[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1212 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1212

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a 
  Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers, enhance 
   opportunities for national service, consolidate existing national 
  service and volunteer programs to enhance effectiveness, to provide 
 support for community volunteer opportunities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 17 (legislative day, June 15), 1993

 Mrs. Kassebaum (for herself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Stevens, 
 and Mr. Thurmond) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
       and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a 
  Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers, enhance 
   opportunities for national service, consolidate existing national 
  service and volunteer programs to enhance effectiveness, to provide 
 support for community volunteer opportunities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Service 
and Community Volunteers Act of 1993''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
           TITLE I--NATIONAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants.
                 Subtitle B--Service-Learning Programs

Sec. 111. Programs.
                 Subtitle C--National Service Programs

Sec. 121. Federal investment in support of national service.
Sec. 122. Transition.
                   Subtitle D--Quality and Innovation

Sec. 131. Quality and innovation activities.
                  Subtitle E--Civilian Community Corps

Sec. 141. Civilian Community Corps.
                       Subtitle F--Administration

Sec. 151. Reports.
Sec. 152. Nondiscrimination.
Sec. 153. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
Sec. 154. Nondisplacement.
Sec. 155. Evaluation.
Sec. 156. Contingent extension.
Sec. 157. Repeals.
                        Subtitle G--Organization

Sec. 161. State Commissions for National Service and Community 
                            Volunteers.
Sec. 162. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National Service 
                            and Community Volunteers and ACTION Agency.
Sec. 163. Final authorities of the Corporation for National Service and 
                            Community Volunteers.
                      Subtitle H--Other Activities

Sec. 171. Points of Light Foundation.
              Subtitle I--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 181. Authorization.
                     Subtitle J--General Provisions

Sec. 191. Effective date.
                    TITLE II--OTHER SERVICE PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. Repeals of service programs.
Sec. 202. Transition.
Sec. 203. Rules governing congressional consideration.
Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 205. Construction.
            TITLE III--TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

Sec. 301. Definition of Director. 
Sec. 302. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency.
Sec. 303. Definitions.
Sec. 304. References to the Commission on National and Community 
                            Service.
Sec. 305. References to Directors of the Commission on National and 
                            Community Service.
Sec. 306. Effective date.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (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:

``SEC. 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 that transcend race, religion, or region.
            ``(3) Americans of all ages can improve their communities 
        and become better citizens through service to the United 
        States.
            ``(4) Nonprofit organizations, local governments, States, 
        and the Federal Government are already supporting a wide 
        variety of national service programs that deliver needed 
        services in a cost-effective manner.
            ``(5) Federal appropriations in fiscal year 1993 for full-
        time national service programs totaled $102,700,000.
    ``(b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
            ``(1) assist in meeting the unmet human, 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) determine, through demonstration and experimentation, 
        the most efficient means for implementing educational or other 
        incentives that are necessary for a successful national service 
        program;
            ``(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless 
        of race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, income or 
        education, to engage in full-time or part-time national 
        service;
            ``(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplication in 
        national service and volunteer programs by merging existing 
        national service and volunteer programs and carrying out the 
        programs through the same administrative body, thereby 
        diminishing bureaucratic infrastructure while maximizing 
        program flexibility and effectiveness;
            ``(6) support locally established initiatives, require 
        measurable goals for performance, and offer flexibility in 
        meeting those goals;
            ``(7) build on the existing organizational service 
        infrastructure of Federal, State, and local programs and 
        agencies to expand full-time and part-time service 
        opportunities for all citizens;
            ``(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which 
        national service is performed; and
            ``(9) promote the integration of community volunteer 
        activities by introducing service-learning into curricula in 
        elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of 
        higher education.''.
    (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.''.

           TITLE I--NATIONAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

SEC. 101. 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. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title:
            ``(1) Adult volunteer.--The term `adult volunteer' 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 not-for-profit agency, who--
                    ``(A) works without financial remuneration in an 
                educational 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) 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.
            ``(3) Community-based agency.--The term `community-based 
        agency' means a private not-for-profit organization that is 
        representative of a community or a significant segment of a 
        community and that is engaged in meeting human, educational, 
        environmental, or public safety community needs.
            ``(4) Corporation.--The term `Corporation', means the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers 
        established under section 191.
            ``(5) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
        the Corporation appointed under section 193.
            ``(6) Economically disadvantaged.--The term `economically 
        disadvantaged' means, with respect to an individual, an 
        individual who is determined by the Director to be low-income 
        according to the latest available data from the Department of 
        Commerce.
            ``(7) Elementary school.--The term `elementary school' has 
        the same meaning given such term in section 1471(8) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        2891(8)).
            ``(8) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a person who is a 
        member of an Indian tribe.
            ``(9) 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.
            ``(10) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means an 
        Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or 
        community, including any Native village, Regional Corporation, 
        or Village Corporation, as defined in subsection (c), (g), or 
        (j), respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (c), (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.
            ``(11) Individual with a disability.--Except as provided in 
        section 175(a), the term `individual with a disability' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation 
        Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8)).
            ``(12) 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)).
            ``(13) Local educational agency.--The term `local 
        educational agency' has the same meaning given such term in 
        section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)).
            ``(14) 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.).
            ``(15) National service program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the term `national service program' 
                means a program or activity described in--
                            ``(i) subtitle C, D, or E;
                            ``(ii) part A of title I of the Domestic 
                        Volunteer Service Act of 1973;
                            ``(iii) title XI of the Higher Education 
                        Act of 1965; or
                            ``(iv) Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-
                        1706; commonly known as the `Youth Conservation 
                        Corps Act of 1970').
                    ``(B) Limitation.--As used in subtitle C, such term 
                means a program described in section 122(a).
            ``(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 an 
                individual enrolled in a program that receives 
                assistance under 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 program' 
        means a program through which an adult volunteer, a public or 
        private not-for-profit agency, an institution of higher 
        education, or a business assists a local educational agency.
            ``(19) Program.--The term `program', except when used as 
        part of the term `academic program', `national service 
        program', or `volunteer program' means a program described in 
        section 111(a), 119(b)(1), 122(a), or 145, in paragraph (1) or 
        (2) of section 152(b), or in title III.
            ``(20) Project.--The term `project' means an activity, 
        carried out through a program that receives assistance under 
        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 
        functions 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(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
                Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)), who receive 
                services under part B of 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) under which students or participants learn 
                and develop through active participation in 
                thoughtfully organized service that--
                            ``(i) is conducted in and meets the needs 
                        of a community;
                            ``(ii) is coordinated with an elementary 
                        school, secondary school, institution of higher 
                        education, or community service program, and 
                        with the community; and
                            ``(iii) helps foster civic responsibility;
                    ``(B) that is integrated into the academic 
                curriculum of the students, or the educational 
                components of the community service program in which 
                the participants are enrolled;
                    ``(C) that provides students with opportunities to 
                use newly acquired skills and knowledge in situations 
                in their communities; and
                    ``(D) that enhances the curriculum or educational 
                components described in subparagraph (B) by extending 
                student learning beyond the classroom and into the 
                community and helps to foster the development of a 
                sense of caring for others.
            ``(24) Service-learning coordinator.--The term `service-
        learning coordinator' means an individual who provides services 
        as described in section 111(a)(2).
            ``(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 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The 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 for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers maintained by a State pursuant to section 178. 
        Except when used in section 178, the term includes an 
        alternative administrative entity for a State approved by the 
        Corporation under such section to act in lieu of a State 
        Commission.
            ``(28) Student.--The term `student' means an individual who 
        is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or institution 
        of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.
            ``(29) Summer program.--The term `summer program' means a 
        full-time or part-time program authorized under this title that 
        is limited to a period beginning after April 30 and ending 
        before October 1.
            ``(30) Volunteer program.--The term `volunteer program' 
        means a program or activity described in--
                    ``(A) part I or II of subtitle B, or title III; or
                    ``(B) part B or C of title I, or part A, B, or C, 
                of title II, of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
                1973.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 182(a)(2) of the National and Community Service 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
        ``adult volunteer and partnership'' each place the term appears 
        and inserting ``partnership''.
            (2) Section 182(a)(3) of the National and Community Service 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
        ``adult volunteer and partnership'' and inserting 
        ``partnership''.
            (3) Section 441(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``service 
        opportunities 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(18))''.
            (4) Section 1122(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1137a(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``youth 
        corps as defined in section 101(30) of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting ``youth corps 
        programs, as described in section 122(a)(2) of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990''.
            (5) Section 1201(p) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1141(p)) is amended by striking ``section 101(22) of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting 
        ``section 101(23) of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(21))''.

SEC. 102. AUTHORITY TO MAKE STATE GRANTS.

    Section 102 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12512) is repealed.

                 Subtitle B--Service-Learning Programs

SEC. 111. PROGRAMS.

    (a) Amendments to Serve-America Programs.--
            (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 Service and Community 
        Volunteers, and the entities receiving financial assistance 
        under such part, to--
                    (A) work with teachers in elementary schools and 
                secondary schools within a community, and with 
                community-based agencies, to create and offer service-
                learning opportunities for school-age youth;
                    (B) educate teachers, and faculty providing teacher 
                training and retraining, about service-learning, and 
                incorporate service-learning opportunities into 
                classroom teaching 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 the students to various 
                careers and expose the students to needed further 
                education and training.
            (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:

                ``Subtitle B--Service-Learning Programs

                    ``PART I--SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS

``SEC. 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(b)(1), and 
allotments under subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 112, to States 
(through State Commissions), and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal 
share of--
            ``(1) 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 and community-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 an age-
                appropriate learning component for participants in the 
                program that shall include a chance for participants to 
                analyze and apply their service experiences;
                    ``(C) forming local partnerships described in 
                subsection (b) to develop school-based or community-
                based service-learning programs in accordance with this 
                part;
                    ``(D) devising appropriate methods for research and 
                evaluation of the educational value of service-learning 
                and the effect of service-learning activities on 
                participants and communities; and
                    ``(E) establishing effective outreach and 
                dissemination of information to ensure the broadest 
                possible involvement of community-based agencies with 
                demonstrated effectiveness in working with school-age 
                youth in their communities;
            ``(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
        and community-based service-learning programs, which may 
        include paying for the cost of the recruitment, training, 
        supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of service-
        learning coordinators who shall--
                    ``(A) assist in the design and implementation of 
                such a program; and
                    ``(B) identify the community partners referred to 
                in subsection (b); and
            ``(3) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
        and community-based service-learning programs that involve 
        adult volunteers in service-learning activities to improve the 
        education of students and school-age youth.
    ``(b) Partnerships.--To support activities described in paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (a), a State or Indian tribe shall distribute 
Federal funds made available under this part to local partnerships, 
who--
            ``(1) shall use the funds to carry out projects--
                    ``(A) through school-based service-learning 
                programs for participants selected from among students; 
                or
                    ``(B) through community-based service-learning 
                programs for participants selected from among school-
                age youth; and
            ``(2) shall include--
                    ``(A) in the case of school-based programs--
                            ``(i) local educational agencies; and
                            ``(ii) one or more community partners 
                        that--
                                    ``(I) shall include a public or 
                                private not-for-profit organization; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) may include a private for-
                                profit business or private elementary 
                                or secondary school; and
                    ``(B) in the case of community-based programs--
                            ``(i) public or private not-for-profit 
                        organizations;
                            ``(ii) local educational agencies; and
                            ``(iii) one or more community partners.
    ``(c) Qualified Organizations.--To support activities described in 
subsection (a)(1), a State or Indian tribe shall distribute Federal 
funds made available under this part to qualified organizations, who 
shall be--
            ``(1) local educational agencies;
            ``(2) community-based organizations that meet the 
        requirements of section 111B(a);
            ``(3) communities;
            ``(4) State agencies; or
            ``(5) partnerships described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
        subsection (b)(2).
    ``(d) Related Expenses.--A partnership or other qualified 
organization that receives financial assistance under this part may, in 
carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), use such 
assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs related to 
the supervision of participants, program administration, 
transportation, insurance, evaluations, and for other reasonable 
expenses necessary to carry out the activities.

``SEC. 111A. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL APPLICANTS IN NONPARTICIPATING 
              STATES.

    ``In any fiscal year in which a State does not submit an 
application under section 113, for an allotment under subsection (a) or 
(b)(2) of section 112, that meets the requirements of section 113 and 
such other requirements as the Director may determine to be 
appropriate, the Corporation may use the allotment of that State to 
make a direct grant--
            ``(1) to a qualified organization, to pay for the Federal 
        share of carrying out activities described in section 111(a)(1) 
        in that State; or
            ``(2) to a partnership described in section 111(b), to pay 
        for the Federal share of carrying out activities described in 
        paragraph (2) or (3) of section 111(a) in that State.

``SEC. 111B. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation may make a grant under section 
112(b)(1) to a public or private not-for-profit organization that--
            ``(1) has experience with service-learning;
            ``(2) was in existence 1 year before the date on which the 
        organization submitted an application under section 114(a); and
            ``(3) meets such other criteria as the Director may 
        establish.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Such an organization may use a grant made 
under subsection (a) to make a grant--
            ``(1) to a qualified organization, to pay for the Federal 
        share of carrying out activities described in section 
        111(a)(1); or
            ``(2) to a partnership described in section 111(b), to pay 
        for the Federal share of carrying out activities described in 
        paragraph (2) or (3) of section 111(a).

``SEC. 112. GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Indian Tribes and Territories.--Of the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
reserve--
            ``(1) an amount of not more than 1 percent for payments--
                    ``(A) to Indian tribes, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
                American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with 
                their respective needs; and
                    ``(B) to Palau, in accordance with its needs, until 
                such time as the Compact of Free Association with Palau 
                is ratified; and
            ``(2) .2 percent of such amounts for payments to Native 
        Hawaiians.
    ``(b) Grants and Allotments Through States.--The Corporation shall 
use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this part for 
any fiscal year as follows:
            ``(1) Grants.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), from 10 
        percent of such funds, the Corporation may make grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to--
                    ``(A) States and Indian tribes; or
                    ``(B) public or private not-for-profit 
                organizations as described in section 111B.
            ``(2) Allotments.--
                    ``(A) School-age youth.--Except as provided in 
                paragraph (3), from 45 percent of such funds, the 
                Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that 
                bears the same ratio to 45 percent of such funds as the 
                number of school-age youth in the State bears to the 
                total number of school-age youth of all States.
                    ``(B) Allocation under elementary and secondary 
                education act of 1965.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                (3), from 45 percent of such funds, the Corporation 
                shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same 
                ratio to 45 percent of such funds as the allocation to 
                the State for the previous fiscal year under chapter 1 
                of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2711 et seq.) bears to such 
                allocations to all States.
            ``(3) Minimum amount.--No State shall receive, under 
        paragraph (2), an allotment that is less than the allotment 
        such State received for fiscal year 1993 under section 112(b) 
        of this Act, as in effect 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 insufficient to 
        make such allotments, the Corporation shall make available sums 
        from the 10 percent described in paragraph (1) for such fiscal 
        year to make such allotments.
            ``(4) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101(26), for 
        purposes of this subsection, the term `State' means each of the 
        several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, and an Indian tribe.
    ``(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 under section 113 that meets 
the requirements of such section and such other requirements as the 
Director may determine to be appropriate, the Corporation shall, after 
making any grants under section 111A, make any remainder 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 
part, the Corporation shall award grants to States and Indian tribes, 
from the amount so appropriated, on a competitive basis to pay for the 
Federal share of the activities described in section 111.
    ``(e) Programs.--In awarding grants and making allotments under 
subsections (a), (b), and (d), from the sum appropriated to carry out 
this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make available--
            ``(1) 75 percent of such sum for school-based programs; and
            ``(2) 25 percent of such sum for community-based programs.

``SEC. 113. STATE OR TRIBAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Submission.--To be eligible to receive a grant under section 
112(b)(1), an allotment under subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 112, 
a reallotment under section 112(c), or a grant under section 112(d), a 
State (acting through the State Commission) 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 Director may 
reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--An application that is submitted under subsection 
(a) with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 
shall include--
            ``(1) information demonstrating that the programs will be 
        carried out in a manner consistent with the strategic plan 
        submitted for the State involved under section 178;
            ``(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
            ``(3) such additional information as the Director may 
        reasonably require.

``SEC. 114. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application to Corporation To Make Grants for School-Based or 
Community-Based Service-Learning Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        section 112(b)(1) in accordance with section 111B(a) to make 
        grants relating to school-based or community-based service-
        learning programs described in section 111(a), a grantmaking 
        entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain 
        approval of, an application.
            ``(2) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted at 
        such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
        information, as the Director may reasonably require. Such an 
        application shall include a proposal to assist such programs in 
        more than 1 State.
    ``(b) Direct Application to Corporation To Carry Out School-Based 
or Community-Based Service-Learning Programs in Nonparticipating 
States.--To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation in the 
circumstances described in section 111A to carry out an activity 
described in such section, an organization or partnership referred to 
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 Director may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Application to State or Indian Tribe To Receive Assistance To 
Carry Out School-Based or Community-Based Service-Learning Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--A qualified organization or partnership 
        that desires to receive financial assistance under this part 
        from a State Commission, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity, 
        for activities described in section 111(a), shall prepare, 
        submit to the State Commission, tribe, or entity, and obtain 
        approval of, an application.
            ``(2) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted at 
        such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
        information, as the State Commission, tribe, or entity may 
        reasonably require.
    ``(d) Contents of Application.--
            ``(1) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation 
        establish standards for the information required to be 
        contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or 
        (b).
            ``(2) Assurances.--At a minimum, an application submitted 
        under subsection (a) or (b) shall contain--
                    ``(A) an assurance that the applicant will develop 
                an age-appropriate learning component for participants 
                in the program that shall include a chance for 
                participants to analyze and apply their service 
                experiences;
                    ``(B) an assurance that the applicant will comply 
                with the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
                requirements of section 177 and grievance procedure 
                requirements of section 176(f); and
                    ``(C) such other assurances as the Director may 
                reasonably require.

``SEC. 115. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Criteria for Applications.--In approving applications for 
financial assistance under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 
112, the Corporation shall consider such criteria with respect to 
sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of programs 
under this part as the Director may by regulation specify. In providing 
assistance under this part, a State Commission, Indian tribe, or 
grantmaking entity shall also consider such criteria.
    ``(b) Priority for Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--In providing assistance under this part, 
        a State Commission or Indian tribe, or the Corporation if 
        section 111A or 111B applies, shall give priority to entities 
        that submit applications under section 114 with respect to 
        service-learning programs described in section 111 that--
                    ``(A) involve participants in the design and 
                operation of the program;
                    ``(B) are in the greatest need of assistance, such 
                as programs targeting low-income areas; or
                    ``(C) involve--
                            ``(i) students from public elementary or 
                        secondary schools, and students from private 
                        elementary or secondary schools, serving 
                        together; or
                            ``(ii) students of different ages, races, 
                        sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, or economic 
                        backgrounds, serving together.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation establish 
procedures and criteria (in addition to the criteria described in 
subsections (a) and (b)) for awarding grants in the circumstances 
described in sections 111A and 111B.
    ``(d) Rejection of Applications.--If the Corporation rejects an 
application submitted under section 113 for an allotment under 
subsection (b)(2) of section 112, the Corporation shall promptly notify 
the applicant of the reasons for the rejection of the application. The 
Corporation shall provide the applicant with a reasonable opportunity 
to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical 
assistance, if needed, to the applicant as part of the resubmission 
process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted 
application.

``SEC. 115A. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE 
              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 not-for-
profit elementary and secondary schools, such State, Indian tribe, or 
agency shall consult with appropriate private school representatives 
and make provision--
            ``(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for 
        the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable 
        participation of such students in the programs implemented to 
        carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in 
        this part; and
            ``(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so 
        as to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in 
        the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 
        provide the benefits described in this part.
    ``(b) Waiver.--If a State, Indian tribe, or local educational 
agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation of 
students or teachers from private not-for-profit 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 Director 
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 paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 1017(b) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2727(b)).

``SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    ``(a) Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share attributable to this 
        part of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant or 
        allotment is made under this part 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 part;
                    ``(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the second year for which the program receives 
                assistance under this part;
                    ``(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the third year for which the program receives 
                assistance under this part; and
                    ``(D) 60 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 part.
            ``(2) Remaining share.--In providing for the remaining 
        share of the cost of carrying out such a program, each 
        recipient of assistance under this part--
                    ``(A) shall provide for such share through a 
                payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
                facilities, equipment, or services; and
                    ``(B) may provide for such share through State 
                sources, local sources, or Federal sources (other than 
                funds made available under the national service laws).
            ``(3) Calculation.--In calculating the cost of carrying out 
        such a program, the recipient shall not include the costs of 
        salaries and benefits of individuals who are participants or 
        volunteers in any national service program or any volunteer 
        program, other than a program under this part.
    ``(b) Waiver.--The Director may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any such program in 
any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would 
be equitable due to a demonstrated lack of available financial 
resources at the local level.
    ``(c) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101, as used in this 
section, the term `national service laws' means the provisions 
specified in section 201(a) of the National Service and Community 
Volunteers Act of 1993.

``SEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--Of the amount of assistance provided to 
        a State Commission, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity that is 
        the original recipient of a grant or allotment under subsection 
        (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112 for a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) not more than 2.5 percent of such amount may 
                be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by the 
                original recipient; and
                    ``(B) not more than 2.5 percent of such amount may 
                be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by the 
                entity carrying out the service-learning programs 
                receiving assistance under this subtitle.
            ``(2) Rules on use.--The Corporation shall by regulation 
        establish acceptable categories of administrative costs.
    ``(b) Capacity-Building Activities.--Not less than 10 percent and 
not more than 20 percent of the amount of assistance provided to a 
State Commission, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity that is the 
original recipient of a grant or allotment under subsection (a), (b), 
(c), or (d) of section 112 for a fiscal year shall be used to build 
capacity through training, technical assistance, curriculum 
development, and coordination activities, described in section 
111(a)(1).
    ``(c) Financial Support to Students.--Funds made available under 
this part may not be used to pay any stipend, allowance, or other 
financial support to any student who is a participant under this part, 
except reimbursement for transportation, meals, and other reasonable 
out-of-pocket expenses directly related to participation in a program 
assisted under this part.
    ``(d) Prohibition on Payments for Salaries and Benefits.--No 
partnership or qualified organization may use funds made available 
under this subtitle to pay for the costs of salaries and benefits of 
individuals who are participants or volunteers in any national service 
program or any volunteer program, other than a program under this part.

``SEC. 116B. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this part:
            ``(1) Community-based service-learning program.--The term 
        `community-based service-learning program' means a service-
        learning program sponsored by a partnership that includes the 
        entities described in section 111(b)(2)(B).
            ``(2) Grantmaking entity.--The term `grantmaking entity' 
        means an organization described in section 111B(a).
            ``(3) Qualified organization.--The term `qualified 
        organization' means an entity described in any of paragraphs 
        (1) through (5) of section 111(c).
            ``(4) School-based service-learning program.--The term 
        `school-based service-learning program' means a service-
        learning program sponsored by a partnership that includes the 
        entities described in section 111(b)(2)(A).
            ``(5) Student.--Notwithstanding section 101(28), the term 
        `student' means an individual who is enrolled in an elementary 
        or secondary school on a full- or part-time basis.''.
    (b) Higher Education Innovative Projects.--Subtitle B of title I of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12531 et 
seq.) is amended by striking part II and inserting the following:

 ``PART II--HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

``SEC. 119. HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to expand 
participation in community service by supporting innovative community 
service programs that enable institutions of higher education to act as 
civic institutions in meeting 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 agencies or not-for-profit private 
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 the community;
            ``(2) supporting student-initiated and student-designed 
        community service projects through the program;
            ``(3) facilitating the integration of community service 
        carried out under the program into academic curricula, 
        including integration of clinical programs into the curriculum 
        for students in professional schools, so that students can 
        obtain credit for their community service projects;
            ``(4) 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 
        program;
            ``(5) strengthening the service infrastructure within 
        institutions of higher education in the United States through 
        the program; and
            ``(6) providing for the training of teachers, prospective 
        teachers, related education personnel, and community leaders in 
        the skills necessary to develop, supervise, and organize 
        service-learning.
    ``(c) Federal Share.--
            ``(1) Share.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of 
                carrying out a community service project for which a 
                grant or contract is awarded under this part may not 
                exceed 50 percent.
                    ``(B) Calculation.--Each recipient of assistance 
                under this part shall comply with paragraphs (2) and 
                (3) of section 116(a).
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Director 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 
        contract 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 and in such manner as the Director may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--
                    ``(A) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by 
                regulation establish standards for the information 
                required to be contained in an application submitted 
                under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Assurances.--At a minimum, such an 
                application shall contain--
                            ``(i) an assurance that the entity carrying 
                        out the program will develop an age-appropriate 
                        learning component for participants in the 
                        program that shall include a chance for 
                        participants to analyze and apply their service 
                        experiences;
                            ``(ii) an assurance that students and 
                        community members including service recipients 
                        shall be involved in the design and 
                        implementation of the program;
                            ``(iii) an assurance that the program is 
                        consistent with the approved strategic plan 
                        submitted under section 178 by the State in 
                        which the program will be implemented;
                            ``(iv) an assurance that the applicant will 
                        comply with the nonduplication and 
                        nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and 
                        grievance procedure requirements of section 
                        176(f); and
                            ``(v) such other assurances as the Director 
                        may reasonably require.
    ``(e) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101(28), as used in this 
part, the term `student' means an individual who is enrolled in an 
institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.

                     ``PART III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

``SEC. 120. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``Of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this subtitle 
for each fiscal year--
            ``(1) a sum equal to 80 percent of such aggregate amount 
        shall be available to carry out part I; and
            ``(2) a sum equal to 20 percent of such aggregate amount 
        shall be available to carry out part II.''.
    (c) 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 B of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following:

                ``Subtitle B--Service-Learning Programs

                    ``Part I--Serve-America Programs

``Sec. 111. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes.
``Sec. 111A. Authority to assist local applicants in nonparticipating 
                            States.
``Sec. 111B. Authority to assist public or private not-for-profit 
                            organizations.
``Sec. 112. Grants and allotments.
``Sec. 113. State or tribal applications.
``Sec. 114. Local applications.
``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.
 ``Part II--Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service

``Sec. 119. Higher education innovative programs for community service.
                     ``Part III--General Provisions

``Sec. 120. Availability of appropriations.''.

                 Subtitle C--National Service Programs

SEC. 121. FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

    (a) Assistance Program Authorized.--Subtitle C of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12541 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows:

                 ``Subtitle C--National Service Program

                ``PART I--INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

``SEC. 121. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Provision of Assistance.--The Corporation for National 
Service and Community Volunteers may make grants to States, 
subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, public and private not-for-
profit 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 
        programs, 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) In general.--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 Corporation pursuant to the 
        contract or cooperative agreement may include the transfer to 
        the Federal agency of funds available to the Corporation.
            ``(2) Nonduplication.--A Federal agency that enters into a 
        contract or cooperative agreement under paragraph (1) to 
        support a national service program within a State--
                    ``(A) shall consult with the State Commission 
                serving the State to avoid duplication with any service 
                program that is in existence in the State as of the 
                date of the contract or cooperative agreement; and
                    ``(B) shall, in an appropriate case, enter into a 
                contract or cooperative agreement with an entity that 
                is carrying out a service program described in 
                subparagraph (A) that is of high quality, in order to 
                support the national service program.
            ``(3) Application of requirements.--A Federal agency 
        receiving assistance under this subsection shall comply with 
        the Federal share requirements of section 129(c)(2)(B). The 
        supplementation requirements specified in section 173 shall 
        apply with respect to the Federal National Service programs 
        supported with such assistance.
    ``(c) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--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--
                    ``(A) not more than 2.5 percent of such amount may 
                be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by the 
                original recipient; and
                    ``(B) not more than 2.5 percent of such amount may 
                be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by the 
                entity carrying out the national service programs 
                receiving assistance under this subtitle.
            ``(2) Regulations.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        Corporation shall by regulation, determine acceptable 
        categories of administrative costs.
    ``(d) Matching Funds Requirements.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--Except as provided in section 
        129(c)(2)(B), the Federal share of the cost of carrying out a 
        national service program that receives the assistance under 
        subsection (a), whether the assistance is provided directly or 
        as a subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, 
        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, a 
        recipient of assistance under this subtitle--
                    ``(A) shall provide for such share through a 
                payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
                facilities, equipment, or services; and
                    ``(B) may provide for such share through State 
                sources, local sources, or other Federal sources (other 
                than the use of funds made available under the national 
                service laws, including subtitles B, E, and H of title 
                I, and title III, of the National and Community Service 
                Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq., 12591 et seq., 
                12653 et seq., and 12661 et seq.), title XI of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.), 
                parts A and B of title I, section 124, and title II, of 
                the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (42 U.S.C. 
                4951 et seq., 4971 et seq., 4994, and 5000 et seq.), 
                and Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly 
                known as the ``Youth Conservation Corps Act of 
                1970'')).
            ``(3) 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 such a waiver would be equitable due to a 
        demonstrated lack of available financial resources at the local 
        level.

``SEC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 
              ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Eligible National Service Programs.--The recipient of a grant 
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, that address unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Subject to 
subsection (b)(1), these national service programs may include the 
following types of national service programs:
            ``(1) A community corps program that promotes greater 
        community unity through the use of organized teams of 
        participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill 
        levels, physical capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or 
        genders.
            ``(2) A full-time youth corps program carried out during 
        the summer months or throughout the full calendar year, such as 
        a conservation corps or youth service corps (including a 
        conservation corps or youth service corps that performs service 
        on Federal or other public lands or on Indian lands), that--
                    ``(A) undertakes meaningful full-time service 
                projects with visible benefits to a community, 
                including natural resource, urban renovation, or human 
                services projects;
                    ``(B) includes as participants youth and young 
                adults between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, 
                including out-of-school youth and other economically 
                disadvantaged youth, and individuals with disabilities, 
                who are between those ages; and
                    ``(C) provides those participants who are youth and 
                young adults with--
                            ``(i) crew-based, highly structured, and 
                        adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 
                        education, career guidance and counseling, 
                        employment training, and support services; and
                            ``(ii) the opportunity to develop 
                        citizenship values and skills through service 
                        to their community and the United States.
            ``(3) A program that provides specialized training to 
        individuals in service-learning and places the individuals 
        after such training in positions, including positions as 
        service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service-learning 
        in programs eligible for funding under part I 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) 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 projects.
            ``(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) students who are attending an institution of 
                higher education, including students supported by work-
                study funds under part C of title IV 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 
                outside the classroom during the school term and during 
                summer or other vacation periods; and
                    ``(C) agree to provide at least 1 year of 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 police officers, early childhood 
                development staff, social workers, or other 
                professionals providing service to meet educational, 
                human, environmental, or public safety needs in 
                communities with an inadequate number of such 
                professionals;
                    ``(B) that may include a salary in excess of the 
                maximum living allowance authorized in subsection 
                (a)(3) of section 140, as provided in subsection (c) of 
                such section; and
                    ``(C) that are sponsored by public or private not-
                for-profit employers who agree to pay 100 percent of 
                the salaries and benefits (other than any national 
                service benefit under section 123 and the post-service 
                benefits under section 146) 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 employment 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 community facilities in low-
                income areas.
            ``(10) A national service entrepreneur program that 
        identifies, 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 youth, and older adults as participants to 
        provide needed community services, including an 
        intergenerational component of a national service program 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (10), paragraph (12) or 
        paragraph (13).
            ``(12) A program utilizing public school facilities, after 
        regular school hours and during weekends and summers, to 
        provide children in distressed communities with curriculum-
        based, supervised educational, recreational and cultural 
        activities in safe and secure environments and to coordinate 
        the delivery of social services to the children of the 
        community.
            ``(13) Such other national service programs addressing 
        unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs 
        consistent with the strategic plan of the State Commission, if 
        funded through the Commission, or consistent with the 
        Corporation's strategic plan, if funded directly by the 
        Corporation.
    ``(b) Qualification Criteria To Determine Eligibility.--
            ``(1) Establishment by corporation.--The Corporation shall 
        establish qualification criteria for different types of 
        national service programs for the purpose of determining 
        whether a particular national service program should be 
        considered to be a national service program eligible to receive 
        assistance under this subtitle.
            ``(2) Consultation.--In establishing qualification criteria 
        under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 
        organizations and individuals that have extensive experience in 
        developing and administering effective national service 
        programs.
            ``(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) Waiver.--With respect to a proposed national service 
        program that does not meet the qualification criteria 
        established under paragraph (1), the Corporation may waive such 
        criteria with respect to such program if the Corporation 
        determines that such program is uniquely innovative in nature.
    ``(c) National Service Priorities for the Corporation.--
            ``(1) Establishment by corporation.--In order to 
        concentrate national efforts on meeting certain unmet human, 
        educational, environmental, or public safety needs and to 
        achieve the other purposes of this Act, the Corporation shall 
        establish and, through the 5-year strategic plan process 
        described in subtitle G, periodically alter priorities 
        regarding the types of national service programs to be assisted 
        under section 129(c) and the purposes for which such assistance 
        may be used.
            ``(2) Notice to applicants.--The Corporation shall provide 
        advance notice to potential applicants under 129(c) of any 
        national service priorities to be in effect under this 
        subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall specifically 
        include--
                    ``(A) a description of any alteration made in the 
                priorities since the previous notice; and
                    ``(B) a description of the national service 
                programs that are designated by the Corporation under 
                section 133(d)(2) as eligible for priority 
                consideration in the next competitive distribution of 
                assistance under section 129(c).
            ``(3) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation 
        establish procedures to ensure the equitable treatment of 
        national service programs.
            ``(4) Application to subgrants.--National service 
        priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection 
        shall be used by a recipient of funds under section 129(c) if 
        that recipient uses any portion of such funds to conduct a 
        grant program to support other national service programs.
            ``(5) Encouragement of intergen erational components of 
        programs.--The Corporation shall encourage national service 
        programs eligible to receive assistance under this subtitle to 
        establish, if consistent with the purposes of the program, an 
        intergenerational component of the program that combines 
        students, out-of-school youth, and older adults as 
        participants.

``SEC. 123. DEMONSTRATION EFFORTS CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER POST-
              SERVICE BENEFITS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Corporation shall establish demonstration 
programs to determine the most effective and efficient means for 
implementing educational or other incentives necessary for a successful 
national service program.
    ``(b) Treatment of Participants.--Participants in demonstration 
programs under subsection (a) shall be treated in the same manner as if 
they were participants in national service programs funded under this 
subtitle, except that such participants shall not be eligible for post-
service benefits under section 141.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this subtitle, the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the results of 
the demonstration programs established under subsection (a), and a 
description of the knowledge derived from existing national service-
related programs conducted by Federal or State governments, including 
recommendations for legislative action.

``SEC. 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 service program. 
Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a 
period of not more than 9 months.
    ``(b) Operational Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Corporation may provide assistance 
        under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits an 
        application under section 130 for the establishment, 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 
        consideration of a new application under section 130.
            ``(2) Limitations.--The amount of any assistance provided 
        to an applicant under paragraph (1) shall be limited to an 
        amount that does not exceed 60 percent of the costs incurred by 
        the applicant in establishing, operating or expanding a 
        national service program. Amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) may not be used for the operational costs of the 
        State Commission.
    ``(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. 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 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 assistance under 
section 121 that proposes to conduct a grant program using the 
assistance to support other national service programs.

``SEC. 125. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Support for State Commissions.--
            ``(1) Assistance authorized.--The Corporation shall make 
        assistance available to assist a State to establish or operate 
        the State Commission required to be established by the State 
        under section 178.
            ``(2) Amount of assistance.--The amount of assistance that 
        may be provided to a State Commission under this subsection, 
        together with other Federal funds available to establish or 
        operate the State Commission, may not exceed--
                    ``(A) 75 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 subsection; and
                    ``(B) such smaller percentage of such cost as the 
                Corporation 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 activities, 
including activities carried out under part A of title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, to involve programs that 
receive assistance under the national service laws in disaster relief 
efforts.
    ``(c) Challenge Grants for National Service Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Corporation may award challenge 
        grants under this subsection to national service programs that 
        receive assistance under section 121.
            ``(2) Criteria.--The Corporation shall develop criteria for 
        the selection of recipients of challenge grants under paragraph 
        (1), so as to make the grants widely available to a variety of 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) are high-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.
            ``(3) 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 
        funds requirements under section 121(e). The Corporation shall 
        establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be 
        provided to a national service program under this subsection.

              ``PART II--APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

``SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY COMPETITIVE AND OTHER MEANS.

    ``(a) Allotments of Assistance to States and Indian Tribes.--
            ``(1) 50 percent allotment of assistance.--Of the funds 
        allocated by the Corporation for the provision of assistance 
        under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, 
        the Corporation shall make a grant under section 121(a) to each 
        of the several States (through the State Commission of the 
        State), the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 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 shall be equal to 
        the amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of the 
        allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the 
        State bears to the total population of the several States, the 
        District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            ``(2) One percent allotment of assistance.--Of the funds 
        allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under 
        subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the 
        Corporation shall reserve 1 percent of the allocated funds for 
        grants under section 121(a) to Indian tribes, the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted by the Corporation on 
        a competitive basis in accordance with their respective needs. 
        Palau shall also be eligible for a grant under this paragraph 
        from the 1 percent allotment until such time as the Compact of 
        Free Association with Palau is ratified.
            ``(3) Allotment of assistance for native hawaiians.--Of the 
        funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 
        under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, 
        the Corporation shall reserve .2 percent of the allocated funds 
        for grants under section 121(a) to Native Hawaiian entities, 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 State or Indian 
        tribe--
                    ``(A) to make grants to other eligible entities 
                under section 121 that propose to carry out national 
                service programs in the State or on behalf of the 
                Indian tribe; and
                    ``(B) after making grants under paragraph (1), to 
                make a reallotment to other States and Indian tribes 
                with approved applications under section 130.
    ``(b) Reservation for Special Assistance.--Subject to section 
501(a)(2), of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of 
assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation may not reserve more than $10,000,000, or 1 
percent of such funds, whichever is less, for a fiscal year for 
challenge grants under section 125(c).
    ``(c) Competitive Distribution of Remaining Funds.--
            ``(1) State competition.--Of the funds allocated by the 
        Corporation for the provision of assistance under subsections 
        (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation 
        shall use not less than 30 percent of the allocated funds to 
        make grants to States (through the State Commissions) on a 
        competitive basis under section 121(a).
            ``(2) Federal agencies and other applicants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall distribute 
                on a competitive basis to subdivisions of States 
                (through the State Commissions), Indian tribes, public 
                and private not-for-profit organizations, institutions 
                of higher education, and Federal agencies the remainder 
                of the funds allocated by the Corporation for the 
                provision of assistance under section 121 for a fiscal 
                year, after the operation of paragraph (1) and 
                subsections (a) and (b).
                    ``(B) Federal share.--Notwithstanding section 
                121(e), if a Federal agency proposes to carry out a 
                national service program using funds made available 
                under subparagraph (A), and the Federal agency is 
                authorized to use funds made available under Federal 
                law (other than the national service laws, including 
                subtitles B, E, and H of title I, and title III, of the 
                National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
                12521 et seq., 12591 et seq., 12653 et seq., and 12661 
                et seq.), title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.), parts A and B of title I, 
                section 124, and title II, of the Domestic Volunteer 
                Service Act of 1973. (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 4971 et 
                seq., 4994, and 5000 et seq.), and Public Law 91-378 
                (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly known as the ``Youth 
                Conservation Corps Act of 1970'')) to carry out such a 
                program, the Federal share attributable to this 
                paragraph of the cost of carrying out the national 
                service program shall be 50 percent of such cost. The 
                Director may by regulation specify the sources that may 
                be used by the Federal agency to provide for the 
                remaining share of such cost.
                    ``(C) Federal agencies.--The Corporation may not 
                distribute more than 30 percent of such remainder to 
                Federal agencies for a fiscal year under subparagraph 
                (A).
                    ``(D) Limitations.--The Corporation shall limit the 
                categories of eligible applicants for assistance under 
                this paragraph consistent with the priorities 
                established by the Corporations under section 
                133(d)(2).
    ``(d) Application Required.--The allotment of assistance to a State 
or an Indian tribe under subsection (a), and the competitive 
distribution of assistance under subsection (c), 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.

``SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Time, Manner, and Content of Application.--To be eligible to 
receive assistance under section 121 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 not-for-
profit 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 Application Information.--In order to have adequate 
information upon which to consider an application under section 133, 
the Corporation shall by regulations establish requirements with 
respect to the content of applications submitted under this section. 
Such requirements shall specify that such an application shall contain 
information demonstrating that the programs will be carried out in a 
manner consistent with the strategic plan submitted for the State 
involved under section 178.
    ``(c) Special Rule for State Applicants.--
            ``(1) Submission by state commission.--The application of a 
        State for a grant under section 121(a) shall be submitted by 
        the State Commission.
            ``(2) Competitive selection.--The application of a State 
        shall contain an assurance that all assistance provided under 
        section 121(a) to the State will be used to support national 
        service programs that were selected by the State on a 
        competitive basis.
            ``(3) Assistance to nonstate entities.--The application of 
        a State shall also contain an assurance that not less than 70 
        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 the percentage specified by 
        this subsection if the State has not received a sufficient 
        number of acceptable applications to comply with the 
        percentage.
    ``(d) Special Rule for Certain Service Sponsors.--In the case of an 
applicant that proposes to serve as the service sponsor, the 
application shall include the written concurrence of any local labor 
organization representing employees of the applicant who are engaged in 
the same or substantially similar work as that proposed to be carried 
out.
    ``(e) Limitation on Same Project in Multiple Applications.--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 application pending before 
the Corporation.

``SEC. 131. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(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 assistance 
provided under section 121 and any national service program supported 
by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will--
            ``(1) address unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
        public safety needs through services that provide a direct 
        benefit to the community in which the service is performed;
            ``(2) comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
        requirements of section 177; and
            ``(3) be consistent with the State or Corporation strategic 
        plan (based on the funding source utilized)).
    ``(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) as appropriate, provide support services to 
        participants, such as the provision of 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) place participants in a national service program who 
        are receiving benefits or assistance under any Federal, State 
        or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal 
        funds in positions which provide education, career training, 
        and job specific skills necessary for gainful employment.
    ``(c) Consultation.--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 in the design, recruitment, and operation of 
        the program for broad-based input from the community served, 
        individuals eligible to serve as participants in the program, 
        community-based agencies with a demonstrated record of 
        experience in providing services, and local labor organizations 
        representing employees of service sponsors; and
            ``(2) 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 and 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 
                provided to the applicant under section 121;
                    ``(B) develop measurable performance goals and 
                evaluation 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
                    ``(C) cooperate with any evaluation activities 
                undertaken by the Corporation.
            ``(2) Alternative evaluation requirements.--The Corporation 
        may establish alternative evaluation requirements for national 
        service programs based upon the amount of assistance received 
        under section 121 or received by a grant made by a recipient of 
        assistance under such section. The determination of whether a 
        national service program is covered by this paragraph shall be 
        made in such manner as the Corporation may prescribe.
    ``(e) Living Allowances and Other Inservice Benefits.--Except as 
provided in section 140(c), an application submitted under section 130 
shall also include an assurance by the applicant that the applicant 
will--
            ``(1) provide 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 129(c)(2) 
and any national service program supported by a grant made by the 
applicant using such assistance will select a portion of the 
participants for the program from among prospective participants 
recruited by the Corporation or State Commissions under section 138(d). 
Applicants awarded grants under subsection (a) or (c)(1) of section 129 
may select participants from among prospective participants recruited 
by the Corporation under section 138(d).

``SEC. 132. INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.

    ``An application submitted to the Corporation under section 130 
shall include an assurance by the applicant that any national service 
program carried out using assistance provided under section 121 
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 engaged in religious activities, unless 
        such service does not involve the use of assistance provided 
        under section 121 or participants to give religious 
        instruction, conduct worship services, or engage in any form of 
        proselytization; or
            ``(5) organization whose primary purpose is to influence 
        public policies or engage in legislative advocacy activities.

``SEC. 133. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Corporation Consideration of Certain Criteria.--The 
Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsections (c) and 
(d) in determining whether to approve an application submitted under 
section 130 and provide assistance under section 121 to the applicant.
    ``(b) Application to Subgrants.--A State or other entity that uses 
assistance provided under section 121(a) to support national service 
programs selected on a competitive basis to receive a share 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. The application of the State 
or other entity under section 130 shall contain--
            ``(1) a certification that the State or other entity 
        complied with these criteria in the selection of national 
        service programs to receive assistance;
            ``(2) 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 
        participants; and
            ``(3) a description of the minimum qualifications which 
        individuals must meet to become participants in such programs.
    ``(c) Assistance Criteria.--The criteria required to be applied in 
evaluating applications submitted under section 130 are as follows:
            ``(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 the existence--
                    ``(A) of strong and broad-based community support 
                for the program; and
                    ``(B) of multiple funding 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 from 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 
        areas where they are needed most, such as--
                    ``(A) communities designated as enterprise zones or 
                redevelopment areas, targeted for special economic 
                incentives, or otherwise identifiable as having high 
                concentrations of low- income people;
                    ``(B) areas that are environmentally distressed; or
                    ``(C) areas adversely affected by reductions in 
                defense spending or the closure or realignment of 
                military installations.
            ``(7) In the case of applicants other than States, the 
        extent to which the application is consistent with the 
        application under section 130 of the State in which the 
        projects would be conducted.
            ``(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 types of national service programs 
        described in section 122(a) for priority consideration in the 
        competitive distribution of funds under section 129(c).
            ``(3) Review panel.--The Director shall establish panels of 
        experts and practitioners for the purpose of securing 
        recommendations on applications submitted under section 130 for 
        more than $100,000 in assistance and consider the opinions of 
        such panels prior to making such determinations.
    ``(e) Rejection of State Applications.--
            ``(1) Notification of state applicants.--If the Corporation 
        rejects an application submitted by a State Commission under 
        section 130 for funds described in section 129(a)(1), the 
        Corporation shall promptly notify the State Commission of the 
        reasons for the rejection of the application.
            ``(2) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation 
        shall provide a State Commission notified under paragraph (1) 
        with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the 
        application. At the request of the State Commission, the 
        Corporation shall provide technical assistance to the State 
        Commission 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

``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 minimal eligibility requirements, directly 
        related to the tasks to be accomplished, 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;
            ``(4) is 17 years of age or older at the time the 
        individual begins the term of service;
            ``(5)(A)(i) has received a high school diploma or its 
        equivalent; or
            ``(ii) agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its 
        equivalent and the individual did not drop out of an elementary 
        or secondary school to enroll in the program; or
            ``(B)(i) is enrolled at an institution of higher education 
        on the basis of meeting the standard described in paragraph (1) 
        or (2) of section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)); and
            ``(ii) meets the requirements of section 484(a) of such 
        Act; and
            ``(6) is a citizen of the United States or lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence.
    ``(b) Special Rules for Certain Youth Programs.--An individual 
shall be considered to be a participant in a youth corps program 
described in section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
122(a)(9) that is carried out with assistance provided under 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 (a)(5)(A) 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. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.

    ``(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 assistance under 
section 121 shall be conducted by the State, subdivision of a State, 
Indian tribe, public or private not-for-profit organization, 
institution of higher education, Federal agency, or other entity to 
which the assistance is provided.
    ``(b) Nondiscrimination and Nonpolitical Selection of 
Participants.--The recruitment and selection of individuals to serve in 
national service programs receiving assistance under section 121 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 may establish a system to recruit individuals who desire to 
perform national service and to assist the placement of these 
individuals. The Corporation and State Commissions shall widely 
disseminate information regarding available national service 
opportunities.

``SEC. 139. TERMS OF SERVICE.

    ``(a) In General.--A participant in a national service program 
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 a national service program shall agree 
        to participate in the program 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.--An individual performing part-
        time national service in a national service program shall agree 
        to participate in the program for not less than 1,700 hours 
        during a period of--
                    ``(A) not less than 1 year nor more than 2 years; 
                or
                    ``(B) not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years if 
                the individual is enrolled in an institution of higher 
                education while performing all or a majority of the 
                hours of such service.
    ``(c) Release From Completing Term of Service.--
            ``(1) Release authorized.--A recipient of assistance under 
        section 121 may release a participant from completing a term of 
        service in the program--
                    ``(A) for compelling personal circumstances as 
                demonstrated by the participant; or
                    ``(B) for cause.
            ``(2) Effect of release.--If the released participant was 
        serving in a national service program which included post-
        service benefits, the participant may receive that portion of 
        those benefits that corresponds to the quantity of the term of 
        service actually completed by the individual, except that a 
        participant released for cause may not receive any portion of a 
        post-service benefit.

``SEC. 140. LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.

    ``(a) Provision of Living Allowance.--
            ``(1) Living allowance permitted.--Subject to paragraph 
        (3), a national service program carried out using assistance 
        provided under section 121 shall provide to each participant in 
        the program a living allowance in such an amount as may be 
        established by the program.
            ``(2) Limitation on federal share.--The amount of the 
        annual living allowance provided under paragraph (1) that may 
        be paid using assistance provided under section 121 and using 
        any other Federal funds shall not exceed the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 85 percent of the prevailing minimum wage 
                (which in no event may be less than the applicable 
                minimum wage under section 6 of the Fair Labor 
                Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206)) in the area in 
                which the program is being conducted; and
                    ``(B) 85 percent of the annual living allowance 
                established by the national service program involved.
            ``(3) Maximum living allowance.--Except as provided in 
        subsection (c), the total amount of an annual living allowance 
        that may be provided to a participant in a national service 
        program shall not exceed 150 percent of the prevailing minimum 
        wage (which in no event may be less than the applicable minimum 
        wage under section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
        (29 U.S.C. 206)) in the area in which the program is being 
        conducted.
            ``(4) Proration of living allowance.--The amount provided 
        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(b)(3).
            ``(5) Choice between benefits.--Individuals receiving 
        benefits or assistance under any Federal, State, or local 
        program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds, at the 
        time of enrollment in a national service program, shall choose 
        between receiving the living allowance under this subsection 
        (which shall be taken into account in determining continued 
        eligibility for such assistance) and other benefits provided to 
        national service participants (in lieu of the Federal, State, 
        or local governmental benefits) or a cash allowance of $250 per 
        month for full-time participation and $125 per month for part-
        time participation, which shall not be taken into account in 
        determining the need or eligibility of any person for benefits 
        or assistance or the amount of such benefits or assistance, 
        under any Federal, State, or local program financed in whole or 
        in part with Federal funds.
    ``(b) Coverage of Certain Employment-Related Taxes.--To the extent 
a national service program that receives assistance under section 121 
is subject, with 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 of--
            ``(1) the prevailing minimum wage (which in no event may be 
        less than the applicable minimum wage under section 6 of the 
        Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206)) in the area 
        in which the program is being conducted; and
            ``(2) the annual living allowance established by the 
        program.
    ``(c) Professional Corps.--With respect to a State or other 
recipient of assistance under section 121 that desires to place a 
professional corps member, as described in section 122(a)(8), in a 
position in a national service program, the allocation of Federal funds 
described in subsection (a)(2)(A) for the position shall be made under 
regulations developed by the Corporation which are consistent with 
those applicable to allocation procedures of professional corps 
programs determined by the Corporation to be similar (such as the 
Teacher Corps, the Public Health Service Corps or the Police Corps).
    ``(d) Health Insurance.--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 policy. Not 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 assistance under section 121. The 
Corporation shall establish minimum standards that all plans must meet 
in order to qualify for payment under this part, any circumstances in 
which an alternative health care policy may be substituted for the 
basic health care policy, and mechanisms to prohibit participants from 
dropping existing coverage.
    ``(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 the 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 
        guidelines regarding the circumstances under which child care 
        must be made available under this subsection and the value of 
        any allowance to be provided.
    ``(f) Waiver of Limitation on Federal Share.--The Corporation 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 demonstrated lack of available financial 
resources at the local level as demonstrated through documented efforts 
submitted to the Corporation.

``SEC. 141. POST-SERVICE STIPENDS.

    ``(a) Part-Time.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Corporation shall annually 
        provide to each part-time participant a nontransferable post-
        service benefit that is equal in value to $750 for each year of 
        service that such participant provides to the program.
            ``(2) Waiver.--A State may apply for a waiver to reduce the 
        amount of the post-service benefit to an amount that is equal 
        to not less than the average annual tuition and required fees 
        at 4-year public institutions of higher education within such 
        State.
            ``(3) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to prevent a State from using funds made available 
        from non-Federal sources to increase the amount of post-service 
        benefits provided under paragraph (1) to an amount in excess of 
        that described in such paragraph.
    ``(b) Full-Time.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Corporation shall annually 
        provide to each full-time participant a nontransferable post-
        service benefit for each year of service that such participant 
        provides to the program, which benefit shall be equal in value 
        to $1,500 for each such year.
            ``(2) State share.--A State may apply for a waiver to 
        reduce the amount of the post-service benefit to an amount that 
        is equal to not less than the average annual tuition, required 
        fees, and room and board costs at 4-year public institutions of 
        higher education within such State.
            ``(3) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to prevent a State from using funds made available 
        from non-Federal sources to increase the amount of post-service 
        benefits provided under paragraph (1) to an amount in excess of 
        that described in such paragraph.
    ``(c) Post-Service Benefit.--
            ``(1) Part-time.--A post-service benefit provided under 
        subsection (a) shall only be used for--
                    ``(A) payment of a student loan from Federal or 
                non-Federal sources;
                    ``(B) tuition at an institution of higher education 
                on a full-time basis, or to pay the expenses incurred 
                in the full-time participation in an apprenticeship 
                program approved by the appropriate State agency; or
                    ``(C) any other educational purpose determined 
                appropriate by the Corporation.
            ``(2) Full-time.--A post-service benefit provided under 
        subsection (b) shall only be used for--
                    ``(A) payment of a student loan from Federal or 
                non-Federal sources;
                    ``(B) tuition, room and board, books and fees, and 
                other costs associated with attendance (pursuant to 
                section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 1087ll)) at an institution of higher education 
                on a full-time basis, or to pay the expenses incurred 
                in the full-time participation in an apprenticeship 
                program approved by the appropriate State agency; or
                    ``(C) any other educational purpose determined 
                appropriate by the Corporation.''.
    (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 items relating to subtitle C of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following new items:

                 ``Subtitle C--National Service Program

                ``Part I--Investment in National Service

        ``Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance.
        ``Sec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for 
                            program assistance.
        ``Sec. 123. Demonstration efforts concerning educational or 
                            other post-service benefits.
        ``Sec. 124. Types of program assistance.
        ``Sec. 125. Other special assistance.
              ``Part II--Application and Approval Process

        ``Sec. 129. Provision of assistance by competitive and other 
                            means. 
        ``Sec. 130. Application for assistance.
        ``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. Post-service stipends.''.

SEC. 122. TRANSITION.

    With respect to national service programs (as defined in section 
101(15) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) established 
under the provisions referred to in section 201(a), individuals who 
become participants in such programs after the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be eligible to use the post-service benefits to which 
such participants are eligible under such provisions only for the uses 
described in section 141(c)(2) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (as amended by this Act).

                   Subtitle D--Quality and Innovation

SEC. 131. QUALITY AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Repeal.--Subtitle D of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Investment for Quality and Innovation.--Title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after 
subtitle C (42 U.S.C. 12541 et seq.) the following new subtitle:

          ``Subtitle D--Investment for Quality and Innovation

``SEC. 145. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL 
              SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Methods of Conducting Activities.--The Corporation may carry 
out this section directly 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 and 
volunteer programs and to support innovative and model programs, 
including the provision of training and technical assistance to--
            ``(1) service sponsors, including community-based agencies, 
        that provide placements of participants and other volunteers, 
        in order to improve the ability of such sponsors and agencies 
        to use participants and other volunteers in a manner that 
        results in high quality service and a positive service 
        experience for the participants and volunteers; and
            ``(2) individuals, programs, State agencies, State 
        Commissions, local governments, local educational agencies, 
        community-based agencies, and other entities to enable them to 
        apply for funding from the Corporation, to conduct high quality 
        programs, to evaluate such programs, and for other purposes.

``SEC. 146. CLEARINGHOUSES.

    ``(a) Assistance.--The Corporation shall provide assistance to 
appropriate entities to establish one or more clearinghouses.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive assistance under 
subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application to the 
Corporation 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 carrying out State or local national 
        service programs or volunteer programs (including service-
        learning programs);
            ``(2) conduct research and evaluations;
            ``(3) provide leadership development and training to 
        appropriate persons;
            ``(4) facilitate communication among appropriate persons;
            ``(5) provide information, curriculum materials, and 
        technical assistance to appropriate entities;
            ``(6) gather and disseminate information;
            ``(7) coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with 
        appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort;
            ``(8) make recommendations to appropriate entities on 
        quality controls to improve the delivery of services; and
            ``(9) carry out such other activities as the Director 
        determines to be appropriate.''.
    (c) Quality and Innovation.--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 D of title I of such 
Act and inserting the following:

          ``Subtitle D--Investment for Quality and Innovation

``Sec. 145. Additional corporation activities to support national 
                            service and volunteer programs.
``Sec. 146. Clearinghouses.''.

                  Subtitle E--Civilian Community Corps

SEC. 141. CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.

    (a) Repeal and Transfer.--
            (1) Repeal.--Subtitle E of title I of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591 et seq.) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Transfer.--Title I of the National and Community 
        Service Act of 1990 is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subtitle H (42 U.S.C. 12653 et 
                seq.) as subtitle E;
                    (B) by inserting subtitle E (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) after subtitle D; 
                and
                    (C) by redesignating sections 195 through 195O as 
                sections 151 through 166, respectively.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) National defense authorization act for fiscal year 
        1993.--
                    (A) Section 1091(f)(2) of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-
                484) is amended by striking ``195G'' and inserting 
                ``158''.
                    (B) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1092(b), and 
                sections 1092(c), 1093(a), and 1094(a) of such Act are 
                amended by striking ``195A'' and inserting ``152''.
                    (C) Sections 1091(f)(2), 1092(b)(1), and 1094(a), 
                and subsections (a) and (c) of section 1095 of such Act 
                are amended by striking ``subtitle H'' and inserting 
                ``subtitle E''.
                    (D) Section 1094(b)(1) and subsections (b) and 
                (c)(1) of section 1095 of such Act are amended by 
                striking ``subtitles B, C, D, E, F, and G'' and 
                inserting ``subtitles B, C, D, F, and G''.
            (2) National and community service act of 1990.--
                    (A) Section 153(a) of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653b(a)) is amended by striking ``195A(a)'' and 
                inserting ``152(a)''.
                    (B) Section 154(a) of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653c(a)) is amended by striking ``195A(a)'' and 
                inserting ``152(a)''.
                    (C) Section 155 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653d) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(1)'' and inserting ``159(c)(1)'';
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(2)'' and inserting ``159(c)(2)''; and
                            (iii) in subsection (d)(3), by striking 
                        ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (D) Section 156 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653e) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(2)'' and inserting ``159(c)(2)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (d), by striking 
                        ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (E) Section 159 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653h) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) by striking ``195A'' and 
                                inserting ``152''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``195'' and 
                                inserting ``151''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(i), by 
                        striking ``195K(a)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                        162(a)(2)''.
                    (F) Section 161(b)(1)(B) of such Act (as 
                redesignated in subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) 
                (42 U.S.C. 12653j(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking 
                ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (G) Section 162(a)(2)(A) of such Act (as 
                redesignated in subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) 
                (42 U.S.C. 12653k(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 
                ``195(3)'' and inserting ``151(3)''.
                    (H) Section 166 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653o) is amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``195D'' 
                        and inserting ``155'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ``195A'' 
                        and inserting ``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)''.
                    (I) Section 171 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12631) is 
                amended in subsections (b) and (c) by striking 
                ``subtitles B through E'' and inserting ``subtitles B 
                through D''.
    (c) 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 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. National service program.
``Sec. 154. Summer national service program.
``Sec. 155. Civilian Community Corps.
``Sec. 156. Training.
``Sec. 157. Service projects.
``Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps personnel under Federal law.
``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. Funding limitation.
``Sec. 166. Definitions.''.

                       Subtitle F--Administration

SEC. 151. REPORTS.

    Section 172 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12632) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking ``sections 177 and 
        113(9)'' and inserting ``section 177''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``this title'' and 
        inserting ``this Act''.

SEC. 152. 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 
        operation of a project that receives assistance under this 
        title shall not discriminate against a participant in, or 
        member of the staff of, such project on the basis of race, 
        color, national origin, sex, age, or political affiliation 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 
        `qualified 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 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 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 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 
        paid with funds received under this title.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        employment, 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 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. 153. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.

    (a) 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''.
    (b) 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 
        procedure for the filing and adjudication of grievances from 
        participants, labor organizations, and other interested 
        individuals concerning projects that receive assistance under 
        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 occurrence 
        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.--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.
                    ``(B) Deadline for proceeding.--An arbitration 
                proceeding shall be held not later than 45 days after 
                the request for such arbitration proceeding.
                    ``(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.--The cost of an arbitration proceeding 
                shall be divided evenly between the parties to the 
                arbitration.
            ``(5) Proposed placement.--If a grievance is filed 
        regarding 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 payments;
                    ``(C) prohibition of the placement described in 
                paragraph (5); and
                    ``(D) in a case in which the grievance involves a 
                violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 and 
                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; and
                            ``(iii) reestablishment of other relevant 
                        terms, conditions, and privileges of employment 
                        of the displaced employee.
            ``(7) Enforcement.--Suits to enforce arbitration awards 
        under 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. Such a court shall give due 
        deference to the decision of the arbitrator.''.

SEC. 154. NONDISPLACEMENT.

    Section 177(b)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12637(b)(3)) 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 perform any services or duties, or engage in 
                activities, that--
                            ``(i) will supplant the hiring of employed 
                        workers; or
                            ``(ii) are services, duties, or activities 
                        with respect to which an individual has recall 
                        rights pursuant to a collective bargaining 
                        agreement or applicable personnel 
                        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. 155. EVALUATION.

    Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C 12639) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``this title'' and inserting ``this Act''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
            ``(2) for purposes of the reports required by subsection 
        (j), the impact of such programs, in each State in which such a 
        program is conducted, on the activities carried out under, and 
        the effectiveness of, the national service and volunteer 
        programs; and''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``subtitle D'' and inserting ``this Act'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), to read as follows:
            ``(3) encouraging each participant and volunteer to 
        continue involvement in public and community service;''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (9), to read as follows:
            ``(9) attracting a greater number of citizens to public 
        service.''.

SEC. 156. 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. 157. 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--
            (1) by repealing sections 183, 185, and 186;
            (2) by redesignating section 182 as section 171;
            (3) by inserting section 171 (as redesignated in paragraph 
        (2) of this subsection) before section 172; and
            (4) by redesignating section 184 as section 182.
    (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--
            (1) by striking the item relating to section 171 and 
        inserting the following:

``Sec. 171. Partnerships with schools.'';
        and
            (2) by striking the items relating to sections 182 through 
        186 of such Act and inserting the following:

``Sec. 182. Drug-free workplace requirements.''.

                        Subtitle G--Organization

SEC. 161. STATE COMMISSIONS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY 
              VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) Composition and Duties of State Commissions.--Subtitle F of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by 
striking section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) and inserting the following new 
section:

``SEC. 178. STATE COMMISSIONS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY 
              VOLUNTEERS.

    ``(a) Existence Required.--
            ``(1) State commission.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under 
        subtitle B or C, a State shall maintain a State Commission for 
        National Service and Community Volunteers that satisfies the 
        requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Alternative administrative entity.--The chief 
        executive officer of a State may apply to the Corporation for 
        approval to use an alternative administrative entity (including 
        an entity in existence on the date of enactment of this 
        section) to carry out the duties otherwise entrusted to a State 
        Commission under this Act. The chief executive officer shall 
        ensure that any alternative administrative entity used in lieu 
        of a State Commission still provides for representatives 
        described in subsection (c)(1) to play a significant policy-
        making role in carrying out the duties otherwise entrusted to a 
        State Commission, including the submission of applications on 
        behalf of the State under sections 113 and 130.
    ``(b) Appointment and Size.--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 less than 7 voting members and 
not more than 21 voting members.
    ``(c) Composition and Membership.--
            ``(1) Recommended members.--The State Commission for a 
        State may include as voting members representatives from the 
        following categories:
                    ``(A) National service programs, such as a youth 
                corps program described in section 122(a)(2), and a 
                program in which older adults are participants.
                    ``(B) Volunteer programs, such as a Retired Senior 
                Volunteer Program under part A of title II of the 
                Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001 
                et seq.), senior companion program under part C of 
                title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5013 et seq.), or 
                service-learning program under subtitle B.
                    ``(C) Local governments in the State.
                    ``(D) Community-based organizations.
                    ``(E) Participants in service programs who are 
                youth.
                    ``(F) Participants in volunteer service programs 
                who are older adults.
                    ``(G) Educators.
                    ``(H) Experts in the delivery of human, 
                educational, environmental, or public safety services 
                to communities and persons.
                    ``(I) Businesses and business groups.
                    ``(J) Local labor organizations.
            ``(2) Composition.--The chief executive officer of a State 
        shall ensure that the membership of the State Commission for 
        the State is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, 
        gender, and geographic residence.
            ``(3) Ex officio state representatives.--The chief 
        executive officer of a State may appoint ex officio nonvoting 
        members of the State Commission.
            ``(4) Limitation on number of state employees as members.--
        The number of voting members of a State Commission selected 
        under paragraph (1) who are officers or employees 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 that not more than 50 percent of the voting 
        members of a State Commission, plus one additional member, are 
        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.--As vacancies occur on a State Commission, 
        new members shall be appointed by the chief executive 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 shall 
        not receive any additional compensation by reason of service on 
        the State Commission, 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.
    ``(e) Duties of a State Commission.--The State Commission or 
alternative administrative entity for a State shall be responsible for 
the following duties:
            ``(1) Preparing, submitting to the Corporation, and 
        obtaining approval of, a national service and volunteer 
        strategic plan for the national service programs and volunteer 
        programs to be carried out in the State that--
                    ``(A) covers a 3-year period;
                    ``(B) is updated annually; and
                    ``(C) contains such information as the State 
                Commission considers to be appropriate and as the 
                Corporation may require.
            ``(2) Preparing, submitting to the Corporation, and 
        obtaining approval of, the applications of the State under 
        sections 113 and 130 for financial assistance.
            ``(3) Assisting in the provision of health care and child 
        care benefits under section 140 to participate in national 
        service programs that receive assistance under subtitle C in 
        the State.
            ``(4) Developing a State system for the--
                    ``(A) recruitment of participants and volunteers 
                for, and placement of participants and volunteers in--
                            ``(i) national service programs under this 
                        Act in the State, other than activities that 
                        receive assistance under section 123; or
                            ``(ii) volunteer programs under this Act in 
                        the State; and
                    ``(B) dissemination of information concerning 
                programs that receive assistance under this Act.
            ``(5) Administering the grant programs in support of--
                    ``(A) national service programs that are conducted 
                by the State using assistance provided to the State 
                under subtitle C; and
                    ``(B) volunteer programs that are conducted by the 
                State using assistance provided to the State under 
                subtitle B,
        including selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant 
        recipients.
            ``(6) Developing projects, training methods, curriculum 
        materials, and other materials and activities related to--
                    ``(A) national service programs in the State that 
                receive assistance directly from the Corporation or 
                from the State using assistance provided under this 
                Act; and
                    ``(B) volunteer programs in the State that receive 
                assistance directly from the Corporation or from the 
                State using assistance provided under this Act.
    ``(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 subtitle C.
    ``(g) Delegation.--Subject to such requirements as the Corporation 
may prescribe, a State Commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties 
to a State agency or public or private not-for-profit organization.
    ``(h) Approval of State Commission or Alternative.--
            ``(1) Submission to corporation.--The chief executive 
        officer for a State shall notify the Corporation of the 
        establishment 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 
                alternative administrative entity regarding national 
                service and volunteer 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 
        Commission shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation.
            ``(3) Rejection.--The Corporation may reject a State 
        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 State Commission if the Corporation determines that 
        the duties of the entity do not comply with the requirements of 
        this section or that the use of the alternative administrative 
        entity does not allow individuals described in subsection 
        (c)(1) to play a significant policymaking role in carrying out 
        the duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission. The 
        Corporation shall reject a State Commission or alternative 
        administrative entity if the Commission or entity fails to 
        demonstrate that the Commission or entity has sufficient 
        authority to carry out the duties described in subsection (d). 
        If the Corporation rejects a State Commission or alternative 
        administrative entity under this paragraph, the Corporation 
        shall promptly notify the State of the reasons for the 
        rejection.
            ``(4) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation 
        shall provide a State notified under paragraph (3) with a 
        reasonable opportunity to revise the rejected State Commission 
        or alternative administrative entity. At the request of the 
        State, the Corporation shall provide technical assistance to 
        the State as part of the revision process. The Corporation 
        shall promptly reconsider any resubmission of a notification 
        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 
        administrative entity.
    ``(i) Review and Approval of Strategic Plans.--
            ``(1) Review.--The Corporation shall review and approve 
        strategic plans submitted by State Commissions and alternative 
        administrative entities under this section.
            ``(2) Rejection.--The Corporation may reject such a 
        strategic plan if the Corporation determines that the plan does 
        not meet the requirements of this Act, the Domestic Volunteer 
        Service Act of 1973, title XI of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965, and Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly 
        known as the ``Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970''). If the 
        Corporation rejects such a strategic plan, the Corporation 
        shall promptly notify the State of the reasons for the 
        rejection.
            ``(3) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation 
        shall provide a State notified under paragraph (2) with a 
        reasonable opportunity to revise the rejected plan. At the 
        request of the State, the Corporation shall provide technical 
        assistance to the State as part of the revision process. The 
        Corporation shall promptly reconsider any resubmission of such 
        a plan.
            ``(4) Subsequent changes.--This subsection shall also apply 
        to any update of such a strategic plan made after approval of 
        the plan.''.
    (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 for National Service and Community 
                            Volunteers.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.

SEC. 162. 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:

``SEC. 191. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

    ``There is established a Corporation for National Service and 
Community Volunteers 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) Board of Directors.--
            ``(1) Composition.--
                    ``(A) Appointment.--There shall be in the 
                Corporation a Board of Directors (hereafter referred to 
                in this subtitle as the `Board') that shall be composed 
                of 9 members, including the Director of the 
                Corporation, appointed by the President with the advice 
                and consent of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Qualifications.--To the maximum extent 
                practicable, the President shall appoint members--
                            ``(i) who have extensive experience in 
                        volunteer and service programs and who 
                        represent a broad range of viewpoints; and
                            ``(ii) so that the Board shall be diverse 
                        with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, 
                        and geographic residence.
            ``(2) Political parties.--Not more than 5 members of the 
        Board shall be from the same political party.
            ``(3) Nominations.--Two members of the Board shall be 
        appointed from among individuals nominated jointly by the 
        Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of 
        Representatives, and 2 of such members shall be appointed from 
        among individuals nominated jointly by the Majority Leader and 
        Minority Leader of the Senate.
    ``(b) Terms.--Each appointed member of the Board shall serve for a 
term of 3 years, except that 3 of the members first appointed to the 
Board after the date of enactment of this section shall serve for a 
term of 1 year and 3 shall serve for a term of 2 years, as designated 
by the President.
    ``(c) Vacancies.--As vacancies occur on the Board, new members 
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 DIRECTORS.

    ``(a) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.--The Board shall elect a 
chairperson and vice chairperson from among its membership. The 
Director shall not be eligible to serve as the chairperson or vice 
chairperson.
    ``(b) Other Officers.--The Board may elect from among its 
membership such additional officers for the Board as the Board 
determines to be appropriate.
    ``(c) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less than 3 times each 
year. The Board shall hold additional meetings if 6 members of the 
Board request such meetings in writing. A majority of the appointed 
members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
    ``(d) Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places of 
business on the business of the Board, members of such Board may 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 has 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 affect 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 law, or against any person other than a 
                member of the Board participating in such transactions; 
                or
                    ``(C) to limit or alter in any way the immunities 
                that are available under 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(b)(1), and annual updates of the plan;
            ``(2) review and approve the proposal described in section 
        193A(b)(2)(A), with respect to the grants, allotments, 
        contracts, financial assistance, and payments referred to in 
        such section;
            ``(3) review and approve the proposal described in section 
        193A(b)(3)(A), regarding the regulations, standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives referred to in such 
        section;
            ``(4) review and approve the evaluation plan described in 
        section 193A(b)(4)(A);
            ``(5)(A) review, and advise the Director regarding, the 
        actions of the Director with respect to the personnel of the 
        Corporation, and with respect to such standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives as are necessary or 
        appropriate to carry out this Act; and
            ``(B) inform the Director of any aspects of the actions of 
        the Director that are not in compliance 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, and act on, the reports issued by the 
        Inspector General of the Corporation;
            ``(7) make recommendations relating to a program of 
        research for the Corporation with respect to national service 
        and volunteer programs, including service-learning programs;
            ``(8) advise the President and the Congress concerning 
        developments in national service and volunteer programs 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) carry out any other activities determined to be 
        appropriate by the Director.
    ``(h) Administration.--Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the Board.

``SEC. 193. DIRECTOR.

    ``(a) Appointment.--There shall be in the Corporation a Director of 
the Corporation, and who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    ``(b) Compensation.--The Director shall be compensated at the rate 
provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Director shall prescribe such rules and 
regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act.

``SEC. 193A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

    ``(a) General Powers and Duties.--The Director 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.
    ``(b) Duties.--In addition to the duties conferred on the Director 
under any other provision of this Act, the Director shall--
            ``(1) prepare and submit to the Board a strategic plan 
        every 5 years, and annual updates of the plan, for the 
        Corporation with respect to the major functions and operations 
        of the Corporation;
            ``(2)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal with 
        respect to such grants and allotments, contracts, and other 
        financial assistance, 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, and make such payments (in lump sum or 
        installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in 
        the case of financial assistance otherwise authorized under 
        this Act, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments 
        and underpayments) as are necessary or appropriate to carry out 
        this Act;
            ``(3)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal 
        regarding, the regulations established under section 
        195(a)(3)(B)(i), and such other standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives as are necessary or 
        appropriate to carry out this Act; and
            ``(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal 
        under section 192A(g)(3)--
                    ``(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 
                initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 
                out this Act;
            ``(4)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a plan for the 
        evaluation of programs established under this Act, in 
        accordance with section 179; and
            ``(B) after receiving an approved proposal under section 
        192A(g)(4)--
                    ``(i) establish measurable performance goals and 
                objectives 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 
        administering the programs and initiatives;
            ``(6) suspend or terminate payments described in paragraph 
        (2)(B), 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 Director 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 between--
                    ``(A) the actions of the Director; and
                    ``(B)(i) the strategic plan approved by the Board 
                under section 192A(g)(1);
                    ``(ii) the proposals approved by the Board under 
                paragraph (2) or (3) of section 192A(g); or
                    ``(iii) the plan approved by the Board under 
                section 192A(g)(4); and
            ``(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 
                programs funded under this Act during the year 
                preceding the year in which the report is prepared.
    ``(c) Powers.--In addition to the authority conferred on the 
Director under any other provision of this Act, the Director may--
            ``(1) establish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue such 
        organizational units or components within the Corporation as 
        the Director considers necessary or appropriate;
            ``(2) with the approval of the President, arrange with and 
        reimburse the heads of other Federal agencies for the 
        performance 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 with or without 
        reimbursement;
            ``(4) allocate and expend, or transfer to other Federal 
        agencies for expenditure, funds made available under this Act, 
        including expenditure for construction, repairs, and capital 
        improvements;
            ``(5) disseminate, without regard to the provisions of 
        section 3204 of title 39, United States Code, data and 
        information, in such form as the Director, upon the 
        recommendation of the Board, 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 Director and all legal or equitable rights accruing to the 
        Director 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) expend funds made available for purposes of this Act, 
        without regard to any other law or regulation, for rent of 
        buildings and space in buildings and for repair, alteration, 
        and improvement of buildings and space in buildings rented by 
        the Director;
            ``(8) 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;
            ``(9) exercise the authorities of the Corporation under 
        section 196; and
            ``(10) generally perform functions and take steps 
        consistent with the objectives and provisions of this Act.
    ``(d) Delegation.--
            ``(1) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        `function' means any duty, obligation, power, authority, 
        responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.
            ``(2) In general.--Except as otherwise prohibited by law or 
        provided in this Act, the Director may delegate any function of 
        the Director under this Act, and authorize such successive 
        redelegations of such function as may be necessary or 
        appropriate. No delegation of a function by the Director under 
        this subsection or under any other provision of this Act shall 
        relieve such Director of responsibility for the administration 
        of such function.
    ``(e) Actions.--In an action described in subsection (c)(8)--
            ``(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 Director shall survive 
        notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office 
        of Director or any vacancy in that office;
            ``(3) no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other 
        similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the 
        Director or the Board or property under the control of the 
        Director or the Board; and
            ``(4) nothing in this section shall be construed to except 
        litigation arising out of activities under this Act from the 
        application of sections 509, 517, 547, and 2679 of title 28, 
        United States Code.

``SEC. 194. MANAGEMENT.

    ``(a) Management.--
            ``(1) In general.--After receiving and reviewing the 
        recommendations of the Board, the Director shall devise a 
        management structure for the Corporation, and shall appoint, in 
        accordance with section 195, such fiscal, legal, 
        administrative, and program personnel as are needed to carry 
        out the responsibilities of the Corporation.
            ``(2) Divisions.--In establishing the management structure 
        of the Corporation, the Director shall appoint individuals who 
        shall be primarily responsible for--
                    ``(A) the national service programs; and
                    ``(B) (i) volunteer programs that are service-
                learning programs;
                    ``(ii) volunteer programs that are senior programs; 
                and
                    ``(iii) volunteer programs that are Federal 
                volunteer programs.
    ``(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 by the Director.
            ``(3) Compensation.--The Inspector General shall be 
        compensated at the rate determined by the Director, which shall 
        not exceed the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(4) Duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), for purposes of the Inspector General 
                Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)--
                            ``(i) the Corporation shall be considered 
                        to be a designated Federal entity, as defined 
                        in section 8E(a)(2) of such Act; and
                            ``(ii) the Director shall be considered to 
                        be the head of the designated Federal entity, 
                        as defined in section 8E(a)(4) of such Act.
                    ``(B) Program fraud.--For purposes of chapter 38 of 
                title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the 
                `Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986')--
                            ``(i) the Corporation shall be considered 
                        to be an authority, as defined in section 
                        3801(a)(1) of such Act;
                            ``(ii) the Director shall be considered to 
                        be an authority head, as defined in section 
                        3801(a)(2) of such Act; and
                            ``(iii) the Inspector General shall be 
                        considered to be an investigating official, as 
                        defined in section 3801(a)(4) of such Act.

``SEC. 195. EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

    ``(a) Employees.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director may appoint and determine 
        the compensation of such employees necessary to carry out the 
        duties of the Corporation.
            ``(2) Terms.--
                    ``(A) Initial term.--
                            ``(i) Length of term.--Such an employee 
                        shall be appointed for an initial term that 
                        shall not exceed 5 years.
                            ``(ii) Probation period.--The Director 
                        shall take such action, including the issuance 
                        of rules, regulations, and directives, as shall 
                        provide, as nearly as conditions of good 
                        administration warrant, for a 1-year period of 
                        probation before such an appointment becomes 
                        final.
                    ``(B) Appointment extensions.--The appointment of 
                an employee may be extended by the Director, after 
                receiving and reviewing the recommendations of the 
                Board.
                    ``(C) Appointment in the competitive service after 
                employment in the corporation.--
                            ``(i) Employees with not less than 3 years 
                        of employment.--If an employee is separated 
                        from the Corporation (other than by removal for 
                        cause), and has been continuously employed by 
                        the Corporation for a period of not less than 3 
                        years, such period shall be treated as a period 
                        of service in the competitive service for 
                        purposes of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
                        States Code.
                            ``(ii) Definition.--As used in this 
                        subparagraph, the term `competitive service' 
                        has the meaning given the term in section 2102 
                        of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(3) Appointment and compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B)(iv), the Director may appoint and 
                determine the compensation of employees under this 
                subsection without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
                United States Code, governing 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 General 
                Schedule pay rates.
                    ``(B) Corporation selection and compensation 
                systems.--
                            ``(i) Establishment of system.--The 
                        Director, in consultation with the Director of 
                        the Office of Personnel Management and after 
                        reviewing the recommendations of the Board 
                        under section 192A(g)(3), shall issue 
                        regulations establishing selection and 
                        compensation systems for the Corporation. In 
                        issuing such regulations, the Director shall 
                        take into consideration the need for 
                        flexibility in such a system.
                            ``(ii) Application.--The Director shall 
                        appoint and determine the compensation of 
                        employees referred to in paragraph (1) in 
                        accordance with the selection and compensation 
                        systems referred to in clause (i).
                            ``(iii) Selection system.--The selection 
                        system shall provide for the selection of such 
                        an employee for such a position--
                                    ``(I) through a competitive 
                                process; and
                                    ``(II) on the basis of the 
                                qualifications of applicants and the 
                                requirements of the position.
                            ``(iv) Compensation system.--The 
                        compensation system shall include a scheme for 
                        the classification of positions in the 
                        Corporation. The system shall require that the 
                        compensation of such an employee be determined 
                        based in part on the job performance of the 
                        employee, and in a manner consistent with the 
                        principles described in section 5301 of title 
                        5, United States Code. The rate of compensation 
                        for each employee compensated through 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.
    ``(b) Consultants.--The Director 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.
    ``(c) Details of Personnel.--The head of any Federal department 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 Director 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.

``SEC. 196. ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) Donations.--
            ``(1) Services.--
                    ``(A) Volunteers.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
                title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may 
                accept the voluntary services of individuals to assist 
                the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the 
                Corporation under this Act, and may provide to such 
                individuals the travel expenses described in section 
                192A(d).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Such a volunteer shall not be 
                considered 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 compensation, 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 volunteer under this subtitle 
                        shall be considered to be a Federal employee; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) for the purposes of subchapter I of 
                        chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
                        relating to compensation 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.
            ``(2) Property.--The Corporation may accept, use, and 
        dispose of, in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, 
        donations of any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, 
        tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or 
        otherwise.
            ``(3) Rules.--The Director shall establish written rules 
        setting forth the criteria to ensure that the acceptance of 
        contributions of money or property, real, personal, or mixed, 
        tangible or intangible, received by gift, device, bequest, or 
        otherwise (pursuant to paragraph (2)) will not reflect 
        unfavorably upon the ability of the Corporation or any employee 
        of the Corporation to carry out the responsibilities or 
        official duties of the Corporation in a fair and objective 
        manner, or compromise the integrity of the programs of the 
        Corporation or any official involved in such programs.
            ``(4) Disposition.--Upon completion of the use by the 
        Corporation of any property described in paragraph (2), such 
        completion shall be reported to the General 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.).
            ``(5) Volunteer.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        `volunteer' does not include a participant.
    ``(b) Contracts.--Subject to the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Corporation may enter into 
contracts, and cooperative and interagency agreements, with Federal and 
State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals to conduct 
activities necessary to carry out the duties of the Corporation under 
this Act.''.
    (b) Relationship to Other National Service and Domestic Volunteer 
Programs.--
            (1) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.--
                    (A) Authority.--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: ``The Director shall report directly to the 
                Director of the Corporation for National Service and 
                Community Volunteers.''.
                    (B) Relationship with state plans and other 
                requirements.--Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer 
                Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041 et seq.) is amended 
                by inserting after section 404 the following:

``SEC. 405. RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE PLANS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

    ``In carrying out programs, and in providing assistance to 
recipients to carry out programs, in a State under this title, the 
Director shall ensure that such programs will be carried out in 
accordance with--
            ``(1) the State plan approved for the State by the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers under 
        section 178(i) of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990;
            ``(2) the priorities established under section 122(c) of 
        such Act; and
            ``(3) such other requirements as the Director of such 
        Corporation may by regulation specify.''.
            (2) Youth conservation corps act of 1970.--Section 3(a) of 
        Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly known as the 
        ``Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970'') is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) in providing assistance to recipients to carry out 
        programs under this Act in a State, ensure that such programs 
        will be carried out in accordance with--
                    ``(A) the State plan approved for the State by the 
                Corporation for National Service and Community 
                Volunteers under section 178(i) of the National and 
                Community Service Act of 1990;
                    ``(B) the priorities established under section 
                122(c) of such Act; and
                    ``(C) such other requirements as the Director of 
                such Corporation may by regulation specify.''.
            (3) Higher education act of 1965.--Title XI of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:

                         ``PART C--COORDINATION

``SEC. 1161. RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE PLANS.

    ``In providing assistance to recipients to carry out programs in a 
State under this title, the Secretary shall ensure that such programs 
will be carried out in accordance with--
            ``(1) the State plan approved for the State by the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers under 
        section 178(i) of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990;
            ``(2) the priorities established under section 122(c) of 
        such Act; and
            ``(3) such other requirements as the Director of such 
        Corporation may by regulation specify.''.
    (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 
        specified in section 163(c)(1) 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 
        Executive Director of the Commission on National and Community 
        Service exercised before the effective 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 163(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 Agency'' shall be 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 Corporation 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 functions 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 Service and Community Volunteers conducts the 
first meeting of the Board. The service of such individuals as members 
of the Board of Directors of such Commission, and the employment of 
such individuals as special government employees, shall terminate on 
such date.
    (e) Job Search Assistance.--The Director shall establish a program 
to provide, or shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding 
with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to provide, job 
search and related assistance to--
            (1) employees of the ACTION agency who are not transferred 
        to the Corporation for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers under section 163(c); and
            (2) employees of the Department of Agriculture, Department 
        of the Interior, or Department of Education who are separated 
        from such Departments because of the requirements of title II.
    (f) 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 Service and 
                Community Volunteers.''.
            (2) Audits.--Section 9105(a)(1) of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``, or under other Federal law,'' 
        before ``or by an independent''.
    (g) Disposal of Property.--Section 203(k) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5)(A) Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, 
the Administrator is authorized, in the discretion of the 
Administrator, to assign to the Director of the Corporation for 
National Service and Community Volunteers for disposal such surplus 
property as is recommended by the Director 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 Director of a proposed 
transfer of property for such activities, the Director, through such 
officers or employees of the Corporation as the Director may designate, 
may sell, lease, or donate such property to any entity that receives 
financial assistance under the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 for such activities.
    ``(C) In fixing the sale or lease value of such property, the 
Director shall comply with the requirements of paragraph (1)(C).''.
    (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 Service and Community Volunteers

``Sec. 191. Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers.
``Sec. 192. Board of Directors.
``Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors.
``Sec. 193. Director.
``Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Director. 
``Sec. 194. Management.
``Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel.
``Sec. 196. Administration.''.
    (i) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 
        1993.
            (2) Establishment and appointment authorities.--Sections 
        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 this Act.

SEC. 163. FINAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AND 
              COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
            (1) Application.--Section 178(e) of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 161 of 
        this Act) is amended, and subtitle G of such Act (as amended by 
        section 162 of this Act) is amended in section 191, section 
        192A(g)(5), section 193(c), subsections (b), (c) (other than 
        paragraph (8)), and (d) of section 193A, section 195(c), 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 Community 
        Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 162 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 
        assignment or referral of volunteers under the provisions of 
        the Domestic Volunteer 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; and''.
    (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.
    (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 ``Corporation'' means the Corporation 
                for National Service and Community Volunteers, 
                established under section 191 of the National and 
                Community Service Act of 1990;
                    (B) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the 
                Corporation;
                    (C) the term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning 
                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 such functions as the President determines to be 
        appropriate that the Director of the ACTION Agency exercised 
        before the effective date of this subsection (including all 
        related functions 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 Management 
        and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that 
        are transferred under paragraph (2).
            (4) Reorganization.--The Director 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 
        balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and 
        other funds employed, used, held, arising from, available to, 
        or to be made available in connection with the functions 
        transferred by this subsection, subject to section 1531 of 
        title 31, United States Code, shall be transferred to the 
        Corporation. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this 
        paragraph shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
        funds were originally 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 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.
                    (B) Executive schedule positions.--Except as 
                otherwise 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 position, 
                for the duration of the service of such person in such 
                new position.
                    (C) Termination of certain positions.--Positions 
                whose incumbents are appointed by the President, by and 
                with the advice and consent of the Senate, the 
                functions 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, 
                agreements, 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 Federal agency or official 
                        thereof, or by a court of competent 
                        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 
                modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked 
                in accordance with law by the President, the Director, 
                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 but such 
                proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders 
                shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
                taken therefrom, and payments shall be 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, 
                superseded, 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 discontinuance 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 modified if this subsection had not 
                been enacted.
                    (C) Suits not affected.--The provisions of this 
                subsection 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.
                    (E) Administrative actions relating to promulgation 
                of regulations.--Any administrative action relating to 
                the preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the 
                ACTION Agency relating to a function transferred under 
                this subsection may be continued by the Corporation 
                with the same effect as if this subsection had not been 
                enacted.
            (9) Severability.--If a provision of this subsection or its 
        application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
        neither 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 
        function under this subsection, the Director 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) funds appropriated to such functions for such 
                period of time as may reasonably be needed to 
                facilitate 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 
                determine to be appropriate and announce by 
                proclamation published in the Federal Register.
            (2) Transition.--Subsection (c)(10) shall take effect on 
        the date of enactment of this Act.

                      Subtitle H--Other Activities

SEC. 171. POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION.

    Section 301(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 12661(b)(3)) is amended by inserting 
``and make awards to'' after ``develop''.

              Subtitle I--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 181. AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--Section 501 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) National and Community Service.--
            ``(1) Service-learning.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out subtitle B of title I, $30,600,000 
        for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
            ``(2) National service.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to carry out subtitle C of title I (other 
                than sections 123 and 125), $67,900,000 for fiscal year 
                1994, $136,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums 
                as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Demonstration efforts.--There are authorized 
                to be appropriated to carry out section 123, 
                $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $20,000,000 for 
                fiscal year 1995.
                    ``(C) Other special efforts.--There are authorized 
                to be appropriated to carry out section 125, 
                $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $12,000,000 for 
                fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for 
                each subsequent fiscal year.
            ``(3) Quality and innovation activities.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitle D, 
        $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $15,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 1995.
            ``(4) Administration and organization.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitles F and G, 
        $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 
        1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
        fiscal year.
    ``(b) Points of Light Foundation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out title III, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 1994 and 1995.''.
    (b) 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) 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, 1994, and 1995.''.

                     Subtitle J--General Provisions

SEC. 191. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.

                    TITLE II--OTHER SERVICE PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. REPEALS OF SERVICE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The following provisions are repealed:
            (1) Subtitles D and E of title I (as amended by sections 
        131 and 141 of this Act), and title III, of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990.
            (2) Parts A, B, and C of title I, and title II, of the 
        Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 
        seq., 4971 et seq., 4991 et seq., and 5000 et seq.).
            (3) Title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1136 et seq.).
            (4) Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly known 
        as the ``Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970'').
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeals made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect 24 months after the amendments made by section 121 take effect.

SEC. 202. TRANSITION.

    (a) Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Director of the Corporation for National 
        Service and Community Volunteers (referred to in this title as 
        the ``Director'') shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Education, the Director of ACTION, the Secretary of the 
        Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
        Defense, and the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management, conduct a study to examine--
                    (A) strategies for carrying out, under subtitle C 
                of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
                1990, through the division of the Corporation that 
                carries out national service programs, the programs and 
                activities that are being carried out under--
                            (i) subtitles D and E of title I of the 
                        National and Community Service Act of 1990 (as 
                        amended by sections 131 and 141 of this Act);
                            (ii) part A of title I, and, in particular, 
                        section 109, of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
                        Act of 1973;
                            (iii) title XI of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965; and
                            (iv) Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-
                        1706; commonly known as the ``Youth 
                        Conservation Corps Act of 1970''; and
                    (B) strategies for carrying out, under subtitle B 
                of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
                1990, through the division of the Corporation that 
                carries out volunteer programs, the programs and 
                activities that are being carried out under--
                            (i) title III of the National and Community 
                        Service Act of 1990; and
                            (ii) parts B and C of title I, and parts A, 
                        B, and C, of title II, of the Domestic 
                        Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 21 months after the amendments 
        made by section 121 take effect, the Director of the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
        containing--
                    (A) the findings and conclusions of the Director, 
                based on the study described in paragraph (1); and
                    (B) recommendations for legislative reform to carry 
                out--
                            (i) the programs and activities specified 
                        in paragraph (1)(A) under subtitle C of title I 
                        of the National and Community Service Act of 
                        1990; and
                            (ii) the programs and activities specified 
                        in paragraph (1)(B) under subtitle B of such 
                        title.
            (3) Modification.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this Act and to the extent the Corporation for National Service 
        and Community Volunteers determines it is appropriate and 
        fiscally responsible, the Corporation may include in the report 
        recommendations to reduce the period between the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and the effective date provided in 
        section 201(b).
            (4) Effect of recommendations.--Unless the Congress enacts 
        a disapproval resolution under the procedures described in 
        section 203 not later than the date that is 90 days after the 
        submission of the report described in paragraph (2), on such 
        date, the recommendations contained within the report shall 
        have the force of law.
    (b) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall issue such regulations 
        as are necessary to provide for a transition to the 
        implementation of the programs and activities specified in 
        subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Considerations.--In promulgating the regulations 
        described in paragraph (1) the Director shall take into 
        consideration the findings and conclusions of the study 
        described in subsection (a)(1).

SEC. 203. RULES GOVERNING CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION.

    (a) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is 
enacted by the Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of disapproval resolutions described in 
        subsection (b), and supersedes other rules only to the extent 
        that such rules are inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to 
        the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
    (b) Terms of the Resolution.--For purposes of this Act, the term 
``disapproval resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the two 
Houses of the Congress, providing in--
            (1) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
        follows: ``That the Congress disapproves the action of the 
        Director of the Corporation for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers as submitted by the Director on 
        ____________________________'', the blank space being filled in 
        with the appropriate date; and
            (2) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint Resolution 
        disapproving the action of the Director of the Corporation for 
        National Service and Community Volunteers''.
    (c) Introduction and Referral.--On the day on which the report 
describing the action of the Director of the Corporation for National 
Service and Community Volunteers is transmitted to the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, a disapproval resolution with respect 
to such action shall be introduced (by request) in the House of 
Representatives by the Majority Leader of the House, for himself and 
the Minority Leader of the House, or by Members of the House designated 
by the Majority Leader of the House, for himself and the Minority 
Leader of the House, or by Members of the House designated by the 
Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House; and shall be 
introduced (by request) in the Senate by the Majority Leader of the 
Senate, for himself and the Minority Leader of the Senate, or by 
Members of the Senate designated by the Majority Leader and Minority 
Leader of the Senate. If either House is not in session on the day on 
which such an action is transmitted, the disapproval resolution with 
respect to such action shall be introduced in the House, as provided in 
the preceding sentence, on the first day thereafter on which the House 
is in session. The disapproval resolution introduced in the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall be referred to the appropriate 
committees of each House.
    (d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a disapproval 
resolution shall be in order in either the House of Representatives or 
the Senate, and no motion to suspend the application of this subsection 
shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in order in either 
House for the Presiding Officer to entertain a request to suspend the 
application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
    (e) Period for Committee and Floor Consideration.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), if 
        the committee or committees of either House to which a 
        disapproval resolution has been referred have not reported it 
        at the close of the 45th day after its introduction, such 
        committee or committees shall be automatically discharged from 
        further consideration of the disapproval resolution and it 
        shall be placed on the appropriation calendar. A vote on final 
        passage of the disapproval resolution shall be taken in each 
        House on or before the close of the 45th day after the 
        disapproval resolution is reported by the committees or 
        committee of that House to which it was referred, or after such 
        committee or committees have been discharged from further 
        consideration of the disapproval resolution. If prior to the 
        passage by one House of a disapproval resolution of that House, 
        that House receives the same disapproval resolution from the 
        other House then--
                    (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no disapproval resolution had been received from 
                the other House; but
                    (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                disapproval resolution of the other House.
            (2) Computation of days.--For purposes of paragraph (1), in 
        computing a number of days in either House, there shall be 
        excluded any day on which the House is not in session.
    (f) Floor Consideration in the House of Representatives.--
            (1) Motion to proceed.--A motion in the House of 
        Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a 
        disapproval resolution shall be highly privileged and not 
        debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
        nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            (2) Debate.--Debate in the House of Representatives on a 
        disapproval resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 
        hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring 
        and those opposing the disapproval resolution. A motion further 
        to limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in 
        order to move to recommit a disapproval resolution or to move 
        to reconsider the vote by which a disapproval resolution is 
        agreed to or disagreed to.
            (3) Motion to postpone.--Motions to postpone, made in the 
        House of Representatives with respect to the consideration of a 
        disapproval resolution, and motions to proceed to the 
        consideration of other business, shall be decided without 
        debate.
            (4) Appeals.--All appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
        relating to the application of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives to the procedure relating to a disapproval 
        resolution shall be decided without debate.
            (5) General rules apply.--Except to the extent specifically 
        provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection, 
        consideration of a disapproval resolution shall be governed by 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to other 
        bills and resolutions in similar circumstances.
    (g) Floor Consideration in the Senate.--
            (1) Motion to proceed.--A motion in the Senate to proceed 
        to the consideration of a disapproval resolution shall be 
        privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall 
        not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider 
        the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            (2) General debate.--Debate in the Senate on a disapproval 
        resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
        therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 hours. The time 
        shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
        Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees.
            (3) Debate of motions and appeals.--Debate in the Senate on 
        any debatable motion or appeal in connection with a disapproval 
        resolution shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be 
        equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the 
        manager of the disapproval resolution, except that in the event 
        the manager of the disapproval resolution is in favor of any 
        such motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be 
        controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee. Such 
        leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control 
        on the passage of a disapproval resolution, allot additional 
        time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable 
        motion or appeal.
            (4) Other motions.--A motion in the Senate to further limit 
        debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit a disapproval 
        resolution is not in order.
    (h) Point of Order Requiring Supermajority for Modifications to 
Actions Once Approved.--
            (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
        Representatives or the Senate to consider any amendment to the 
        actions of the Director of the Corporation for National Service 
        and Community Volunteers except as provided in paragraph (2).
            (2) Waiver.--The point of order described in paragraph (1) 
        may be waived or suspended in the House of Representatives or 
        the Senate only, by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
        Members duly chosen and sworn.

SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs.--Section 501 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended to 
read as follows:

``SEC. 501. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) Volunteers in Service to America Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out part A of title I (except section 109) $45,800,000 
        for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
            ``(2) Literacy activities.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out subsections (c) and (d) of section 
        109 and to expand the number of VISTA Literacy Corps volunteers 
        in literacy programs and projects under part A of title I of 
        this Act $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    ``(b) Student Community Service Programs.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out part B of title I of this Act $2,200,000 
for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    ``(c) Special Volunteer Programs.--
            ``(1) Program activities and drug abuse prevention 
        activities.--
                    ``(A) Program activities.--There are authorized to 
                be appropriated to carry out part C of title I of this 
                Act (other than section 124(b)) such sums as may be 
                necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
                    ``(B) Drug abuse prevention activities.--In 
                addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
                by subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be 
                appropriated for support of drug abuse prevention such 
                sums for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
                    ``(C) Use of funds.--With respect to amounts 
                appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B), the Director--
                            ``(i) shall use not more than 25 percent of 
                        such amounts for purposes of carrying out 
                        section 124(b); and
                            ``(ii) shall ensure that not more than 
                        $500,000 is used for administrative costs of 
                        programs carried out under such part.
            ``(2) Literacy challenge grants.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (3) and in addition to the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) there are authorized to 
        be appropriated for Literacy Challenge Grants under section 125 
        such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 
        and 1995.
            ``(3) Limitation.--No funds shall be appropriated pursuant 
        to paragraph (2) in any fiscal year unless--
                    ``(A) the funds available in such fiscal year for 
                the VISTA Program under part A of title I are 
                sufficient to provide the years of volunteer service 
                specified for such fiscal year under subsection (d)(1) 
                for the VISTA Program; and
                    ``(B) the funds available in such fiscal year for 
                the VISTA Literacy Corps under part A of title I are 
                sufficient to provide at least the same years of 
                volunteer service as were provided in the fiscal year 
                preceding such fiscal year.
    ``(d) Volunteer Service Requirement.--
            ``(1) Volunteer service years.--Of the amounts appropriated 
        under this section for parts A, B, and C of title I (other than 
        section 124(b)) and for sections 109(c) and 109(d), there shall 
        first be available for part A of title I (other than section 
        109), an amount not less than the amount necessary to provide 
        3,400 years of volunteer service in each of fiscal years 1994 
        and 1995.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
        `volunteer service' shall include training and other support 
        required under this Act for purposes of part A of title I.
            ``(3) Calculation.--
                    ``(A) Costs of compliance.--In applying criteria 
                with respect to meeting the number of years of 
                volunteer service under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
                year, the Director may not exclude the costs of 
                complying with section 105(b)(2) for each volunteer 
                under this part.
                    ``(B) Allowances for subsistence.--The minimum 
                level of allowances for subsistence required under 
                section 105(b)(2) to be provided to each volunteer 
                under this part may not be reduced or limited in order 
                to provide for the increase in the number of years of 
                volunteer service specified in paragraph (1) for each 
                of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
                    ``(C) Reallocation.--If the Director determines 
                that funds appropriated to carry out part A of title I 
                are insufficient to provide for the years of volunteer 
                service as required in paragraph (1), the Director 
                shall, within a reasonable period of time in advance of 
                the date on which such additional funds must be 
                reallocated to satisfy the requirements of such 
                subsection, notify the relevant authorizing and 
                appropriating Committees of Congress. Funds shall be 
                reallocated to part A of title I from amounts 
                appropriated for part C of such title prior to the 
                reallocation of funds appropriated for other parts.
    ``(e) Limitation.--No part of the funds authorized under subsection 
(a) 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, 
unless the program or project meets the antipoverty criteria of part A 
of title I.''.
    (b) Older Americans Volunteer Programs.--Section 502 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to 
read as follows:

``SEC. 502. OLDER AMERICANS VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Retired Senior Volunteer Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out programs under part A of title II of this Act 
$37,054,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    ``(b) Foster Grandparent Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out programs under part B of title II of this Act 
$71,284,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    ``(c) Senior Companion Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part C of title II of this Act $32,509,000 
for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.''.
    (c) Administration and Coordination.--Section 504 of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION.

    ``For each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995, there is authorized 
to be appropriated for the administration of this Act, as authorized in 
title IV, 10 percent of the total amount appropriated under sections 
501 and 502 for such year.''.

SEC. 205. CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be 
construed to modify the amount of the financial assistance or benefits 
received by a participant or volunteer for participation or volunteer 
service in a program or activity carried out under a provision 
described in section 201(a), as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act.

             TITLE III--TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 301. 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 Director of the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers 
        appointed under section 193 of the National and Community 
        Service Act of 1990;''.

SEC. 302. REFERENCES TO ACTION AND THE ACTION AGENCY.

    (a) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.--
            (1) The table of contents of the Act is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 112 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 112. Authority to operate University Year for VISTA program.
            (2) 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 
                volunteer agency,'' and inserting ``this Act''; and
                    (B) by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting ``the 
                Corporation for National Service and Community 
                Volunteers''.
            (3) Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraphs (2), (5), and (6), by 
                        striking ``ACTION Agency'' each place the term 
                        appears and inserting ``Corporation''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking 
                        ``regional ACTION office'' and inserting 
                        ``regional office of the Corporation''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ``ACTION 
                Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (4) Section 105(b) (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) is amended in 
        paragraphs (3)(A) and (4) by striking ``ACTION Agency'' and 
        inserting ``Corporation''.
            (5) Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in the part heading, to read as follows:

                 ``Part B--University Year for VISTA'';

                    (B) by striking ``University Year for ACTION'' each 
                place that such term appears in such part and inserting 
                ``University Year for VISTA'';
                    (C) by striking ``UYA'' each place that such term 
                appears in such part and inserting ``UYV''; and
                    (D) in 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''.

            (6) Section 125(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4995(b)) is 
        amended by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (7) Section 225(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5025(e)) is 
        amended by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (8) 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 Corporation 
                under this Act''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' the second 
                place such term appears and inserting ``the 
                Corporation''.
            (9) Section 407(5) (42 U.S.C. 5047(5)) is amended by 
        striking ``ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (10) Section 408 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5048) is amended by 
        striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (11) Section 416(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5056(f)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (12) Section 420(b) (42 U.S.C. 5060(b)) is amended by 
        striking ``ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (13) Section 421(9) of such Act (as added by section 163 of 
        this Act) is further amended by striking ``ACTION'' and 
        inserting ``the Corporation''.
            (14) Section 702(a) (42 U.S.C. 5091a(a)) is amended by 
        striking ``of the ACTION Agency''.
            (15) Section 713(2) (42 U.S.C. 5091l(2)) is amended by 
        striking ``ACTION agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
    (b) Inspector General.--
            (1) Termination of status as designated federal entity.--
        Section 8E(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App.) is amended by striking ``ACTION,''.
            (2) Transfer.--Section 9(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act 
        of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(V) of the Corporation for National Service and 
                Community Volunteers, the Office of Inspector General 
                of ACTION; and''.
    (c) Public Housing Security.--Section 207(c) of the Public Housing 
Security Demonstration Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-557; 92 Stat. 2093; 
12 U.S.C. 1701z-6 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(ii), by striking ``ACTION'' and 
        inserting ``the Corporation for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting 
        ``the Corporation for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers''.
    (d) National Forest Volunteers.--Section 1 of the Volunteers in the 
National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a) is amended by striking 
``ACTION'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National Service and 
Community Volunteers''.
    (e) Peace Corps.--Section 2A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2501-1) is amended by inserting after ``the ACTION Agency'' the 
following: ``, the successor to the ACTION Agency,''.
    (f) 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 Service and 
Community Volunteers''.
    (g) Older Americans.--The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) in section 202(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3012(c)(1)), by 
        striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' and inserting 
        ``the Corporation for National Service and Community 
        Volunteers'';
            (2) in section 203(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3013(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation 
        for National Service and Community Volunteers''; and
            (3) in section 422(b)(12)(C) (42 U.S.C. 3035a(b)(12)(C)), 
        by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers''.
    (h) VISTA Service Extension.--Section 101(c)(1) of the Domestic 
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 ``Director of the Corporation for 
National Service and Community Volunteers''.
    (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 Service and 
                Community Volunteers,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Director of the ACTION 
                Agency'' and inserting ``the Director of the 
                Corporation'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``ACTION Agency'' and 
        inserting ``Corporation''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following new subparagraph:
            ``(A) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for 
        National Service and Community Volunteers 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 Demonstration Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 5590) is amended by striking ``the Director of 
ACTION,''.
    (k) Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice.--Section 206(a)(1) of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5616(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``the Director of the ACTION 
Agency'' and inserting ``the Director of the Corporation for National 
Service and Community Volunteers''.
    (l) Energy Conservation.--Section 413(b)(1) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6863(b)(1)) 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 Director of the Corporation for National Service 
        and Community Volunteers, or the designee of the Director.''.
    (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 Director of the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers,''.
    (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 Director of the Corporation for National Service 
and Community Volunteers''.

SEC. 303. 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 paragraphs:
            ``(8) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for 
        National Service and Community Volunteers established under 
        section 191 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; 
        and
            ``(9) the term `Inspector General' means the Inspector 
        General of ACTION.''.

SEC. 304. REFERENCES 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 
                        Community Service'' and inserting ``Corporation 
                        for National Service and Community 
                        Volunteers''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Commission shall 
                        prepare'' and inserting ``Board of Directors of 
                        the Corporation shall prepare''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Board of 
                Directors of the Commission on National and Community 
                Service'' and inserting ``Board of Directors of the 
                Corporation for National Service and Community 
                Volunteers''.
            (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 Service'' 
        and inserting ``the Board of Directors and Director of the 
        Corporation for National Service and Community Volunteers''.
            (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 inserting 
                ``corporation for national service and community 
                volunteers'';
                    (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 Service and Community Volunteers''; 
                        and
                            (iii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``The Commission'' and inserting ``The Director 
                        of the Corporation''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Board 
                        of Directors of the Commission on National and 
                        Community Service'' and inserting ``Director of 
                        the Corporation for National Service and 
                        Community Volunteers''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the 
                        Commission'' and inserting ``the Director of 
                        the Corporation for National Service and 
                        Community Volunteers''.
            (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 for National Service and Community Volunteers''.
            (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 Service and 
                            Community Volunteers.''.
    (b) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
            (1) Sections 159(b)(2) (as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) of this Act), 165 (as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) of this Act), and 171(a), subsections (a) and (b) 
        of section 172, sections 176(a) and 177(c), and subsections 
        (a), (b), and (d) through (j) of section 179, of the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)(2), 
        12653n, 12631(a), 12632 (a) and (b), 12636(a), 12637(c), and 
        12639 (a), (b), and (d) through (j)) are each amended by 
        striking the term ``Commission'' each place the term appears 
        and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (2) Sections 152, 157(b)(2), 159(b), 162(a)(2)(C), 164, and 
        166(1) of such Act (in each case, as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653a, 12653f(b)(2), 
        12653h(b), 12653k(a)(2)(C), 12653m, and 12653o(1)) are each 
        amended by striking ``Commission on National and Community 
        Service'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
            (3) Section 163(b)(9) of such Act (as redesignated in 
        section 141(a)(2)(C) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12635l(b)(9)) is 
        amended by striking ``Chair of the Commission on National and 
        Community Service'' and inserting ``Director''.
            (4) Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12662(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The President'' and inserting 
                ``The President of the United States, 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. 305. REFERENCES TO DIRECTORS OF THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND 
              COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    (a) Director of the Corporation.--
            (1) Section 159(a) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Board.--The Board'' and inserting 
                ``Supervision.--The Director of the Corporation'';
                    (B) by striking ``the Board'' in the matter 
                preceding the paragraphs and in paragraph (1) and 
                inserting ``the Director of the Corporation''; and
                    (C) by striking ``the Director'' in paragraph (1) 
                and inserting ``the Board''.
            (2) Section 159(b) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) 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) Monitoring 
        and Coordination.--The Director of the Corporation''.
            (3) Section 159(c)(1) (as redesignated in section 
        141(a)(2)(C) of this Act) (12653h(c)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Board, 
                in consultation with the Executive Director,'' and 
                inserting ``Director of the Corporation''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``the 
                Board through the Executive Director'' and inserting 
                ``the Director of the Corporation''.
            (4) Section 166 (as redesignated in section 141(a)(2)(C) of 
        this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653o) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``except when 
                used as part of the term `Director of the 
                Corporation','' before ``means'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 
                paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively.
    (b) Director of Civilian Community Corps.--Sections 155(a), 
157(b)(1)(A), 158(a), 159(c)(1)(A), and 163(a) (in each case, as 
redesignated in section 141(a)(2)(C) of this Act) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653d(a), 12653f(b)(1)(A), 
12653g(a), 12653h(c)(1)(A), and 12653l(a)) are amended by striking 
``Director of Civilian Community Corps'' each place the term appears 
and inserting ``Director''.

SEC. 306. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) ACTION.--The amendments made by sections 301 and 302 shall take 
effect on the effective date of section 163(c)(2).
    (b) Commission.--The amendments made by sections 303 through 305 
will take effect on October 1, 1993.

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