunteer Programs'* and inserting 
*T^Iational Senior Volunteer Corps". 
(2) The heading for section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended 
by striking "
O
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E
R AMERICAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS" and 
inserting ''NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS". 
(3) Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading by striking "OLDER AMERICAN 
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS" and inserting "NATIONAL SENIOR 
VOLUNTEER CORPS"; and 
(B) by striking "volunteer projects for Older Americans" 
and inserting "National Senior Volunteer Corps projects". 
(4) Section 205(c) of the Older Americans Amendments 
of 1975 (Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 42 U.S.C. 5001 
/ 
note) is amended by striking "national older American volunteer 
grograms" each place the term appears and inserting "National 
enior Volunteer Corps programs". 
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SEC. 342. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
(a) PART HEADING.—The heading for part A of title II is amend-
ed by striking "RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM" and insert-
ing 'llETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM". 
(b) REFERENCES.—Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended 
by striking "retired senior volunteer program" each place that such 
term appears in such section £uid the Act and inserting "Retired 
\ 
and Senior Volunteer Program". 
SEC 343. OPERATION OF THE RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER 
PROGRAM. 
Section 201(a) (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 
"retired persons" and inserting "retired individuals and working 
older individuals"; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking "aged sixty or over" and inserting "55 
years of age or older"; and 
(B) by inserting ", and individuals 60 years of age 
or older will be given priority for enrollment," after 
"enrolled". 
SEC. 344. 
SERVICES 
UNDER THE 
FOSTER 
GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. 
Section 211(a) (42 U.S.C. 5011(a)) is amended by striking ", 
including services" and all that follows through "with special needs." 
and inserting a period and the following: "Such services may include 
services by mdividuals serving as foster grandparents to children 
who are individuals with disabilities, who have chronic health condi-
tions, who are receiving care in hospitals, who are residing in 
homes for dependent and neglected children, or who are receiving 
services provided by day care centers, schools, early intervention 
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107 STAT. 905 
programs under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), Head Start agencies under 
the Head Start Act, or any of a variety of other programs, establish-
ments, and institutions providing services for children with special 
or exceptional needs. Individual foster grandparents may provide 
person-to-person services to one or more children, depenaing on 
the needs of the project and local site.". 
SEC. 345. STIPENDS FOR LOW-INCOME VOLUNTEERS. 
Section 211(d) (42 U.S.C. 5011(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence by striking "Any stipend or 
allowance provided imder this subsection shall not be less than 
$2.20 per hour until October 1, 1990, $2.35 per hour during 
fiscal year 1991, and $2.50 per hour on and after October 
1, 1992," and inserting "Any stipend or allowance provided 
under this section shall not be less than $2.45 per nour on 
and after October 1, 1993, and shall be adjusted once prior 
to December 31, 1997, to account for inflation, as determined 
by the Director and rounded to the nearest five cents,"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"In establishing the amount of, and the effective date for, such 
adjustment, the Director, in consultation with the State Commis-
sions on National and Commiuiity Service (as established under 
section 178 of the National and (Community Service Act of 1990) 
and the heads of the State offices established under section 195 
of such Act, shall consider the effect such adjustment will have 
on the ability of non-federally funded volunteer programs similar 
to the programs under this title to maintain their current level 
of volunteer hours.". 
SEC. 
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CONDITIONS 
OF 
GRANTS 
AND 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 212 (42 U.S.C. 5012) is repealed. 
SEC. 347. EVALUATION OF THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. 
Section 213(c) (42 U.S.C. 5013(c)) is amended by striking para-
graph (3). 
SEC. 348. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) PROMOTION.—Section 221(a) (42 U.S.C. 5021(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking "(a)" and inserting "(aXD"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall 
enter into agreements with— 
"(A) the Department of Health and Human Services to— 
"(i) involve retired and senior volunteers, and foster 
grandparents, in Head Start programs; 
"(li) involve retired and senior volunteers, and senior 
companions, in providing services authorized by title III 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965; and 
"(iii) promote the recognition of such volunteers who 
are qualified to provide in-home services for reimbursement 
imder title XVIII of the Social Security Act for providing 
such services; 
"(B) 
the 
Department 
of 
Education 
to 
promote 
intergenerational tutoring and mentoring for at-risk cnildren; 
and 
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"(C) the Environmental Protection Agency to support con-
servation efforts.", 
(b) MINIMUM 
EXPENDITURE.—Section 221(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 
5021(bX3)) is amended by striking "$250,000" and inserting 
"$375,000". 
SEC. 349. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2XB) by striking "paragraph (10)" and 
inserting "paragraphs (10), (12), (15), anddG)"; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
(12) Programs that address environmental needs. 
"(13) Programs that reach out to organizations (such as 
labor unions and profitmaking organizations) not previously 
involved in addressing national problems of local concern. 
, 
"(14) Programs that provide for outreach to increase partici-
I 
pation of members of etnnic groups who have limited English 
; 
proficiency. 
"(15) Programs that support criminal justice activities and 
juvenile justice activities. 
"(16) Programs that involve older volunteers working with 
young people in apprenticeship programs. 
"(17) Programs that support the community integration 
of individuals with disabilities. 
"(18) Programs that provide health, education, and welfare 
services that augment the activities of State and local agencies, 
to be carried out in a fiscal year for which the aggregate 
amount of funds available to such agencies is not less than 
the annual average aggregate amoimt of fimds available to 
such agencies for the period of 3 fiscal years preceding such 
fiscal year."; 
(3) in subsection (cXD, by striking "under this title"; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
"(1) Except as provided m paragraph (2), from the amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 502, 
for each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such 
sums as may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a).". 
SEC. 350. ADJUSTMENTS TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 226(b) (42 U.S.C. 5026(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking "(1)"; and 
(B) by striking "annually" and inserting ", once every 
2 years"; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 351. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 
Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new part: 
"PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
42 use 5028. 
'^SEC. 231. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Director is authorized to make grants 
to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, 
including organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the 
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purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving older 
Americans as volimteers. The Director m^y support under this 
part both volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving 
stipends. 
"(b) ACTIVITIES.—^An organization that receives a grant or 
enters into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made 
available through the grant or contract for activities such as— 
"(1) linUng youth groups and older American organizations 
in volunteer activities; 
"(2) involving older volunteers in programs and activities 
different from programs and activities supported in the commu-
nity; and 
"(3) testing whether older American volunteer programs 
may contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities. 
•nSEC. 232. PROHIBITION. 
42 USC 5028a. 
'The Director may not reduce the activities, projects, or volun-
teers funded under the other parts of this title in order to support 
projects under this part.". 
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 361. PURPOSE OF AGENCY. 
Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 5041) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: "Such 
Agency shall also promote the coordination of volunteer efforts 
among Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations, 
exchange technical assistance information among such agencies 
and organizations."; and 
(2) by striking "Older American Volunteer Programs" each 
place the term appears and inserting "National Senior Volun-
teer Corps". 
SEC. 362. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR. 
Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 5042) is amended in paragraphs (5) 
and (6) by inserting "solicit and" before "accept" in each such 
paragraph. 
SEC. 363. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 
Section 403 (42 U.S.C. 5043) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (bX2) and (c) as subsections 
(c) and (d), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by redesignating 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respec-
tively; and 
(3) by striking subsection (bXD and inserting the following: 
"(bXl) Programs assisted under this Act shall not be carried 
on in a manner involving the use of fimds, the provision of services, 
or the employment or assignment of personnel in a manner support-
ing or resulting in the identification of such programs with— 
"(A) any partisan or nonpartisan political activity associ-
ated with a candidate, or a contending faction or group, in 
an election for public or party office; 
"(B) any activity to provide voters or prospective voters 
with transportation to the polls or similar assistance in connec-
tion with any such election; or 
"(C) any voter registration activity; 
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except that programs assisted under this Act may make voter 
registration applications and nonpartisan voter 
registration 
information available to the public on the premises of such pro-
grams. 
"(2) In carrying out any voter registration activity permitted 
under paragrapn (1), an mdividual who is affiliated with, or 
employed to carry out, a program assisted under this Act shall 
notr— 
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(
A
) indicate a preference with respect to any candidate, 
political party, or election issue; or 
''(B) seek to influence the political or party afiEiliation, or 
voting decision, of any individusd.". 
SEC. 364. COMPENSATION FOR VOLUNTEERS. 
Section 404 (42 U.S.C. 5044) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting "from such volunteers 
or from beneficiaries'* after "compensation"; 
(2) by striking subsection (f); and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). 
SEC. 366. REPEAL OF REPORT. 
Section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5047) is repealed. 
SEC. 366. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW. 
Section 415(b)(4XA) (42 U.S.C. 5055(bX4XA)) is amended by 
striking "a grade GS-7 employee" and inserting "an employee at 
grade GS-5 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 
5, United States Code". 
SEC. 367. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS. 
Section 417 (42 U.S.C. 5057) is amended to read as follows: 
•«EC. 417. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.— 
"(1) BASIS.—An individual with responsibility for the oper-
ation of a pro-am that receives assistance imder this Act 
shall not discriminate against a participant in, or member 
of the staff of, such program on the oasis of race, color, national 
origin, sex, age, or political afiiliation of such participant or 
member, or on the basis of disability, if the participant or 
member is a qualified individual with a disability. 
"(2) DEFINITION.—Aa used in paragraph (1), the term 'quali-
fied individual with a disability has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(8) of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(8)). 
"(b) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Any assistance provided 
under this Act shall constitute Federal financial assistance for 
purposes of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 
(42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.). 
"(c) RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
an individual with responsibility for the operation of a program 
that receives assistance under this Act shall not discriminate 
on the basis of religion against a participant in such program 
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107 STAT. 909 
or a member of the staff of such program who is paid with 
funds received under this Act. 
"(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
employment, with assistance provided under this Act, of any 
member of the stafiT, of a program that receives assistance 
imder this Act, who was employed with the organization operat-
ing the program on the date the grant under this Act was 
awarded. 
"(d) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Director shall promulgate 
rules and regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section 
that shall include provisions for summary suspension of assistance 
for not more than 30 days, on an emergency basis, until notice 
and an opportunity to be heard can be provided.". 
SEC. 368. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SETTING 
REGULATIONS. 
Section 420 (42 U.S.C. 5060) is repealed. 
SEC. 369. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 5062) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting "or the Inspector General" 
after "Director"; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ", the Inspector General," 
after "Director" each place that such term appears. 
SEC. 370. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION. 
Title IV is amended by adding at the end, the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 425. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 
42 USC 5065. 
"Whoever falsely— 
"(1) advertises or represents; or 
"(2) publishes or displays any sign, symbol, or advertise-
ment, reasonably calculated to convey the impression, 
that an entity is affiliated with, funded by, or operating under 
the authority of ACTION, VISTA, or any of the programs of the 
National Senior Volunteer Corps may be enjoined imder an action 
filed by the Attorney (Jeneral, on a complaint by the Director.". 
SEC. 371. DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE AS A VOLUN-
TEER. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) CREDITABLE SERVICE.—Section 8332(j) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting "the period 
of an individual's service as a full-time volunteer 
enrolled in a program of at least 1 year's duration 
under part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973," after "Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964,"; 
(ii) in the second sentence, by inserting ", as a 
full-time volunteer enrolled in a program of at least 
1 year's duration imder part A, B, or C of title I 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973," after 
"Economic Opportunity Act of 1964"; and 
(iii) in the last sentence— 
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(I) by inserting "or under part A, B, or C 
of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973" after 'Economic Opportunity Act of 1964"; 
and 
(II) by inserting *
*
o
r the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, as appropriate," after "Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity^; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) The provisions of paragraph (1) relating to credit for service 
as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964, part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973, or the Peace Corps Act shall not apply to 
any period of service as a volunteer or volunteer leader of an 
employee or Member with respect to which the employee or Member 
has made the deposit with interest, if any, required by section 
8334(1).". 
(2) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND DEPOSITS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 8334 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
*
*
(
1
X
1
) Each employee or Member who has performed service 
as a volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of 
the Economic Opportimity Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer 
enrolled in a program of at least 1 year's duration under part 
A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, or as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps 
Act before the date of the separation on which the entitlement 
to any annuity under this subchapter is based may pay, in accord-
ance with sucn regulations as the Office of Personnel Management 
shall issue, an amount equal to 7 percent of the rea4justment 
allowance paid to the employee or Member under title VIII of 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or section 5(c) or 6(1) of 
the Peace Corps Act or the stipend paid to the employee or Member 
under part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973, for each period of service as such a volimteer or 
volunteer leader. 
"(2) Any deposit made imder paragraph (1) more than 2 years 
after the later o
f
— 
"(A) October 1,1993; or 
"(B) the date on which the employee or Member making 
the deposit first becomes an employee or Member, 
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded 
annually beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year 
period. The interest rate that is applicable in computing interest 
m any year under this paragraph shall be equal to the interest 
rate that is applicable for such year under subsection (e). 
"(3) The Director of the Peace Corps and the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
shall furnish such information to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as the Office may determine to be necessary for the adminis-
tration of this subsection.". 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8334(e) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) by striking "or (k)" each place that such term appears 
and inserting "(k), or (1)". 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21,1993 
107 STAT. 911 
(1) CREDITABLE SERVICE.—Section 8411 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (bX3), by striking "subsection (f)" 
and inserting "subsection (f) or (h)"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(h) An employee or Member shall be allowed credit for service 
as a volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer 
enrolled in a program of at least 1 year's duration under part 
A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, or as a volimteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps 
^ t performed at any time prior to the separation on which the 
entitlement to any annuity under this subchapter is based if the 
employee or Member has made a deposit with interest, if any, 
with respect to such service under section 8422(0.". 
(2) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 8422 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
"(fKl) Each employee or Member who has performed service 
as a volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of 
the Economic Opportunitv Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer 
enrolled in a program of at least 1 year's duration under part 
A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, or as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps 
A:t before the date of the separation on which the entitlement 
to any annuity under this subchapter, or subchapter V of this 
chapter, is based may pay, in accordance with such regulations 
as the Office of Personnel Management shall issue, an amount 
equal to 3 percent of the readjustment allowance paid to the 
employee or Member under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity 
Service Act of 1964 or section 5(c) or 6(1) of the Peace Corps 
Act or the stipend paid to the employee or Member under part 
A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, for each period of service as such a volunteer or volunteer 
leader. 
"(2) Any deposit made under paragraph (1) more than 2 years 
after the later o
f
— 
"(A) October 1,1993, or 
"(B) the date on which the employee or Member making 
the deposit first becomes an employee or Member, 
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded 
annually beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year 
period. The interest rate that is applicable in computing interest 
in any year under this paragraph shall be equal to the interest 
rate that is applicable for such year under section 8334(e). 
"(3) The Director of the Peace Corps and the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
shall furnish such information to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as the OfiQce may determine to be necessary for the adminis-
tration of this subsection.". 
(c) APPLICABILITY AND OTHER PROVISIONS.— 
5 use 8332 note. 
(1) APPLICABILITY.— 
(A) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CSRS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—^The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 
entitled to an annuity on the basis of a separation 
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from service occurring on or after the effective date 
of this subtitle. 
(ii) RULES RELATING TO ANNUITIES BASED ON EAR-
LIER SEPARATIONS.—An annuity under subchapter III 
of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, payable 
to an individual based on a separation from service 
occurring before the effective date of this subtitle shall 
be subject to the provisions of paragraph (2). 
(B) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO FERS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—^The amendments made by sub-
section (b) shall apply with respect to any individual 
entitled to an annuity on the basis of a separation 
from service occiirring before, on, or after the effective 
date of this subtitle, subject to clause (ii). 
(ii) RULE RELATING TO ANNUITIES BASED ON EAR-
LIER SEPARATIONS.—^In the case of any in^vidual whose 
entitlement to an annuity is based on a separation 
from service occurring before the effective date of this 
subtitle, any increase in such individual's annuity on 
the basis of a deposit made under section 8442(f) of 
title 5, United Stetes Code, as amended by subsection 
(b)(2), shall be effective beginning with the annuity 
pajnnent payable for the first calendar month begin-
ning after the effective date of this subtitle. 
(2) SPECIAL RULES.— 
(A) OLD-AGE OR SURVIVORS INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B), in any case in which an individual 
described in paragraph (lXA)(ii) is also entitled to old-
age or survivors insurance benefits under section 202 of 
the Social Security Act (or would be entitled to such bene-
fite upon filing an application therefor), the amount of 
the annuity to which such individual is entitled under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code 
(after taking into account any crediteble service as a volun-
teer or volunteer leader under the Economic Opportimity 
Act of 1964, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
or the Peace Corps Act) which is payable for any month 
shall be reduced by an amoimt determined by midtipl3dng 
the amount of such old-age or survivors insurance benefit 
for the determination month by a fraction— 
(i) the numerator of which is the totel of the wages 
(within the meaning of section 209 of the Social Secu-
rity Act) for service as a volunteer or volimteer leader 
under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or the Peace 
Corps Act of such individual credited for years before 
the calendar year in which the determination month 
occurs, up to the contribution and benefit base deter-
mined imder section 230 of the Social Security Act 
(or other applicable maximum annual amount referred 
to in section 215(e)(1) of such Act for each such year); 
and 
(ii) the denominator of which is the totel of all 
wages described in clause (i), plus all other wages 
(within the meaning of section 209 of such Act) and 
all self-emplojonent income (within the meaning of sec-
tion 211(b) of such Act) of such individual credited 
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107 STAT. 913 
for years after 1936 and before the calendar year in 
which the determination month occurs, up to the con-
tribution and benefit base (or such other amount 
referred to in section 215(eXl) of such Act for each 
such year. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) REDUCTION IN ANNUITY.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall not reduce the annuity of an individual below 
the amoimt of the annuity which would be payable 
to the individual for the determination month u the 
provisions of section 8332(j) of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to service as a volunteer or volxmteer 
leader, applied to the individual for such month. 
(ii) APPLICATION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 
apply in the case of an individual who, prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, made a deposit under 
section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to service as a volunteer or volunteer leader 
(as described in subparagraph (A)). 
(iii) DETERMINATION MONTH.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term "determination month" means— 
(I) the first month the individual described 
in paragraph (IXAXii) is entitled to old-age or 
survivors benefits under section 202 of the Social 
Security Act (or would be entitled to such benefits 
upon filing an application therefor); or 
(II) the first calendar month beginning after 
the date of enactment of this Act, in the case 
of any individual entitled to such benefits for such 
month. 
(iv) RULE RELATING TO ANNUITIES BASED ON EAR-
LIER SEPARATIONS.—^Any increase in an annuity which 
occurs by virtue of the enactment of this paragraph 
shall be effective beginning with the annuity payment 
payable for the first calendar month beginnmg after 
the effective date of this subtitle. 
(3) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall furnish such information to the 
Office of Personnel Management as may be necessary to carry 
out this subsection. 
(4) ACTION TO INFORM INDIVIDUALS.—The Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall take such action as may 
be necessary and appropriate to inform individuals entitled 
to credit imder this section for service as a volunteer or volun-
teer leader, or to have any annuity recomputed, or to make 
a deposit under this section, of such entitlement. 
CHAPTER 4—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
AND OTHER AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 381. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE L 
Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended to read as follows: 
'^EC. 501. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS. 
"(a) AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
"(1) VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out parts A and B 
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of title I, excluding section 109, $56,000,000 for fiscal year 
1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 
"(2) LITERACY AcnvrriES.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 109, $5,600,000 for fiscal 
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 
"(3) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part C of title I, excluding 
section 125, such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 1994 through 1996. 
"(4) LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.—^There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out section 125, such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
1996. 
"(5) SPECIFICATION OF BUDGET FUNCTION.—The authoriza-
tions of appropriations contained in this subsection shall be 
considered to be a component of budget function 500 as used 
by the Ofilce of Management and Budget to cover education, 
training, employment, and social services, and, as such, shall 
be considered to be related to the programs of the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for budg-
etary purposes. 
"(b) SUBSISTENCE.—^The minimum level of an allowance for 
subsistence required under section 105(bX2), to be provided to each 
volimteer under title I, may not be reduced or limited in order 
to provide for an increase in the number of volunteer service years 
under part A of title L 
"(c) LIMITATION.—^No part of the fimds appropriated to carry 
out part A of title I may be used to provide volunteers or assistance 
to any program or project authorized under part B or C of title 
I, or under title II, imless the program or project meets the anti-
poverty criteria of part A of title I. 
"(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated for part A of title 
I shall remain available for obligation until the end of the fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the amounts were appro-
priated. 
"(e) VOLUNTEER SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
"(1) VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under this section for parts A, B, and C of title I, 
including section 124, there shall first be available for part 
A of title I, including sections 104(e) and 109, an amount 
not less than the amount necessary to provide 3,700 volunteer 
service years in fiscal year 1994, 4,000 volunteer service years 
in fiscal year 1995, and 4,500 volunteer service years in fiscal 
year 1996. 
"(2) PLAN.—If the Director determines that fiinds appro-
priated to carry out part A, B, or C of title I are insufficient 
to provide for the years of volunteer service required by para-
graph (1), the Director shall submit a plan to the relevant 
authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress that 
will detail what is necessary to fully meet this requirement.". 
SEC. 382. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE n. 
Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 915 
<«SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS. 
"(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, 
$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 
"(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $85,000,000 
for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 
"(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 
"(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 1994 through 1996. . 
SEC. 383. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE IV. 
Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended to read as follows: 
<^EC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
1996, there are authorized to be appropriated for the administration 
of this Act as provided for in title IV, 18 percent of the total 
amount appropriated under sections 501 and 502 with respect to 
such year. 
"(b) EVALUATION.—For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
1996, the Director is authorized to expend not less than 2^2 percent, 
and not more than 5 percent, of the amount appropriated under 
subsection (a), for the purposes prescribed in section 416.". 
SEC. 384. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; COMPENSATION FOR VISTA 
FECA CLAIMANTS. 
Section 8143(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking "GS-T" and inserting "GS-5 of the (Jeneral Schedule 
imder section 5332 of title 5, United States Code". 
SEC. 385. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY. 
Title VII (42 U.S.C. 5091 et seq.) is repealed. 
CHAPTER 5—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 391. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 
et seq.) is amended by striking "That this Act" and all that follows 
through the end of the table of contents and inserting the following: 
"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
"(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 'Domestic 42 use 4950 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973'. 
"°^ 
"(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 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. 
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"Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 
"Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 
"Sec. 105. Supi)ort service. 
"Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 
"Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 
"Sec. 108. Limitation. 
"Sec. 109. VISTA Literacy Corps. 
"Sec. 110. Applications for assistance. 
"PART B—UNivERsnY YEAR FOR VISTA 
"Sec. 111. Statement of piurpose. 
"Sec. 112. Authority to operate University Year for VISTA program. 
"Sec. 113. Special conditions. 
"PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
"Sec. 121. Statement of purpose. 
"Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration 
pro-ams. 
"Sec. 123. Techmcal and financial assistance. 
"Sec. 125. Literacy challenge grants. 
"TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS 
"Sec. 200. Statement of purposes. 
"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 Volunteer Corps. 
"Sec. 222. Payments. 
"Sec. 223. Minority group participation. 
"Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Volunteer 
Corps. 
"Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 
"Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 
"Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 
"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. Center for Research and Training. 
"TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
"Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 
"Sec. 502. National Senior Volunteer 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.". 
SEC. 392. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle shall become effective on October 1,1993. 
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AND 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
107 STAT. 917 
42 u s e 4951 
note. 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (6); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para^aphs: 
"(8) the term 'Corporation' means the Corporation for 
National and Community Service established under section 191 
of the National and Commimity Service Act of 1990; 
"(9) the term 'foster grandparent' means a volunteer in 
the Foster Grandparent Program; 
"(10) the term 'Foster Grandparent Program' means the 
program established under part B of title II; 
"(11) except as provided in section 417, the term 'individual 
with a disability' has the meaning given the term in section 
7(8XB) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8XB)); 
"(12) the term 'Inspector General' means the Inspector 
General of ACTION; 
"(13) the term 'national senior volunteer' means a volunteer 
in the National Senior Volunteer Corps; 
"(14) the term 'National Senior Volunteer Corps' mecuis 
the programs established under parts A, B, C, and E of title 
11; 
"(15) the term 'Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 
means the program established under part A of title II; 
"(16) the term 'retired or senior volunteer' means a volun-
teer in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program; 
"(17) the term 'senior companion' means a volunteer in 
the Senior Companion Program; 
"(18) the term 'Senior Companion Program' means the pro-
gram esteblished under part C of title II; 
"(19) the terms 'VISTA' and *Volunteers in Service to Amer-
ica' mean the program esteblished under part A of title I; 
and 
"(20) the term 'VISTA volunteer' means a volunteer in 
VISTA". 
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SEC. 402. BEFERENCES TO THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
(a) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 
1993.— 
(1) Section 1092(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking "Commission on National Commu-
nity Service" and inserting "Corporation for National 
and Commimity Service"; and 
(ii) by striking "Commission shall prepare" and 
inserting "Board of Directors of the Corporation shall 
prepare ; and 
(B) in para^aph (2), by striking "Board of Directors 
of the Commission on National and Community Service" 
and inserting "Board of Directors of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service". 
(2) Section 1093(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) 
is amended by striking "the Board of Directors and Executive 
Director of the Commission on National and Community Serv-
ice" and inserting "the Board of Directors and Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice". 
(3) Section 1094 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 
Stat. 2535) is amended— 
(A) in the title, by striking "COMMISSION ON NATIONAL 
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE" and i n s e r t i n g "CORPORATION 
FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE*^ 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking "COMMISSION" and 
inserting "CORPORATION"; 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking "Commission 
on National and Community Service" and inserting 
"Corporation for National and Commimity Service*^ 
and 
(iii) in the second sentence, by striking "The 
Commission" and inserting "The Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the Corporation"; ana 
(C) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "Board of Directors 
of the Commission on National and Community Serv-
ice" and inserting "Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Communitv Service"; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking "the Commission" 
and inserting "the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service". 
(4) Section 1095 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 
Stat. 2535) is amended in the heading for subsection (b) by 
striking "COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE" 
and inserting "CORPORATION F
O
R NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
(5) Section 2(b) of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 
Stat. 2315) is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1094 of such Act and inserting the following: 
"Sec. 1094. Other programs of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service.". 
(b) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990.— 
PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 
107 STAT. 919 
(1) Sections 159(bX2) (as redesignated in section 104(bX3) 
of this Act) and 165 (as redesignated in section 104(bX3) of 
this Act), subsections (a) and (b) of section 172, sections 176(a) 
and 177(c), and subsections (a), (b), and (d) through (h) of 
section 179, of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653h(bX2), 12653n, 12632 (a) and (b), 
12636(a), 12637(c), and 12639 (a), (b), and (d) through (h)) 
are each amended by striking the term "Commission" each 
place the term appears and inserting "Corporation". 
(2) Sections 152, 157(bX2), 162(aX2XC), 164, and 166(1) 
of such Act (in each case, as redesignated in section 104(bX3) 
of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653a, 12653f(bX2), 12653k(aX2XC), 
12653m, and 12653o(l)) are each amended by striking 
"Commission on National and Community Service" and insert-
ing "Corporation". 
(3) Section 163(bX9) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
104(bX3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 126351(bX9)) is amended by 
striking "Chair of the Commission on National and Commimity 
Service^ and inserting "Chief Executive Officer". 
(4) Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12662(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking "The President" and inserting "The 
President, acting through the Corporation,"; 
(B) by inserting "in furtherance of activities under 
section 302" after "section 501(b)"; and 
(C) by striking "the President" both places it appears 
and inserting "the Corporation". 
SEC. 403. REFERENCES TO DIRECTORS OF THE COMMISSION ON 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
(a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) Section 159(a) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
104(bX3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking "BOARD.—^The Board" and inserting 
"SUPERVISION.—The Chief Executive OflEicer"; 
(B) by striking "the Board" in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), and in paragraph (1), and inserting "the 
Chief Executive Officer"; and 
(C) by striking "the Director" in paragraph (1) and 
inserting "the Board". 
(2) Section 159(b) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
104(bX3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended by 
striking "(b)" and all that follows through "Commission on 
National and Community Service" and inserting "(b) MONITOR-
ING A
N
D COORDINATION.—The Chief Executive Officer". 
(3) Section 159(cXl) (as redesignated in section 104(bX3) 
of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(cXl)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "the Board, in 
consultation with the Executive Director," and inserting 
"the Chief Executive Officer^; and 
(B) in subparagraph (BXiii), by striking "the Board 
through the Executive Director" and inserting "the Chief 
Executive Officer". 
(4) Section 166(6) (as redesignated in section 104(bX3) of 
this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653o(6)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 
paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively, 
(b) DIRECTOR OF CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.—Sections 155(a), 
157(bXlXA), 158(a), 159(cXlXA), and 163(a) (in each case, as 
redesignated in section 104(bX3) of this Act) of the National and 
Community 
Service 
Act 
of 
1990 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12653d(a), 
12653£(bXlXA), 12653g(a), 12653h(cXlXA), and 126531(a)) are 
amended by striking "Director of the Civilian Conmiunity Corps" 
each place the term appears and inserting "Director". 
SEC. 404. DEFINITION OF DIRECTOR. 
Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
"(1) the term 'Director* means the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
appointed iinder section 193 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990;". 
SEC. 4
0
S
. REFERENCES 
TO 
ACTION 
AND 
THE 
ACTION 
AGENCY. 
(a) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OP 1973.— 
(1) Section 2(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking "ACTION, the Federal domestic volun-
teer agency," and inserting "this Act"; and 
(B) by striking "ACTION shall" and inserting "the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service shair. 
(2) Section 103(bX2XA) of such Act (as amended by section 
323(bXlXA) of this Act) is amended by striking "the ACTION 
Agency" the first place that such term appears and inserting 
"the Corporation". 
(3) Section 103(bX4) of such Act (as redesignated by section 
323(bX3) of this Act) is amended by striking "the ACTION 
Agency^ each place that such appears and inserting "the Cor-
poration". 
(4) Section 103(cXlXD) of such Act is amended by striking 
"the ACTION Agency^ and inserting "the Corporation". 
(5) Section 124(b) of such Act (as redesignated by section 
333(2) of this Act) is amended by striking "the ACTION Agency" 
and inserting "the Corporation". 
(6) Section 225(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5025(e)) is 
amended by striking "the ACTION Agency" and inserting "the 
Corporation". 
(7) Section 403(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5043(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking "the ACTION Agency" the first place 
such term appears and inserting "the Cforporation under 
this Act"; and 
(B) by striking "the ACTION Agency" the second place 
such term appears and inserting "the Corporation". 
(8) Section 408 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5048) is amended 
by striking "the ACTION Agency" and inserting "the Corpora-
tion". 
(9) Section 416(fKl) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5056(fKl)) is 
amended by striking "ACTION Agency" and inserting "Corpora-
tion". 
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(10) Section 421(12) of such Act (as added by section 401 
of this Act) is amended by striking "ACTION" and inserting 
"the Corporation". 
(11) Section 425 of such Act (as added by section 370 
of this Act) is further amended by striking "ACTION" and 
inserting "the Corporation". 
(b) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 8332(jXl) of 
title 
5, 
United 
States 
Code 
(as 
amended 
by 
section 
371(aXl)(AXiiiXII) of this Act) is amended by striking "the Director 
of ACTION" and inserting "the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service". 
(c) PUBLIC HOUSING SECURITY.—Section 207(c) of the Public 
Housing Seciuity Demonstration Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-557; 
92 Stat. 2093; 12 U.S.C. 1701z-6 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3Xii), by striking "ACTION" and inserting 
"the Corporation for National and Community Service"; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking "ACTION^ and inserting 
"the Corporation for National and Community Service". 
(d) NATIONAL FOREST VOLUNTEERS.—Section 1 of the Volim-
teers in the National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a) is 
amended by striking "ACTION" and inserting "the Corporation 
for National and Community Service". 
(e) PEACE CORPS.—Section 2A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2501-1) is amended by inserting after "the ACTION Agencjr" the 
following: ", the successor to the ACTION Agency,". 
(0 INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.—Section 502 of the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1542) is amended by striking 
"ACTION Agency" and inserting "the Corporation for National and 
Commimity Service". 
(g) OLDER AMERICANS.—The Older Americans Act of 1965 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 202(cXl) (42 U.S.C. 3012(cXl)), by striking 
"the Director of the ACTION Agencjr" and inserting "the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service"; 
(2) in section 203(aXl) (42 U.S.C. 3013(aXl)), by striking 
"the ACTION Agency" and inserting "the Corporation for 
National and Community Service"; and 
(3) in section 422(bX12XC) (42 U.S.C. 3035a(bX12XC)), by 
striking "the ACTION ^ency" and inserting "the Corporation 
for National and Community Service". 
(h) VISTA SERVICE EXTENSION.—Section lOl(cXl) of the Domes-
tic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989 (Public Law 101-
204; 103 Stat. 1810; 42 U.S.C. 4954 note) is amended by striking 
"Director of the ACTION Agency" and inserting "Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation for National and Commimity Service". 
(i) AGING RESOURCE SPECIALISTS.—Section 205(c) of the Older 
Americans Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 
42 U.S.C. 5001 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking "the ACTION Agency," and inserting 
"the Corporation for National and Community Service,^ 
and 
(B) by striking "the Director of the ACTION Agency" 
and inserting "the Chief Executive Officer of the Corpora-
tion"; 
(2) in paragraph (2XA), by striking "ACTION Agency" and 
inserting "Corporation"; and 
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(3) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following new subparagraph: 
"(A) the term 'Corporation' means the Corporation for 
National and Community Service established by section 191 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.". 
(j) PROMOTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY.—Section 11(a) of 
the Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Dem-
onstration Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5590) is amended by strildng 
"the Director of ACTION,". 
(k) COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE.—Section 
206(aXl) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616(aXl)) is amended by striking "the Director 
of the ACTION Agency" and inserting "the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service". 
(1) ENERGY CONSERVATION.—Section 413(bXl) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6863(bXl)) is amended 
by striking "the Director of the ACTION Agency,". 
(m) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS.—Section 202(a) 
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11312(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
"(12) The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service, or the designee of the Chief 
Executive Officer.". 
(n) ANTI-DRUG ABUSE.—Section 3601 of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11851) is amended by striking paragraph 
(5) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
"(5) the term 'Director' means the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service,". 
(o) ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES.— 
Section 916(b) of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12312(b)) is amended by striking "the Director of the 
ACTION Agency" and inserting "the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Corporation for National and Community Service". 
(p) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.— 
(1) Subsection (i) of section 178 of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 201 of this 
Act) is further amended by striking "ACTION, or of the Cor-
poration," and inserting "the Corporation". 
(2) Subsection (r) of section 198 of such Act (as amended 
by section 104(c) of this Act) is fxuther amended by striking 
"ACTION Agency" and inserting "Corporation". 
SEC. 406. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
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(a) COMMISSION.—The amendments made by sections 401 
"o^ 
through 402 will take effect on October 1,1993. 
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(b) ACTION.—The amendments made by sections 404 and 405 
"°*^ 
shall take effect on the effective date of section 203(cX2). 
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SEC. 501. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act (including the 
amendments made by this Act) may be expended by £ui entity 
iinless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity 
will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 
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1933 (41 U.S.C. lOa-lOc, popularly known as the ''Buy American 
Act"). 
SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE. 
(a) 
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may be author-
ized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
Act (including the amendments made by this Act), it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in 
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment 
and products. 
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—^In providing finan-
cial assistance under this Act (including the amendments made 
by this Act), the Secretary of Education shall provide to each 
recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
SEC. SOS. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY 
LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA. 
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made in 
America" inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, 
to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds appropriated 
to cany out this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
Approved September 21, 1993. 
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note. 
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note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2010 (S. 919): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 103-155 (Comm. on Education and Labor) and 103-219 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-70 accompanying S. 919 (Comm. on Labor and Human 
RGSOurcGs) 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
July 13, 21, 28, considered and passed House. 
July 20-22, 26-30, Aug. 3, S. 919 considered in Senate; H.R. 2010, amended, 
passed in lieu. 
Aug. 6, House agreed to conference report. 
Sept. 8, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 29 (1993): 
Sept. 21, Presidential remarks.