Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979
PL 96-143 (S.239), enacted 12/13/1979

93 STAT. 1074 
PUBLIC LAW 96-143—DEC. 13, 1979 
Public Law 96-143 
96th Congress 
Dec. 13, 1979 
[8. 239] 
Domestic 
Volunteer 
Service Act 
Amendments of 
1979. 
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note. 
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Notification to 
Director. 
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An Act 
To authorize appropriations for programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973, to amend such Act to facilitate the improvement of programs carried out 
thereunder, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the "Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979". 
ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 103(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the 
Act") is amended by— 
(1) striking out in the second sentence "Prior to" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Not later than 30 days after"; and 
(2) adding at the end the following new sentence: "The Director 
shall offer to provide each volunteer enrolled for a period of full-
time service of not less than one year under this title, and, upon 
the request of such volunteer, provide such volunteer with an 
individual and updated plan as described in the preceding two 
sentences.". 
(b) Section 103(d) of the Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "in a program or project" after "work"; 
(2) inserting "or project" after "program"; and 
(3) striking out in the first sentence "has not" and all that 
follows through the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu 
thereof "such Governor or other chief executive officer has not, 
within 45 days of the date of such submission, notified the 
Director in writing, supported by a statement of reasons, that 
such Governor or other chief executive officer disapproves such 
program or project. In the event of a timely request in writing, 
supported by a statement of reasons, by the Governor or other 
chief executive officer of the State concerned, the Director shall 
terminate a program or project or the assignment of a volunteer 
to a program or project not later than 30 days after the date such 
request is received by the Director, or at such later date as is 
agreed upon by the Director and such Governor or other chief 
executive officer.". 
SUPPORT SERVICES 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 105(a)(2) of the Act is amended 
to read as follows: "Stipends shall be payable only upon completion of 
a period of service, except that under such circumstances as the 
Director shall determine, in accordance with regulations which 
the Director shall prescribe, the accrued stipend, or any part of the 
accrued stipend, may be paid to the volunteer, or, on behalf of 
the volunteer, to members of the volunteer's family or others during 
the period of the volunteer's service.". 
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93 STAT. 1075 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 108 of the Act is amended by— 
42 USC 4958. 
(1) striking out "20" and inserting in lieu thereof "16"; and 
(2) adding at the end the following new sentence: "During the 
fiscal year ending September 30,1980— 
"(1) in no event may in excess of $5,800,000 be used pursuant to 
grants and contracts under this part for the direct cost of 
supporting such volunteers; and 
"(2) funds obligated pursuant to such grants and contracts for 
such cost may be used to support no greater number of years of 
volunteer service than the number of such years supported 
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, pursuant to 
grants and contracts for such cost.'. 
O
b
) Section 108 of the Act, as amended in subsection (a), is further 
amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 108." and by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
"(b) No funds shall be obligated under this part pursuant to grants 
or contracts made after the date of the enactment of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979 for new projects for the Ante, p. 1074. 
direct cost of supporting volunteers unless the recipient of each such 
grant or contract has been selected through a competitive process 
which includes— 
"(1) public announcements of the availability of funds for such 
grants or contracts, general criteria for the selection of new 
recipients, and a description of the application process and the 
application review process; and 
"(2) a requirement that each applicant for any such grant or 
contract identify, with sufficient particularity to assure that the 
assignments of volunteers under such grants and contracts will 
carry out the purpose of this part, the particular poverty or 
poverty-related human, social, or environmental problems on 
which the grant or contract will focus, and any such grant or 
contract shall specifically so identify such problems.". 
Public 
announcements. 
Grant or 
contract focus, 
identification. 
SERVICE IN UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR ACTION PROGRAMS 
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and inserting in lieu thereof "except that volunteers serving in the 
University Year for ACTION program may be enrolled for periods of 
service of not less than the duration of an academic year, but 
volunteers enrolled for less than 12 months shall not receive stipends 
under section 105(a)(1). Volunteers serving under this part". 
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SPECIAL SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS 
SEC. 6. Section 114(a) of the Act is amended by— 
(1) striking out in the first sentence "10" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "22"; and 
(2) striking out in the last sentence "$6,700,000" both places it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$4,000,000". 
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SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 122(a) of the Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "in urban and rural areas" after "programs" the 
first place it appears; 
(2) striking out "and" the first place it appears, and by 
inserting after "abusers" a comma and "a program of assistance 
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93 STAT. 1076 
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Ante, p. 1075. 
"Helping Hand" 
progr£im. 
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Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
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note. 
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to victims of domestic violence, a program to provide technical 
and management assistance to distressed communities, a pro-
gram designed to provide personal and group financial coun-
seling to low-income and fixed-income individuals (utilizing 
volunteers with specialized or technical expertise), and a Helping 
Hand program"; and 
(3) adding at the end the following new sentence: "In carrying 
out programs authorized by this part, the Director is authorized 
to provide for the recruitment, selection, and training of 
volunteers.". 
(b) Section 122(a) of the Act, as amended in subsection (a), is further 
amended by inserting "(1)" after "SEC. 122. (a)" and by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
"(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'Helping Hand' 
program means a program utilizing person-to-person services to 
reduce the necessity for institutionalization (in hospitals, mental 
institutions, nursing homes, other extended-care settings, and other 
facilities) and to ameliorate residential isolation (through senior 
centers, half-way house facilities, and other residential settings) of 
older persons, handicapped persons, and other affected persons, 
stressing interactions between persons from various age groups, 
particularly young and old, and carried out in coordination with the 
appropriate State system for the protection and advocacy of the 
rights of persons with developmental disabilities established pursu-
ant to section 113 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6012).". 
(c) Section 122(c) of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(c)(1) The Director, in accordance with regulations which the 
Director shall prescribe, may provide to volunteers enrolled for 
periods of part-time service of not less than 20 hours per week for not 
less than 26 consecutive weeks under this part such allowances, 
support, and services as are described in section 105(b) and as the 
Director determines are necessary to carry out the purpose of this 
part, and shall apply the provisions of sections 104(c) and 105(b) to the 
service of volunteers enrolled for full-time service under this part. 
"(2) The Director, in accordance with regulations which the Direc-
tor shall prescribe with respect to volunteers enrolled for periods of 
full-time service of not less than one year under this part— 
"(A) may provide to such volunteers such stipends, in total 
amounts not in excess of stipends provided under section 105(a) 
to volunteers serving under part A of this title, as the Director 
determines are necessary to carry out the purpose of this part; 
and 
"(B) to the extent that the terms and conditions of the service 
of such volunteers are of similar character to the terms and 
conditions of the service of volunteers enrolled under part A of 
this title, shall apply to the service of such volunteers enrolled 
under this part the provisions of sections 103(b) relating to low-
income community volunteers, 103(d), 104(d), and 105(a) to the 
extent such provisions are applied to the service of volunteers 
enrolled under such part A.". 
(d) Not later than 18 months after funds are first made available to 
carry out activities under the amendments to part C of title I of the 
Act made by this section, the Director of the ACTION Agency shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on 
programs, activities, grants, and contracts so carried out, including a 
description of all programs established and contracts and grants 
made under such amended provisions, the amounts of funds obligated 
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93 STAT. 1077 
for such programs, activities, grants, and contracts under such 
amended provisions, and the specific arrangements for the conduct of 
evaluations of such programs, activities, grants, and contracts pursu-
ant to section 417 of the Act. 
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PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL OR LOBBYING 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 408(a) of the Act is amended by— 
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(1) inserting in the first sentence "or the outcome of any 
election to any State or local public office," after "Federal 
office,"; and 
(2) inserting in the last sentence "(when referring to an 
election for Federal office)" before "has the same meaning" the 
first place it appears. 
(b) Section 4030?) of the Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; 
(2) redesignating clause (1), clause (2), and clause (3) as clause 
(A), clause (B), and clause (C), respectively; 
(3) designating the last sentence of such subsection as subsec-
tion (c); and 
(4) inserting after paragraph (1) (as so redesignated in clause (1) 
of this subsection), and before subsection (c) (as so designated in 
clause (3) of this subsection), the following new paragraph: 
"(2) No funds appropriated to carry out this Act shall be used by 
any program assisted under this Act in any activity for the purpose of 
influencing the passage or defeat of legislation or proposals by 
initiative petition, except— 
"(A) in any case in which a legislative body, a committee of a 
legislative body, or a member of a legislative body requests any 
volunteer in, or employee of, such a program to draft, review, or 
testify regarding measures or to make representations to such 
legislative body, committee, or member; or 
"(B) in connection with an authorization or appropriations 
measure directly affecting the operation of the program.'. 
SPECIAL UMITATIONS 
SEC. 9. Section 404(g) of the Act is amended by— 
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(1) inserting "(1)" after "(g)"; 
(2) inserting before the period at the end of such paragraph (as Minimum wage. 
so redesignated in clause (1) of this section) a comma and "except 
that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of such payments 
when the Director determines that the value of all such pay-
ments, adjusted to reflect the number of hours such volunteers 
are serving, is equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage 
then in effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.) or the minimum wage, under the laws of the 
State where such volunteers are serving, whichever is the 
greater"; and 
(3) adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person enrolled 
for full-time service as a volunteer under title I of this Act who was 42 USe 4951. 
otherwise entitled to receive assistance or services under any govern-
mental program prior to such volunteer's enrollment shall not be 
denied such assistance or services because of such volunteer's failure 
or refusal to register for, seek, or accept employment or training 
during the period of such service.". 
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COORDINATION 
WITH 
OTHER 
PROGRAMS 
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SEC. 10. Section 410 of the Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: "The Director, in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretaries 
of Labor, Commerce, and the Treasury and officials of other appropri-
ate departments and agencies, shall take all appropriate steps to 
encourage State and local governments, charitable and service orga-
nizations, and private employers (1) to take into account experience 
in volunteer work in the consideration of applicants for employment; 
and (2) to make provisions for the listing and description of volunteer 
work on all emplojmaent application forms.". 
APPUCATION OF FEDERAL LAW 
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SEC. 11. (a) Section 415(b) of the Act is amended b y -
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D striking out in the first sentence "in programs under title I 
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of this Act for periods of service of at least one year" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "as volunteers for periods of full-time 
service, or, as the Director deems appropriate in accordance with 
regulations, for periods of part-time service of not less than 20 
hours per week for not less than 26 consecutive weeks, under title 
I of this Act"; 
(2) striking out in clause (3) "and"; 
(3) striking out in clause (4XA) "the monthly pay of a volunteer 
shall be deemed that received under the entrance salary for a 
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grade GS-7 employee," and inserting in lieu thereof "the annual 
rate of pay of a volunteer enrolled for a period of full-time service 
under such title I shall be deemed to be that received under the 
entrance salary for a grade GS-7 employee, and the annual rate 
of pay of a volunteer enrolled for a period of part-time service 
under such title I sheill be deemed to be such entry salary or an 
appropriate portion thereof as determined by the Director,"; and 
(4) inserting before the period at the end a comma and the 
following: "and (5) be deemed employees of the United States for 
the purposes of section 5584 of title 5, United States Code (and 
stipends and allowances paid under this Act shall be considered 
as pay for such purposes)". 
(b) Section 415 of the Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
Medical 
"(fKD The remedy-
damages, claims. 
»(A) against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, or 
"(B) through proceedings for compensation or other benefits 
from the United States as provided by any other law, where the 
availability of such benefits precludes a remedy under section 
1346(b) or 2672 of such title 28, 
for damages for personal injury, including death, allegedly arising 
from malpractice or negligence of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, 
optometrist, nurse, physician assistant, expanded-function dental 
auxiliary, pharmacist, or paramedical (for example, medical and 
dental technicians, nursing assistants, and therapists) or other sup-
porting personnel in furnishing medical care or treatment while in 
the exercise of such person's duties as a volunteer enrolled under title 
I of this Act shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding 
by reason of the same subject matter against such person (or such 
person's estate) whose action or omission gave rise to such claim. 
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93 STAT. 1079 
"(2) The Attorney General of the United States shall defend any 
civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any person 
referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection (or such person's estate) -^"te, p. 1078. 
for any such damage or injury. Any such person against whom such 
civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver, within such time 
after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the 
Attorney General, all process served upon such person or an attested 
true copy thereof to such person's immediate supervisor or to whom-
ever is designated by the Director to receive such papers, and such 
person shall promptly furnish copies of the pleading and process 
therein to the United States attorney for the district embracing the 
place wherein the proceeding is brought and to the Attorney General. 
"(3) Upon a certification by the Attorney General that the defend-
ant was acting in the scope of such person's volunteer assignment at 
the time of the incident out of which the suit arose, any such civil 
action or proceeding commenced in a State court shall be removed 
without bond at any time before trial by the Attorney General to the 
district court of the United States of the district and division 
embracing the place wherein it is pending and the proceeding deemed 
a tort action brought against the United States under the provisions 
of title 28, United States Code, and all references thereto. After 
removal the United States shall have available all defenses to which 
it would have been entitled if the action had originally been com-
menced against the United States. Should a district court of the 
United States determine on a hearing on a motion to remand held 
before a trial on the merits that the volunteer whose act or omission 
gave rise to the suit was not acting within the scope of such person's 
volunteer assignment, the case shall be remanded to the State court. 
"(4) The Attorney General may compromise or settle any claim 
asserted in such civil action or proceeding in the manner provided in 
section 2677 of title 28, United States Code, and with the same 
effect.". 
NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 12. (a) Section 417(a) of the Act is amended by— 
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(1) inserting "handicap," after "age,"; and 
(2) adding at the end the following new sentence: "For purposes 
of this subsection, and for purposes of title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Age Discrimination Act 
of 1975 (Public Law 94-135, title III; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), any 
program, project, or activity to which volunteers are assigned 
under this Act shall be deemed to be receiving Federal financial 
assistance.". 
(b) Section 417 of the Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
"(c)(1) The Director shall apply the nondiscrimination policies and 
authorities set forth in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e-16), in title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
791 et seq.), and in the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Public Law 
94-135, title III; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) to applicants for enrollment for 
service as volunteers, and to volunteers serving, under this Act and 
the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.). Any remedies available 
to individuals under such laws, other than the right of appeal to the 
Civil Service Commission authorized by section 717 of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964, and transferred to the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission by Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1978, shall be 5 USC app. 
available to such applicants or volunteers. 
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Regulations. 
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"(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979, the Director, 
after consultation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion with regard to the application of the policies set forth in section 
717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16) and with the 
Interagency Coordinating Council, established by section 507 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 797), and the Interagency 
Committee on Handicapped Employees, established by section 501(a) 
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791(a)), with regard to the 
application of the policies set forth in title V of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791 et seq.), and, not later than 90 days after the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Resources, as the case may be, publishes final 
general regulations to carry out the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 
(Public Law 94-135, title III; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and after 
consultation with the Secretary with regard to the application of the 
policies set forth in such Act, shall prescribe regulations establishing 
the procedures for the application of such policies and the provision 
of such remedies so as to promote the enrollment and service of 
persons as volunteers without regard to the discriminatory factors 
described in such laws.". 
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REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS 
SEC. 13. (a) Section 420 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"Regulation." 
"eommittees." 
eitations of legal 
authority. 
30-day comment 
period. 
Waiver of 
comment period, 
submission to 
congressional 
committees. 
REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS 
"SEC. 420. (a) For purposes of this section— 
"(1) the term 'regulation' means any rule, regulation, guide-
line, interpretation, order, or requirement of general applicabil-
ity prescribed by the Director pursuant to this Act; and 
"(2) the term 'Committees' means the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. 
"Ot)) Regulations prescribed by the Director or by any other officer 
of the ACTION Agency, in connection with, or affecting, the adminis-
tration of any program carried out under this Act shall contain, 
immediately following each substantive provision of such regula-
tions, citations to the particular section or sections of statutory law or 
other legal authority upon which such provision is based. 
"(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection, no 
proposed regulation prescribed pursuant to this Act for the adminis-
tration of any program carried out under this Act may take effect 
until 30 calendar days after it is published in the Federal Register. 
"(2)(A) During the 30-day period before the date upon which such 
regulation is to be effective, the Director shall, in accordance with the 
provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, offer any 
interested party an opportunity to make comment upon, and take 
exception to, such regulation and shall reconsider any such regula-
tion upon which comment is made or to which exception is taken. 
"(B) If the Director determines that the 30-day requirement in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection would cause undue delay in the 
implementation of a regulation, thereby causing substantial hard-
ship for the intended beneficiaries of any program carried out under 
this Act, the Director may waive the application of such requirement 
and shall immediately submit a notice of such determination and 
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93 STAT. 1081 
Final 
regulations, 
transmittal to 
Speaker of 
House and 
President of 
Senate. 
45-day notice, 
waiver. 
Schedule of 
regulations, 
submission to 
congressional 
committees. 
waiver, including a statement of the reasons therefor, to the 
Committees. 
"(d) Concurrently with the publication in the Federal Register of 
any final regulation, a copy of such final regulation shall be transmit-
ted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President 
of the Senate. Except as is provided in the following sentence, no such 
final regulation may take effect until 45 calendar days after such 
transmission. If the Director determines that such 45-day require-
ment would cause undue delay in the implementation of the 
regulation, thereby causing substantial hardship for the intended 
beneficiaries of any program carried out under this Act, the Director 
may waive the application of such requirement and shall promptly 
submit a notice of such determination and waiver, including a 
statement of the reasons therefor, to the Committees. 
"(e) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of any 
Act affecting the administration of any program carried out under 
this Act, the Director shall submit to the Committees a schedule in 
accordance with which the Director has planned to prescribe final 
regulations implementing such Act or part of such Act. Such sched-
ule shall provide that all such final regulations shall be prescribed 
not later than 180 days after the submission of such schedule. Except 
as is provided in the following sentence, all such final regulations 
shall be prescribed in accordance with such schedule. If the Director 
determines that, due to circumstances unforeseen at the time of the 
submission of any such schedule, the schedule submitted pursuant to 
this subsection cannot be met, the Director shall submit a notice of 
such determination, including a statement of the reasons therefor, to 
the Committees and shall submit a new schedule which shall then be 
considered, for the purposes of this subsection, as the schedule 
originally submitted in connection with the enactment of the Act 
involved.". 
(b) The table of contents for the Act is amended by striking out the 
item relating to section 420 and inserting in lieu thereof the following 
new item: 
"Sec. 420. Requirements for prescribing regulations.". 
REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK; REVIEW OF PROJECT RENEWALS 
SEC. 14. (a) Title IV of the Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sections: 
"REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK 
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tive demands for information, the Director, in consultation with 
other appropriate agencies and organizations, shall continually re-
view and evaluate all requests for information made under this Act 
and take such action £is may be necessary to reduce the paperwork 
required under this Act. The Director shall request only such infor-
mation as the Director deems essential to carry out the purposes and 
provisions of this Act. 
REVIEW OF PROJECT RENEWALS 
"SEC. 424. If the executive authority of any State or local govern- 42 USC 5064. 
ment submits to the Director, not later than 30 days before the 
expiration of any contract or grant to carry out any project under this 
Act, a statement which objects to the renewal of such contract or 
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grant, then the Director shall (1) review such statement and take it 
into account in determining whether to renew such contract or grant; 
and (2) submit to such executive authority a written statement of 
reasons regarding the Director's determination with respect to such 
renewal and specifically with respect to any objection so submitted.", 
(b) The table of contents for the Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 422 the following new items: 
"Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 
"Sec. 424. Review of project renewals.". 
AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
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SEC. 15. (a) Section 501(a) of the Act is amended b y -
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D striking out in the first sentence "and" after "September 30, 
1977,", and by inserting "September 30, 1979, September 30, 
1980, and September 30,1981,^' after "September 30,1978,"; and 
(2) striking out in the second sentence "this title" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "this section for the purpose of carrying out title I 
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of this Act". 
(b) Section 501 of the Act, as amended in subsection (a), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(cXD Of the funds appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1980 
and 1981 for the purpose of canying out title I of this Act (A) not less 
than $28,000,000 shall first be available for carrying out the VISTA 
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program under part A of such title, and (B) of the funds appropriated 
for each such fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out such title 
which are in excess of $28,000,000 (i) not less than $2,300,000 for fiscal 
year 1980 and not less than $1,600,000 for fiscal year 1981 shall be 
available for carrying out the University Year for ACTION program 
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under part B of such title, and (ii) not less than $500,000 for each such 
fiscal year shall be available for carrying out service-learning pro-
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grams under section 114. 
"(2) Of the funds appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1980 and 
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1981 for the purpose of carrying out part C of title I of this Act which 
are in excess of $2,500,000 but not in excess of $10,000,000, not less 
than 50 per centum for each such fiscal year shall be available for 
carrying out the fixed-income counseling and Helping Hand pro-
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grams under section 122.". 
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(c) Section 504 of the Act is amended by striking out "and" after 
"September 30, 1977,", and by inserting '^'September 30, 1979, Sep-
tember 30, 1980, and September 30, 1981," after "September 30, 
1978,". 
RURAL PROGRAMS REPORT 
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SEC. 16. Not later than February 1, 1980, the Director of the 
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ACTION Agency shall submit to the appropriate committees of the 
Congress a report specifying the special needs and circumstances to 
be addressed in designing programs under the Domestic Volunteer 
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Service Act of 1973 for implementation in rural areas. Such report 
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shall include a detailed statement of the manner in which the 
Director intends to address such needs and circumstances, together 
with a timetable for designing and implementing such programs. 
AMENDMENT TO OTHER LAW 
SEC. 17. Subsection (b) of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to 
amend further the Peace Corps Act, and for other purposes", 
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approved November 14, 1975 (Public Law 94-130; 89 Stat. 684), is 
°°^- 
amended by striking out the last sentence of such subsection. 
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93 STAT. 1083 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 18. (aXD The table of contents for the Act is amended by 
striking out the items relating to title III, section 301, section 302, and 
section 503. 
(2) Section 418 of the Act is amended by striking out "titles n and 42 use 5058. 
ni" and inserting in lieu thereof "title 11". 
(b) Section 221 of the Act is amended by striking out "Office of 42 use 5021. 
Economic Opportunity*' and inserting in lieu thereof "Community 
Services Administration". 
(cXD Section 403(c) of the Act, as so designated in section 8(bX3) of 42 use 5043. 
this Act, is amended by striking out "Civil Service Commission" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Office of Personnel Management". 
(2) Section 415(cX2) of the Act is amended by striking out "Civil 42 use 5055. 
Service Commission" and inserting in lieu thereof "Office of Person-
nel Management". 
Approved December 13, 1979. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-164 accompanving H.R. 2859 (eomm. on Education and 
Labor) and No. 96-606 (eomm. of eonference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 96-99 (Comm. on Labor and Human Resources) and No. 
96-412 (Oomm. of Oonference). 
eONGRESSIONAL REOORD, Vol. 125 (1979): 
June 20, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 9, 10, H.R. 2859 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 239, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Nov. 9, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Nov. 29, House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY eOMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOeUMENTS, Vol. 15, No. 50: 
Dec. 13, Presidential statement.