111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H.R. 1388
In the Senate of the United
States,
March 26, 2009.
Amendments:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 1388) entitled An Act to reauthorize and reform the national
service laws.
, do pass with the following
Strike all after
the enacting clause and insert the
following:
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Serve America Act
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE ACT OF 1990
Sec. 1001. References.
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle
A (General Provisions)
Sec. 1101. Purposes.
Sec. 1102. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle
B (Learn and Serve America)
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments.
Sec. 1202. Higher education
provisions.
Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service.
Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and
research.
Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact
study.
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle
C (National Service Trust Program)
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal
agencies; limits on Corporation costs.
Sec. 1302. Eligible national service
programs.
Sec. 1303. Types of positions.
Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to
training and technical assistance.
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions;
challenge grants.
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States
and other eligible entities.
Sec. 1307. Additional authority.
Sec. 1308. State selection of
programs.
Sec. 1309. National service program assistance
requirements.
Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible
organizations.
Sec. 1311. Consideration of
applications.
Sec. 1312. Description of
participants.
Sec. 1313. Selection of national service
participants.
Sec. 1314. Terms of service.
Sec. 1315. Adjustments to living
allowance.
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle
D (National Service Trust and Provision of
National Service Educational Awards)
Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the
National Service Trust.
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive an
educational award from the Trust.
Sec. 1403. Certifications.
Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the
educational award.
Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational
awards.
Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved
positions.
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle
E (National Civilian Community
Corps)
Sec. 1501. Purpose.
Sec. 1502. Program components.
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants.
Sec. 1504. Summer national service
program.
Sec. 1505. National Civilian Community
Corps.
Sec. 1506. Training.
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State
Commissions.
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps
members.
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre.
Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps
personnel under Federal law.
Sec. 1511. Contract and grant
authority.
Sec. 1512. Other departments.
Sec. 1513. Advisory Board.
Sec. 1514. Evaluations.
Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding
limitation.
Sec. 1516. Definitions.
Sec. 1517. Terminology.
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle
F (Administrative Provisions)
Sec. 1601. Family and medical
leave.
Sec. 1602. Reports.
Sec. 1603. Use of funds.
Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance
procedures.
Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement
complaints.
Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and
Community Service.
Sec. 1607. Evaluation and
accountability.
Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment.
Sec. 1609. Contingent extension.
Sec. 1610. Partnerships with
schools.
Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and
copying.
Sec. 1612. Additional administrative
provisions.
Sec. 1613. Availability of
assistance.
Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for
individuals working with vulnerable populations.
Subtitle G—Amendments to subtitle G
(Corporation for national and community service)
Sec. 1701. Terms of office.
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and
duties.
Sec. 1703. Chief Executive Officer
compensation.
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief
Executive Officer.
Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer
status.
Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services
contracts.
Sec. 1707. Donated services.
Sec. 1708. Assignment to State
Commissions.
Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of
veterans.
Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase
service programs for displaced workers in services corps and community service
and to develop pilot program planning study.
Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness
of agency coordination.
Sec. 1712. Study of program
effectiveness.
Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management
Corps study.
Subtitle H—Amendments to subtitle H (Investment
for Quality and Innovation)
Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle
H.
Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to
support national service.
Sec. 1803. Repeals.
Sec. 1804. Presidential awards.
Sec. 1805. New fellowships.
Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve
Corps.
Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot
program.
Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses.
Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity
Building Program.
Subtitle I—Training and Technical
Assistance
Sec. 1821. Training and technical
assistance.
Subtitle J—Repeal of Title
III (Points of Light Foundation)
Sec. 1831. Repeal.
Subtitle K—Amendments to Title
V (Authorization of
Appropriations)
Sec. 1841. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE II—Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973
Sec. 2001. References.
Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy.
Subtitle A—National Volunteer Antipoverty
Programs
Chapter 1—Volunteers in Service to
America
Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of
volunteers.
Sec. 2103. Support service.
Sec. 2104. Repeal.
Sec. 2105. Redesignation.
Chapter 2—University Year for VISTA
Sec. 2121. University year for
VISTA.
Chapter 3—Special volunteer
programs
Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge
grants.
Subtitle B—National Senior Service
Corps
Sec. 2141. Title.
Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program.
Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent
program.
Sec. 2145. Senior companion
program.
Sec. 2146. General provisions.
Subtitle C—Administration and
coordination
Sec. 2151. Special limitations.
Sec. 2152. Application of Federal
law.
Sec. 2153. Evaluation.
Sec. 2154. Definitions.
Sec. 2155. Protection against improper
use.
Sec. 2156. Provisions under the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.
Subtitle D—Authorization of
appropriations
Sec. 2161. Authorizations of
appropriations.
TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF
CONTENTS
Sec. 3101. Table of contents of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990.
Sec. 3102. Table of contents of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS
Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of
1978.
TITLE V—Volunteers for Prosperity
Program
Sec. 5101. Findings.
Sec. 5102. Definitions.
Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for
Prosperity.
Sec. 5104. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 6101. Effective date.
Sec. 6102. Sense of the
Senate.
<enum>I</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990</header>
<section id="HA0428D1181934C5B95E373B64CC86045"><enum>1001.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment or repeal shall be
considered to be made to a provision of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).</text>
</section><subtitle id="HB736EE0DCF264E21A8AEE2FF63CC5675"><enum>A</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>A</enum-in-header> (General Provisions)</header>
<section id="HB52C3F740C834325993E537770846A7A"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FE93AE6BDB84B6FBBFC373E0E24899F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>community throughout</quote> and inserting <quote>community and
service throughout the varied and diverse communities of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41E149BB756B4460A66A06FC5302E292"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
inserting after <quote>income,</quote> the following: <quote>geographic
location,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEB97996DAC041BC971450F525FB9385"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by
inserting after <quote>existing</quote> the following:
<quote>national</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EF005BF0B3447A0BF5FEAACC38AB542"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD675CC02D28947F3BE0A73EF02B1CBE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>programs and agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>programs, agencies,
and communities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6DEF976A1284C5984D84390E6013276"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H501AA110DD34496FB4A27C29A4C26B0C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by
striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFE2DBFDFA864E3394A54A9053F34CA1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H792BD7A1F55C43268600D59625477905" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0643CBDA1C624B0DAF3AAB9613D42B80"><enum>(9)</enum><text>expand and strengthen
service-learning programs through year-round opportunities, including
opportunities during the summer months, to improve the education of children
and youth and to maximize the benefits of national and community service, in
order to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of community
for children and youth throughout the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06EFA856A03442D5BFDE2EB8B907BAF1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>assist in coordinating
and strengthening Federal and other service opportunities, including
opportunities for participation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief,
and recovery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H430A4F0DB15A446DA027F6A8510B3C67"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase service opportunities for the
Nation’s retiring professionals, including such opportunities for those
retiring from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professions,
to improve the education of the Nation’s youth and keep America competitive in
the global knowledge economy, and to further utilize the experience, knowledge,
and skills of older individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6C691A4DCBE4F7EA9CAA18DF4C3354A"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage the continued service of the
alumni of the national service programs, including service in times of national
need;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H86DD2064CF554B269AC52D2601EB7A32"><enum>(13)</enum><text>encourage individuals
age 55 or older to partake of service opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce774b92948b4385b91f8dd9926b8fc8"><enum>(14)</enum><text>focus national service
on the areas of national need such service has the capacity to address, such as
improving education, increasing energy conservation, improving the health
status of economically disadvantaged individuals, and improving economic
opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID528586ae7102489084c83cfd98a1bae3"><enum>(15)</enum><text>recognize and increase
the impact of social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations
in addressing national and local challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID875894768bc74883a5e11724d9b068db"><enum>(16)</enum><text>increase public and
private investment in nonprofit community organizations that are effectively
addressing national and local challenges and encourage such organizations to
replicate and expand successful initiatives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDee27dcc35096412fb03838163be75afd"><enum>(17)</enum><text>leverage Federal
investments to increase State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to
address national and local challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf8c30e5dc284d31803abc7ac7719370"><enum>(18)</enum><text>support institutions of
higher education that engage students in community service activities and
provide high-quality service-learning opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID576b1a024bc84213ae772dd1eb46026b"><enum>(19)</enum><text>recognize the expertise
veterans can offer to national service programs, expand the participation of
the veterans in the national service programs, and assist the families of
veterans and members of the Armed Forces on active
duty.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBCB464A182C849F6AFC8EC71A848065D"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="id3768F2E8530E46629C9F2A90FBC36219"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101 (42
U.S.C. 12511) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H79C10D1F5D484505A0E609E81DF92750"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>described in section 122</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3DB333052C54A2E80231D14EA6583BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by
striking <quote>section 101(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name></quote> and inserting <quote>sections 101(a)
and 102(a)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE181DFB9FE9438E90EEBCA113D90CD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (17)(B), by
striking <quote>program in which the participant is enrolled</quote> and
inserting <quote>organization receiving assistance under the national service
laws through which the participant is engaging in service</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id512F65111C5245FD88603061BC389EF2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (19)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id28A1D3D04B154FDDA326981E2E92C87D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 111(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
112(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEDB236A5DC7742C080E66C6789F965A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>117A(a),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA6C178E107248DFAE7928F25738E985"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>119(b)(1), or 122(a),</quote> and inserting <quote>118A, or 118(b)(1),
or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id753F9D96834A4659B221D59961AF7856"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>section 198B, 198C, 198G, 198H, or 198K,</quote> after <quote>section
152(b),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F4D7FE53315424B8990531577490BFB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>198,
198C, or 198D</quote> and inserting <quote>179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or
199N</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6A09E015A6642D89FF16402FBF02BCF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (21)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C260D35C5B6489EAD2C552B89BB18F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>602</quote> and inserting <quote>602(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BFCF1614DDC4F648BD2EA96E39CC36B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1401</quote> and inserting <quote>1401(3)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAD1F6E2141C14150B951B24D6C9EBFA1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (24), by
striking <quote>section 111</quote> and inserting <quote>section
112</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF6F68EF2B80B4600BF9844B802669DB8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (26), by
striking the second sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCA465A78081D4CCDB6968087814241F5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC3D7F1C9B83427EBD8456015DE270AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DCDACCC627E47D989175432B254620E"><enum>(30)</enum><header>Alaska native-serving
institution</header><text>The term <quote>Alaska Native-serving
institution</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 317(b) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF75C7A734D441C883134B0594208BD5"><enum>(31)</enum><header>Approved silver
scholar position</header><text>The term <term>approved silver scholar
position</term> means a position, in a program described in section 198C(a),
for which the Corporation has approved the provision of a silver scholarship
educational award as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service
in the position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC763EBC9D16B491B98DC56FB85AFF432"><enum>(32)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approved summer of service
position</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>approved summer of service position</term> means a position, in a program
described in section 119(c)(8), for which the Corporation has approved the
provision of a summer of service educational award as one of the benefits to be
provided for successful service in the position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9404EADB95704A7D9453D9F83A49A4B9"><enum>(33)</enum><header>Asian American and
Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution</header><text>The term
<term>Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving
institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section 320(b) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3D245FEBE7F94A88AB1F7F46184FBF39"><enum>(34)</enum><header>Authorizing
committees</header><text>The term <term>authorizing committees</term> means the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92d5b705702a445eaa022ab9197e614e"><enum>(35)</enum><header>Community-based
entity</header><text>The term <term>community-based entity</term> means a
public or private nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdbed72ce9c5d42f5af0dc2cde43b945e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has experience with
meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9cd68cd9005c4ac294a7d281b4d35c09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets other such criteria
as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3634B906713843FE8CC2429A94FC4D27"><enum>(36)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
youth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>disadvantaged youth</term> includes those youth who are economically
disadvantaged and 1 or more of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE4E56AF847247FAA43699D8373E8CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Who are out-of-school
youth, including out-of-school youth who are unemployed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE662223221E045CBA97B875208BAA147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Who are in or aging out
of foster care.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA53A62B22D5942C2B0458556322CE503"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Who have limited English
proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBFD6D5CE88547E18EE6CDA479C346E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Who are homeless or who
have run away from home.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA44C80F12E814022923F3B264BDC1306"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Who are at-risk to leave
secondary school without a diploma.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H359950CA4A204B84A54F5932C7295223"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Who are former juvenile
offenders or at risk of delinquency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H644D3A8BD46540F696B72AC326E737E3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Who are individuals with
disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBA5955F01D34351949969F1615B0D03"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Encore service
program</header><text>The term <term>encore service program</term> means a
program, carried out by an eligible entity as described in subsection (a), (b),
or (c) of section 122, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id234A528E6EBF4F62A5DA14CA7186EB62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involves a significant
number of participants age 55 or older in the program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id59CD3D1254724B2AB1347DD228603348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>takes advantage of the
skills and experience that such participants offer in the design and
implementation of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA251B3FCC36640018AD2A32CAF2DA07B"><enum>(38)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving
institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Hispanic-serving institution</term> has the meaning given such term in
section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7374D7FCFC6D4FF0A02170F74F46FC6B"><enum>(39)</enum><header>Historically black
college or university</header><text>The term <term>historically black college
or university</term> means a part B institution, as defined in section 322 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98BA23F6420043A7BCC5F7A808848764"><enum>(40)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medically underserved
population</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>medically underserved population</term> has the meaning given that term
in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254b(b)(3)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id719799BE2FFC4A1AAA75ACE9034ECD87"><enum>(41)</enum><header>Native
american-serving, nontribal institution</header><text>The term <term>Native
American-serving, nontribal institution</term> has the meaning given the term
in section 319(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1059f(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F7C3BE0C48F4E3BA2AAC57963119292"><enum>(42)</enum><header>Native
hawaiian-serving institution</header><text>The term <term>Native
Hawaiian-serving institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section
317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9895400935234788A2637C68A69FBA07"><enum>(43)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly Black
Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Predominantly Black Institution</term> has the meaning given the term in
section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2b27e399105f4c84aa8bbfefdcccbdea"><enum>(44)</enum><header>Principles of
scientific research</header><text>The term <term>principles of scientific
research</term> means principles of research that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2563b083b30f4cacb5fcd65076924345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply rigorous,
systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge
relevant to the subject matter involved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc3bdda1c005c46a8a04ff2c81d8f3d50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>present findings and make
claims that are appropriate to, and supported by, the methods that have been
employed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID97e2a51ad9f24fac9545708ea924110e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include, appropriate to
the research being conducted—</text>
<clause id="IDab17bf4b0c00423f996a9a6206b8d8b4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use of systematic,
empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdf9e447a765d46739cd9caabc128f964"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use of data analyses
that are adequate to support the general findings;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDce2955f7b77e43448d53ba1cabe106da"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reliance on
measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and generalizable
findings;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID193fd3957ba04d5d9f9494d47fcc27a4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>strong claims of causal
relationships, only with research designs that eliminate plausible competing
explanations for observed results, such as, but not limited to,
random-assignment experiments;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe39464c953664ab4bb409e019789a63d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>presentation of studies
and methods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at a
minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systematically on the findings of
the research;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID408bc16b105e4a9fa97b24c655b5be43"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>acceptance by a
peer-reviewed journal or critique by a panel of independent experts through a
comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2c0d2da9b8684f20aeb7bded9269001d"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>consistency of findings
across multiple studies or sites to support the generality of results and
conclusions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11D3D480AF5E481B9A008755AE4B4430"><enum>(45)</enum><header>Qualified
organization</header><text>The term <term>qualified organization</term> means a
public or private nonprofit organization with experience working with
school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may
establish.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41D310725FE145618BD0E47F8C8F6E6A"><enum>(46)</enum><header>Scientifically valid
research</header><text>The term <term>scientifically valid research</term>
includes applied research, basic research, and field-initiated research in
which the rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly developed in
accordance with principles of scientific research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H01DC92DEDA2C41E7BAD79CF913D9DC"><enum>(47)</enum><header>Territory</header><text>The
term <term>territory</term> means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAEA8FA6067474BF48D9B44ECEA5AE4E1"><enum>(48)</enum><header>Tribally controlled
college or university</header><text>The term <term>tribally controlled college
or university</term> has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CE2C618171F4FF5BBABEFF23862F26A"><enum>(49)</enum><header>Veteran</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>veteran</term> has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id54A80021F44D4BD49719A24E239F8CB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Section
101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7996BC6C84BA490B9F4A7B43B6AF1272"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (49) as paragraphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14),
(15), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), (34), (35),
(37), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7),
(11), (13), (16), (17), (18), (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47),
(48), and (49); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7F62A3E12B6D4B3DAD1D83F0678CADA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>so that paragraphs (1)
through (49), as so redesignated in paragraph (1), appear in numerical
order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBD1C65FCD9DA45F68D8A650C1F94A573"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>B</enum-in-header> (Learn and Serve America)</header>
<section commented="no" id="HA064C74C12E84E6BA650E0A9AC2FDA56"><enum>1201.</enum><header>School-based
allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part I of subtitle
B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H1403B6C566F84B7F9DA8BC8DB9DCEEE4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="H5A3F8EA45B51478180D0F7257E13D1C0"><enum>I</enum><header>PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS</header>
<section id="idD70D06C73AF14DA88F78556380BF5BF9"><enum>111.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this part is to promote
service-learning as a strategy to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id3E4F564969B94D4EA5EC8DF69855788B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support high-quality
service-learning projects that engage students in meeting community needs with
demonstrable results, while enhancing students' academic and civic learning;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7B335DA2163642ED999FB674FD746874"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support efforts to build
institutional capacity, including the training of educators, and to strengthen
the service infrastructure to expand service opportunities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idFCFF05F9545B4385B0CC22E081A45AFE"><enum>111A.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idEF0B22CF439340258FD4712D4E9337CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC42916547812402DBA73268DC28411E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State educational
agency</header><text>The term <term>State educational agency</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF955DA5B2E3741CB97CE02C769DA2367"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State educational
agency (as defined in section 101) of a State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC98AE00B02BF4EFC90D53EF0CF734803"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a State in which a
State educational agency described in subparagraph (A) has designated a
statewide entity under section 112(e), that designated statewide entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HAE8D0D8E0BC546B5A0CEA1437702CEBF"><enum>112.</enum><header>Assistance to States,
Territories, and Indian tribes</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4AD78A63E46444B89735CFFD4D42F5D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allotments to States,
Territories, and Indian Tribes</header><text>The Corporation, in consultation
with the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State educational
agencies, territories, and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal share
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H82B1CDA82FAB4A64A879554A6A00DA44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>planning and building the
capacity within the State, territory, or Indian tribe involved to implement
service-learning programs that are based principally in elementary schools and
secondary schools, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDCFE9F2866DE4061A37B164D5EEFC612"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing training and
professional development for teachers, supervisors, personnel from
community-based entities (particularly with regard to the recruitment,
utilization, and management of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by
qualified individuals or organizations that have experience with
service-learning;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H19611A570EF9426B983D02F1D8835EE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing
service-learning curricula, consistent with State or local academic content
standards, to be integrated into academic programs, including curricula for an
age-appropriate learning component that provides participants an opportunity to
analyze and apply their service experiences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F4B73FAE1824DD8A45E4C2E8034E9FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>forming local
partnerships described in paragraph (2) or (4)(D) to develop school-based
service-learning programs in accordance with this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1384CB56FE164069983521B993521FB0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>devising appropriate
methods for research on and evaluation of the educational value of
service-learning and the effect of service-learning activities on
communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40F1A96E82AE4731899D68C1EC30241B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establishing effective
outreach and dissemination of information to ensure the broadest possible
involvement of community-based entities with demonstrated effectiveness in
working with school-age youth in their communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC1ACA973C9F24D6CBAB3EE3289C1A6C7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing effective outreach and
dissemination of information to ensure the broadest possible participation of
schools throughout the State, throughout the territory, or serving the Indian
tribe involved with particular attention to schools not making adequate yearly
progress for two or more consecutive years under section 1111 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H234953D6D6D645BA9DBBF43296E8A199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing, operating,
or expanding school-based service-learning programs, which may include paying
for the cost of the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries,
and benefits of service-learning coordinators, through distribution by State
educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of Federal funds made
available under this part to projects operated by local partnerships
among—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5AFAF62166AE40678A6F3B615F409F5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H21D60DA7050444C0B534D444A9D1F8E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more community
partners that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDA36C8CFA81A4921A90B809169F19914"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include a public or
private nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HDA789E0563BB4F978A56AC68E8F977A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a demonstrated
expertise in the provision of services to meet unmet human, education,
environmental, or public safety needs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2AB689149A7A4C21B5763E692249E918"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will make projects
available for participants, who shall be students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H38E25C918F164696B6C04E6A4E3C1154"><enum>(III)</enum><text>was in existence at
least 1 year before the date on which the organization submitted an application
under section 113; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF65173C46BC5436AA334B9D0175F892D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include a private
for-profit business, private elementary school or secondary school, or Indian
tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds to a project under this
paragraph is not eligible to be part of the partnership operating that
project);</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCBB45FE55430461FABF7646BE8A4DBCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planning of school-based service-learning
programs, through distribution by State educational agencies, territories, and
Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to local
educational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning may include paying for
the cost of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B119FBE928C4078A14FF13B8C91318C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the salaries and benefits
of service-learning coordinators; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6D6B01E10554CE98DB2DB90A4EEB08F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recruitment, training and professional
development, supervision, and placement of service-learning coordinators who
may be participants in a program under subtitle C or receive a national service
educational award under subtitle D, who may be participants in a project under
section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or
who may participate in a Youthbuild program under section 173A of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">who
will identify the community partners described in paragraph (2)(B) and assist
in the design and implementation of a program described in paragraph
(2);</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEABE257EED074B55BBF7668D960B76E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing, operating, or expanding
school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in
service-learning to improve the education of students, through distribution by
State educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of Federal funds
made available under this part to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E02B6D125AE41A6B42B5F507C30851C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational
agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE841C3A99E5B42EF81A9AD689502DE46"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe
distributing funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be a recipient of
those funds);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H68E2C193509A4D6CB0AC64FCE642F3A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public or private
nonprofit organizations; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H59C8EAB69E8648E4ADA5A790215AC1CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>partnerships or
combinations of local educational agencies, and entities described in
subparagraph (B) or (C); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE4511CCF4FAF425D94C8A0ED9B4D4E47"><enum>(5)</enum><text>developing, as
service-learning programs, civic engagement programs that promote a better
understanding of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EDB3FAE56784EE2889951D939FA6041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the principles of the
Constitution, the heroes of United States history (including military heroes),
and the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C23ABFA672946CD9997D82433FEBA58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the Nation’s
government functions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H622AD831B261475E89862641A800FE11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the importance of service
in the Nation’s character.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4040886B72454C2D85B23CC475F8F53A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of
Service-Learning Coordinator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A service-learning coordinator referred to
in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services to a local
partnership described in subsection (a)(2) or entity described in subsection
(a)(3), respectively, that may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H06D295C3B6B545258AD9F605802BD56B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing technical
assistance and information to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and
assisting in the planning, development, execution, and evaluation of
service-learning in their classrooms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF8F46C8342EB4E3698581C51D547C226"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting local partnerships described in
subsection (a)(2) in the planning, development, and execution of
service-learning projects, including summer of service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbb0c5c18c51a4956ba1592c646c9f65f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting schools and local educational
agencies in developing school policies and practices that support the
integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H82DDF790C0C44F3F9F3949D86CE627C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carrying out such other
duties as the local partnership or entity, respectively, may determine to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H550917DB03B540AA8F7BC83EFA7D914D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Related
Expenses</header><text>An entity that receives financial assistance under this
part from a State, territory, or Indian tribe may, in carrying out the
activities described in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the
Federal share of reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants,
program administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for
other reasonable expenses related to the activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id3B48937EB6944A34874EFAF062EA786C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>A State educational agency described in section 111A(2)(A)
may designate a statewide entity (which may be a community-based entity) with
demonstrated experience in supporting or implementing service-learning
programs, to receive the State educational agency's allotment under this part,
and carry out the functions of the agency under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7C6A23D084A9423F8AE7687FB40714B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation with
Secretary of Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Corporation is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of
Education for initiatives (and may use funds authorized under section 501(a)(6)
to enter into the agreements if the additional costs of the initiatives are
warranted) that may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93EDDA2ED6CC47488F4FED601CBBE8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identification and dissemination of
research findings on service-learning and scientifically valid research based
practices for service-learning; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6304D3CDBC7E4FA79573DCC159A11959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provision of professional
development opportunities that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F016982444A4BA9A80CC5714F1AD117"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the quality of
service-learning instruction and delivery for teachers both preservice and
in-service, personnel from community-based entities and youth workers;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29ADDCE1BD3E43478CF71DA1352E818E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create and sustain
effective partnerships for service-learning programs between local educational
agencies, community-based entities, businesses, and other stakeholders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3E567D4ABDF0466CB18522EEB889398E"><enum>112A.</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H42A324F0FED644298D6B7C392699139A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Indian Tribes and
Territories</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this part
for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less than 2
percent and not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective
needs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF2CDAB78F2964B8F9EAFBB7A8B9ECDA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments Through
States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1C8A7452287F44B3BC38B737B64FBF49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After reserving an amount under subsection (a), the
Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this
part for the fiscal year as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA5FE9D971D646D9923138155C31901B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allotments based on
school-age youth</header><text>From 50 percent of such remainder, the
Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50
percent of such remainder as the number of school-age youth in the State bears
to the total number of school-age youth in all States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H61E4298EAABD404C84DE6BF7E1B6CC18"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allotments based on
allocations under elementary and secondary education act of
1965</header><text>From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall
allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such
remainder as the allocation to the State for the previous fiscal year under
title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total of
such allocations to all States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H004D8FF988F64B9D9EA29269784D8230"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text>For any fiscal year for which amounts appropriated for
this subtitle exceed $50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State under
paragraph (1) shall be $75,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDeedc4d541d6243eb875fe9a31a2725b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>If
the Corporation determines that the allotment of a State, territory, or Indian
tribe under this section will not be required for a fiscal year because the
State, territory, or Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval of an
application for the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the
allotment for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available for grants to
community-based entities to carry out service-learning programs as described in
section 112(b) in such State, in such territory, or for such Indian tribe.
After community-based entities apply for grants from the allotment, by
submitting an application at such time and in such manner as the Corporation
requires, and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be
available for reallotment to such other States, territories, or Indian tribes
with approved applications submitted under section 113 as the Corporation may
determine to be appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H136DB88E7094427FB756DEDC8F5DD127"><enum>113.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id23955616837F493B8C256AB2548942FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applications to
corporation for allotments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7DE0438FE60B45DAA18126175F7DCA30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to
receive an allotment under section 112A, a State, acting through the State
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and submit to the
Corporation an application at such time and in such manner as the Chief
Executive Officer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the
application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H134D28879FF74FCB9A66F72343065382"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application for an allotment under
section 112 shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H34D0577BF32B46EDA6BBE59D5618B5E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a proposal for a 3-year
plan promoting service-learning, which shall contain such information as the
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how the applicant
will integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the
participants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26BB988263B743B7ADF188BD6A762A38"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information about the criteria the State
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to evaluate and grant
approval to applications submitted under subsection (b), including an assurance
that the State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply with
the requirement in section 114(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCAE979470486465B8F2A061A587C1BB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assurances about the
applicant’s efforts to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H10EA3FF2D2C04FA5BDC356A74C4FED2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that students of
different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic
backgrounds have opportunities to serve together;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6A2ED7073CBD4B488C4D82C2890521F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include any
opportunities for students, enrolled in schools or programs of education
providing elementary or secondary education, to participate in service-learning
programs and ensure that such service-learning programs include opportunities
for such students to serve together;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H402121C22D7E4EEA989601872B8F55D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involve participants in
the design and operation of the programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H40941BDF378A40DAADF75ACBEC8FBFA1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>promote service-learning
in areas of greatest need, including low-income or rural areas; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5255C83F0E9D48E687FEF5D86B9F2C50"><enum>(v)</enum><text>otherwise integrate
service opportunities into the academic program of the participants; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6D106F8D17E49569AB18E505C93F4F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assurances that the
applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements
of section 177 and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures required by
section 176.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD22B2FBBB0AF4C3CA6210F32F8BA5913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application to State,
Territory, or Indian tribe for assistance To carry out school-based
service-learning programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCF784B248D054F0887A88971CA7DB566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H01827CCA05344307918C8317D903AA6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified organization, Indian tribe,
territory, local educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary
school or secondary school, or institution of higher education that desires to
receive financial assistance under this subpart from a State, territory, or
Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H48860DB4404C4891A25A9D1856A46646"><enum>(B)</enum><text>partnership described in
section 112(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance from a State,
territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in section
112(a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0AC09E89EF242CD98BB883EA9AF791B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity described in
section 112(a)(3) that desires to receive such assistance from a State,
territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1911A11F6B144E18B0876C7998CF3EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>entity or partnership
described in section 112(a)(4) that desires to receive such assistance from a
State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id62A4E8E5D266460BAFD0AEE6165DA71D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>entity that desires to
receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an
activity described in section 111(a)(5),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall
prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the State, territory, or
Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an application for the program.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0C8BB2C77EE14CD898E723A3D5F37CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Such
application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall
contain such information, as the agency, territory, or Indian tribe may
reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3350E44219AD44BEB1F4002869CBF698"><enum>114.</enum><header>Consideration of
applications</header>
<subsection id="id3B2EDDBF81FE4BFE8FB5F3840B443810"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criteria for local
applications</header><text>In providing assistance under this part, a State
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section
112A(c) applies) shall consider criteria with respect to sustainability,
replicability, innovation, and quality of programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA0E4DF645C684ECF9ED09C874C65C63D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority for local
applications</header><text>In providing assistance under this part, a State
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section
112A(c) applies) shall give priority to entities that submit applications under
section 113 with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111
that are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs targeting
low-income areas or serving economically disadvantaged youth.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H040EA2FE63A8488B866F3AC9C1029A2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rejection of
applications to Corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Corporation rejects an application
submitted by a State, territory, or Indian tribe under section 113 for an
allotment, the Corporation shall promptly notify the State, territory, or
Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the application. The
Corporation shall provide the State, territory, or Indian tribe with a
reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide
technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, or Indian tribe as
part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider
such resubmitted application.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3D590589FBBA40FFB8B6DADE1D00AD58"><enum>115.</enum><header>Participation of
students and teachers from private schools</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H05EC6A8A9A8C4413B14AB0E94DA434E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>To the extent consistent with the number of students in
the State, in the territory, or served by the Indian tribe or in the school
district of the local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private
nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools, such State, territory, or
Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private
school representatives) make provision—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA82709E2AC7A4EA68E8255728BDCDFAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H616BB318B30E47C9B32DA2318F4CAD01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H80F8DFCE2547491BA9D74C90F4BE8D8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>If
a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency is prohibited by
law from providing for the participation of students or teachers from private
nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation
determines that a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency
substantially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an
equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such requirements and
shall arrange for the provision of services to such students and
teachers.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H92BD18486908432E89EDD88770FA7187"><enum>116.</enum><header>Federal, State, and
local contributions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC3AC20C9867545078F6E477BAA578A46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Corporation
Share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H86EF9B93B194406F84C504AC06160660"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation share of the cost of carrying out a
program for which a grant is made from an allotment under this part—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H37683F5A695A4ED5926A49FBF770EA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for new grants may not
exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the program for the first year of the
grant period, 65 percent for the second year, and 50 percent for each remaining
year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC2B88DBAD0E64267AED9083A86EF2EF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for continuing grants,
may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID09366b1c1c4a4630b059688ffd0dd9f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noncorporation
contribution</header><text>In providing for the remaining share of the cost of
carrying out such a program, each recipient of such a grant under this
part—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd9a5386dc2b44fbb9f87c566d0ed82ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide for such
share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
facilities, equipment, or services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDed37a4406b7a470085d5e5af6e2ce8ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as provided in
subparagraph (C), may provide for such share through Federal, State, or local
sources, including private funds or donated services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1517a0b9ec004a99a825c30cc5fd7225"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may not provide for such
share through Federal funds made available under title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9E5BA1E7DB0A4652B6BBEE168C035F13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole
or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year, on a
determination that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of resources
at the local level.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HCB47FB68F4494F29B6772CA0EC98E041"><enum>117.</enum><header>Limitations on uses of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not more than 6 percent
of the amount of assistance received by a State, territory, or Indian tribe
that is the original recipient of an allotment under this part for a fiscal
year may be used to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation
may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by that
recipient.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2680BD2F8B5A4394B4BF77604187249F"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Higher education
provisions</header>
<subsection id="id684D447826F547FDBDCA2708C56119DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is
redesignated as section 118.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5BEE5A23CDE642D5B22B09590200D6E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher education
innovative programs</header><text>Section 118 (as so redesignated) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H46277830A57F4E91838AAF5F13D5EBBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting after
<quote>community service programs</quote> the following: <quote>through
service-learning</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H323BDB99EA884310A39E71755E43A7B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3093295C4B4549F78A80F137D27942D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>combination</quote> and inserting
<quote>consortium</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C0B9C77EB524071953DCAD3AF6F844E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H088AE910A9854391A891263C4DAC2D18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H41684DCB9FBD44D5B564EE384818E571"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0FC3EECF839E40EF955E872549D0E04B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9C6A1BC21DE404091E615A4B08A8B26" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2EE2D36D806E4264A9A6DB88DCA6A44F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution or partnership may
coordinate with service-learning curricula being offered in the academic
curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 or more members of the
partnership;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EBCC64822DF43B0A1A087FFEA6E7653"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H862A3A243C7F4921A854B0F84C06D41F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>teachers at the elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary levels</quote> and inserting <quote>institutions of higher
education and their faculty</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H00A4A37E01A849BBB37317E68D6A244E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>education of the institution; and</quote> and inserting
<quote>curricula of the institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of
teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary and secondary
levels;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE55A35BC69D345998C7C204F485655C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H80FC90414B7948B99101B914CDEEC88B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB816BDCB345A493BB017AB3DA42601FF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6DD3FBD8F56B4510AA060F8F52992572"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">including service-learning as a component
of other curricula or academic programs (other than education curricula or
programs), such as curricula or programs relating to nursing, medicine,
criminal justice, or public policy;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD92D8DCD5351413D8315C7162B8D991F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(c), (d), (e), and (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C6BC1F2EA014424A1C1D8916B7D8F22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC112933AC8D465FB86A9B732A60A175"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H7F63D86C37EE4F0B9C2FDA60EBA1AC6E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4390B97BDC8A4BE3B14B19F50BF07688"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal, State, and
Local Contributions</header>
<paragraph id="HB58175193A58465F8DD686A9576C82EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H2637BAEB181E4DFC9AC40557C11C75A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the cost of carrying out a program for which assistance is provided under this
part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FFAA3E2488548848E70DC957ADEED73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-federal
contribution</header><text>In providing for the remaining share of the cost of
carrying out such a program, each recipient of a grant or contract under this
part—</text>
<clause id="HD3AFBA5909A34C00A3CDD6FA50BD7F40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall provide for such
share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
facilities, equipment, or services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4A48813F68E472A83825E86CDDB2940"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may provide for such share through State
sources or local sources, including private funds or donated services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84DCDEF791DC4363BCE593E99B79BF86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or
in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation
determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available
financial resources at the local level.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H398104E0FAD2461582A7BCCBBAF619E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application for
Grant</header>
<paragraph id="HD2816B44182D460D9E621E7780707F72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>To
receive a grant or enter into a contract under this part, an institution or
partnership shall prepare and submit to the Corporation, an application at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the
Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the application. In
requesting applications for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall
specify such required information and assurances.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF14EF450855C46A08AB38DA12C643D95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DACE3E5CFCA433DADCDE02F248A728D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assurances that—</text>
<clause id="HE37A533DA81E4A36918A93E48D907357"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prior to the placement of
a participant, the applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor
organization, if any, representing employees in the area who are engaged in the
same or similar work as that proposed to be carried out by such program, to
prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5F2374FACC740E7BF21E4B6AAD56515"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicant will
comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 177
and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures required by section 176;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8870C37F5EFF412C896E3A3AC7E5A7DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other assurances as
the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H058BF74E8AA5499D9140C715A6A285A9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent
practicable, in making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b),
the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications submitted by,
or applications from partnerships including, institutions serving primarily
low-income populations, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id7B32D644BFA54B80950E62DE02D8A166"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska Native-serving institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5C2E5A76412041549ED320218887AD0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Asian American and Native American Pacific
Islander-serving institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDB8552A0790F4041907871F77BF3E937"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7D7302D63F754232AA63C4ABD0AA0C0E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">historically black colleges and
universities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id445C2B577D2848D4BB0F1BDF186E06D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American-serving, nontribal
institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4BD3C2AA820B434491DCC0DEA05E7B1F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native Hawaiian-serving
institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2A39FDF9DF0C4B378702DDF37B13C60F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly Black Institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0D9BA05545954A7892F452F076AE386E"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tribally controlled colleges and
universities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id29293B334B6D4292A0F146E7DA0D4A2C"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">community colleges serving predominantly
minority populations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H300A825EEFB14C92BFF0E91309C02748"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation
shall take into consideration whether the applicants submit applications
containing proposals that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5014591D99E34AEFB6F086ACDDAE6DB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrate the
commitment of the institution of higher education involved, other than by
demonstrating the commitment of the students, to supporting the community
service projects carried out under the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF752E4A00BA4D46A5C239B8DB3F08FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specify the manner in
which the institution will promote faculty, administration, and staff
participation in the community service projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2F8C52594F34945AED99F88DAAF645E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specify the manner in
which the institution will provide service to the community through organized
programs, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for students in
professional schools and colleges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD6D5569816F438495F833F6BCA2BEC3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe any partnership
that will participate in the community service projects, such as a partnership
comprised of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BB4464DFF3E473D8533848AAFA1B860"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1E838A4B547428C9CEE4FCB4E54D953"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H30FCDF0E196B494E815A83084AA9DBCE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a community-based
agency;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="H0031AA22A8E844EAABB1CB645B42E1CB" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
local government agency; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="H55B1B648F52A49DC84276A10038AE878" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
nonprofit entity that serves or involves school-age youth, older adults, or
low-income communities; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A851CAFC2BC4F54B0E620902DE97B95"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC76BC213402E44D08E98DA2E5618142E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a student
organization;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="HAA345A6B7D184693B4453E396CA868D5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
department of the institution; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="H744417A2FD5E48469499B62C97021166" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
group of faculty comprised of different departments, schools, or colleges at
the institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2414A84DC2F042DAA0350796E1F94611"><enum>(5)</enum><text>demonstrate community
involvement in the development of the proposal and the extent to which the
proposal will contribute to the goals of the involved community members;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD1C315C0719B4DD5BAE5E4BF5C106FBA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>demonstrate a commitment
to perform community service projects in underserved urban and rural
communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59F551E4B33B420487FBB75D242004D6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>describe research on
effective strategies and methods to improve service utilized in the design of
the projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB239C58A8A741E59DC5B53EBC2F8ABC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>specify that the
institution or partnership will use the assistance provided through the grant
or contract to strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher
education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86B7DF5C698441EA9B485BED2018E16A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>with respect to projects
involving delivery of services, specify projects that involve leadership
development of school-age youth; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID447af88de3db4bd3a88b965e957fbe7a"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the needs that the proposed
projects are designed to address, such as housing, economic development,
infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime prevention, urban
planning, transportation, information technology, or child welfare.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE39DF77B31A346F1954BB2B68E29C947"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal
Work-Study</header><text>To be eligible for assistance under this part, an
institution of higher education shall demonstrate that it meets the minimum
requirements under section 443(b)(2)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
2753(b)(2)(A)) relating to the participation of students employed under part C
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)
(relating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community service activities, or
has received a waiver of those requirements from the Secretary of
Education.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B4DC2C7F78945DCB42177405329E784"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 101, as used in this part, the term <term>student</term> means an
individual who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on a full- or
part-time
basis.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0F098FD5372644F38344941FA9575A4B"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Campuses of
Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of title I
(42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 118 (as
redesignated by section 1202) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC72C70F8F79452B96B49E8F7E371737" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H629A55A82A434AE083C7230409B2B74D"><enum>118A.</enum><header>Campuses of
Service</header>
<subsection id="H2CA59BBBA8494591A9CB55BC444AD151"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation,
after consultation with the Secretary of Education, may annually designate not
more than 25 institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from
among institutions nominated by State Commissions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD9BD5A855A414659B0FE9D1608C0109A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications for
Nomination</header>
<paragraph id="H9FA173DCB060413CA09FF3F05DC0F70C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible for a nomination to receive designation
under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to apply for funds under
subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of higher education in a State
shall submit an application to the State Commission at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the State Commission may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98E4B47C6F074C9F861E97C2FDA2C50B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the application shall include information specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H731CCCAA1A794EE88BF7C25A6DFB74BA"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCE2B9E59F866459EBAB0D47D0A0B513F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate service-learning courses offered at
such institution for the most recent full academic year preceding the fiscal
year for which designation is sought; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="HCE840B91C0564FE1A3AC04B923AD0F22" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number and
percentage of undergraduate students and, if applicable, the number and
percentage of graduate students at such institution who were enrolled in the
corresponding courses described in clause (i), for such preceding academic
year;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H299F8F6AE5FB4FBEACE4FF2930144EC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of
undergraduate students engaging in and, if applicable, the percentage of
graduate students engaging in activities providing community services, as
defined in section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
2751(c)), during such preceding academic year, the quality of such activities,
and the average amount of time spent, per student, engaged in such
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BA0F3D3A09C42C7993316348B80AABF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for such preceding
academic year, the percentage of Federal work-study funds made available to the
institution under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate students employed in providing
community services, as so defined, and a description of the efforts the
institution undertakes to make available to students opportunities to provide
such community services and be compensated through such work-study
funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EB76EE1355A4074AF5C127F143B0D5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at the discretion of the
institution, information demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of
the institution, and all graduates of the institution, have obtained full-time
public service employment in the nonprofit sector or government, with a private
nonprofit organization or a Federal, State, or local public agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E3701372C984AEFA33D7E74F4953B0F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any programs the
institution has in place to encourage or assist graduates of the institution to
pursue careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E7CD7018429408C83A1A363CCFDC002"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nominations and
Designation</header>
<paragraph id="HF65A4602CC3D412E97766FF03A2BA4FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nomination</header>
<subparagraph id="H778EA692830841A28D1AB92588FE198F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State Commission that receives applications from
institutions of higher education under subsection (b) may nominate, for
designation under subsection (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher
education, consisting of—</text>
<clause id="H5FB90C6710474C44865C3F9885A5ECA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than one 4-year
public institution of higher education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H446C83AB61F44854BF90C32B43867310"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than one 4-year
private institution of higher education; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H83B192BC9EE44C4FA7D32FDEBF1B6257"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not more than one
2-year institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H505406867B834BB8B152B5A0DCA3E691"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
State Commission shall submit to the Corporation the name and application of
each institution nominated by the State Commission under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A20B4A2A23C4746AF7517C28505AA7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Corporation shall designate, under subsection (a), not more than 25
institutions of higher education from among the institutions nominated under
paragraph (1). In making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible,
designate various types of institutions, including institutions from each of
the categories of institutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of
paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE989202475EC417ABF0CA1D36211424B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards</header>
<paragraph id="H6A68B4E65902410F8F4DE573D076FF80"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Using sums reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for
Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall provide an award of funds to
institutions designated under subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to
develop or disseminate service-learning models and information on best
practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFBAE0E1484624EAE91BBC7EF0FB4BB20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive funds under this
subsection, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall submit a plan
to the Corporation describing how the institution intends to use the funds to
develop or disseminate service-learning models and information on best
practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7C74DDCC14F4C95943377DBB0D29932"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The
Corporation shall determine how the funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C)
for Campuses of Service for a fiscal year will be allocated among the
institutions submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In determining
the amount of funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Corporation
shall consider the number of students at the institution, the quality and scope
of the plan submitted by the institution under paragraph (2), and the
institution’s current (as of the date of submission of the plan) strategies to
encourage or assist students to pursue public service careers in the nonprofit
sector or
government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68C3BAD9950E4436A8B99E259742F9C2"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Innovative programs
and research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended by section 1203, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HFD6E03A098494AA0AD01B44902C353A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="H8D87F2DE3E0A4398A62B539EDB61BC2A"><enum>III</enum><header>INNOVATIVE AND
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH</header>
<section id="H2ADB6D76788646309ED49AFE78461C70"><enum>119.</enum><header>Innovative and
community-based service-learning programs and research</header>
<subsection id="H85E1DFCEB5334A699E18503B08B3BD02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="HC1B3890F8E50452CA699DC723EFA0BE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible entity</term> means a State educational agency, a State
Commission, a territory, an Indian tribe, an institution of higher education,
or a public or private nonprofit organization (including community-based
entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary school, a local
educational agency, a consortium of such entities, or a consortium of 2 or more
such entities and a for-profit organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H606CBDAA409D4E96B39FAF6D9BBCAA9A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
Partnership</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> means a
partnership that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idC7B5E77A525341F0A39DB0F7B4CF0FB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA8DC66E4F5B24D669BDA4F5D291B0173"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more community-based
entities that have demonstrated records of success in carrying out
service-learning programs with economically disadvantaged students, and that
meet such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4CF9896C3D0C4424A0348553B84E4A5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local educational agency for
which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id90D78D42C2AC40CAA425B9DB8537ADE3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a high number or
percentage, as determined by the Corporation, of the students served by the
agency are economically disadvantaged students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id966A27CF6D2D41988E3C71C417FE640B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the graduation rate (as
defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable
regulations promulgated by the Department of Education for the secondary school
students served by the agency is less than 70 percent; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H16E94D9FD93E4F5B9079DC3E314C3D45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may also include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0EC1485461D94CD39F22F7E69EC59B38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a local government agency
that is not described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD5F31D57953C410C9D54A0A60A22CC7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the office of the chief
executive officer of a unit of general local government;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4A2160EA53374DC0A748B6FF5380B23C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an institution of
higher education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id161432236D91406C9948BB15D5CFF8EB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State Commission or State educational
agency; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id0D337411054D4A1F96A6108174C1ABF1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>more than 1 local
educational agency described in subclause (I).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H12C48A7A7B0841AD9C9C8568CC0E8F15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Youth Engagement
Zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>youth
engagement zone</quote> means the area in which a youth engagement zone program
is carried out.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B23221E7AD4C0295E0DD571EAFC517"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Youth Engagement Zone
Program</header><text>The term <quote>youth engagement zone program</quote>
means a service-learning program in which members of an eligible partnership
collaborate to provide coordinated school-based or community-based
service-learning opportunities—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0B06A57FC0BF4E63B08D8028F123ECFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in order to address a
specific community challenge;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCB268510B03248459D81EFBAF11B622B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for an increasing
percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary school students served by a
local educational agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73D00A47E7CF467C8191E71DC49F4880"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in circumstances under
which—</text>
<clause id="H01B0B8486D734437BE331C4800BC7234"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 90 percent
of such students participate in service-learning activities as part of the
program; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HC23A4485BCA64778BF0734899934EC66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>service-learning is a
part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local
educational agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00E09A9005CB404C9EF333F5EA8EBDE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts
appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make
grants (which may include approved summer of service positions in the case of a
grant for a program described in subsection (c)(8)) and fixed-amount grants (in
accordance with section 129(l)) to eligible entities or eligible partnerships,
as appropriate, for programs and activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A5F58BB7CFC4C9184D2D1E2530DA1C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>Funds under this part may be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="H13D5F597DB414DB4B065EAA859A49917"><enum>(1)</enum><text>integrate
service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (referred to in this part as <quote>STEM</quote>) curricula at the
elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or postbaccalaureate levels in
coordination with practicing or retired STEM professionals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H423B113B4B2B47E1B1CF71C3997BAAFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>involve students in
service-learning programs focusing on energy conservation in their community,
including conducting educational outreach on energy conservation and working to
improve energy efficiency in low-income housing and in public spaces;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H830FE35797B44B35A91FB1068D131A35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>involve students in
service-learning programs in emergency and disaster preparedness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86759B14426B4CC88DA2566F84EC5685"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve students in service-learning
programs aimed at improving access to and obtaining the benefits from computers
and other emerging technologies, including improving such access for
individuals with disabilities, in low-income or rural communities, in senior
centers and communities, in schools, in libraries, and in other public
spaces;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAF985B677BB4391AF21F53B80383802"><enum>(5)</enum><text>involve high school age
youth in the mentoring of middle school youth while involving all participants
in service-learning to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environmental,
public safety, or emergency and disaster preparedness needs in their
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56EA3A606D8948CA9E4CCE6487573B81"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and evaluations on
service-learning, including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate
such research and evaluations widely;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAFEA499CC47443993FB83ADEFFC6C8F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>conduct innovative and
creative activities as described in section 112(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7884C9617E944F2B78E105D2BF188C8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>establish or implement
summer of service programs (giving priority to programs that enroll youth who
will be enrolled in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer
concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, training, and
placing service-learning coordinators)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34CB2B9A204C4594874693B13A99365A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for youth who will be
enrolled in any of grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer concerned;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246EA3FE5A494E10866074AEC2000278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for community-based
service-learning projects—</text>
<clause id="HE18B3DB059144FE2AE6727C83021E11A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that shall—</text>
<subclause id="H5D784113492A4FFD8AF03816C0C7C866"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet unmet human,
educational, environmental (including energy conservation and stewardship), and
emergency and disaster preparedness and other public safety needs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE77BFEF6E73C4471846ABBAB06585F16"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be intensive,
structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to
the community;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD6ED7583363B4159BC487E6EBDDA046D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may include the
extension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer months;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID910b144a81ee4563b1c3ef0cc0db5c2b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>under which a student
who completes 100 hours of service as described in section 146(b)(2), shall be
eligible for a summer of service educational award of $500 or $750 as described
in sections 146(a)(2)(C) and 147(d);</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BD87D1D76594BB2BD92C2A85F0F9F9A"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish or implement youth engagement
zone programs in youth engagement zones, for students in secondary schools
served by local educational agencies for which a majority of such students do
not participate in service-learning activities that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="id103A8DD4C8294CDB9BFC85D2852591BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carried out by eligible partnerships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id930E3C3065F94E538FE5CB3F152EECAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designed to—</text>
<clause id="H4D3DAC7797684D16A05D83539C5F865E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involve all students in
secondary schools served by the local educational agency in service-learning to
address a specific community challenge;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBC1791A6F15846788E32BA39B70D3894"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improve student
engagement, including student attendance and student behavior, and student
achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates at secondary schools;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8B9467DFD5E54CB289D15D19BA76F38E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involve an increasing
percentage of students in secondary school and out-of-school youth in the
community in school-based or community-based service-learning activities each
year, with the goal of involving all students in secondary schools served by
the local educational agency and involving an increasing percentage of the
out-of-school youth in service-learning activities; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd8dad52ddf0447efb4fc13e50f16b507"><enum>(10)</enum><text>conduct semester of
service programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7AF72A4B9F714C3CBFE56880BF2CD590"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide opportunities for
secondary school students to participate in a semester of coordinated
school-based or community-based service-learning opportunities for a minimum of
70 hours (of which at least a third will be spent participating in field-based
activities) over a semester, to address specific community challenges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfa5fe6f28c754fae83cc59dded819b53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engage as participants
high percentages or numbers of economically disadvantaged students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0130ef689e1a4d728380e773fada21c8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow participants to
receive academic credit, for the time spent in the classroom and in the field
for the program, that is equivalent to the academic credit for any class of
equivalent length and with an equivalent time commitment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID61b709d2b6ad4f5ea1d9b43c5f3c712e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that the
classroom-based instruction component of the program is integrated into the
academic program of the local educational agency involved; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA682182B4694B5DB7DF3F578721C737"><enum>(11)</enum><text>carry out any other
innovative service-learning programs or research that the Corporation considers
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9304776E555849F2A1C7EA483AA78A50"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant to carry
out a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, as
appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application at such
time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require,
and obtain approval of the application.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8357737908864C7FA36A285D7DD28E6E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this part, the
Corporation shall give priority to applicants proposing to—</text>
<paragraph id="H53F441DAC01C4B1FA76A6A6D0E6D0D4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve students and
community stakeholders in the design and implementation of service-learning
programs carried out using funds received under this part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF512CEAD8A134D8882635FFA36DE6BFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement
service-learning programs in low-income or rural communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H127577C161A04209AA2764D212573B78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilize adult volunteers,
including tapping the resources of retired and retiring adults, in the planning
and implementation of service-learning programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAC057025A9F4AC69EFD4FB587E91FFD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4BE373FCC8E442FB27A8190CDF0D8BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each program or activity funded under this
part shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may include 1
planning year. In the case of a program funded under this part, the 3-year
period may be extended by 1 year, if the program meets performance levels
established in accordance with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined
by the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H556D560BC1644614803BF32D1CB143EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration
encouraged</header><text>Each entity carrying out a program or activity funded
under this part shall, to the extent practicable, collaborate with entities
carrying out programs under this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6D54984F6C294C82B2DB8C6E149483F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the effective
date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct an independent
evaluation of the programs and activities carried out using funds made
available under this part, and determine best practices relating to
service-learning and recommendations for improvement of those programs and
activities. The Corporation shall widely disseminate the results of the
evaluations, and information on the best practices and recommendations to the
service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s
Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective
strategies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDE93BC0AC12CF4FF8B3CFC1032D9C0CE1"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Service-learning
impact study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended by section 1204, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BF46A31FBAC4E46B04A4FA426A9321D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="ID8022216FC6BE4BB588207C608A0AD88D"><enum>IV</enum><header>Service-learning impact
study</header>
<section id="IDA3203F356DE64F91B2252EAEA4F641BD"><enum>120.</enum><header>Study and
report</header>
<subsection id="ID87B93EFC524F4569A9DD16FB4F48AFBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="IDC8E7F84FA572448D9E3212C3D6C48307"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the sums reserved under section 501(a)(1)(B) for
this section, the Corporation shall enter into a contract with an entity that
is not otherwise a recipient of financial assistance under this subtitle, to
conduct a 10-year longitudinal study on the impact of the activities carried
out under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3CDD189AFC3449A9519619E9F72BFF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study, the entity shall consider the impact of service-learning
activities carried out under this subtitle on students participating in such
activities, including in particular examining the degree to which the
activities—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3AD743C7AEA04428844FB5A5562C2C37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improved student academic
achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID220D3F0340934C40856623E93C2D6243"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved student
engagement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF412358A25F74C44AAFF87B264FB0285"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improved graduation
rates, as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in
applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of Education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5B0B8209FF54412BAB4E635E1D405BBF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improved the degree to
which the participants in the activities engaged in subsequent national
service, volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers in
public service, in the nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID47217036DBED429AA8654FB92FCEFF64"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>In
carrying out such study, the entity shall examine the impact of the
service-learning activities on the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A)
through (D) of paragraph (2), analyzed in terms of how much time participants
were engaged in service-learning activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDE7D9895472246EB8F4599956C58F8D2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Best
practices</header><text>The entity shall collect information on best practices
concerning using service-learning activities to improve the 4 factors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4CC24E9A7B91457DA8A8BA23D57A19B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interim
reports</header><text>The entity shall periodically submit reports to the
Corporation containing the interim results of the study and the information on
best practices. The Corporation shall submit such reports to the authorizing
committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB61EF21E66504C9AA4638DC6F7B5C5CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>The entity shall submit a report to the Corporation
containing the results of the study and the information on best practices. The
Corporation shall submit such report to the authorizing committees, and shall
make such report available to the public on the Corporation's website.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C4BB675B1A94B5AA30B4A20E3A6CB1B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation and
dissemination</header><text>On receiving the report described in subsection
(c), the Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of Education to review
the results of the study, and to identify best practices concerning using
service-learning activities to improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs
(A) through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate
information on the identified best
practices.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H68DFC5FFCAB140309E737552D0484F17"><enum>C</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>C</enum-in-header> (National Service Trust Program)</header>
<section id="H8124B2D8F8F3481F944F8B2C121E05DD"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Prohibition on grants
to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBD0ABD590544BA893C35898CDA85671"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEA1AEF54305D4155AA6393E7D0C4AB1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>subdivisions of States,</quote> the
following: <quote>territories,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id444152B4D88746D1AFB7AC4E69E7CB74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and
(2), by striking <quote>section 122(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a), (b), or (c) of section 122</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA48A0803B51D482BBA487D9EC26AF78E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B73FB732ABD43C7A3F4CDBE31F1796E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Agreements With
Federal Agencies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Restrictions on Agreements With Federal
Agencies</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DEEF5C8E77E4C54B5B81A4870381055"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id7CF8ABF2B62C417BB5D525CEFC7D4A2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements
authorized</header><text>The Corporation may enter into an interagency
agreement (other than a grant agreement) with another Federal agency to support
a national service program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency.
The Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement may approve
positions as approved national service positions for a program carried out or
otherwise supported by the
agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9284F05B9D9241C1BE0233CCE150EEA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD594CDD655F54558B62EF749B20995EA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC3ED17AB4D4C472F85B4D0EF7AA63794"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on
grants</header><text>The Corporation may not provide a grant under this section
to a Federal
agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H369D373890EA4BD490505C0BE4721D27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id0BDC210D0A244002B28E3E12F27565A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>receiving assistance under this subsection</quote> and inserting
<quote>carrying out or supporting a national service program</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id995DBCB962664C199C95D6586EE43EED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using
such assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>through that
program</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id300DB4EAE62A4C9CA3AB18A1AE139A50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>a contract or cooperative agreement</quote> the first place it
appears and inserting <quote>an interagency agreement</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8E24DFF90A354BE4BDFA056F223B506F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AFED12EB8BF4AB491884A455FF4BADF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="idA8BBE4DA3DF44E0E9DAC5D17BD35DD6A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application of
requirements</header><text>A requirement under this Act that applies to an
entity receiving assistance under section 121 (other than a requirement limited
to an entity receiving assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered to
apply to a Federal agency that enters into an interagency agreement under this
subsection, even though no Federal agency may receive financial assistance
under such an
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7810943446994560B783F3CDF0D2CFC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idDA2E93188CD44FD0B988DE2139ACC86F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsections (a) and (b),</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (a), and in providing approved national service
positions under subsection (b),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD69184F7323A402EAC94998F07747222"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by
striking <quote>to be provided</quote> and inserting <quote>to be provided or
otherwise approved</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3384ECEC500842FE98D42D69D0C0F056"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (d), by striking <quote>or (b)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86329334254947898F44F09EA37EA3C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2FDB644201049298C7694987BB997EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>Federal share of the cost</quote> and inserting
<quote>Corporation share of the cost (including the costs of member living
allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and workers'
compensation and other necessary operation costs)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B3F5063400942FBABC5F9AEE350A537"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCA20662AAE1E48AEA342BCF3D4623480"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other Federal
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H6A5E5ACB99AD42178B44319A31132184"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Recipient
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient of
assistance under this section (other than a recipient of assistance through a
fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 129(l)) shall report to the
Corporation the amount and source of any Federal funds used to carry out the
program for which the assistance is made available other than those provided by
the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86168F32E66B4ADDB6FB850DC1074D6E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Corporation
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
report to the authorizing committees on an annual basis information regarding
each recipient of such assistance that uses Federal funds other than those
provided by the Corporation to carry out such a program, including the amounts
and sources of the other Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2DC16CF1C7AD42DC9140F003D8944FE7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="id5F6C830832DD46CC802E5B14AD7887E0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Plan for approved
national service positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id6F832A20CEEC4CDF9A80C0A9393CAF37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a plan to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF3091BB835BD4503BE966AED0F13C95E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish the number of
the approved national service positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66e54006ee744d40909c77f4411e3b5e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the number of
the approved positions to—</text>
<clause id="ID5c6aceae2c0140349ed22c915c9fe495"><enum>(i)</enum><text>115,000 for fiscal year
2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb810918c8f7343088a9197ffdd387362"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>140,000 for fiscal year
2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID91f4377360104c779cf9a7e4201dae55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>170,000 for fiscal year
2013;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID878c4bd52ec5480e965660820ade463a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>200,000 for fiscal year
2014;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID57128251502f464f993c6c4b6e6957d0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>210,000 for fiscal year
2015;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID426ca269a30542739810f3ecb8af0f3e"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>235,000 for fiscal year
2016; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb68ecd3e8b4f4065bd3b19a7c5656fc2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>250,000 for fiscal year
2017;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7da35b8f7d974e998a89020db9b70877"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the increases described in
subparagraph (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance of full- and
part-time service positions;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7A221F5D9CBB44BB8FE0E3349C037B41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the
authorizing committees on the status of the plan described in paragraph (1);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa431a62f45f04d86b6d9aa9806e05be0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to the
availability of appropriations and quality service opportunities, implement the
plan described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7C958069C3334C8D82FBDAE27F472CAC"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Eligible national
service programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122
is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HEC51093780BA493BAA18F76F4923BC38"><enum>122.</enum><header>National Service
Programs Eligible for Program Assistance</header>
<subsection id="HA1E0E3355BCB49E0A1B7B1E8CB9BA9D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Service
Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of a
grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a
national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion of the
financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to
other entities, to support or carry out the following national service corps or
programs, as full- or part-time corps or programs, to address unmet
needs:</text>
<paragraph id="HDCE4B57B270C4DC49919476E14504972"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Education
Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="id12760E9583C441FAB06C283B06C028B5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient may
carry out national service programs through an Education Corps that identifies
and meets unmet educational needs within communities through activities such as
those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators
described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E7A81CBA0194FAD8B115607FD1F8167"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An
Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such
as—</text>
<clause id="H9DD0CD437F8A4382B8164837AC9330BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tutoring, or providing
other academic support to elementary school and secondary school
students;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFB7F1FC0F55348B1BCA31F9DF0706CBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improving school
climate;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE1EAF454BD24D2BB91DDD6D7B2A243F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>mentoring students,
including adult or peer mentoring;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E741C668CC5495EA874B969BF0B9A43"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>linking needed
integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families,
and their public schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D031A456A7647CF9163AC36422A0679"><enum>(v)</enum><text>providing assistance to a
school in expanding the school day by strengthening the quality of staff and
expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning time
initiative, a program of a 21st century community learning center (as defined
in section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality after-school program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC82046840884529A9416D631B8BB540"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>assisting schools and
local educational agencies in improving and expanding high-quality
service-learning programs that keep students engaged in schools by carrying out
programs that provide specialized training to individuals in service-learning,
and place the individuals (after such training) in positions as
service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs
eligible for funding under part I of subtitle B;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA108FE6739D4293B97493C263BA4AE6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting students in
being prepared for college-level work;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBEDAF02D631B4296A331D7C5B963CB13"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>involving family
members of students in supporting teachers and students;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2C0493A62104A2A9CDD96037AA335E3"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>conducting a
preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution
of higher education—</text>
<subclause id="H4E7FCC171EA846D0BE452BC6335D5DC1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>receive training (which
may include classes containing service-learning) in specified fields including
early childhood education and care, elementary and secondary education, and
other fields such as those relating to health services, criminal justice,
environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H863BABE52B864A5896C401CF1E3A7910"><enum>(II)</enum><text>perform service related
to such training outside the classroom during the school term and during summer
or other vacation periods; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6B685E39CFDD4731A0F03ECE1A8A087A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>agree to provide
service upon graduation to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs related to such training;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCF8C452776B64EABA7EA75F5223CFDA8"><enum>(x)</enum><text>assisting economically
disadvantaged students in navigating the college admissions process;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB4DCCE862954FF48D5904D17DF91AF3"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>providing other
activities, addressing unmet educational needs, that the Corporation may
designate; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id2DC71763E0654F209579F31F6B783CB4"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>providing skilled
musicians and artists to promote greater community unity through the use of
music and arts education and engagement through work in low-income communities,
and education, health care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the
public domain with citizens of all ages.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DF7CB36001C4C1896841B7597510320"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Education Corps
indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="HEE3558E78B194D0F931425F8AC87BEAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student engagement, including student
attendance and student behavior;</text>
</clause><clause id="H21DD13AEECEF4955B9FA82B45B502786"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>student academic
achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E49058348A3431E85DFD2C1102402C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>secondary school
graduation rates as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified
in applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of Education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A169F80F31C4F0FBF47915E8070B81E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>rate of college
enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school
diploma;</text>
</clause><clause id="H71D2102D94FC4192B1FF28A285FF2D8F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any additional indicator
relating to improving education for students that the Corporation, in
consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Education, establishes;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C8754B3104A491F88835E297E445F8D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional local
indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) relating to improving education for students, that is
approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43DD2D5DE203498F86439F290F4ED48C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Healthy Futures
Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="idE1BF6F877C6E45E1A5E7A33F8D193CCB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient may
carry out national service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that
identifies and meets unmet health needs within communities through activities
such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the
indicators described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4F9738BCDAC4229B7EB1B962BB8DBF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Healthy Futures Corps described in this
paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="H99CA02CC64C546F68684F1F1476C221B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting economically disadvantaged
individuals in navigating the health services system;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1120F1499894A638149CD04A9DC9EFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assisting individuals in
obtaining access to health services, including oral health services, for
themselves or their children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H24EFE31567674E78B646553F1372887B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>educating economically
disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically
underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in this
clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health services system and
regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on
common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease
prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic,
geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;</text>
</clause><clause id="H904A683E1762408BA4AC45E851518841"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving the literacy
of patients regarding health, including oral health;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CE4A26BCE3144B9982F2ACCF1C0246A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>providing translation
services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health services;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3BE1CB74A11489FB75A04415E3EDD26"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>providing services
designed to meet the health needs of rural communities, including the
recruitment of youth to work in health professions in such communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H40575DB99EA945A6B531F6ECEC0BD9C2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting in health
promotion interventions that improve health status, and helping people adopt
and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve health status;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72a81af833d64c85994a35b1bb1f3672"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addressing childhood obesity through
in-school and after-school physical activities, and providing nutrition
education to students, in elementary schools and secondary schools; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idEEF62C58F5A84A8AB0B281402F596DA5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>providing activities,
addressing unmet health needs, that the Corporation may designate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEB2C934B566432190B3858955529D83"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Healthy Futures Corps
indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H4E4C27942DB044A5AE362CBA7BD79EC6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to health services among
economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of
medically underserved populations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF36B30C5933A4D10BA5358A0CBD72430"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>access to health
services for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are
economically disadvantaged children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H70532D64D00E47F9AE8CB7D14796CA55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>participation, among
economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of
medically underserved populations, in disease prevention and health promotion
initiatives, particularly those with a focus on addressing common health
conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing health
disparities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4AD777DF896492EA2B57FEB4208F1BB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>literacy of patients
regarding health;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB3CA40121A8445588BC1DC24D423E761"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any additional indicator,
relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged
individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved
populations, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, establishes; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0ED30E1399C04FE9A501D8FFC7BFB17D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional local
indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) relating to improving or protecting the health of
economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of
medically underserved populations, that is approved by the Corporation or a
State Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC93810FACA8F445989C898CF380C612E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clean Energy Service
Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="id583EAC3F5F5346199BAD77724488B678"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient may
carry out national service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps that
identifies and meets unmet environmental needs within communities through
activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance
on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8791D067EBB14491A8A4959D315F7519"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>A
Clean Energy Service Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities
such as—</text>
<clause id="HBEBD1BA542A9477AA3F1873F4871EFDF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">weatherizing and retrofitting housing units
for low-income households to significantly improve the energy efficiency and
reduce carbon emissions of such housing units;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1ED6A485ADF1435E9055F9BB6B93A6D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>building
energy-efficient housing units in low-income communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C3F9EB1867248C8893653EA38CFBE47"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conducting energy
audits for low-income households and recommending ways for the households to
improve energy efficiency;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9A84DF5A0CE74DF2B36426C8FDC3E2DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>providing clean
energy-related services designed to meet the needs of rural communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9996590A0A84A759C6420D35FCB329C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>working with schools and
youth programs to educate students and youth about ways to reduce home energy
use and improve the environment, including conducting service-learning projects
to provide such education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H28248412D5F443D3B09C213D01960002"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>assisting in the
development of local recycling programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdd33df61da61454d888114a65368a0a0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>renewing and
rehabilitating national and State parks and forests, city parks, county parks
and other public lands, and trails owned or maintained by the Federal
Government or a State, including planting trees, carrying out reforestation,
carrying out forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion control
measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and rehabilitation and maintenance of
historic sites and structures throughout the national park system, and
providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and repairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE96C27F0F514CCABF487FA0C3AE35D3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>cleaning and improving
rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc0e6545cf2a64c8b83c8a0b4ffa02d03"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>carrying out projects in
partnership with the National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabilitate
national park resources and enhance services and learning opportunities for
national park visitors, and nearby communities and schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6c38465392824559a611f5e2d41dff35"><enum>(x)</enum><text>providing service through
a full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps
program, such as a conservation corps or youth service corps program
that—</text>
<subclause id="IDaf29e53c926f4526827012771448c4dc"><enum>(I)</enum><text>undertakes meaningful
service projects with visible public benefits, including projects involving
urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human
services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1c1aa2ed8e93496faa8cb59a432ce1c7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>includes as participants
youths and young adults who are age 16 through 25, including out-of-school
youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as youth who are aging out of foster
care, youth who have limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth who
are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6768b6b4c8434041b96588e34e385eef"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provides those
participants who are youth and young adults with—</text>
<item id="ID46e049f5477a4378b1f97fe8a6ca9962"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>team-based, highly
structured, and adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education,
career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services
including mentoring; and</text>
</item><item id="ID8746ff73b0464c58af9ad7a56756de11"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the opportunity to
develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and
the United States;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="id2A28141A302B4D7E9FD5C0F9D3386BAB"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>carrying out other
activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the
Corporation may designate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C129D007B1545C38DD8B9156DDADFEF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Clean Energy Service
Corps indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in
this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H790DB2785F674D54B4228CCEA2C9A74B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of housing units of low-income
households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy
efficiency and reduce carbon emissions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A66BC7CC7A44DFD9F2044D683475FE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>annual energy costs (to
determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have
provided service;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F0B675D6B844785A4F530966C1C900D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of students
and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and
environmentally conscious practices;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf7237993f8e047e483da0b1eb4a138ad"><enum>(iv)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id432CBB7386D246A2B161A31243775C32"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of acres of
national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands,
that are cleaned or improved; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id9861D5BA79614D64A0D0FCD621053F6B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
number of acres of forest preserves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or
maintained by the Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or
improved;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HB48F1EAE1F184C58B8741E7B95787EE4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any additional indicator
relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or
education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that the Corporation, in
consultation (as appropriate) with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or
the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, establishes; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H777665BB8B6C4F78B2A1EADC234F923B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional local
indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse
gas emissions, or education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is
approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAE75AC760C848EDB8E26FF993F87947"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Veterans Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="idEBACA53FDD1E44AE8B7B269060C61A39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient may
carry out national service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies
and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on
active duty through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and
improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7432C8010A914A638E9A2E3D7918B631"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Veterans Corps described in this
paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="H18016E570AA642BD8274E4D7F33CE417"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting community-based efforts to meet
the unique needs of military families while a family member is deployed and
upon that family member’s return home;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA6C2244EA404946BB07070AA0C63FFF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recruiting veterans,
particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities, including
opportunities that utilize their military experience;</text>
</clause><clause id="id27ACC47E0A934856B32E7FB7AAD59798"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assisting veterans in
developing their educational opportunities (including opportunities for
professional certification, licensure, or credentials), coordinating activities
with and assisting State and local agencies administering veterans education
benefits, and coordinating activities with and assisting entities administering
veterans programs with internships and fellowships that could lead to
employment in the private and public sectors;</text>
</clause><clause id="H95F81C049AD04172BCAFE69C0B9C7A7F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>promoting efforts within
a community to serve the needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who
are on active duty, including helping veterans file benefits claims and
assisting Federal agencies in providing services to veterans, and sending care
packages to Members of the Armed Forces who are deployed;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0F6E3BB735A4B5CB179410BA2E6D258"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assisting veterans in
developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged
students;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB371C9FF19BC4284A716B7FB9F1C3CB5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>developing projects to
assist veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans,
and veterans in rural communities, including assisting veterans described in
this clause with transportation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id27709962CAB147FEB488A647F6621044"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>other activities,
addressing unmet needs of veterans, that the Corporation may designate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D09F224A87B438885D0F413A990919D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Veterans’ Corps
indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H56B829880B3041B6ABC4881331C6A28B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of housing units created for
veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC8BB18F7041542E2B185F4D0F6F34D5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of veterans
who pursue educational opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDC4D10E74B648AFA596B49A2816FFCC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of veterans
receiving professional certification, licensure, or credentials;</text>
</clause><clause id="H469FFFF634EF4D289F756F8272285FF7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of veterans
engaged in service opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H866BBA77F176497FB059F68A38E94193"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of military
families assisted by organizations while a family member is deployed and upon
that family member's return home;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE69CFF3FDCEC4A1CBF32C897C2B67F86"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the number of
economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with
veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA52533AA96714BF28206535EFDDF2641"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the number of projects
designed to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, especially veterans
with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in
rural communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A0A9D3DD32D4CFCBD9BE728741924DF"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>any additional
indicator that relates to education or skill attainment that assists in
providing veterans with the skills to address identifiable public needs, or
that relates to improving the lives of veterans, of members of the Armed Forces
on active duty, and of families of the veterans and the members on active duty,
and that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, establishes; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5ED69A7BC1AF4E88969F5CF0E4C01411"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>any additional local
indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) relating to the education or skill attainment, or the
improvement, described in clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or
a State Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B2EB86AADCE4ACA9B75F7F1624B26D2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Opportunity
corps</header>
<subparagraph id="id119231B2A9954A3584A78B496A6EAB7B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The recipient may carry out national service programs
through an Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs relating to
economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within
communities, through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and
improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80A59C3BBCF7485DAD7DA5524D4D6C41"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An
Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such
as—</text>
<clause id="id8865D760B25F49A0961DAF2E445D4F01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing financial
literacy education to economically disadvantaged individuals, including
financial literacy education with regard to credit management, financial
institutions including banks and credit unions, and utilization of savings
plans;</text>
</clause><clause id="id11329BD531974DF08E9F9E2B1A0E7D2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assisting in the
construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units, including
energy efficient homes, for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF9FD3C41DD724C4087A418AAF6F2F71D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assisting economically
disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding placement
in and maintaining housing;</text>
</clause><clause id="idEFC477F59B2B488EB0DCBEB42E7F8008"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assisting economically
disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to health services for themselves
or their children;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4F33FC8DB1DF4C188AEF2D5CEBA56CBC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assisting individuals in
obtaining information about Federal, State, local, or private programs or
benefits focused on assisting economically disadvantaged individuals,
economically disadvantaged children, or low-income families;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1E81568405E04B55843FCB173D8F76C4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>facilitating enrollment
in and completion of job training for economically disadvantaged
individuals;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1BAD9D06FBF54C8784FE65AEE73FBF2E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting economically
disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to job placement
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8E18D93B3B7D439E8D879E670DBE4AF6"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>carrying out a program
that seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income communities and rural areas
through service in projects—</text>
<subclause id="H22798AA03423431E85CB4A667D2B79C7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involving food banks,
food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during
emergencies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA7CBBE797AF140D7A876A14455467861"><enum>(II)</enum><text>seeking to address the
long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of appropriate
services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H11C2C755DDDB4F1B9252E7AE9D4D125C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>providing training in
basic health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in
communities and rural areas; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id012995AAF9D6403F811BD298F688A74E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>assisting individuals in
obtaining information about federally supported nutrition programs;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3a0a41ed6854212bf0c535744247a0e"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addressing issues faced by homebound
citizens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and medical services,
nutrition information, and transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id29B49B3D6FD843ECACB8BC3370D81486"><enum>(x)</enum><text>implementing an E–Corps
program that involves participants who provide services in a community by
developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs that seek to
increase access to technology and the benefits of technology in such community;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9c25507f48944117b0b3e2aa5c1b982c"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>carrying out other
activities, addressing unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for
economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Corporation may
designate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC6A525A8AD5412A80676B5C98F62486"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Opportunity Corps
indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H11C278A5316C4FEDA7A53EE0D3CE45F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the degree of financial literacy among
economically disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D18FA934C9D4D159A66C2F958314E5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of housing
units built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or
low-income families;</text>
</clause><clause id="H665AD4D6ABFB45D18ECCF1681658922B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of
economically disadvantaged individuals with access to job training and other
skill enhancement;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD13729FDD8A44A74A1562CB0B27DE45E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of
economically disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job
placement services;</text>
</clause><clause id="H558DBDD993E14B4998C1E8BAC8FCF6E7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any additional indicator
relating to improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged
individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury,
establishes; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H02749A58B0894BD8B6082D484633D18A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional local
indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) that is approved by the Corporation or a State
Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H432EB87655394B4A8ADA0950A0B8EFDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National service
programs</header>
<paragraph id="id03AD7EEF503545CF80319A26D86D106D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of a
grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a
national service program under section 121(b) may use the financial assistance
or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to
carry out national service programs and model programs under this subsection
that are focused on meeting community needs and improve performance on the
indicators described in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF6C064B69514D2B906FE50E4D305992"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The
programs may include the following types of national service programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D6D80545C934BF49B1F2F71C9F0B443"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community service program designed to
meet the needs of rural communities, using teams or individual placements to
address the development needs of rural communities, including addressing rural
poverty, or the need for health services, education, or job training.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0574CB9FC09F45AC8DE4CAF39A1C404F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="id1FD0894A1FAE416FA36574EFFD476030"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that engages participants
in public health, emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public safety
activities;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8879725D223345DA8181AD8E705AD5ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may include the
recruitment of qualified participants for, and placement of the participants
in, positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, search
and rescue personnel, and emergency medical service workers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF7060CBE965A4C69AD9A952DA31B86A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that may engage
Federal, State, and local stakeholders, in collaboration, to organize more
effective responses to issues of public health, emergencies and disasters, and
other public safety issues.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBAD892B89964F1D918751CF8B1B4C31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A program that seeks to
expand the number of mentors for disadvantaged youths and other youths
(including by recruiting high school-, and college-age individuals to enter
into mentoring relationships), either through—</text>
<clause id="id0E73AC323B784D4AA98163D940AB9AF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provision of direct
mentoring services;</text>
</clause><clause id="id13F8F269E20C4E2FAF2188A207F2E73A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provision of supportive
services to direct mentoring service organizations (in the case of a
partnership);</text>
</clause><clause id="idA72C887323E141E3877D12FC62424CEF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the creative
utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id6B5D83AFC9324264A2363EE7FA62CD97"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>supporting mentoring
partnerships (including statewide and local mentoring partnerships that
strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by—</text>
<subclause id="id4A125FEB443C490DB578999BD2F7DEF8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>increasing State
resources dedicated to mentoring;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idAF494AAF8D274173BB8F6AFAC73B65C1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>supporting the creation
of statewide and local mentoring partnerships and programs of national scope
through collaborative efforts between entities such as local or direct service
mentoring partnerships, or units of State or local government; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id50CDE0C656A74DD284E6EEEC6996B00D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>assisting direct
service mentoring programs.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0D43239F0CB4AC4ADFE8388B4EB7B09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="idD02BF961B4694D6BB7484FDD581447D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in which not less than 75
percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8BE0EF305577455D95F4C33880647690"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may provide life
skills training, employment training, educational counseling, assistance to
complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, counseling,
or a mentoring relationship with an adult volunteer; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE7B6093BB2D8462E9ABED5130D7CD477"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for which, in awarding
financial assistance and approved national service positions, the Corporation
shall give priority to programs that engage retirees to serve as
mentors.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2853D931A86455E8FF3BA7C68DE95A3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="id8039458BF9B647199084042193A89499"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that reengages
court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism;</text>
</clause><clause id="id271C06C256004CEAA95AE3659ACE65E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may create support
systems beginning in correctional facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7B77D8964BF9412394C8F4163555B373"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that may have life
skills training, employment training, an education program (including a program
to complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent),
educational and career counseling, and postprogram placement services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2761EEA2BFEF46CFA6D33ABD7E1FFB17"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A demonstration
program—</text>
<clause id="id4396E17F69214644A1E12206015837AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that has as 1 of its
primary purposes the recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and
adults as participants, volunteers, or members; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB815BBB65E6A4E16B6A5C031C5940A3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may serve any
purpose otherwise permitted under this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5929BB19154F4945B8C36A9CF0739EEE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A program that provides
education or job training services that are designed to meet the needs of rural
communities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID49f71b0ebe5a4f1aabb5bcf41fd3a1e1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A program that seeks to
expand the number of mentors for youth in foster care through—</text>
<clause id="ID41c20dc228c74645a82f9c4863b1fdba"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the provision of direct
academic mentoring services for youth in foster care;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5f4b401a844a468f88aba6ded0847fb9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the provision of
supportive services to mentoring service organizations that directly provide
mentoring to youth in foster care, including providing training of mentors in
child development, domestic violence, foster care, confidentiality
requirements, and other matters related to working with youth in foster care;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd36be7168c5a469da32fc8dbde76caf1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>supporting foster care
mentoring partnerships, including statewide and local mentoring partnerships
that strengthen direct service mentoring programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF69652D655814E198B6ECD17987A688D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Such other national
service programs addressing unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs as the Corporation may designate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E30C4323BAC4240B847907B143FA891"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indicators</header><text>The
indicators for a program described in this subsection are the indicators
described in subparagraph (C) of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of
subsection (a) or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant
or recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to
meeting unmet community needs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCE3F68EBBA8C46DCABB4F9D813BA9571"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program models for
service corps</header>
<paragraph id="id4F67A220782543459108B6D72790CC77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to any activities described in subparagraph
(B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or
supporting a national service program under section 121(b) may directly or
through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service
corps program through the following program models:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6107b6f135e0487bab6918906ef27e6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A community corps program
that meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the use of
organized teams of participants of varied social and economic backgrounds,
skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic
backgrounds, or genders.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfbd7b79147cd4c7a8158e4e8feb7a9c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A service program
that—</text>
<clause id="IDab84c056658d4725acce8938fd444d1a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text>
</clause><clause id="ID776288a4ed85412d88d9168f71198208"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if consistent with the
purposes of the program, brings participants together for additional training
and other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, increase the
skills of participants, and improve the quality of the service provided.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3c3caa7ff62840a2abae94ab17a8317f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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—</text>
<clause id="ID4b2202072090436aa09b8db208c6ff4a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>students who are
attending an institution of higher education, including students participating
in a work-study program assisted under part C of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID287ec93a56de4e80b6b59d563e2d20de"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>teams composed of
students described in clause (i); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6fc2f3011e7e4eb5a3e0ddc5627e2311"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teams composed of a
combination of such students and community residents.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa5c4ab3c202040d9b4d4ee9f7c917d20"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A professional corps
program that recruits and places qualified participants in positions—</text>
<clause id="ID6e6938eec7fd4dee9258a92e0e97bf77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as teachers, nurses and
other health care providers, police officers, early childhood development
staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service to meet human,
educational, environmental, or public safety needs in communities with an
inadequate number of such professionals;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID823f65a4002e4d49b4481e981bff2b90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for which the salary may
exceed the maximum living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of section
140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5f541a830dea447187a84ecb9b081a74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that are sponsored by
public or private employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries and
benefits (other than any national service educational award under subtitle D)
of the participants.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2326DE9E14114BF2B7D3CD6E36C91EF4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A program that provides
opportunities for veterans to participate in service projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCC7B883225444B3A08F27FA54440DC5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A program carried out by
an intermediary that builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based
organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local or national
needs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID69f83387f85240ffb72dbf5dac68169c"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Such other program models
as may be approved by the Corporation or a State Commission, as
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF179EC3638D543DA90B26A5DD948C43C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program models within
corps</header><text>A recipient of financial assistance or approved national
service positions for a corps program described in subsection (a) may use the
assistance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole or in part,
using a program model described in this subsection. The corps program shall
meet the applicable requirements of subsection (a) and this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86B744DE9B6345BB99BDEAD2BD177C7F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualification Criteria
To Determine Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H7CEA7C93B0954A30B8A9368BE8C70012"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment by
corporation</header><text>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 or approved
national service positions under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H465AF143DE5A4D879693E9FBB45C7CCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
establishing qualification criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall
consult with organizations and individuals with extensive experience in
developing and administering effective national service programs or regarding
the delivery of veteran services, and other human, educational, environmental,
or public safety services, to communities or persons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3556DEA9823340B9AA246A144433B91F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application to
subgrants</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E09E45117E24197B5B288FF1C6727C6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Encouragement of
intergenerational components of programs</header><text>The Corporation shall
encourage national service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved
national service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with
the purposes of the program, an intergenerational component of the program that
combines students, out-of-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults
as participants to provide services to address unmet human, educational,
environmental, or public safety needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85DAB4BC304A44B18815816F025B86BC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priorities for certain
corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding financial
assistance and approved national service positions to eligible entities
proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D544E029E274DE29D19E269ACD1A5CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a corps
described in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCD6C00DECED430AADE082B9B2569AED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Corporation may give
priority to eligible entities that propose to provide support for participants
who, after completing service under this section, will undertake careers to
improve performance on health indicators described in subsection (a)(2)(C);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H535F5D8BECA942BB885FD3BA900DBE97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Corporation shall
give priority to eligible entities that propose to carry out national service
programs in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal
health services); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF34C5F7AF60A4E7A99D5649FB96CA7A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a corps
described in subsection (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to eligible
entities that propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps
so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps are economically
disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such individuals support services and
education and training to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which
there is current demand or projected future demand.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57CFDEDE5F664E4AAF26A6F9FC227F97"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National Service
Priorities</header>
<paragraph id="HDA4FBA72BE8D4AE28B8944F724496C5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="H29328EECE87A459BB15BC5300C4B7F88"><enum>(A)</enum><header>By
corporation</header><text>In order to concentrate national efforts on meeting
human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and to achieve the
other purposes of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan
approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall establish, and may periodically alter,
priorities regarding the types of national service programs and corps to be
assisted under section 129 and the purposes for which such assistance may be
used.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD520BC67E8354BAFA7EDB018D33CBDB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>By
states</header><text>Consistent with paragraph (4), States shall establish, and
through the national service plan process described in section 178(e)(1),
periodically alter priorities as appropriate regarding the national service
programs to be assisted under section 129(e). The State priorities shall be
subject to Corporation review as part of the application process under section
130.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDB8D945F7344AF5B0E7AAAFC756471B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice to
applicants</header><text>The Corporation shall provide advance notice to
potential applicants of any national service priorities to be in effect under
this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall specifically
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H243EE72F01A64C72B18312747A8ED00C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of any
alteration made in the priorities since the previous notice; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC98AAA08138A40C0991BBBCE7CE3A3C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the
national service programs that are designated by the Corporation under section
133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the next competitive
distribution of assistance under section 121(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F29C93C2DB148728A2E532B207CB7AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Corporation shall by regulation establish procedures to ensure the equitable
treatment of national service programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCF96BDC105744A0B7C154F44B332B0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receive funding under
this subtitle for multiple years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4326A39EC064596917299BE1D31BE76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be adversely
affected by annual revisions in such national service priorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA193450FF2A547AFBBEAB2C2AC85669E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application to
subgrants</header><text>Any national service priorities established by the
Corporation under this subsection shall also be used by each recipient of funds
under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant
program to support other national service programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E5F66562EB84B12BF1369242DA52397"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consultation on
indicators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation
shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of
the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the
Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators
for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H91C2B26C124C404CA7C024DD61728DAB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirements for
tutors</header>
<paragraph id="H05F094AA4357498B9522CE73A5BCF895"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation
shall require that each recipient of assistance under the national service laws
that operates a tutoring program involving elementary school or secondary
school students certifies that individuals serving in approved national service
positions as tutors in such program have—</text>
<subparagraph id="H570AC30CAAA14368B227338F2A8A8B43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtained their high
school diplomas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H019675FE99454A1E969C8D6511A1F11B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>successfully completed
pre- and in-service training for tutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFF4C08C9A07413DAA3B64840B8DD0FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
requirements in paragraph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in an
approved national service position who is enrolled in an elementary school or
secondary school and is providing tutoring services through a structured,
school-managed cross-grade tutoring program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CAC1E378F2242EE90563DEDB7CE3CFE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirements for
tutoring programs</header><text>Each tutoring program that receives assistance
under the national service laws shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H029CC4F0D9B7494B9BA9B6D63FEE1EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>offer a curriculum that
is high quality, research-based, and consistent with the State academic content
standards required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the local
educational agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15E6228EE2F4E05BCB407780A862A7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offer high quality,
research-based pre- and in-service training for tutors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF9B57975A194FA2A125C51AD0FA7E12"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Citizenship
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation
shall establish guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national
service laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship
programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based,
relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement among
participants in approved national service positions and approved summer of
service positions, and appropriate to the age, education, and experience of the
participants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35159BB836E3463B89738E8307D6BA8F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the end of
each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 121(a),
the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H614AB6FA50EB43FCB91C49E4ED275E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information describing
how the Corporation allocated financial assistance and approved national
service positions among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and
national service programs described in this section for that fiscal
year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD6828627546439AA41340B7CF61222E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information describing
the amount of financial assistance and the number of approved national service
positions the Corporation provided to each corps and national service program
described in this section for that fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CA85E89DB4417E8A64ABA45F91A596"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a measure of the extent
to which the corps and national service programs improved performance on the
corresponding indicators; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95E2B36847A94F03B633C5541C9E2B50"><enum>(4)</enum><text>information describing
how the Corporation is coordinating—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3AEA2D98988463EA2768D6437AE17A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national service
programs funded under this section; with</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01AB7F02F61C48589393DAECEAA35589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicable programs, as
determined by the Corporation, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and
part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve
performance on those indicators or otherwise address identified community
needs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H86112DE0293E49109EDC13C4CCA1F806"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Types of
positions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 123 (42
U.S.C. 12573) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA4071AE4A7C242BA85969CC44FA080F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id35B04BB14CB64943BCB284E7FFA6EF9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 122(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a), (b), or (c)
of section 122</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id01271DB8A7F140BFAE0ADD50DFFADD4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or
(b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF70CE3F3DB48419CA446837BDAB01FCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC11A50E85EB94BCB93B5D6A998933AD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following: <quote>a
territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4203B2C3B45248D897E7EF71FC3ABD6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency (under an
interagency agreement described in section 121(b))</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE93355A159B2481FB09FA867DCC29876"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>section 122(a)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
122(a)(1)(B)(vi)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA7ED675CBB44014A0BFF12C571605B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA867538DFD124DA38F54A9E6AA84E6B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBA797E46D80D4AE7BC9EF07D17536F39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7FD9A3ED2E64E68A6C48CAE85852718" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id4E75B93C60714DBCA274EB60B63BA649"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A position involving
service in the ServeAmerica Fellowship program carried out under section
198B.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB9EA8046076A4AEBBC2AF7595940A54C"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Conforming repeal
relating to training and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H45F31F60CB3648AFBB00B535D84A7CE1"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Assistance to State
Commissions; challenge grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CAB0A6F3E954DB59AF1D770D60829F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2778F2E1EA434461AC4D1B2C8E5D80E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id45C24905E91B4685BAEC9AE56E3EF839"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$125,000 and $750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$250,000 and
$1,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id77B86E480BA54043A9B9A72238F7CCDD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>501(a)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>501(a)(5)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08EB535098CC480EB29F526A089EB85A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HA1494951AAF44336A440F830DA5C1228" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30A38C345E594994A66A1198F255D0A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text>In making a grant to a State under this subsection,
the Corporation shall require the State to agree to provide matching funds from
non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the
Corporation through the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FCDA9F08CC64E86A936E0204AA2ECE1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alternative</header><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates
hardship or a new State Commission to meet alternative matching requirements
for such a grant as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H64FC05ED32044C79A3582A54E908CCF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>First
$100,000</header><text>For the first $100,000 of grant funds provided by the
Corporation, the State involved shall not be required to provide matching
funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFAC4621CAA742038E45C9F5243FA117"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amounts greater than
$100,000</header><text>For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and not more
than $250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree to provide
matching funds from non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $2
provided by the Corporation, in excess of $100,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC545417329E43A793829A17F7871C8F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts greater than
$250,000</header><text>For grant amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the
Corporation, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal
sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation, in excess
of
$250,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8497559961E4DE4ABB739D1B94AAA6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F90E94BC1964FBD8A1A4279FA7B3B96" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID3b3097a3ffaf47439d77000e7cd9b26c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disaster
service</header><text>The Corporation may undertake activities, including
activities carried out through part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to involve programs that receive
assistance under the national service laws in disaster relief efforts, and to
support, including through mission assignments under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),
nonprofit organizations and public agencies responding to the needs of
communities experiencing disasters.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E6F5044AC1443CDA50AF0A8D6C74B02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC480B797D3C740E9B06381AAF0B3A269"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>to national service programs that receive assistance under
section 121</quote> and inserting <quote>to programs supported under the
national service laws</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77182F1BE6334599A179ABF4230E9D94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HACC7FDE0A0654A25A61768BBAD066AE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H120222659373491D9D573BE9F498EB7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header><text>A challenge grant under this subsection may provide,
for an initial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assistance under this
subsection for each $1 in cash raised from private sources by the program
supported under the national service laws in excess of amounts required to be
provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an
initial 3-year grant period, a grant under this subsection may provide not more
than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $2 in cash raised from
private sources by the program in excess of amounts required to be provided by
the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. The Corporation may permit
the use of local or State funds under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised
from private sources if the Corporation determines that such use would be
equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the local level. The
Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be
provided to a national service program under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8C6CA5F8CC774F4798D26BA6067A24D9"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Allocation of
assistance to States and other eligible entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H32A40F0D5A944CFDA795FC1E468F28BA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H3BF8B7D1928A4A85ADA3A163E3AA115D"><enum>129.</enum><header>Provision of
assistance and approved national service positions</header>
<subsection id="H47A84051941943FDA5C469E02FB50C85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One Percent Allotment
for Certain Territories</header><text>Of the funds allocated by the Corporation
for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the
Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application submitted under
section 130. The Corporation shall allot for a grant to each such territory
under this subsection for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to
1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the
territory bears to the total population of all such territories.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HACC745CE605446959883541F2FF48005"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment for Indian
Tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds allocated
by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a
fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to
Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0b785c369d8743c8a81316d72a3a92d1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reservation of approved
positions</header><text>The Corporation shall ensure that each individual
selected during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a
participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program under subtitle E
shall receive the national service educational award described in subtitle D if
the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for
approved national service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal
year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved national service
positions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and (e) for
that fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37400565BAAB4E78843504BE63F200F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotment for
competitive grants</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A2C255EA05E4AF88D6E4449D7015F56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a)
for a fiscal year and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall
reserve not more than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis to
States specified in subsection (e)(1) for national service programs, to
nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national service program in 2 or
more of those States, and to Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB60873EFA5BD47A2B3B7B0B0A0B06FD0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Equitable
treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
consideration of applications for such grants, the Corporation shall ensure the
equitable treatment of applicants from urban areas, applicants from rural
areas, applicants of diverse sizes (as measured by the number of participants
served), applicants from States, and applicants from national nonprofit
organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e32eff7bd7541728712ad3aff5659a1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encore service programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this subsection for
a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make an effort to allocate not less than
10 percent of the financial assistance and approved national service positions
provided through the grants for that fiscal year to eligible entities proposing
to carry out encore service programs, unless the Corporation does not receive a
sufficient number of applications of adequate quality to justify making that
percentage available to those eligible entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52432DD9F7A14306826A2158F30324E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Corps
programs</header><text>In making grants under this subsection for a fiscal
year, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7847C8FF0A7A43F398E2A2EE6EAC8318"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall select 2 or more of
the national service corps described in section 122(a) to receive grants under
this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2EAE569A55D5421598C378C50C9FD848"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may select national
service programs described in section 122(b) to receive such grants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2F79E0A6A434EC3BC98BE94BF0449E7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allotment to Certain
States on Formula Basis</header>
<paragraph id="H083135FD9749440E935D6569392FEC7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Of
the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under
section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make a grant to each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico that submits an application under section 130 that is approved by the
Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H889B87C815214285BC0F4ADB9A01AE05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>The
Corporation shall allot for a grant to each such State under this subsection
for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the
allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the State bears to
the total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H831C5570594545D28126A7D3FE8F0D30"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to each State approved by the
Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year shall be at least
$600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State formula under
this subsection for the fiscal year, whichever is greater.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H312CF471A13F47BB9B338D361F1E89E5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect of Failure To
Apply</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State or territory
fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of its intent to
apply for, an allotment under this section, or the Corporation does not approve
the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use the amount
that would have been allotted under this section to the State or territory
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H45AFCBCA947C4FD5A66DAC4C30D5059D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make grants (and provide
approved national service positions in connection with such grants) to other
community-based entities under section 121 that propose to carry out national
service programs in such State or territory; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD0B59A68504F8F83D37583FB9434B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make reallotments to other States or
territories with approved applications submitted under section 130, from the
allotment funds not used to make grants as described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H364A552A7EAC448E8EA6B839CB0C6280"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application
Required</header><text>The Corporation shall make an allotment of assistance
(including the provision of approved national service positions) to a recipient
under this section only pursuant to an application submitted by a State or
other applicant under section 130.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56E2757B4C704E7DA30CEAFAA1130885"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Approval of Positions
Subject to Available Funds</header><text>The Corporation may not approve
positions as approved national service positions under this subtitle for a
fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for which the Corporation
has sufficient available funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal
year, taking into consideration funding needs for national service educational
awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are
insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service educational
awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the Corporation is
authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program
rules.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H883F00E2D70644F5B95FFC6169724A80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Sponsorship of Approved
National Service Positions</header>
<paragraph id="H859479FE748C4D64BE59DF39E03F60DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsorship
authorized</header><text>The Corporation may enter into agreements with persons
or entities who offer to sponsor national service positions for which the
person or entity will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to
provide a national service educational award. The distribution of those
approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to the agreement,
and the creation of those positions shall not be taken into consideration in
determining the number of approved national service positions to be available
for distribution under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37566FD2B4D147CB8E1CAC707BB5689D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit of
contribution</header><text>Funds provided pursuant to an agreement under
paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust established in
section 145 until such time as the funds are needed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06566439DE184A15878FBE70B5206266"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reservation of Funds
for Special Assistance</header>
<paragraph id="id5C4E951A5A44422FBC4D0A2C92D5BCD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>From
amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and allocated to carry out subtitle C and
subject to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve such
amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making
assistance available under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id326F380601D441809CC4B5121A0073C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
amount reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed
$10,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4026F0AACD884FDE9B5FE01CD850D3B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Corporation shall reserve such amount, and any amount reserved under subsection
(k) from funds appropriated and allocated to carry out subtitle C, before
allocating funds for the provision of assistance under any other provision of
this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H474F24422B5E4BBB8C779F73D76202A9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reservation of Funds To
Increase the Participation of Individuals With Disabilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H34E3A54AB2AA45ACA766DA42A3DF6F7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To make grants to public or private
nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individuals with
disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities in
furtherance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation in paragraph (2),
the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not less than 2 percent from the
amounts, appropriated to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for each fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0EF2251EFB44ABFB94C477AAE45C58B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount reserved under paragraph (1) for
a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB87B4B171A544D88E05FEDEBC3360DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remainder</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1), and not
distributed to make grants under this subsection for other activities described
in section 501(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FC4CA30073B4B3DAECD581A329273F3"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authority for
fixed-amount grants</header>
<paragraph id="H72AE8AEB2C234E2E94581EF4E71D4EA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="id395225F678BD461EACFEA1A2C62DA8F5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>From
amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under
the national service laws, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form
of fixed-amount grants in an amount determined by the Corporation under
paragraph (2) rather than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE6B806A669724BF5A84F37DCB65A6733"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Other
than fixed-amount grants to support programs described in section 129A, for the
1-year period beginning on the effective date of the Serve America Act, the
Corporation may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants to
programs that only offer full-time positions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD40549F5F95F47AF8767B9AB0DE76E99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of Amount
of Fixed-amount Grants</header><text>A fixed-amount grant authorized by this
subsection shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H295A95DC21BA46C8AF1597DF053A08B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significantly less than the reasonable and
necessary costs of administering the program supported by the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D54923926E740319D5FB51C02AB9B9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on an amount per individual enrolled
in the program receiving the grant, taking into account—</text>
<clause id="H8E2003A447B64224975AB2CFA655B22F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the capacity of the
entity carrying out the program to manage funds and achieve programmatic
results;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4A7055CA5E484A56A65FB0C97694FF16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of approved
national service positions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved
summer of service positions for the program, if applicable;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB3A490E981B4E9B888F20496F9D8C83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the proposed design of
the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D47A6A036C3451290AB45808471A118"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the program
provides service to, or involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or
otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher level of costs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCB0C468093C440F2B17C15170561C8F2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>such other factors as the
Corporation may consider under section 133 in considering applications for
assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8513A650434ABEA2E0FB5E1C0BAEEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for grant
recipients</header><text>In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this
subsection, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6361AB7EEFA84A2D98AF3F49081D583C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall require the grant
recipient—</text>
<clause id="H13AD4E7CB8C24CE59DB025A888CE5886"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to return a pro rata
amount of the grant funds based upon the difference between the number of hours
served by a participant and the minimum number of hours for completion of a
term of service (as established by the Corporation);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4900E22E2DB24ECF96AE5EF51765CF1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to report on the
program's performance on standardized measures and performance levels
established by the Corporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6CF4DA244BBB4396ADB9C1BC13A2885A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to cooperate with any
evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0234A0A4C89245FF9BBBC94AF20672DD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to provide assurances
that additional funds will be raised in support of the program, in addition to
those received under the national service laws; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09A33F2484774262A538282895F492A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may adopt other terms and
conditions that the Corporation considers necessary or appropriate based on the
relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associated with any
application for a fixed-amount grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H663C229B5D87452381CA114C6F3462ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other requirements not
applicable</header><text>Limitations on administrative costs and matching fund
documentation requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided in
accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H383CF85D30E34191AFAD510EB23B01C9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply with
the requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, or other
requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular
A–133.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1C12A775A4F44762ABE07D2DAF150596"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Additional
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of subtitle
C of title I is amended by inserting after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H59CA90770B7342928DC2EA4F4480B595" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="HF823F1DDDACB47A78F6CC5A3B10DB68D"><enum>129A.</enum><header>Educational awards
only program</header>
<subsection id="H77E85C74B77B43A986E414AC12AEF113"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide
financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with the restriction in
subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in accordance
with section 129(l)), provide operational support to programs that receive
approved national service positions but do not receive funds under section
121(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38778C1A003844778F03E1C5C1F069FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limit on Corporation
Grant Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation
may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an
amount that is not more than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved
national service position, or not more than $1,000 per such individual if at
least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvantaged
youth.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9FC996E4C394A4C9A55A0B47FCF76F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicable
Provisions</header><text>The following provisions shall not apply to programs
funded under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5F6F9166B9714B8882647A1663CD0A16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The limitation on
administrative costs under section 121(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H722E022029E8406588024E171E744886"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The matching funds
requirements under section 121(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12A574DF78A44977B2344A45D9CC9AC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The living allowance and
other benefits under sections 131(e) and 140 (other than individualized support
services for participants with disabilities under section
140(f)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6757AF6FD26E48D69C68DC6DF8119EFD"><enum>1308.</enum><header>State selection of
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 130 (42
U.S.C. 12582) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE634D04BD9240519A699AC310149A82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idA25030804988419DB236F97E55746022"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 121</quote> and inserting <quote>section 121(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43BE60EF767C490C8153D89051695937"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>assistance, a State,</quote> the following: <quote>territory,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05B1DEC532474D3599E049F4B64CBA4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>institution of higher education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>or institution of higher education</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H256B94416E58495E9055471FC9FFC8A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE3890C6B50D141F2A60298E9196F9024"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by
striking <quote>section 122(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
122(f)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id97BDF270E8FA4AA68EF1399555B19976"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by
inserting <quote>municipalities and governments of counties in which such a
community is located,</quote> after <quote>providing services,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD3137B3F09D41C9A417FD82CB809B53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5A166470D4D48A7AF5C4BDDA6D4038D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H0712CAA513634BD3A639FCA5F3BD9A26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>jobs
or positions</quote> and inserting <quote>proposed positions</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC3A68CC3E9924E3F9CB38B87B731DD49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>,
including</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting a period;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4277DA7F7DAD461A9BC430231405DED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
inserting <quote>proposed</quote> before <quote>minimum</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3287DAE79A4D4F39AE05F9C271D5A76B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1A66C452ED64820B91D57F7135DC477" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9822164DB71B4086A9D7DEBFBE63D4BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a nonprofit organization
intending to operate programs in 2 or more States, a description of the manner
in which and extent to which the organization consulted with the State
Commissions of each State in which the organization intends to operate and the
nature of the consultation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8A37DECA7A814973BA890C57F6906C4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5F057EB02390408C9ED4A14A0DF2E62B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A) and
(B), by striking <quote>subsection (a) or (b) of section 121</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 121(a)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDE8E0C95B065440EA018400A88028593"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>section 122(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a),
(b), or (c) of section 122</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECA52F126BAC4DA9A8F95C9087E4D8F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and
inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD039E84AEC304752BEC33CA97257506B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5A2E029C6441466DAD656A826E46103E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional Required
Application Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
application submitted under subsection (a) for programs described in 122(a)
shall also contain—</text>
<paragraph id="H5726AE3BFEC146DFA2AB7FF633EDC842"><enum>(1)</enum><text>measurable goals, to be
used for annual measurements of the program's performance on 1 or more of the
corresponding indicators described in section 122;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0F957A708544676B83A89CD4863DB8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information describing
how the applicant proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on the
corresponding indicators utilizing participants, including describing the
activities in which such participants will engage to improve performance on
those indicators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA085E1ADAB1540CAB3A29350DCCFAD74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>information identifying
the geographical area in which the eligible entity proposing to carry out the
program proposes to use funds to improve performance on the corresponding
indicators, and demographic information on the students or individuals, as
appropriate, in such area, and statistics demonstrating the need to improve
such indicators in such area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAC23AAB921243759FD7AB7E1D708208"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if applicable,
information on how the eligible entity will work with other community-based
entities to carry out activities to improve performance on the corresponding
indicators using such funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1D4157FDFDB45F582B901A5254BA3AE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as
so redesignated), by striking <quote>were selected</quote> and inserting
<quote>were or will be selected</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H004F8048A5234FCDA8CD01A9BD4DE916"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so
redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA9BEF12BE0D4A779466230816486836"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>a program applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>an
applicant</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDB2910110EA4BB6BEFFF268369BE6F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H42970030AA8E4EA18C7F198C44225EFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Program
applicant</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Applicant</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE513E0690B7488390249BAA4CCFADB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>program applicant</quote> and inserting
<quote>applicant</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H91F5E111356643E8B610CC6E55EC2C22"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause id="HBCEE2A50137D466A8DFA6028470A3434"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9A64A884032946ACBB2DDF3B2D7A06D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>institution of higher education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>or institution of higher education</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2B2115351D61416482C5C2DBDB0F2E1D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subclause id="HA4E3B30781AD43C2B9B0FD56CEFE6973"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H776E6F1A2ED34F219E59B60B4F16637A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>institution of higher
education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>or institution of
higher education</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf13956c5cac34083b44bee9b5c0bbd68"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(h) (as so redesignated) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id837843C153054C9FBC37DB9FDD99AFDB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDa86ad6125fa547fb8c5ab723e0adffad"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on same
project receiving multiple grants</header><text>Unless specifically authorized
by law, the Corporation may not provide more than 1 grant under the national
service laws for a fiscal year to support the same project under the national
service laws.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4A5D15A1D3D40418C4BC3ED070C5CC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1309.</enum><header>National service
program assistance requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71741416D3F8405EB8BD01D1477BC0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph
(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EEA2F43F77F433AA1036FBE77A9D477" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F1AAA1E964C403FB05D1A91E8FE039E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the community served, the
municipality and government of the county (if appropriate) in which the
community is located, and potential participants in the program;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC24DD7508A5942758A331ADFC02CB3A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46C5297A1A6A433695B4B04690C5384B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8E06ED8941A545D281BF9DA06C113B42"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program that is not funded
through a State (including a national service program that a nonprofit
organization seeks to operate in 2 or more States), consult with and coordinate
activities with the State Commission for each State in which the program will
operate, and the Corporation shall obtain confirmation from the State
Commission that the applicant seeking assistance under this Act has consulted
with and coordinated with the State Commission when seeking to operate the
program in that
State.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id58803F55B04D475ABDA2DE36E36032A0"><enum>1310.</enum><header>Prohibited activities
and ineligible organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 132 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE76F4BC098C141B3AE7ABBFA42C3CF88" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="idCF5F01720023441FA68CCBCB831F685D"><enum>132A.</enum><header>Prohibited activities
and ineligible organizations</header>
<subsection id="IDad7dc3242f2243b1b052d36651a3c5fe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibited
activities</header><text>An approved national service position under this
subtitle may not be used for the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID595d1f7f871143d1a953df3d093cb932"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Attempting to influence
legislation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID971e6fbb992349bdacca3eb7fa6cc755"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Organizing or engaging in
protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf87f641caa144701a3795eec164390be"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Assisting, promoting, or
deterring union organizing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbae1cdd08cb04f61a2e1bdab2b085f0c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Impairing existing
contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID40d95a67bc864ddd8be758a0e55391b6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Engaging in partisan
political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of
an election to Federal office or the outcome of an election to a State or local
public office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID555ed9ff9ec942249315081b1700745f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Participating in, or
endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or
against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed
legislation, or elected officials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfed5690dd59947bba70f14792ede57a4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Engaging in religious
instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a
program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing
or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship,
maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction
or worship, or engaging in any form of proselytization, consistent with section
132.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID70d7915cb17c4513a0d525fc6e4c680c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Consistent with section
132, providing a direct benefit to any—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID530472b74e50436c9fbe916173c620b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business organized for
profit;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68a3966d83f8455c8419ae25119077e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>labor union;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5c5c8fd88caf4e2cb76c2b1f5e92663c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>partisan political
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID80cbf86995b845a0909b812b01af79a3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>nonprofit organization
that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities
undertaken at their own initiative; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd44a4bd79e44777a89f1952df149dac"><enum>(E)</enum><text>organization engaged in
the religious activities described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not
used to support those religious activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDba8db3cd5e8b425da98ed4a3bed9c186"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Providing abortion
services or referrals for receipt of such services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd86aa989e34a4400a8e607d7b2d6bdb8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Conducting a voter
registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration
drive.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe7935da9a34e4e80ac084f50da709797"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Carrying out such other
activities as the Corporation may prohibit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe8b9c426633b4822bb7f183e50cf65a4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ineligibility</header><text>No
assistance provided under this subtitle may be provided to any organization
that has violated a Federal criminal statute.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb266632d502d4941980f571182b20cd6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nondisplacement of
employed workers or other volunteers</header><text>A participant in an approved
national service position under this subtitle may not be directed to perform
any services or duties, or to engage in any activities, prohibited under the
nonduplication, nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements relating to
employees and volunteers in section
177.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5A6A3636E181479FAD6BD69F046606C1"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Consideration of
applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133 (42
U.S.C. 12585) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H992085C7626C4E3DBD0D18989E22D1CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B),
by striking <quote>jobs or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E633C2C69549659E7980092828EE3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5B2E2215E4E9413592D99EBE0DEEC62E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id52AEA3DE5AF841F0A527747A4D2BB9ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause id="id02F297D589794186918FDF7677F98F85"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 122(a)</quote>
and inserting <quote>subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD607AE8DC4334B7487C98E747BFCC57C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section
129(d)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 129(d)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA0B205C6E9BF409C8A25C0110EA920EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (A) through (G) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EC2F60292874B60AF6802A270AB9E64" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H491253DA774148609A247B2E30995836"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national service programs that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9370656B4A34406EBBA0B5CC7D0725ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conform to the national
service priorities in effect under section 122(f);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCDF36241A718447289B3500081287F63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are innovative;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H60072EE7C74E4FCBA2ECFD30F649945E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are well established in
1 or more States at the time of the application and are proposed to be expanded
to additional States using assistance provided under section 121;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H99A7C81456F142259BBAD183EFB312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant programs in support
of other national service programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by
nonprofit organizations with demonstrated and extensive expertise in the
provision of services to meet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A51953330CC4EFB8D9F4C1C3B31C293"><enum>(C)</enum><text>professional corps
programs described in section
122(c)(1)(D).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04507FC8FA9E4FB1858C47E88A7F6A24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>section 129(d)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
129(d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0844B823FE6D4E0CA8BE247D6EE3B37B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by
striking <quote>subsections (a) and (d)(1) of section 129</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsections (d) and (e) of section 129</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4F9ACB51538F4FBF8FADD7273EED9C36"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1A47B735EC094A8584C59D803B74EDD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>section 129(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
129(e)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C8E1362F6B04D5389F945AAEC6999DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="idC643DDAF6E55436E87B28CC29C77D91F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 129(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 129(e)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id97BF3A8C19FF4440BA80F94AE83A1BDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (3) of such subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>section
129(f)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id099E2A5EC9044DCC860AAAFE2C30FFB0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE92A15B640AB40D7A9FAAA37BF9D8F07"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ECC09BFF22A4EEC95273609FD628067" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5cb7f3639dbd4526a827fad64d28a560"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Views of State Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making competitive awards under section
129(d), the Corporation shall solicit and consider the views of a State
Commission regarding any application for assistance to carry out a national
service program within the
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0E5DD3B735E04A11AD98E37A7D499CF6"><enum>1312.</enum><header>Description of
participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 137 (42
U.S.C. 12591) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H97E1237938C847CEB7C2425B868BE57A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6500BD2B4976470597020C0297A69C2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67CA74DCA756489FAE5C917AE60BD4EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58C2AD61930E48FBBC4D4F5A7814A0ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA2B648CA61E543C89C669DD09FDB45E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 122(a)(2) or a program described in
section 122(a)(9)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 122(a)(3)(B)(x)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE39F3772DC5746259A45DB9D7A2D098B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H280DBAC3D5904704A85625E5E9A9B4D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by
striking <quote>(a)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HAF5A0ECB321A467898EFF91B923759E7"><enum>1313.</enum><header>Selection of national
service participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H633ABEF02EF74A40B6FB5D7538CB7ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>conducted by the State</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>or other entity</quote> and inserting <quote>conducted by the
entity</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D5B3216A9F44A0EBAD20B4499213896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(C),
by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>,
particularly those who were considered, at the time of their service,
disadvantaged youth</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9301CD613C4D474D9ADA5F2F3235E26B"><enum>1314.</enum><header>Terms of
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 139 (42 U.S.C.
12593) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFB1FEF5FFA1A404E9A311A5EB282E579"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A3D2CC98C494598B667B428176DEA01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>not less than 9 months and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7318962F72A742B085C6184302A5D4D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>during a period of—</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>during a period of not more than 2
years.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC4A95D725FA4C27BC5240BFA69D985B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB57C0533B5234A899EAAD1AB5441101A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7AA9D73861C4E96ADB6261DFCDDBF86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Extension of term for
disaster purposes</header>
<subparagraph id="H8509D43046764094A39E2789101A5941"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>An
individual in an approved national service position performing service directly
related to disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service for a
period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified in, as appropriate,
this subsection or section 153(d) or in section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6AEC33E7D05463AA69F505D2452070F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Single term of
service</header><text>A period of service performed by an individual in an
originally-agreed to term of service and service performed under this paragraph
shall constitute a single term of service for purposes of subsections (b)(1)
and (c) of section 146.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF461CC23CE4843FAB33A6A82EEB48D8D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>An
individual performing service under this paragraph may continue to receive a
living allowance and other benefits under section 140 but may not receive an
additional national service educational award under section
141.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E60775D53024729925B7B56EA5D24FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BAFC8DC317B4F23A20795E9A93AF117"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by
striking <quote>as demonstrated by the participant</quote> and inserting
<quote>as determined by the organization responsible for granting the release,
if the participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has completed at
least 15 percent of the term of service</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEC6C2F29032492284211F087A463D15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id16604196E11846268EB2BD9634F204FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>provide to the participant that portion of the national service
educational award</quote> and inserting <quote>certify the participant’s
eligibility for that portion of the national service educational award</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H058B2B55686841C7AAA73853F639B2F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>to allow return to the program with which the individual was
serving in order</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HBFD045E42D6A4FC4969038FFA6151F0D"><enum>1315.</enum><header>Adjustments to living
allowance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 140 (42
U.S.C. 12594) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H367F76FCF55E4FC6B9C221760035AD7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09B6947D7EB14805886FB4BBE84B5E34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2) and
(3)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CA91954EE344575B94952DADA68CEAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H964C7134E8244D30A2349EA6D7CAD45F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H114E75F66AFC49B7BF36AD868794334C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HF5C1220A1D5540809A9DAE8823CA3187" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEE5D560CD151419698C6991C7B7E4A87"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal work-study
students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The living allowance
that may be provided under paragraph (1) to an individual whose term of service
includes hours for which the individual receives a Federal work-study award
under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et
seq.) shall be reduced by the amount of the individual's Federal work study
award.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE121C4C1FAA4F0F956BC188DDC57BA2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>a reduced term of service under section 139(b)(3)</quote> and
inserting <quote>a term of service that is less than 12 months</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H952AF997662F4A25ADE19361680C0604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
striking <quote>shall include an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such
taxes</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
<quote>may be used to pay the taxes described in this
subsection.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94755505ED8C4BD59DB15B8B23FEEDC6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFF57667FEA9E4AEB89BA80AF227FA6BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id0C802CF74F154CECA67199E622C1E842"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 122(a)(8)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
122(c)(1)(D)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA350C8C1D6F64BE1980EBD979161791C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(2)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E4D53CC1CDB490A9CCEFACFD2A00157"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD760B03CFFFA4FB9BD48A5D28254278C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE166C8E9B8944C2B7DDEECABDDD2A81"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F803B87D5E74C6B87BF0A57789394DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAE5ADA3AD8E647BDA5623BA4E57E843D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id1F4BA1F73A1643DDB18631AB7AAEEA4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall
provide</quote> and inserting <quote>shall provide or make available</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id58EF8234C8E04A3698D6877E80F432A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the second
sentence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8FF6B65946FD4715887AADABCF530036"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>provide from its own funds</quote> and inserting <quote>provide
from its own funds or make available</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D13AAD5CA9A445192D83BD7FBCB4A32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(g) and (h).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBDA7ABA92D06414CA4AD73C70077160D"><enum>D</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>D</enum-in-header> (National Service Trust and Provision of
National Service Educational Awards)</header>
<section id="HEC8E73301555456CB77DF0BBE89C8143"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Availability of funds
in the National Service Trust</header>
<subsection id="idABF613D252CA41AC8F8D53A32E472BAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Subtitle
heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The subtitle heading
for subtitle D of title I is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99D656DE30954860A98F7559BEAEDD7E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="id2D7E005354FC44778E8CE7DEB7DCF0FB"><enum>D</enum><header>National Service Trust
and Provision of Educational
Awards</header>
</subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id45036F86CD694F6F8EC14E1E8CBFA1D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
Trust</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 145 (42 U.S.C.
12601) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8786C80D317E4DDDA0294CAF58503A5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6559102BA4A14A708742B39FBFDF0CD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id55749CD8D7A6496CA96F5E26114C9E36"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>pursuant to section 501(a)(2)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idAD18CD33E029426D89159909A0070C03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote> the
following: <quote>, summer of service educational awards, and silver scholar
educational awards</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE2838CB509644B69AE8FE8140C9A68A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="idC92E6E73BC54403FBE0398D0F462B273"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>pursuant to section 196(a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>pursuant to
section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such donations direct that the donated
amounts be deposited in the National Service Trust</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3F2F973011C94F9C8C1B3E891F5FAE4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBA40FFC272746C0B503DD177B39C041"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF25CD7C8DF3C47AEAA10E119D9A70F9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB246092CCAD1443DBAA794BA553534CA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id70E6E63A794349ADB67AE10361B7CDF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any amounts recovered by
the Corporation pursuant to section 146A;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H667D82E0B0544766A43F69A3023FFCBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by
striking “for payments of national service educational awards in accordance
with section 148.” and inserting “for—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H27666F716A7746258FCAE0EB096F5B71" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF1269341702A4970B28F339EC025124A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payments of national
service educational awards, summer of service educational awards, and silver
scholar educational awards in accordance with section 148; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C84EC05E0614848BE820D8F4D1D24C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>payments of interest in
accordance with section 148(e).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67ADE875BF6240B79A3766D3C04CD668"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE7848109597648469100E715711E781A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">congress</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">the authorizing
committees</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F0D7F92E3FD4A4FB2EC97781C0837AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>the
authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id735BC981289D4C81BB6BADEA258202D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraphs (2), (3),
and (4), by inserting <quote>, summer of service educational awards, or silver
scholar awards</quote> after <quote>national service educational awards</quote>
each place the term appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id975E9B1FED344DF88DE9114AB9F8AF27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="id57AC445BC58543E09D89E9BF4B984C53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>,
additional approved summer of service positions, and additional approved silver
scholar positions</quote> after <quote>additional approved national service
positions</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEB0397B29A9F4E60B43694331A8467A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under
subtitle C</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HDD2080FDA2164856ADE29B26363E4922"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Individuals eligible
to receive an educational award from the Trust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id73494548FD5048C4AA00C18F2885079C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D4C27F72B704023B1B774FCD4515FD3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="idA46B75253B244147A752AC569B053D1F"><enum>146.</enum><header>Individuals eligible
to receive an educational award from the
Trust</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90DE536D0E764448811EE19EDF238B1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0882B7A5BD8C41C7BD60C94BAA76DE9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id23D03813719D4FB1AB4A4C05215B49EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>,
summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational
award</quote> after <quote>national service educational award</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id43019421013347FFB83B51BA9AB7256B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>if
the individual</quote> and inserting <quote>if the organization responsible for
the individual’s supervision in a national service program certifies that the
individual</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAAA018C39262497EBE5DFCB50632262D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD37EED9D420B4566B1A1026222462D59" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H53B8C78935604A11A0B550F533C99CE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>met the applicable
eligibility requirements for the approved national service position, approved
silver scholar position, or approved summer of service position, as
appropriate, in which the individual served;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEF315AE7833A4424BCED3A1DC301B457"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F6EE5A93E244111A9E7FEE995965114"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a full-time or part-time national
service educational award, successfully completed the required term of service
described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national service
position;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="H5A5AD39BAC6F4B07A19EC7E8F8E9A881" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a partial educational award in
accordance with section 139(c)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07BD7F4BA3F2492D9961CEB80C355792"><enum>(i)</enum><text>satisfactorily performed
prior to being granted a release for compelling personal circumstances under
such section; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBDDF3BDB448645DF9A5972C1110933BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>completed at least 15
percent of the required term of service described in subsection (b) for the
approved national service position;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="idEAB68A33C0DE4621BDBA6C2F4FDA05D5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for a summer of service
educational award, successfully completed the required term of service
described in subsection (b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as
certified through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations
consistent with section 138(f); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="id0832876C7E9B4FB1BBDE426D6A9D5503" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for a silver scholar
educational award, successfully completed the required term of service
described in subsection (b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as
certified through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations
consistent with section 138(f);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAEDC329BD0864E8AB429E2A244DA6464"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id73442578AB3340C48BE852B4DF9A5E08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id8B62F880CEC74E88AFA9C76E46870540"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36D05BC5DD514C5F991E2A99798CB3D9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id5D24EE1E26824803856E86256B727071"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approved national
service position</header><text>The term</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE0DC4F55A3FC4D4C821686750F074289"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7E207F345894F78A310B7AD36F49A33" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAF9EF149A6AA4B1EA57942340889B114"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approved summer of
service position</header><text>The term of service for an approved summer of
service position shall not be less than 100 hours of service during the summer
months.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id800FA17397264722A1E448C7D354B626"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approved silver scholar
position</header><text>The term of service for an approved silver scholar
position shall be not less than 350 hours during a 1-year
period.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H21F00DA82B264B3CA4A5BF2323C36A61"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H03B2A0E8A81D448BA0BB83B47B7564CA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H3E59C91C0EEE4844910BE4C1335EC3A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on Receipt
of National Service Educational Awards</header><text>An individual may not
receive, through national service educational awards and silver scholar
educational awards, more than an amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such
awards for full-time service. The value of summer of service educational awards
that an individual receives shall have no effect on the aggregate value of the
national service educational awards the individual may
receive.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D2B6DA009374858B4355022593E71B4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99822ED1E4E74D2FBB3DC74F0D0CCAB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HD671A473E371460890C9495DFBD5464C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Seven-year
requirement</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC44FBC87A23746798B482990AC3C1D43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>An</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (2),
an</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1905BE9577204EBFB88AF85011B1BFAA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or
a silver scholar educational award</quote> after <quote>national service
educational award</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9659F08E889741DDBB9F03C215F05C98"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or
an approved silver scholar position, as applicable,</quote> after
<quote>approved national service position</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEBCC167B438A4CDE9CA66CC089F24E6C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>Subject to paragraph (2), an individual eligible to receive a
summer of service educational award under this section may not use such award
after the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date the individual
completes the term of service in an approved summer of service position that is
the basis of the award.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE309593DB5E949288089E670A038739B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id940B3D8BD6524CCCAECBCD51C47EB418"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) and in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, summer of
service educational award, or silver scholar educational award</quote> after
<quote>national service educational award</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id5142DE6BF56B45239DBFBFA2724A10CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting <quote>, or 10-year period, as appropriate</quote> after
<quote>7-year period</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id54B53C186EED49EEA7FCABEAB6206E90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
inserting <quote>, approved summer of service position, or approved silver
scholar position</quote> after <quote>approved national service
position</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id517DA1B4C67B49BBBD1648D3133CCC7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62726FAAEBB3469986D4759CB803D329" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36CB0A405D72429AB436E53110A4E84E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term for transferred educational
awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
applying paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible to receive
an educational award as a designated individual (as defined in section
148(f)(8)), references to a seven-year period shall be considered to be
references to a 10-year period that begins on the date the individual who
transferred the educational award to the designated individual completed the
term of service in the approved national service position or approved silver
scholar position that is the basis of the
award.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCF06A4405C684D09AD861EBBCC2F9B00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFDD8262114F42BC8DCAB1BEE529B7F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>qualifying under this section</quote> the following: <quote>or under
section 119(c)(8)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD8B893D1758E49D09C8B0DC023A51A56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>to receive a national service educational award</quote> the following:
<quote>, a summer of service educational award, or a silver scholar educational
award</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID25cd194e34994ab782b03f7464129bc6"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Certifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act is amended by adding after section
146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB929D0C4D8CD49C197AC97BD8407B448" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="IDf460ecabd8794322ad96acaa42bd3173"><enum>146A.</enum><header>Certifications of
successful completion of terms of service</header>
<subsection id="ID65377f7ce40c4d5f9d58e6d83864302e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certifications</header><text>In
making any authorized disbursement from the National Service Trust in regard to
an eligible individual (including disbursement for a designated individual, as
defined in section 148(f)(8), due to the service of an eligible individual)
under section 146 who served in an approved national service position, an
approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar position,
the Corporation shall rely on a certification. The certification shall be made
by the entity that selected the individual for and supervised the individual in
the approved national service position in which such individual successfully
completed a required term of service, in a national service program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3a08f2865131413fb9f2c3750a82e3cf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of erroneous
certifications</header><text>If the Corporation determines that the
certification under subsection (a) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation
shall assess against the national service program a charge for the amount of
any associated payment or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In
assessing the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full
facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect
certification.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AF3D76C019A44CF9796FC916D259C0D"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Determination of the
amount of the educational award</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DBAE2E0B1754A4CBC147525F56F6469"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A2D0CA7E6484836889BED315275F79F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33EE88DB6C7645DD9FBA4515AD25E3A3"><enum>147.</enum><header>Determination of the
amount of the educational award</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4F3F21F8AEF46869D6C8F6966C91CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD05445F782EF4A83BF18CA1432566AB2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40494FCED43A4037BC164ED42F35DD16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount for full-time
national service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
provided in subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) who
successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an
approved national service position shall receive a national service educational
award having a value equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under
section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a
student eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard to
whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory
appropriations), for the award year for which the national service position is
approved by the Corporation.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF2941A40D364D08860F32BA73123856"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>, for
each of not more than 2 of such terms of service,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8CCE663E8B034831BE5BC7D901311324"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E091DF3FCF4477A886D3DAC09D115F4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="id3B9A89EC0DB1429599FD6528DF99D6D8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount for summer of
service</header><text>An individual described in section 146(a) who
successfully completes a required summer of service term shall receive a summer
of service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of
such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief
Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant who is
economically disadvantaged).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id0E41069B7ED54D2E933DDD5E476109C1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amount for silver
scholars</header><text>An individual described in section 146(a) who
successfully completes a required silver scholar term shall receive a silver
scholar educational award having a value of
$1,000.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5C991B752E42488F8F0CC485BDA6C214"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Disbursement of
educational awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 148
(42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE1C46034BA9B41A8A19DE7B8E4D974D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E89315D73BE4F4AA9B5B937870172F4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id38E4F35CEF594CC786F3083BCB0951E4"><enum>148.</enum><header>Disbursement of
educational awards</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5CA981EDE744FCE9814B2ED5234ED29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51D2D728D770426C92F40394958389F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>cost of attendance</quote> and inserting <quote>cost of
attendance or other educational expenses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0E9EA4D1BE74348959F5C38BDDB5C60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C68C0B7104A4BB09F00A9E46CFCC45B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F8F45CB2F1C4DB18E0A20ABCF549DC6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H3FD9343AE38E4CBFB1EB9B7757B764D1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD316000C60054B549CB7BAB97D145B8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to pay expenses incurred
in enrolling in an educational institution or training establishment that is
approved under chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, or other applicable
provisions of law, for offering programs of education, apprenticeship, or
on-job training for which educational assistance may be provided by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD3AF6477F9A4CAD91E33995B11EF536"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB176679480C04EF1BD096B6C345587DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting after <quote>the national service educational award of the
individual</quote> the following: <quote>, an eligible individual under section
146(a) who served in a summer of service program and desires to apply that
individual's summer of service educational award, or an eligible individual
under section 146(a) who served in a silver scholar program and desires to
apply that individual's silver scholar educational award,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF936445EB43467DA2B4B45102F1B2BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
inserting after <quote>the national service educational award</quote> the
following: <quote>, the summer of service educational award, or the silver
scholar educational award, as applicable,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H707828A8AA904A1FA620CE0F7A5F0F96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
inserting after <quote>the national service educational award</quote> the
following: <quote>, the summer of service educational award, or the silver
scholar educational award, as applicable</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDE707DEE119442AB180610A1BE07D84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<clause id="idB908528B6FBB46A0B942194D24138A8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H04398F181FE74AA8B978F6F40DF11F72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEA2BA7828B84877BAC33805C37DD1E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H5C37F71421294A3E915AC6C7E0EB39C7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF0B659D79E6748A280C1E85B180D9E6D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any loan (other than a
loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an institution of
higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s educational expenses and
made, insured, or guaranteed by—</text>
<clause id="H3F5FAC7702A4461F9450F3444D3D4D55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an eligible lender, as
defined in section 435 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education
Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1085);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD480D33F0F6048A9BE816F890FFE8342"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the direct student loan
program under part D of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FA246A37BCF4DCAAD4B5C33F6775AC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a State agency;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6207F893F20E48DE989D80A5F51F7830"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a lender otherwise
determined by the Corporation to be eligible to receive disbursements from the
National Service
Trust.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC00C9A8234E34EFE9C7314F1E14C5F84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H112FE3B7B80341598CF8C2A030D8BEAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote> the
following: <quote>, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who desires to
apply the individual’s summer of service educational award, or an eligible
individual under section 146(a) who served in a silver scholar program and
desires to apply that individual's silver scholar educational
award,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5535170EFED146D8A44ED265DC28FC2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="idFB679443C8984E0BB1CB2A35E0000113"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote> the
following: <quote>, summer of service educational award, or silver scholar
educational award, as applicable,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H27CDA5FF635E454C9277641BB4630104"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)(iii), by inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote>
the following: <quote>, summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar
educational awards, as applicable,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86222F5095EB4CB6876F77F5A96473C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote> the
following: <quote>summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar
educational awards</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD732E69E060D4FB3881279FA1E3551AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="H9C8DDAF50C7B47358CB1C2BD39BC7094"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by
inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote> the
following: <quote>, summer of service educational award, or silver scholar
educational award, as applicable,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1667C6E97BCB4C1CBC718EE5751182D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the third sentence,
by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, additional approved
summer of service positions, and additional approved silver scholar
positions</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CA35C34C3C3427B9F3B2CFF1A3B5494"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="id63521A05149241AEB5BBEE99FB1717B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting after <quote>national service educational
award</quote> the following: <quote>, summer of service educational award, or
silver scholar educational award</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE4D5F3FCA1564164AE95B848DF8C8FA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting <quote>and other educational expenses</quote> after <quote>cost of
attendance</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8A14A188F6024BF0AC7E1C241143B32D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12A46C6E1EE048B0A3F71862631A23BD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3F7FB7CDD13A485E822F06810C4738C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the student's estimated
financial assistance for such period under part A of title IV of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1070 et
seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5651324E90684BC3ABA92B508437AC7C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by
inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote> the
following: <quote>, summer of service educational awards, and silver scholar
educational awards</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E989801070C40D49D93808E99FB390B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by
striking <quote>subsection (b)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(b)(7)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F6EA9418454567AF62B8731FEDB10C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA3A15D90CDEC422894DF1DC9DFAEAAEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Chief Executive Officer</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2EB055511AB4E69A7B40FD3E26B856D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>,
summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award, as
appropriate,</quote> after <quote>national service educational
award</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E40C6F205CA45C48F264EECC5DACF2A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h) respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67084C0AF16543698AECF1B2152D8711"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1B23C37A39849719F0992EAF9A608F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id64732E0D68C14D3D83DA842CBFC22299"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transfer of educational
awards</header>
<paragraph id="idAA3651AB552B4A8C9B3B114A5B9CC8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An individual who is eligible to receive a national
service educational award or silver scholar educational award due to service in
a program described in paragraph (2) may elect to receive the award (in the
amount described in the corresponding provision of section 147) and transfer
the award to a designated individual. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply
to the designated individual in lieu of the individual who is eligible to
receive the national service educational award or silver scholar educational
award, except that amounts refunded to the account under subsection (c)(5) on
behalf of a designated individual may be used by the Corporation to fund
additional placements in the national service program in which the eligible
individual who transferred the national service educational award or silver
scholar educational award participated for such award.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9E1A6C0D4B174FE9A2925E6A5405E6AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
transfer</header><text>An educational award may be transferred under this
subsection if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id98A5FC9E093A4F42BB2927406D0A3575"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCA685D50C34045049D476D3DDCFAA690"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the award is a national
service educational award for service in a national service program that
receives a grant under subtitle C; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="idA3A17B7AAC9149608F49936FFA34D7D7" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before beginning the
term of service involved, the eligible individual is age 55 or older; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD94CFA9C2E494E3A90E0D29E48CFF08B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the award is a silver
scholarship educational award under section 198C(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d9b34483e744ae593ffd31658fa4aff"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification or
revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID59b318b5da064ddaa3a0846775d54283"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An individual transferring an educational award under
this subsection may, on any date on which a portion of the educational award
remains unused, modify or revoke the transfer of the educational award with
respect to that portion.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa98a93d79f714d059fb189af48ded6a3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>A
modification or revocation of the transfer of an educational award under this
paragraph shall be made by the submission of written notice to the
Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID275fb6885e9e41008125b338df623d2f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on
treatment of transferred award as marital property</header><text>An educational
award transferred under this subsection may not be treated as marital property,
or the asset of a marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or other
civil proceeding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeaa4760df3b748409695dcc845def6ce"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Death of
transferor</header><text>The death of an individual transferring an educational
award under this subsection shall not affect the use of the educational award
by the child, foster child, or grandchild to whom the educational award is
transferred if such educational award is transferred prior to the death of the
individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdb5b5c561a164f8e953ee750ca919532"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Procedures to prevent
waste, fraud, or abuse</header><text>The Corporation shall establish
requirements to prevent waste, fraud, or abuse in connection with the transfer
of an educational award and to protect the integrity of the educational award
under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbcc88286472143209eed0654b2c56433"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Corporation may, as appropriate, provide technical
assistance, to individuals and eligible entities carrying out national service
programs, concerning carrying out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCDA8C79C1AD143FEAC9A5FFD97C538FC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definition of a
designated individual</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>designated individual</term> is an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBE6EB911BB7444B3B81B5E5524CDAA67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whom an individual who is
eligible to receive a national service educational award or silver scholar
educational award due to service in a program described in paragraph (2)
designates to receive the educational award;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1CF6B7E5D974E3B8647E76BC342DD29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who meets the eligibility
requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id853ECB47C3A246CB8AF7E95290EA1571"><enum>(C)</enum><text>who is a child, foster
child, or grandchild of the individual described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC899BEAC27B04166BB49D666D8AA365C"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Approval process for
approved positions</header>
<subsection id="H577C9F0366E24E03AE9B40EA0D0B7FBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of title I
(42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5884C291D20C4D278DD4B498EAECA2FA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HA039DD85C9C743278BD750C4B982D995"><enum>149.</enum><header>Approval process for
approved positions</header>
<subsection id="HA75FF953F64F49AB9B8A091B90CD7B58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Timing and recording
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H14CD08CC1F94451D9B322F14894DDF4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, and H, and any other
provision of law, in approving a position as an approved national service
position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar
position, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90681703DF8046078E8681F1E23187B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall approve the
position at the time the Corporation—</text>
<clause id="H4F94EA53C46F41A59D8BD2D486E2A024"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enters into an enforceable agreement with
an individual participant to serve in a program carried out under subtitle E of
title I of this Act, section 198B or 198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), a summer of service
program described in section 119(c)(8), or a silver scholarship program
described in section 198C(a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F59058E94B247CA9AE16AD2C2332072"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as provided in
clause (i), awards a grant to (or enters into a contract or cooperative
agreement with) an entity to carry out a program for which such a position is
approved under section 123; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H203117BF04194AC8986EE452B45D0953"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall record as an
obligation an estimate of the net present value of the national service
educational award, summer of service educational award, or silver scholar
educational award associated with the position, based on a formula that takes
into consideration historical rates of enrollment in such a program, and of
earning and using national service educational awards, summer of service
educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards, as appropriate, for
such a program and remain available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2013B1415AC4404AB3FBDD34661CA64B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>In
determining the formula described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall
consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H386F175A91FB4505A45D56C6C992FFE6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to the authorizing
committees a report that contains a certification that the Corporation is in
compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA42EC2DA17DD43649A57B504EA6776B0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
requirements of this subsection shall apply to each approved national service
position, approved summer of service position, or approved silver scholarship
position that the Corporation approves—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE59B5DFC19C4871968EFDDFE1D968AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during fiscal year 2010;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3764EADF2D24AFAB2F0A0AEDE8B2888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during any subsequent
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BD062B7B7B04E8BA053E59D11870DED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve
account</header>
<paragraph id="HA04C15677C7F4E2293F7B014E03A0E10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and
contents</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D4EB655A8724041A8ACAEA9668476C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Notwithstanding
subtitles C, D, and H, and any other provision of law, within the National
Service Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall establish a
reserve account.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC742D4D825041A3B97C9D97F87619A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>To
ensure the availability of adequate funds to support the awards of approved
national service positions, approved summer of service positions, and approved
silver scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in
the account—</text>
<clause id="HADD3A2F2FA1F4E07BFA7CF125EE28200"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during fiscal year 2010, a portion of the
funds that were appropriated for fiscal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year
under section 501 of this Act or section 501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry out subtitle C, D,
or E of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title I of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or summer of service programs described
in section 119(c)(8), and remain available; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3CD329CAAA294F9788ABAF6866FC6521"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during fiscal year 2011 or a subsequent
fiscal year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for that fiscal year
under section 501 of this Act or section 501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry out subtitle C, D,
or E of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title I of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or summer of service programs described
in section 119(c)(8), and remain available.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6403A292D5814CF6B7D8F70BFA8D7E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obligation</header><text>The
Corporation shall not obligate the funds in the reserve account until the
Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CBBCD56554742799256E29B724D8E90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the funds will not be
needed for the payment of national service educational awards associated with
previously approved national service positions, summer of service educational
awards associated with previously approved summer of service positions, and
silver scholar educational awards associated with previously approved silver
scholar positions; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA75921B00174E01B1B82E37EC877EC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obligates the funds for
the payment of national service educational awards for such previously approved
national service positions, summer of service educational awards for such
previously approved summer of service positions, or silver scholar educational
awards for such previously approved silver scholar positions, as
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9080AE10AE864DE4842CE9A1B043D762"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The
accounts of the Corporation relating to the appropriated funds for approved
national service positions, approved summer of service positions, and approved
silver scholar positions, and the records demonstrating the manner in which the
Corporation has recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as
obligations, shall be audited annually by independent certified public
accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by
a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United
States in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. A report
containing the results of each such independent audit shall be included in the
annual report required by subsection (a)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F3146FAF35747C0AB8F02C0639BBD54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), all amounts
included in the National Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
section 145(a) shall be available for payments of national service educational
awards, summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar educational
awards under section
148.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC83E7958B69B42659C9110A39656E868"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text>The Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (42 U.S.C. 12605) is
repealed.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2D1A4DD7C71A42AF9BC4A64F42068A15"><enum>E</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>E</enum-in-header> (National Civilian Community Corps)</header>
<section id="id93A64904D39B4DD687E90742619F8BC4"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DFFDFC764F54134A65FD814EB05D815" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="IDc4f05d90f1e648efa71c92a5a7e29dfd"><enum>151.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this subtitle to
authorize the operation of, and support for, residential and other service
programs that combine the best practices of civilian service with the best
aspects of military service, including leadership and team building, to meet
national and community needs. The needs to be met under such programs include
those needs related to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbecdd4a717dc40b98ece37c6ad2c0426"><enum>(1)</enum><text>natural and other
disasters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2819658abe5d4092906b225b2d08dd26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>infrastructure
improvement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9bf88ebd4055429886edebb707ff1f50"><enum>(3)</enum><text>environmental stewardship
and conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d4c1b2a57c44afcba780b61e25ec7ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>energy conservation;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d9edf073415423c9b06dbfd44c6a76a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>urban and rural
development.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5540A3202EFF4181A91CD2913A03FCF7"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Program
components</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 152 (42
U.S.C. 12612) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FA28DEB0B6B42F09E0E56EE955A2600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section
heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF40A41C67FAF47869E7A0D2F972A08DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H3A001DD7904149E4B2A83F7A0022B3BC"><enum>152.</enum><header>Establishment of
National Civilian Community Corps
Program</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3569125C4764BFAB37C30FD7E5A1D44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and
inserting <quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB1F6CC4C82B497787B9E55CB26961AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) of subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF490EA08086F40F6987C18D728BA1616"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps
Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Civilian Community
Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B6509B70AD04E9BB2E79AA8F1F7E589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a
Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>a National Civilian
Community Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H73CDA3151F60425E8E4205BC593F3910"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC688FEBC3494460DAB74F4CC7948BEDE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H162D630B4A06431BA0EE47E202E9EAD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Residential
components</header><text>Both programs referred to in subsection (b) may
include a residential
component.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB90935CA5CA3495DB1BA238C58113029"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Eligible
participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 153 (42
U.S.C. 12613) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H73F88C39B4814FB4A82A967AFDC0A161"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H016B3479E22C44BAA0E5CB72DB4A4E93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C2140352E07409B84BC8D4479C7D8D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on
Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>on National Civilian
Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7A6761B2C7A4BF08AABDA6404DCF56B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37156361C0FC45E195007D2AF20BE1C3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDcc9ee37174694e5ba697ef13e87303e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is, or will be, at least
18 years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the
individual enrolls in the program, but is not more than 24 years of age as of
the date the individual begins participating in the program;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F64BF1BEF8044ECBEB66DA5612CA1F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C956F758B714B3C9A7DCA72DF58B7FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Backrounds</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Backgrounds</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBA59CC4421C4579BCF41824E157A762"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>The Director shall take appropriate steps, including through
outreach and recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of participants
in the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 percent of all participants by
year 2012. The Director shall report to the authorizing committees biennially
on such steps, any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of
disadvantaged youth in the program.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA04089A29F6A48E89EDEAB3D0046374D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3DD17D51CCEE4A20A5270EC4BCED6DB0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC1E04FF849214627874EB204DB6A20F6"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Summer national
service program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 154
(42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H271E5A93C937414A9D3B6DE714F1729F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0474FFE07CA942FCAAD68EAD1B528090"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8057C63E74347B28A7B9D095CF9A327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on
Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>on National Civilian
Community Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2846060FFEB84116A014158E13F382F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
striking <quote>shall be</quote> and all that follows through the period at the
end and inserting <quote>shall be from economically and ethnically diverse
backgrounds, including youth who are in foster care.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA3C51B6B05D74B98817084BA53CBC356"><enum>1505.</enum><header>National Civilian
Community Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 155
(42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9CF3E80B7E85428C9B73E54BF175C89C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section
heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF220CBCADACD467F89DA8F641D875992" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="HE0F36182D7ED4AD18275F7DB0D27797D"><enum>155.</enum><header>National Civilian
Community
Corps</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01E690B3213E4F49A2D9238BF49AEDCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C3989D719D44278A394D0CAA404EA46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59CEBC6FC3DF48A293052379A76C3E87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
Civilian Community Corps shall</quote> and inserting <quote>the National
Civilian Community Corps shall</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E4D05A05AF844518DCA05ED4465A4F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H804A5022B4D84AFEAD40BAB01BD98917"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23F2C40503ED4C7FBC037E2B2B266459" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2EB5F74A6BCD41E5A63E3BDDE098CDDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership in National
Civilian Community
Corps</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD70981198727466E855546D6DBF5108A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1BAAEA395A54C65868BF341FEDB5FDD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H8F88C71C33064C65A0E87A47F02FE472"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H03E4F11AA3904418845CF3CFEB0D2A10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> and inserting <quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7A0B1CB6892495BBDF63AE32DADE7EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HC9DF1D503EA740E3B09C2133361F69C7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1142DF2CE7664AA8994B462AB73C9885"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Team leaders</header>
<subparagraph id="id06CDFAF008024E4DBC61F9F44857301B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director may select individuals with prior
supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within units in the
National Civilian Community Corps, to perform service that includes leading and
supervising teams of Corps members. Each team leader shall be selected without
regard to the age limitation under section 153(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12262CFEA3CE4A50B7D35FE0174BB7F2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rights and
benefits</header><text>A team leader shall be provided the same rights and
benefits applicable to other Corps members, except that the Director may
increase the limitation on the amount of the living allowance under section
158(b) by not more than 10 percent for a team
leader.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD0C18C0DF52438EB829E4E170960642"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H771AB83F9412464D899B4E8117C4C4A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7264CE68E6204960A4F6D9E3797C076D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3185F689E6CA4E68B44091F57606490A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Campuses</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A475A8632648D796F2D01320A35B5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5C1B621CA77D452B8896476F80F63590"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending the paragraph
heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52E38EB03C664BE3BA5C3FA976EE2291" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H51180FE445D64271AA3F52107663C921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Units to be assigned to
campuses</header>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H7F1BA02C6C6B457CBCD096BD29E40E48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in
camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in campuses</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4831C75360F45DB8C85033E67253B36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Corps camp</quote> and inserting <quote>Corps campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H391F5C04BD43427DB80EAADA43D23738"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in
the camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in the campuses</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93CCFF2963CA457F9A10987DA5965D7B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraphs
(2) and (3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H490711CA3D844225A5B0C53A35D7FF9C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8F4F8811509146AD8258F06604ECCE0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Campus
director</header><text>There shall be a campus director for each campus. The
campus director is the head of the campus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7EE16FB42D8B4B05950BB34767FFE782"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible site for
campus</header><text>A campus shall be cost effective and may, upon the
completion of a feasibility study, be located in a facility referred to in
section
162(c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H817B0251E4D6438C95FFB46D59872C12"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H467F059BE03B4432810E9EDCA270BCEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DD9BA8883BE4F339F4CDA3996763D0C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCC73C123F15242A8ABB94CB9160684D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Distribution of Units
and
Campuses</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD91A0768DC2848A19EDE7105C0BA587B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>camps
are distributed</quote> and inserting <quote>campuses are cost effective and
are distributed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD08AD2FEF6624F19A1FA04ACA405B323"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>rural
areas</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
<quote>rural areas such that each Corps unit in a region can be easily deployed
for disaster and emergency response to such region.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70855C1D2E0B454FA87273D6032B6BCA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D58770AC89D4ED6A9ACAEE2CA826F2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H274B604A34954D2AA57E07AE1F8C6661"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB043F4E6E00943739A9927FEA354925F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC7024A3AD83450CA64C3253C3311B10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HD007707C47EB43DC84A4B8726B8A595F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>superintendent of a camp</quote> and
inserting <quote>campus director of a campus</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB46A1986967F44BCA2C1629745F7BFED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause id="HF4E664D1AFDF482B8AFE4AB170870B21"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF3049670A5474A26B889EBDE3C539927"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent’s</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director’s</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H16890C6845CF4C6FA77F4F104A99F990"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H645E60A112CE4AE0A0BD014534FF4BEB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D15FFD4072B4B1498BC9AD99EA9B18B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>camp superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF890F435A62642CF8990923A10D0C8B6"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC885CC0EB994B44B1CF2CBFC21D3E0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C158AFD78044A3D8258F16E07CC0332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9892DE07E05F42549E473AD26BF0A94B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>The Director shall ensure that, to the extent practicable,
each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills related
to disaster preparedness and response.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F445B744BBD4C4F9249029848E61381"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including a
focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation,
infrastructure improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster
preparedness needs, as appropriate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB23D6F4CB6884619AA44CDBBFC0E4F66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(c)(2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H074DA4CD31164F56B1FC7EA9E2503B31" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2D60D51F917A4A2E9845E84EFFA9E26E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with other
entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the cadre
may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements, the advanced service training referred to in subsection (b)(1) in
coordination with vocational or technical schools, other employment and
training providers, existing youth service programs, other qualified
individuals, or organizations with expertise in training youth, including
disadvantaged youth, in the skills described in such
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7E5887A28468471286F9F2E800F687B9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by
striking <quote>section 162(a)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
162(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD6C7DA20C4E0487B9C10683C955E6460"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Consultation with
State Commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 157
(42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H07BF22E0B6914B4E87A61F4E4EC47910"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E038F7599244864AFF44F2A01A17017"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian
Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31BADBEF2B454355A5D4F98D552426B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, with specific emphasis
on projects in support of infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and
urban and rural development</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H481FB01C57914371AD31AD267A97461F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>service learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>service-learning</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51CF3EF2AFA84B6E94C63A1D179DEBC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id601C17F8CA9D424EA2C008B7C734633D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id8C6A5B64A5D14A969EAA610ABE874553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Chief of the Forest Service</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H116CE3A5A52043ADB07651FC4A8E2626"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subclause id="HB43BF628D91A47A481991EE1ABF4FAEF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>community-based entities and</quote> before <quote>representatives of
local communities</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1E584DCA6ECC40C4B823235C67F3AEEF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5ABE03603D6F49E09F3AB40BE190BCE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
inserting <quote>State Commissions,</quote> before <quote>and persons involved
in other youth service programs.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86402C08BC86487DBB81963876D4F466"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BC3302C035F4674BE0B10B3CE330298"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HC55F72F9C1874CF1AE3D437389856853"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus director</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H422E07DA98124C839E80464426C344F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H251E5849FFDA4E7DBC6AF33526A3E802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>camp superintendents</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
directors</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HAD2C7D64ED7C463DB8959840C4332DCB"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Authorized benefits
for Corps members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 158
(42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3CC9A353D274D7FB432FE8E7CA2C4D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC567A1F570C84B53A5DEC43DC6F11DE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE77ED53BF853494197DD7B780F67AB5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5A589CD2C24B4243BEC1A194420B5183"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H65F768D62226471487469FADF89F44B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the
colon the following: <quote>, as the Director determines
appropriate</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D8863346E3B4B45AA8D32802F4011EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by
striking <quote>Clothing</quote> and inserting <quote>Uniforms</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDC1BCF0FA3A488D8D29832AEB37D187"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by
striking <quote>Recreational services and supplies</quote> and inserting
<quote>Supplies</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H9AAD69CF27BE4A42AA936ABCE1537772"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Permanent
cadre</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 159 (42 U.S.C.
12619) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4B823D34442409590A6132ED4FE597C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6690411B41FE4B578F3D5BE7F3947E8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration
Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Civilian Community Corps
Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H52F365842A93428288A5FE025DE46F66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H83E535B1F66D4A45B94ABEF8676DF33F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>including those</quote> before <quote>recommended</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0329325E3AD4A4C88B154AD078BCB0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF373DE41492D44A1995E1018813FC041"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D91310BC54F4FCEBFC8CD6CE2107226"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8D40ED994A54008BFFCD83B08FEBCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i),
by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA14FE5063BC74EC4ABAAA1A05B65B8E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H83A9F73DC70147D0868B8E2642EC1CCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause id="HCE3D36713B894A158966E96E9CE073D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Director shall establish a permanent cadre of </quote> and inserting <quote>The
Chief Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre that includes the
Director and other appointed</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H25482869B3884C2C8941089AA56719BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H60B55946BEB74E9AA3CA96DEE5C7B174"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>The Director shall appoint the members</quote> and inserting
<quote>The Chief Executive Officer shall consider the recommendations of the
Director in appointing the other members</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8310B56255FD4708977A690611EACEC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<subclause id="HD25EA52D976B4D74A4931BF2D562DCF4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking <quote>the Director</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Chief Executive Officer</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idA66D4066FEFA44BBA2AB7DBCCEC0AB53"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>section 162(a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
162(b)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9271E3FC10404EDAB60C39AA7BE9A10C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H75D90BB5E20F4109826940A89BF1E7E8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating clause
(iv) as clause (v); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAD039511B5064B14BF70CFFA15A21B52"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by inserting after clause
(iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF176A034B3B9484E861B7F74290DF394" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF36E861A39274894BA2B9141C9646917"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give consideration to retired and other
former law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency personnel, and other
individuals with backgrounds in disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE5AD3A8E794D4ACC9C24329E26FBBFDB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idBBB463798B174F59873C4D0B0BC15E0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to
members</quote> and inserting <quote>to other members</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7F32AA9749454802934D3ED9CD482052"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>techniques</quote> the following: <quote>, including techniques for
working with and enhancing the development of disadvantaged youth,</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB4F4153BA7F44483B0AEB964A90DBCE0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>service learning</quote> and inserting <quote>service-learning</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AA998F2D530477498F2E05E193D8243"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="idB682ABBFFBE1498E84DA8AB19191876A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by
striking <quote>the members</quote> and inserting <quote>other members</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id7CF74F993B6D4321B3C95503F789B723"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the third sentence,
by striking <quote>section 162(a)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting
<quote>162(b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id8C241514BBB844FA943202A8FB1203F8"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Status of Corps
members and Corps personnel under Federal law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is
amended by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4992BFF1E0814DD3B7C4116D5687A493"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Contract and grant
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161 (42
U.S.C. 12621) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D17FFDCF63943A2B6CC697D0D4382B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>perform any program function under this subtitle</quote> and
inserting <quote>carry out the National Civilian Community Corps
program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AFF14BD2EF44D329D352C54E2823437"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id405BC8647BE0441395F8C6EB45B6226A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by
striking <quote>section 162(a)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
162(c)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA50924AB605E450FB83333B12C428A22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H54A60C45E20C4F4FA2A9FA82F6FF65C3"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Other
departments</header>
<subsection id="id911D462B428C49B4AEEEC3F34FC620BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 162 (42
U.S.C. 12622) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD21E0A9908364C6C829D9747B98D504E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H363DEDE44AB747A4A5F6D1274AEDE12F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H226890B827B54228B07E79759FB4736C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEEF3B319EB9E46F0AF07D15EFF716C6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i),
by striking <quote>the registry established by</quote> and all that follows
through the semicolon and inserting <quote>the registry established by section
1143a of title 10, United States Code;</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AD2296D448C42F8A6B8ACD11DC88123"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by
striking <quote>to be recommended for appointment</quote> and inserting
<quote>from which individuals may be selected for appointment by the
Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBDAC0F899A14757800599A7223526E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A8FFB046BD41B5845999FF37C2CB5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7F0AD4E4A56D4E71B09A16BBC9073550"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text>Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622), as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF84C8E8003CA4FD2B5352ABB4BFCD040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Other
Departments</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Department of Defense</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8AC2C9BB99E346F391FE3F8C1766423B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) as subsections (b), (c), and
(d), respectively, and aligning the margins of such subsections with the
margins of section 161(a) of the Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id18FF528471B14BA6B2380DCA60D9AE55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Office</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA3C8D477EA941538E117DABB57F13BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idCE0DF30AD3EB40C6A4E6CF8347960709"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Liaison
office</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD7919226F21142D6A67F1E42860FE245"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as
amended by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE87EB544646047049AC2126247A22005"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and aligning
the margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1) of the
Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5EBB308F878641D0A4D93D370FD9CECD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses
(i) and (ii) of paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and aligning the margins of such
subparagraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) of the Act;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6B9B7D6B77D84F27852A0F83202F5095"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E2A127CF73043C1BEC4CFB9AD570256"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively,
and aligning the margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section
161(b)(1) of the Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF48D36DE1E1F4D829C0387393DDD6935"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF329EBE08034A459D7A965FEBE23647"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking <quote>paragraph</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10A9E91224FD4BA5919D63D72F2C31CD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1B2887C13C564DB58548788D7D94706E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this
paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8496F8B35BFB4C2FADC0B5230558D41D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC5B5B0ED04B64CA5A0F1F65AD616AFC5"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Advisory
Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 163 (42 U.S.C.
12623) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB7F668845C234813AA134AC55DBFEA50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A8EE0571408407F8D6F063334F3C339"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Upon
the establishment of the Program, there shall also be</quote> and inserting
<quote>There shall be</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B82D54E85494D89B849938AA4885B04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps Advisory
Board</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA87F119633B641BB96908FD19ACD4AF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to
assist</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting
<quote>to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and efficiently in times of
natural and other disasters. The Advisory Board members shall help coordinate
activities with the Corps as appropriate, including the mobilization of
volunteers and coordination of volunteer centers to help local communities
recover from the effects of natural and other disasters.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H822BFC238C6949148E668615AC536BC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD84202C4063243E1B9008BC47D3F5B1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94B94E9253E84312A3283B31949E7649"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CF99552917240A28356FBD5345BA2DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3FE639A06B154EE1B9834720DCDF19ED"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBB32CD81E5241DF9FCD3FBEBD26B131"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04EF5E4F01B4413BBB9941246B3DC8E0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Chief of the Forest
Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B77B0F39ED440358AB03BCC6C84E1C4"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC389DDA75F7486E9E2F211627C032CC"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Energy.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E42A7F64B91434F9052B1451C07B6C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), as so
redesignated, by striking <quote>industry,</quote> and inserting <quote>public
and private organizations,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HE2AB55B10FCF46F3937A7219CE9AB9C7"><enum>1514.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H79EA564399884867B4B77C6842BE4915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">annual
evaluation</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Evaluations</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63F782E4577D43B98DC0932C2881289F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an
annual evaluation</quote> and inserting <quote>periodic
evaluations</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08F977033A5C49158F93AB4A6883E5ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps programs</quote> and inserting <quote>National
Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7318193CA9AD408790C1934C9685FF43"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>Upon completing each such evaluation, the Corporation shall
transmit to the authorizing committees a report on the
evaluation.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H326B67AC7C8D48AAABDB5F51ECCF3EDC"><enum>1515.</enum><header>Repeal of funding
limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165 (42
U.S.C. 12625) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H98BCA0443CFC4585B314B8AF53727D66"><enum>1516.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et
seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFDCDAC3CDBE44EB883116CDF6BA1ED9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section
166 as 165; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B48F9A613BB40248ED2B889B44B876A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 165 (as
redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H482429463C78461B9A857D7D472FB10E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(2), (3), and (9);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H976B290D69EB4F1CB900DB85AA10DB6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EEF2A285ECE4F34BB88E3DE7511D58E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HEEC02CB89CD34562A744B955989C5C11" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5282BA797EC94B0BABB7D4B171214B1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Campus
director</header><text>The term <term>campus director</term>, with respect to a
Corps campus, means the head of the campus under section 155(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD73F8570F56C45E6B68D1B2B56098E7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Corps</header><text>The
term <term>Corps</term> means the National Civilian Community Corps required
under section 155 as part of the National Civilian Community Corps
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E55D38BF0FD4F7EAD6B006160224DCC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Corps
campus</header><text>The term <term>Corps campus</term> means the facility or
central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place
for particular Corps units.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H108FBACD89A3471583B2798B93261D48"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so
redesignated), by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration
Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Civilian Community Corps
Program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BB131302FD849AAB5F1D75E8C9353E8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as so
redesignated), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian
Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC25146D383864B7698744E18CFC01569"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) (as so
redesignated), by striking <quote>The terms</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting <quote>The term
<term>Program</term> means the National Civilian Community Corps
Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAAF930CFA2A43FFB87C916A94E7C90A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (9) (as so
redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="H439166AD10A04ABE8B3D04C78BACCB49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Service
learning</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Service-learning</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H02139E9572204E0D8466B387438691BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>service learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>service-learning</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H3AD2AF741C3142589AF09B63FFED448C"><enum>1517.</enum><header>Terminology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) is further amended by striking the subtitle heading and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE65231BBF8454906B7D84BC469A72487" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HA27E764E9982499A851BDE7050E5EA68"><enum>E</enum><header>National Civilian
Community
Corps</header>
</subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC23FD27D392547AB909086044383D58C"><enum>F</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle
<enum-in-header>F</enum-in-header> (Administrative Provisions)</header>
<section id="H1695C390BD6745E4977BCF63CCD45404"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Family and medical
leave</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 171(a)(1) (42
U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>with respect to a
project</quote> and inserting <quote>with respect to a project authorized under
the national service laws</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id695BB83AB93040228CCFD8951EE2FD2B"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCE2422792EB240A6A8FB37B27B9B6BE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by striking
<quote>appropriate authorizing and appropriations Committees of
Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees, the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6FE09991DE664FEEB2E8D193FA6B07D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by
striking <quote>the appropriate committees of Congress</quote> and inserting
<quote>the authorizing committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6a5333eaadb748028268777714bb0b61"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 174 (42 U.S.C.
12634) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DC8F292B6394B36B885D5A97B0D8C05" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID9fc4d0aea3e14a7d996f92b0ac78a83a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Referrals for Federal
assistance</header><text>A program may not receive assistance under the
national service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal
assistance programs or State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal
Government.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF04EE11AE7B644FC8F1668867B9F7C57"><enum>1604.</enum><header>Notice, hearing, and
grievance procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0380442EF3CD46729DB5ED820F28303E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(A),
by striking <quote>30 days</quote> and inserting <quote>1 or more periods of 30
days not to exceed a total of 90 days</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H218B2AAA2E364F0F99681E92E9037E7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB4A953DBE8460C8A79F2A58A941DA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>A State or local applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>An
entity</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BCEEC4A6C094776B56C01D99A72982A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="HE793664AD034468D946A5942A0D49880"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9560E6FECCE4459B7C7B1D2BA83364E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H501FDBD173434BB688CAB448DC0F9133"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HE9D25BA7990C4321AE353EC7BD8D4EA2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H222827D786F74E48AF0D78D15410DBCF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in a case in which the
grievance is filed by an individual applicant or participant—</text>
<clause id="H3239C47441AC4C5DA52C62EB65E7BA76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicant’s selection
or the participant’s reinstatement, as the case may be; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FCD6038CEEA455891BC53A7EEBA4DDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other changes in the
terms and conditions of service applicable to the individual;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H155C892C117D44E09FE85AA80A671CB8"><enum>1605.</enum><header>Resolution of
displacement complaints</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E85843AC6E44DC8BBB41482F57896BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (a) and
(b), by striking <quote>under this title</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>under the national service laws</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0586012FEC4444FA24F506A6DC45347"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by
striking <quote>employee or position</quote> and inserting <quote>employee,
position, or volunteer (other than a participant under the national service
laws)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF9CC26911D4D5CA81C7B49336BAEDF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H2ABB206C095F404D9F99B8B2C408587C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDF5DC7709ED042B285753B99C178A14D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Parental
involvement</header>
<paragraph id="H1F59D85B420A49A2BA3313D2ECFB1B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that receive
assistance under the national service laws shall consult with the parents or
legal guardians of children in developing and operating programs that include
and serve children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94D1DFCFA6644398A51010FCC8EBF48E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Parental
permission</header><text>Programs that receive assistance under the national
service laws shall, before transporting minor children, provide the children's
parents with the reason for the transportation and obtain the parents' written
permission for such transportation, consistent with State
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7F4C62A900244E0BAF8D28CD710E174B"><enum>1606.</enum><header>State Commissions on
National and Community Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id46FAE2CEA3B44C8A898154BBCF11A4D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by
striking <quote>sections 117B and 130</quote> and inserting <quote>section
130</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6578BBE9D64BFB846006C6D06B6FB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id680661534250497AA96B525C661DFD21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by
striking <quote>section 122(a)</quote> and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting <quote>subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section
122.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id540AAF899D314895B96E2CD9A8415EDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H89F2B90BC5414B4EB0F05BCAB91A9A03" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEF4E55875E7B41ECA85073C85D7CF416"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A representative of the
volunteer
sector.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBCE49B39AB74E258B6607B69CCC1700"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3), by
striking <quote>, unless the State permits the representative to serve as a
voting member of the State Commission or alternative administrative
entity</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id375AB8CCEA4A4A8BB0F78385152D0C4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(6)(B),
by striking <quote>section 193A(b)(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
193A(b)(12)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB14940729EF41E396CDBA848D991B3D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE31B17B3B6894C25925F5086780D6AD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HFDBDB9A57DBA4F6CB8177E4B8961EE83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1D8EE8A758BF4CA9BA6E3CB328999882"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Preparation of a national
service plan for the State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5BA5B17B66A4E379CC40515F207331C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is developed, through an
open and public process (such as through regional forums, hearings, and other
means) that provides for maximum participation and input from the private
sector, organizations, and public agencies, using service and volunteerism as
strategies to meet critical community needs, including service through programs
funded under the national service laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50BE85115E9F435AA889B3CD8ACB65F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>covers a 3-year period,
the beginning of which may be set by the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF50A5D8A6134116BFBCCECEE6FCA629"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is subject to approval by
the chief executive officer of the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70376DC9EE014E3E87A8D308E706CF4B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes measurable goals and outcomes for
the State national service programs in the State consistent with the
performance levels for national service programs as described in section
179(k);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81152FF8BCF4127A77E83F769AF2EAA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensures outreach to
diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations,
through established networks and registries at the State level, or through the
development of such networks and registries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H617CCBE5374C460B98B51CE407C40576"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provides for effective
coordination of funding applications submitted by the State and other
organizations within the State under the national service laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H885BAFAE51114E749C7D335BFB85B2D1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is updated annually,
reflecting changes in practices and policies that will improve the coordination
and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for service and
volunteerism within the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9FBC685E9C8D426AAA39213279EDEBA0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>ensures outreach to, and
coordination with, municipalities (including large cities) and county
governments regarding the national service laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D37DE8558394EC59B9A023EB4687DD5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains such information as the State
Commission considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may
require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C51C04EC14143A5892D0387BBD253F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>sections 117B and 130</quote> and inserting <quote>section
130</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H387F0FB73C774E65B7131C4D048F469C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (h) through (l), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97C8D32820F848FDA14020A85EE7316F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HCF25D5A3946C44E091A8EFE26CB4D92D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8B1D6FB84B984F2ABFD653367D816B16"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relief From
Administrative Requirements</header><text>Upon approval of a State plan
submitted under subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive for
the State, or specify alternatives for the State to, administrative
requirements (other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to grants
made to States under the national service laws, including those requirements
identified by the State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness of
Federal, State, and local resources for service and volunteerism within the
State.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H04C4546F6F314DF0A591B52894CDB966"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State service plan for
adults age 55 or older</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8C7BF346101B4C49B7A8ED6687449206"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment
under subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national service
positions under subtitle C, a State shall work with appropriate State agencies
and private entities to develop a comprehensive State service plan for service
by adults age 55 or older.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3B9277518FC748D1A12B1AB3C7F21E68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters
included</header><text>The State service plan shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5a19ac3c89d64dc18bbf07429f892cd0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommendations for
policies to increase service for adults age 55 or older, including how to best
use such adults as sources of social capital, and how to utilize their skills
and experience to address community needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6AFD21DC6554FC6A8D506CC9F329F6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations to the
State agency (as defined in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3002)) on—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9AE67D511AAC4F1F9A12C41194DD770B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a marketing outreach plan
to businesses; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HACAEB1D68F94419395E1C882D2B1F72B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outreach to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H0ED4EC7FC1474F77819C6EF612E33819"><enum>(I)</enum><text>nonprofit
organizations;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H72A7A7ED93B24AEE9DCC2FE1C2C88391"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State educational
agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC2417782AE294763BE56024CA7633D74"><enum>(III)</enum><text>institutions of higher
education; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4C0BC3F64D52440D8992BF8C75A38349"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other State
agencies;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H37715F8E9A3E49A3B6D2B6F62715C3C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for civic
engagement and multigenerational activities, such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8DB614DFB2594FF086F9ED2830D9F7BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>early childhood education
and care, family literacy, and after school programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDCC4FA656FDD4AF1BD4389BBC616E448"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>respite services for
adults age 55 or older and caregivers; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF8BE06B941134F268F0F0BE49F717D27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transitions for older
adults age 55 or older to purposeful work in their post-career lives;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF63E13209C8B4970BCE861518A257879"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations for
encouraging the development of Encore service programs in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F89016A7A5F4F4B8E762FF5826DC985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Knowledge
base</header><text>The State service plan shall incorporate the current
knowledge base (as of the time of the plan) regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE5043562126A4725857B968EFFBDDFFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic impact of
the roles of workers age 55 or older in the economy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H72EE9DCD76AF440FB94AB4CBA516EDB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the social impact of the
roles of such workers in the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA57A62921FDC406E9F010D68F41964E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the health and social
benefits of active engagement for adults age 55 or older.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H34ACBFEFD12A40308C8C96CC2DE30FBA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
State service plan shall be made available to the public and be transmitted to
the Chief Executive
Officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H092391ABE4004D97BECF13126FD8AE27"><enum>1607.</enum><header>Evaluation and
accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 179 (42
U.S.C. 12639) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H885CFA5932444212B4C45311DF23E75E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1E168888A9D4672BEE007C42CA33ECE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7172CDF68BF44F43A395C747931350CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
provide, directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation
of programs that receive assistance under the national service laws, including
evaluations that measure the impact of such programs, to determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H243BCF6BBAE44E849A7C4AE071CCB3C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of programs receiving
assistance under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and the
costs associated with such programs, including an evaluation of each such
program's performance based on the performance levels established under
subsection (k); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4383A466E11640D2A46789A0056C6A23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the structure and
mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the effective utilization of the
participants’ time, the management of the participants, and the ease with which
recipients were able to receive services, to maximize the cost effectiveness
and the impact of such
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E674E3E9FA743109E209EB965C7A745"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H798E106B356447F381A03327588C6678"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>National Senior Volunteer Corps</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Senior Service Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FB5C20B6FE34073844E80C24BE13E62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by
striking <quote>to public service</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>to engage in service that benefits the
community.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDB122DA3EADF4AA8A8C28CB5D7412224"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) of subsection (i)(2), by striking <quote>Congress</quote> and
inserting <quote>the authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18357BEA859E4D93A5214971064FDAC5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HAA31818FD995405B974D6E7B4AD20EEC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6300A299C1904CCA9F5BD718C9ACE060"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reserved Program Funds
for Accountability</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation may
reserve not more than 1 percent of the total funds appropriated for a fiscal
year under section 501 of this Act and sections 501 and 502 of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to support program accountability activities
under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC1CB51F2147D4FDD9645EAEE45D7465B"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Performance
levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall,
in consultation with each recipient of assistance under the national service
laws, establish performance levels for such recipient to meet during the term
of the assistance. The performance levels may include, for each national
service program carried out by the recipient, performance levels based on the
following performance measures:</text>
<paragraph id="id6E99B3BB3FD94ACD87BFBE8972164394"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Number of participants
enrolled in the program and completing terms of service, as compared to the
stated participation and retention goals of the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id94A5ED2D45CC4588863B5B0E7C4D26EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Number of volunteers
recruited from the community in which the program was implemented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34E7ABE0179E458E93B528EA740940A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If applicable based on
the program design, the number of individuals receiving or benefitting from the
service conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC11325EB8AA24E3FAE4AA6C4B3AF6BF4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Number of disadvantaged
and underrepresented youth participants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF9AB58D808B042D588A15E3B773043D4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Measures of the
sustainability of the program and the projects supported by the program,
including measures to ascertain the level of community support for the program
or projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id053334741AF74F61AFDC087CC846AADD"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Measures to ascertain the change in
attitude toward civic engagement among the participants and the beneficiaries
of the service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28AB7B536B5A418CB99202E841FEEA77"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Other quantitative and
qualitative measures as determined to be appropriate by the recipient of
assistance and the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D019DEE361649E2BB3437E4F7F585EB"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Corrective action
plans</header>
<paragraph id="H3E78303726B6454686EEE3F408B4DC01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A recipient of assistance under the national service laws
that fails, as determined by the Corporation, to meet or exceed the performance
levels agreed upon under subsection (k) for a national service program, shall
reach an agreement with the Corporation on a corrective action plan to meet
such performance levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5A8824D433464499085F544CB38D34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H9B2578424E4441BE86CFB202B72347C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a program that
has received assistance under the national service laws for less than 3 years
and for which the recipient is failing to meet or exceed the performance levels
agreed upon under subsection (k), the Corporation shall—</text>
<clause id="HF2260244B7494D8B915B3124BF6A80D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to the recipient to address targeted performance problems relating
to the performance levels for the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D9FE8E0EF4A440F839B315C140082D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require the recipient to
submit quarterly reports on the program’s progress toward meeting the
performance levels for the program to the—</text>
<subclause id="idCE088C78D84A4655AD352971E831F543"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appropriate State,
territory, or Indian tribe; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idFDE4593D6C2E4CCAA16CE27E9DBFD5EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Corporation.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEDFAA37F45D4885A70911A7C8B99591"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Established
programs</header><text>For a program that has received assistance under the
national service laws for 3 years or more and for which the recipient is
failing to meet or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under subsection
(k), the Corporation shall require the recipient to submit quarterly reports on
the program’s progress toward the performance levels for the program to—</text>
<clause id="id14C64385D77E4C7C98CCE9173C868078"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the appropriate State,
territory, or Indian tribe; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id15773110B57E49C0A3EEC4D8C95500A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Corporation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBDDB28C7F2284B42A1AC92868BF98FC6"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Failure To meet
performance levels</header><text>If, after a period for correction as approved
by the Corporation in accordance with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance
under the national service laws fails to meet or exceed the performance levels
for a national service program, the Corporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCD955E01E164162827442017C904A6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce the annual amount
of the assistance received by the underperforming recipient by at least 25
percent, for each remaining year of the grant period for that program;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDBC491ECE242618C14167A6361DAD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>terminate assistance to
the underperforming recipient for that program, in accordance with section
176(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48532507CCC649949C20FC98810DD423"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall submit to the
authorizing committees not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
the Serve America Act, and annually thereafter, a report containing information
on the number of—</text>
<paragraph id="H427CF55F156F4D208D456479AEC79993"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recipients of assistance
under the national service laws implementing corrective action plans under
subsection (l)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA7772A074924341A4475E23FFE7AA90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recipients for which the Corporation
provides technical assistance for a program under subsection
(l)(2)(A)(i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2EA3A9014B5491380DA53D8D5403492"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recipients for which the
Corporation terminates assistance for a program under subsection (m);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E0578FFE5E949BE93E2008472C47167"><enum>(4)</enum><text>entities whose
application for assistance under a national service law was rejected;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC19C9AE19F6541B888E1C03D38FAF423"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recipients meeting or
exceeding their performance levels under subsection
(k).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id58DDB256C510485886ED24BF385DCD89"><enum>1608.</enum><header>Civic Health
Assessment</header>
<subsection id="id1ADCEB73B8554083803E1112B4F18313"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.), as
amended by this subtitle, is further amended by inserting after section 179 the
following:</text>
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<section id="id59EA4F3EB89842E093D34E7CB979AB7B"><enum>179A.</enum><header>Civic Health
Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="id7FCC81A84ADE4CE3A53ACA6F3575ACD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
partnership</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>partnership</quote>
means the Corporation, acting in conjunction with (consistent with the terms of
an agreement entered into between the Corporation and the National Conference)
the National Conference on Citizenship referred to in section 150701 of title
36, United States Code, to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id75F5298646C441DDBF4723D4740A745C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The partnership shall facilitate the establishment of a
Civic Health Assessment by—</text>
<paragraph id="idE0A76112DF4D4F6A9301D3CFAEE8B5DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>after identifying public
and private sources of civic health data, selecting a set of civic health
indicators, in accordance with subsection (c), that shall comprise the Civic
Health Assessment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idED4689987DC74496BE500983043C0CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obtaining civic health
data relating to the Civic Health Assessment, in accordance with subsection
(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70B1A063C157427694D0124373AE6B85"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conducting related
analyses, and reporting the data and analyses, as described in paragraphs (4)
and (5) of subsection (d) and subsections (e) and (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF916F2686FE6452B8F297D2A967028F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of indicators
for Civic Health Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="id90EEB06717FC424881ADBE8FCA6EB416"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identifying
sources</header><text>The partnership shall select a set of civic health
indicators that shall comprise the Civic Health Assessment. In making such
selection, the partnership—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDFD6BE5A39E049DBBF90473777280785"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall identify public and
private sources of civic health data;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6E04737C80CD44ACA437F72AAAE47A9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall explore
collaborating with other similar efforts to develop national indicators in the
civic health domain; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76F3EB6A276D4232B09708345B23830C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may sponsor a panel of
experts, such as one convened by the National Academy of Sciences, to recommend
civic health indicators and data sources for the Civic Health
Assessment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id830139DB9063410DAD81D4FCB35D034F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
advice</header><text>At the request of the partnership, the Director of the
Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall provide
technical advice to the partnership on the selection of the indicators for the
Civic Health Assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1C18A1B7706042F690F0C37E42F1110A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
partnership shall periodically evaluate and update the Civic Health Assessment,
and may expand or modify the indicators described in subsection (d)(1) as
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3C300CB058FF4429BFB285387966846A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data on the
indicators</header>
<paragraph id="idC25A9C5709BB4C399C742009A192D3ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsored data
collection</header><text>In identifying the civic health indicators for the
Civic Health Assessment, and obtaining data for the Assessment, the partnership
may sponsor the collection of data for the Assessment or for the various civic
health indicators being considered for inclusion in the Assessment, including
indicators related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id510B403C970A4A5B910A76B31713C2D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>volunteering and
community service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC16A64D15D3450A8E3913F21139525C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>voting and other forms of
political and civic engagement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98D45F07CAE04ACFB21DCEF4252CD72B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>charitable giving;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A6B0E97E3AC4D0F813E9F5CF688C265"><enum>(D)</enum><text>connecting to civic
groups and faith-based organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81A3FF3763994FC39E2EB4E565E073BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>interest in employment,
and careers, in public service in the nonprofit sector or government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEB15FC0A55ED4E5D9E2B2D6872C1937C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>understanding and
obtaining knowledge of United States history and government; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56771E08427E46928C05F302B287614B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>social enterprise and
innovation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id42F5207C9F4448319E04007AEACE3D96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data from statistical
agencies</header><text>The Director of the Bureau of the Census and the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall collect annually, to the extent
practicable, data to inform the Civic Health Assessment, and shall report data
from such collection to the partnership. In determining the data to be
collected, the Director and the Commissioner shall examine privacy issues,
response rates, and other relevant issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDA1FDA9058EF4536BEDEBEE932FC7A8A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sources of
data</header><text>To obtain data for the Civic Health Assessment, the
partnership shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9563190AC9754A82A07765716F84B37E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>data collected through
public and private sources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E5BC6F0EB5049B5903B3B613CD42083"><enum>(B)</enum><text>data collected by the
Bureau of the Census, through the Current Population Survey, or by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, in accordance with paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE2671FC91F674A0AA884325FC3CD07DE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Demographic
characteristics</header><text>The partnership shall seek to obtain data for the
Civic Health Assessment that will permit the partnership to analyze the data by
age group, race and ethnicity, education level, and other demographic
characteristics of the individuals involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5822BF50E2A04FC2B1AB6DAD6C083D1E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other
issues</header><text>In obtaining data for the Civic Health Assessment, the
partnership may also obtain such information as may be necessary to
analyze—</text>
<subparagraph id="id67523706391A4851AB83D2C7F798CAF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the role of Internet
technology in strengthening and inhibiting civic activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0DD4777D7F1A44F6918C99C74525EFE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the role of specific
programs in strengthening civic activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9EA981BFA6E4D168414EC2854186711"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the civic attitudes and
activities of new citizens and immigrants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D55100DF8A14C21B9F9513B4C347C49"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other areas related to
civic activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3B6CE36D84ED437F94F1C0A74D52E42C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting of
data</header>
<paragraph id="id97F7410738EB4DF4A021011207313134"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The partnership shall, not less often than once each
year, prepare a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66B1809C711D456F981F0C39F11BDE10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>detailed data obtained
under subsection (d), including data on the indicators comprising the Civic
Health Assessment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5272FDFBE33A419581C0D5D039378D98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the analyses described in
paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (d), to the extent practicable based on
the data the partnership is able to obtain.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0E040D5C9024DEDABEF6BA3619F2BF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregation and
presentation</header><text>The partnership shall, to the extent practicable,
aggregate the data on the civic health indicators comprising the Civic Health
Assessment by community, by State, and nationally. The report described in
paragraph (1) shall present the aggregated data in a form that enables
communities and States to assess their civic health, as measured on each of the
indicators comprising the Civic Health Assessment, and compare those measures
with comparable measures of other communities and States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4041267F3C3F45FB9DE0DCAAA99A9A2D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
partnership shall submit the report to the authorizing committees, and make the
report available to the general public on the Corporation's website.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1D8C77BA5BD24013A72C1C59A969ACB0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public
input</header><text>The partnership shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idA2B5ED395FCC48B2A5D77EC7E664E822"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify opportunities
for public dialogue and input on the Civic Health Assessment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id810DE2A482C44837B79B63597748566D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hold conferences and
forums to discuss the implications of the data and analyses reported under
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F718A8469FC46689DD06E4509E5F57A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Volunteering research
and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="idBCBC968B01C842799BB8DC5816092D54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research</header><text>The
partnership shall provide for baseline research and tracking of domestic and
international volunteering, and baseline research and tracking related to
relevant data on the indicators described in subsection (d). In providing for
the research and tracking under this subsection, the partnership shall consider
data from the Supplements to the Current Populations Surveys conducted by the
Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and data from other
public and private sources, including other data collected by the Bureau of the
Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6A3847F26E1940D2A6E2C3245658A4F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Impact research and
evaluation</header><text>The partnership shall sponsor an independent
evaluation of the impact of domestic and international volunteering, including
an assessment of best practices for such volunteering, and methods of improving
such volunteering through enhanced collaboration among—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5BE7231326074367A8AB29B0ED7249AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entities that recruit,
manage, support, and utilize volunteers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDFAD12D3809B4D1DAACC6F7C1B976B35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>institutions of higher
education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0505CD38E7CC43DDA1D6EAAEDF2F9F13"><enum>(C)</enum><text>research
institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id8BC314D11ABE4D498D29AC96634DF826"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Database
prohibition</header><text>Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize
the development, implementation, or maintenance of a Federal database of
personally identifiable information on individuals participating in data
collection for sources of information under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H06F82794B81F4693ACA694CD817D65DC"><enum>1609.</enum><header>Contingent
extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181 (42
U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking <quote>Section 414</quote> and inserting
<quote>Section 422</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD8422D57DDB549FCBF5B628C9ECC0779"><enum>1610.</enum><header>Partnerships with
schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 182(b) (42
U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5D314F5DD6449F29F8FA65D3E44734C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H681EEE9ADA884A13BEAC8C34E1EC0D46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HEA55ED46D954411B8015A2D29FE18A14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal agency
submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each
Federal agency and department shall prepare and submit to the Corporation a
report concerning the implementation of this section, including an evaluation
of the agency or department's performance on performance goals and benchmarks
for each partnership program of the agency or department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20C7FA0ADD2C428BAC47FB3CDA984988"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation
shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a compilation of the
information received under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8277057C689E4A648B494CA3C9B5E7CD"><enum>1611.</enum><header>Rights of access,
examination, and copying</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H22E67BB1677E4367854D857B5AF9FB18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD6EAA1BE80AC40579E26803565F5D0E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>Consistent
with otherwise applicable law, the</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94983BF03EF44FDE9D0B404B4F21843D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>territory,</quote> after <quote>local
government,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1DD6E4AA6C1A47209CC8383EC0F19597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC3D6FDCF3469433883ABA8EA0128A341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>Consistent
with otherwise applicable law, the</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id083AF43A95EF4C2CBBCFD9AAADFE3278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>territory</quote> after <quote>local government,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E27317A122446A7B845A1DAAFF34CBB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE5EECBF3E04343BDA0337A9EFD158A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0C5086BFD1F845C896278C437A0AAD8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with
otherwise applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corporation shall have
access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents, papers,
records, and other recorded information in any form—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F08A0E47B8E4DE5B4FA4C89F336B289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within the possession or
control of the Corporation or any State or local government, territory, Indian
tribe, or public or private nonprofit organization receiving assistance
directly or indirectly under the national service laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8739C8B877C5418F87B8E131D0FD4747"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that relates to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEAEB1276D9704D4294E60E5AD1E1ED1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such assistance;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE52A47AF57744A48A6E34B42B4A9418"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the duties of the
Inspector General under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H247123C74A1B406CBD8AC584D519B494"><enum>1612.</enum><header>Additional
administrative provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04AA7B3CC3A441319BE10F69805A90D2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H9D22A74D792344DA8A8061D314BCAE03"><enum>185.</enum><header>Consolidated
application and reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="HA6744F182D4842FDB99D841E13FAD70E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To promote efficiency
and eliminate duplicative requirements, the Corporation shall consolidate or
modify application procedures and reporting requirements for programs,
projects, and activities funded under the national service laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H28D7742BFBE547EE96DF5DF0A3412661"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18
months after the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall
submit to the authorizing committees a report containing information on the
actions taken to consolidate or modify the application procedures and reporting
requirements for programs, projects, and activities funded under the national
service laws, including a description of the procedures for consultation with
recipients of the funding.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9D14CD4F4A394583AE1C986384DBA7F2"><enum>186.</enum><header>Sustainability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Corporation, after consultation with
State Commissions and recipients of assistance, may set sustainability goals
for projects or programs under the national service laws, so that recipients of
assistance under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable
projects or programs. Such sustainability goals shall be in writing and shall
be used—</text>
<paragraph id="id62A9103DBA5645ED814EEA14FBCC6878"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to build the capacity of the projects or
programs that receive assistance under the national service laws to meet
community needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A3CB477BAD64300B8CE0BEA086D22BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in providing technical
assistance to recipients of assistance under the national service laws
regarding acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for support of the
projects or programs that receive such assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4818D951D82F4297AD3A8C00237C2DB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to determine whether the
projects or programs, receiving such assistance, are generating sufficient
community support.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H056A4B782F514786A835A9833A7806FB"><enum>187.</enum><header>Grant
periods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless otherwise
specifically provided, the Corporation has authority to award a grant or
contract, or enter into a cooperative agreement, under the national service
laws for a period of 3 years.</text>
</section><section id="ID8dd12873770d4243b201fd4cc0e79301"><enum>188.</enum><header>Generation of
volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In making decisions
on applications for assistance or approved national service positions under the
national service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the extent
to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the involvement of volunteers
in meeting community needs. In reviewing the application for this purpose, the
Corporation may take into account the mission of the applicant.</text>
</section><section id="HB84AFF5403294BBFB4DE3CD5A138F8A0"><enum>189.</enum><header>Limitation on program
grant costs</header>
<subsection id="H1CE0A4A00BA94F088B156893C9ED3776"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on Grant
Amounts</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by this section, the amount
of funds approved by the Corporation for a grant to operate a program
authorized under the national service laws, for supporting individuals serving
in approved national service positions, may not exceed $18,000 per full-time
equivalent position.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H835ED66DB8E84925B02AB8ECB16675ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs Subject to
Limitation</header><text>The limitation under subsection (a), and the increased
limitation under subsection (e)(1), shall apply to the Corporation’s share of
the member support costs, staff costs, and other costs to operate a program
authorized under the national service laws incurred, by the recipient of the
grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0F297A0FBDCC49759778A40C32720136"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs Not Subject to
Limitation</header><text>The limitation under subsection (a), and the increased
limitation under subsection (e)(1), shall not apply to expenses under a grant
authorized under the national service laws to operate a program that are not
included in the grant award for operating the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5E9A81B7B324B799D129824FA3F302F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustments for
Inflation</header><text>The amounts specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1)
shall be adjusted each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8CCC8E9C0674F5E845D7F824E59885C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver Authority and
Reporting Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HD270962849F64825A76F3151118E37E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may increase the limitation under subsection (a) to not
more than $19,500 per full-time equivalent position if necessary to meet the
compelling needs of a particular program, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFB407998E96B4A06B59F0D0B26611A9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exceptional training
needs for a program serving disadvantaged youth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39EE2E43DAE549A1A49D6414E597D9B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need to pay for
increased costs relating to the participation of individuals with
disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idADB1A6C3385146ABA110AF5824000CBC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the needs of tribal
programs or programs located in the territories; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA36D2DA3BCBF4FF982259568028D5FC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the need to pay for
start-up costs associated with a first-time recipient of assistance under a
program of the national service laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1B7B89CF8AF45D29CADC6A0D9629C26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Executive Officer shall report to
the authorizing committees annually on all limitations increased under this
subsection, with an explanation of the compelling needs justifying such
increases.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA73C868E2309461E844B648DA867A6AB"><enum>189A.</enum><header>Matching funds for
severely economically distressed communities</header>
<subsection id="id3FE96103A5144F86BE2B62F18AA1F27D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a severely economically distressed community that
receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national
service laws shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds
for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such a
community may be 100 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id62A38CCD8581449D9B68878F1BE0CC15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Severely economically
distressed community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the
purposes of this section, the term <quote>severely economically distressed
community</quote> means—</text>
<paragraph id="id8C68960EB3334E90AEE9E415BC072EC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an area that has a mortgage foreclosure
rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above the
national average for such rates or level, for the most recent 12 months for
which satisfactory data are available; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE93178447BFE4FDB9BF3C50692817D8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a residential area that lacks basic living
necessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and
safe, sanitary housing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCBCE6CD5E5C345C78EDF5EE72FCCC5D6"><enum>189B.</enum><header>Audits and
reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Corporation shall
comply with applicable audit and reporting requirements as provided in the
Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 101–576)
and chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the
<quote>Government Corporation Control Act</quote>). The Corporation shall
report to the authorizing committees any failure to comply with such
requirements.</text>
</section><section id="ID81ad626204da41dd95cb26ea4e5e48ad"><enum>189C.</enum><header>Restrictions on
Federal Government and use of Federal funds</header>
<subsection id="ID5a70c388bb4744d69cc7c59db643c7e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
prohibition</header><text>Nothing in the national service laws shall be
construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to
mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school's
curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or local resources,
or mandate a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any
costs not paid for under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id70BA49B4F3DF43BB82403BB355165CA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
endorsement of curriculum</header><text>Notwithstanding any other prohibition
of Federal law, no funds provided to the Corporation under this Act may be used
by the Corporation to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to
be used in an elementary school or secondary school.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id30492CA3117E430A8B41FFEDA8AB9494"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
requiring Federal approval or certification
standards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, not
State shall be required to have academic content or student academic
achievement standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, in order
to receive assistance under this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3873598FFEE5456C8CE28EF2A3C95712"><enum>189D.</enum><header>Criminal history
checks</header>
<subsection id="H0F14275982FE4A1B858AD784F7D14BD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each entity selecting individuals to serve in a position
in which the individuals receive a living allowance, stipend, national service
educational award, or salary through a program receiving assistance under the
national service laws, shall, subject to regulations and requirements
established by the Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such
individuals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02B37724CA1740079C1F63AC7635E357"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A criminal history check under subsection
(a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation,
include—</text>
<paragraph id="id74B6AC06DCB844E288C28A053274EEA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a name-based search of the National Sex
Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D5EAF9708A34ACD89E26736FCEF89F4"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDED8B5F88F4543F5A78E1D3438400424"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a search of the State
criminal registry or repository in the State in which the program is operating
and the State in which the individual resides at the time of application;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="HCDAE6D356A77461C887D154C80016A4E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submitting fingerprints
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history
background check.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6D1F2F8FBFF401AB5BE6B20B45D08CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility
prohibition</header><text>An individual shall be ineligible to serve in a
position described under subsection (a) if such individual—</text>
<paragraph id="H709B564346834C28972AF30F4BC5181C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>refuses to consent to the
criminal history check described in subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC05A339011C44D62923A59A18FA3C480"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes a false statement
in connection with such criminal history check;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EE37CF834634EB1B7569187FD782978"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is registered, or is required to be
registered, on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender
Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H726AF6C1980448EBA62008FC38BB0E62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>has been convicted of
murder, as described in section 1111 of title 18, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idB9A3E11068504641ADF7C3D28A938BF0"><enum>1613.</enum><header>Availability of
assistance</header>
<subsection id="id4A874EFF63184248B25BF6967285E061"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Subtitle
F of title I is further amended by inserting after section 184 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A85255B887D47A58A9EA0D0E4ABEA06" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id54E64A97B6FD49E096C39CB75EE8FA3C"><enum>184A.</enum><header>Availability of
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A reference in
subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regarding an entity eligible to receive
direct or indirect assistance to carry out a national service program shall
include a non-profit organization promoting competitive and non-competitive
sporting events involving individuals with disabilities (including the Special
Olympics), which enhance the quality of life for individuals with
disabilities.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID9aaef491ce754f60ab7899ab5e6c607b"><enum>1614.</enum><header>Criminal history
checks for individuals working with vulnerable populations</header>
<subsection id="id92DBDF2247AE4E7BBA3C308F79B6F733"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 189D, as added by section 1612, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AA0EA94D44F4491B1BE3ED294607E69" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID7381dbcd2b7641eb8dbdf5e23c35983c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule for
individuals working with vulnerable populations</header>
<paragraph id="id37A46161514B47EA90C458DC78E8E693"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), on and after the date
that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, a
criminal history check under subsection (a) for each individual described in
paragraph (2) shall, except for an entity described in paragraph (3),
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE305D13F4E464932B02BAA2DFB63A6F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a name-based search of the National Sex
Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE861BD66DF6F4146BB3CC7F2FBD9C9E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a search of the State
criminal registry or repository in the State in which the program is operating
and the State in which the individual resides at the time of application;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id281300B8FBA64B36BC6856A3C638A7CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submitting fingerprints
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history
background check.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id32C3E4B5FAA94FE983A287852982FDF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individuals with access
to vulnerable populations</header><text>An individual described in this
paragraph is an individual age 18 or older who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id762A22CFD1FF4CB0A01427DB3799C0C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serves in a position in
which the individual receives a living allowance, stipend, national service
educational award, or salary through a program receiving assistance under the
national service laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70CFB91265814517AC01E32A347C22D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as a result of such
individual's service in such position, has or will have access, on a recurring
basis, to—</text>
<clause id="id612F59D553604E18A10A49C44C68E886"><enum>(i)</enum><text>children age 17 years or
younger;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD317E2C0ABC2490A9BE552FCDF0A3339"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individuals age 60 years
or older; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id411A1136B5444A8C90C7BB0FF994C284"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id85634EFB9D1943E59C45470E2E426EF8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E772510338145A5B7C9269EC8224252"><enum>(A)</enum><text>where the service
provided by individuals serving with the entity to a vulnerable population
described in paragraph (2)(B) is episodic in nature or for a 1-day
period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7C0C784CE044BC6BA7C12AFE26D5C40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where the cost to the
entity of complying with this subsection is prohibitive;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0CC650C707E419AB6A0234414775EC5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>where the entity is not
authorized, or is otherwise unable, under State law, to access the national
criminal history background check system of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBFD1AEF76D842FCAF804C9E605291F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>where the entity is not
authorized, or is otherwise unable, under Federal law, to access the national
criminal history background check system of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id522C35FBE3C946829883DE40A01D5A87"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to which the Corporation
otherwise provides an exemption from this subsection for good
cause.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id7CBC59901B794257810551835BDB1E2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Feasibility study for a
system of criminal history checks for employees and volunteers</header>
<paragraph id="idE452DF9B2E0F4421AFE32532DE849487"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Feasibility study on
efficiency and effectiveness regarding criminal history check</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General of the United States
shall conduct a study that shall examine, to the extent discernible and as of
the date of the study, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2e32be3c2d76426d9d21316c501d932b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The state of criminal
history checks (including the use of fingerprint collection) at the State and
local level, including—</text>
<clause id="idFDE6FF7B6A694011B274D2B7014473A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the available
infrastructure for conducting criminal history checks;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2C3447FFCFEA4AB9B41903D3482056D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State system
capacities to conduct such criminal history checks; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1AB211F9F42D4542B05B3882A1F5170C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the time required for
each State to process an individual's fingerprints for a national criminal
history background check through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from the
time of fingerprint collection to the submission to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID4448bbcad1754c56ba99a40ba75bdd77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The likelihood that each
State would participate in a nationwide system of criminal history checks to
provide information regarding participants to entities receiving assistance
under the national service laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9db108fc763c468cb8f662460088e009"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
participants that would require a fingerprint-based national criminal history
background check under the national service laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf13aa867b5d94df9a33d3a466a982651"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The impact of the
national service laws on the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in terms of capacity and impact
on other users of the system, including the effect on the work practices and
staffing levels of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8032ca1f186d4e20880cbe71caea20d3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The fees charged by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, States, local agencies, and private companies
to collect and process fingerprints and conduct criminal history checks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5221e1a52dbb471fa61bb3a86a76c162"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The existence of model or
best practice programs regarding conducting criminal history checks that could
easily be expanded and duplicated in other States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6c40a68b94d44f5b8ab0b0910a195da6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The extent to which
private companies are currently performing criminal history checks, and the
possibility of using private companies in the future to perform any of the
criminal history check process, including the collection and transmission of
fingerprints and fitness determinations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79639a6e477c4129bd7dbcd8a3936ef8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The cost of development
and operation of the technology and the infrastructure necessary to establish a
nationwide fingerprint-based and other criminal background check system.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8670fbd56a8c45b3bb2045900e932e3d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The extent of State
participation in the procedures for background checks under the National Child
Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5c3f2cf418a4c11b65347a685ca826e"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The extent to which
States provide access to nationwide criminal history checks to organizations
that serve children.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfb7a406e2b0f4146af7b165204f26242"><enum>(K)</enum><text>The extent to which
States permit volunteers and other individuals to appeal adverse fitness
determinations, and whether similar procedures are required at the Federal
level.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID52104ad183c4470b8fb3187852e6fe54"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Any privacy concerns that
may arise from nationwide criminal background checks for participants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID618f5c577568470ea38c3644325ecb4b"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Any other information
determined relevant by the Attorney General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID801cb65b7aa14a70add9f39f4977ec0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interim
report</header><text>Based on the findings of the study under paragraph (1),
the Attorney General shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an
interim report, which may include recommendations regarding criminal history
checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with organizations that work with
children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5995f525efa34e6e9dce5017daad6d77"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and to
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and Labor of the
House of Representatives, a final report including recommendations regarding
criminal history checks for participants under the national service laws, which
may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7EFD5BC00AF24B91A13578F3EC32F89E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a proposal for grants to
States to develop or improve programs to collect fingerprints and perform
criminal history checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with
organizations that work with children, the elderly, or individuals with
disabilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id559411C4E4914619ABC6FDD928F9C26B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for
amendments to the National Child Protection Act of 1993 and the Volunteers for
Children Act so that entities receiving assistance under the national service
laws can promptly and affordably conduct nationwide criminal history background
checks on their employees and volunteers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDEB6ECF52D4F4EBCB7BDAF2A50035651"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection, the terms <quote>authorizing committees</quote>,
<quote>participants</quote>, and <quote>national service laws</quote> have the
meanings given such terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id317DE96E62C64505BC85386E9A2F5521"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Notwithstanding section 6101, subsection (b) shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idDD516F6D733F4533B22CF56AD8A7EF87"><enum>G</enum><header>Amendments to subtitle G
(Corporation for national and community service)</header>
<section id="H10977745F46242DEBDA870A5CEACAC2D"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Terms of
office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 192 (42 U.S.C.
12651a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H57AF90DBEAB64D0990EEA408571ADABD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H47F0342381744AB5AE9EB56EBA24CC82" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA363728EC5EE483792107B6F44A8BF4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Subject
to subsection (e), each appointed member shall serve for a term of 5
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD61EB3B9E4B641BEBFE3B1FC4D82DF5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H0CD74819EF204A91B0E3C79FA5C9010D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1A75D464283B49CB831C39866BBC0FE1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Service Until
Appointment of Successor</header><text>A voting member of the Board whose term
has expired may continue to serve on the Board until the date on which the
member's successor takes office, which period shall not exceed 1
year.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB9FCE0D29A144946944B63AF83DA89DE"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Board of Directors
authorities and duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H499A89888947466893F06E4710E93C9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>shall—</quote> and inserting <quote>shall
have responsibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation and
shall—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1BAF628143BD4CAD8FC727E9A010D496"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, and review
the budget proposal in advance of submission to the Office of Management and
Budget</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7565A88ECF041D1A9776227C458D8F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23BCC43826BD451893DE0246271E2EA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF68C71F2595047BF966DE16F9276E3E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC606C715F7B446049ECCF10260948F68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H435B2055DAAD48B7991AB3E317DBEC62" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE21C786406CB4CBE852A8FBEBD40E7EB" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the performance of the Chief
Executive Officer annually and forward a report on that review to the
President;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5093F26FCD13449D80FED156B56893D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by
striking <quote>the Congress</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>the authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11B9614DDA574832AE85F023BDDE9F4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(10) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ED5FCCB5D6C4D9D90A7DDE921E3C2BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID5c7eb5c6435846748ae591f873d648b2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>notwithstanding any
other provision of law—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc27f02d15933449488cd8a6c2033892e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make grants to or
contracts with Federal and other public departments or agencies, and private
nonprofit organizations, for the assignment or referral of volunteers under the
provisions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.) (except as provided in section 108 of such Act), which may
provide that the agency or organization shall pay all or a part of the costs of
the program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd051c82680a04cafb558b44034dc5637"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into agreements
with other Federal agencies or private nonprofit organizations for the support
of programs under the national service laws, which—</text>
<clause id="ID5ed3ff7066bf4967aaaac793886051fc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may provide that the
agency or organization shall pay all or a part of the costs of the program,
except as is provided in section 121(b); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID239a5f7009394156994e7efb14a7713c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall provide that the
program (including any program operated by another Federal agency) will comply
with all requirements related to evaluation, performance, and other goals
applicable to similar programs under the national service laws, as determined
by the Corporation,</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF0D72D3762941FB954774B08AF09D72"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE466AD5D41BC47EEB909A29F403DD532"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Congress</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id855322CB44D34040AFFB9123DA68A7CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 193A(b)(10)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
193A(b)(11)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F44FFFB04784F0994481C2D86C091A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>September 30, 1995</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2012</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDddbbfa2a01fd47ef95bdf18888a55758"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Chief Executive
Officer compensation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by striking the period and inserting
<quote>, plus 3 percent.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H03892AD910884B7CA78A972DA5E235A1"><enum>1704.</enum><header>Authorities and
duties of the Chief Executive Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H793EA35E4FAE409B9D91002E16E8AF57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8182034DDE1D44FB9636F15C28338556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>shall—</quote> and inserting <quote>, in
collaboration with the State Commissions, shall—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA87B4CC40FE4591911CDEE4E64AA268"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting after <quote>a strategic plan</quote> the following: <quote>,
including a plan for having 50 percent of all approved national service
positions be full-time positions by 2012,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0F9D3693497C4758898E3F1FF9AA3D31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by
inserting <quote>, approved summer of service positions, and approved silver
scholar positions</quote> after <quote>approved national service
positions</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7925417A3D424A68AFFC3678724BB901"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2057451E54B42F28BD5D0EB69E67F7D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="HFC4A4C242DA746999DF3255970212C6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8393A1E0C5664815AD8B9B7BAFD8A573"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare and submit to the authorizing
committees and the Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve the goal
of having 50 percent of all approved national service positions be full-time
positions by 2012 as described in paragraph (1), including an assessment of the
progress made toward achieving that goal and the actions to be taken in the
coming year toward achieving that goal;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id34C90B7AAA084B119F24AD11C23DF5CA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by striking
<quote>appropriate committees of Congress</quote> and inserting
<quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF735B3363FAA467BB93E061304B3B445"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (11) (as so
redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="H9F62A4AD959D4DB9889B36371BC2C862"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>by June 30, 1995,</quote> and inserting
<quote>periodically,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H858FE30BAA934F838EEF6D5FB30A5163"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idECD4EC9A396141E198BB6CD9A7923098"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>described in section 122(c)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idBEC5C18C4EB347919E777998BD41A82F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>national priorities designed to meet the</quote> and inserting
<quote>national priorities, as described in section 122(f)(1), designed to
meet</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id23B7CF9EEA2248D88C39EA24EB639880"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after a semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9DE2BD83215E4A13A81517EFCE177FD0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (12) (as so
redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ABBC73B1D53470EA6FF1DD1D1DF2EF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27DF8B04E6F24B0A96F06D3D906A908E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC89702C2398042829FFD9683B722A661"><enum>(13)</enum><text>bolster the public
awareness of and recruitment efforts for the wide range of service
opportunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or
geographic location, through a variety of methods, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE1AFDA71B2D4A51B093F35832690A00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>print media;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H055E07A348DC44BEB0E9D0DEBB33B32F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Internet and related
emerging technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38989B2BA40541AEB940E775F9281B01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>television;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0FBF546024A47EAAED9731D9E64AC95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>radio;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3DB3C2A276E4F1396078073826F0EF9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>presentations at public
or private forums;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77B7DB9BDC8447B69AF46AE20FD7FCFD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other innovative methods
of communication; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H399B5A993F56488CBBF4D1C46C5B197B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>outreach to offices of
economic development, State employment security agencies, labor organizations
and trade associations, local educational agencies, institutions of higher
education, agencies and organizations serving veterans and individuals with
disabilities, and other institutions or organizations from which participants
for programs receiving assistance from the national service laws can be
recruited;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC76B2EFB550E49B7AB1BD76FC02CD839"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and implement methods of
recruitment to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DD21A679C864F028EEE60D18FE2CA69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the diversity of
participants in the programs receiving assistance under the national service
laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD371C9C9894C4FED9C4D88FDCF4EB02E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the diversity of
service sponsors of programs desiring to receive assistance under the national
service laws;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C83154475844548BD18431AA93EA66A"><enum>(15)</enum><text>coordinate with
organizations of former participants of national service programs for service
opportunities that may include capacity building, outreach, and recruitment for
programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AFC1172EF5F452BA611DBF3DC16EC21"><enum>(16)</enum><text>collaborate with
organizations with demonstrated expertise in supporting and accommodating
individuals with disabilities, including institutions of higher education, to
identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the number of
participants who are individuals with disabilities in the programs receiving
assistance under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6AF58850DE44E48315389D741BE525"><enum>(17)</enum><text>identify and implement
recruitment strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers in the
National Senior Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73C078D9E473424CB4AD973732C4E9D4"><enum>(18)</enum><text>collaborate with
organizations that have established volunteer recruitment programs to increase
the recruitment capacity of the Corporation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H379A5E662CCA4A5AB161B58FBB992C89"><enum>(19)</enum><text>where practicable,
provide application materials in languages other than English for individuals
with limited English proficiency who wish to participate in a national service
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C313EE34524ED4A1AD7BDB4DD1E11E"><enum>(20)</enum><text>collaborate with the
training and technical assistance programs described in subtitle J with respect
to the activities described in section 199N(b));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA49EDDD4DC414C6D93A5174D3A20847C"><enum>(21)</enum><text>coordinate the
clearinghouses described in section 198O;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27EE935DD5544FBF9534F0B9BF2119DD"><enum>(22)</enum><text>coordinate with entities
receiving funds under subtitle C in establishing the National Service Reserve
Corps under section 198H, through which alumni of the national service programs
and veterans can serve in disasters and emergencies (as such terms are defined
in section 198H(a));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCA0CDEE5BCF4546B22D8EA7B7F106A7"><enum>(23)</enum><text>identify and implement
strategies to increase awareness among Indian tribes of the types and
availability of assistance under the national service laws, increase Native
American participation in programs under the national service laws, collect
information on challenges facing Native American communities, and designate a
Strategic Advisor for Native American Affairs to be responsible for the
execution of those activities under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H065E442A9F5146FEBBD2738E21DFFB1F"><enum>(24)</enum><text>conduct outreach to
ensure the inclusion of economically disadvantaged individuals in national
service programs and activities authorized under the national service laws;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idECC966CEA3054E54B74B4F1FFB446EB6"><enum>(25)</enum><text>ensure that outreach,
awareness, and recruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
794).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H017EEED54C594329B08290695AA52086"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3708B580C4874E6AA0848CBE664DAD61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="id06916C07390745DDBABA7CA1B28F4F46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Congress</quote> each place the term occurs and inserting <quote>the
authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBAD8D2FCFF254EAB986FBB401B524BFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8CF2751F9CB4F06977D9B96D3C4F735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED108527B3BC4C44B35BECEF13346F96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (9) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H8F6A62B55ACB435CA39607ACE167515E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEB67925B08384C989BFFAA2CB475C6E2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>obtain the opinions of
peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the Corporation for assistance
under this title; and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA68E35C255624431B7E9C64736E579FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)(B),
by striking <quote>date specified in subsection (b)(10)</quote> and inserting
<quote>the first date that a report is submitted under subsection (b)(11) after
the effective date of the Serve America Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54902ED4F93F47508E054F2F9B73648F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BD3BC97177643F3B4155951A61D5850" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAC6BDA35B65144E3A25824F2F56D9C22"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authority To Contract
With Businesses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief
Executive Officer may, through contracts or cooperative agreements, carry out
the marketing duties described in subsection (b)(13), with priority given to
those entities that have established expertise in the recruitment of
disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and older adults.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4B0E92A4ABB46E29C595C11E89091C2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Campaign To Solicit
Funds</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may conduct a campaign to
solicit funds to conduct outreach and recruitment campaigns to recruit a
diverse population of service sponsors of, and participants in, programs and
projects receiving assistance under the national service
laws.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDe39e57bc87dc4acaa036dbd083fbd3d7"><enum>1705.</enum><header>Chief Financial
Officer status</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 194(c)
(42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdf6210887ba143cfa77510fa4bc6c087"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3E2FC22FF2A4C9B87CD483090F4440B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID25509aa843244e9695c43d1e89189339"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There shall be in the Corporation a Chief Financial
Officer, who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of section 195.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID016e5bce2e79463d853ec1ff71d2892b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA27F8E24517644B58C7D9C0860F7C254"><enum>1706.</enum><header>Nonvoting members;
personal services contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA73C1ADC6D75443AA9823C7C2863E413"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42D628375DA54CA0B4C197189A765808"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by
inserting after <quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8648156018E4405932FBACE88AD6D1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H45A328E25CD843C9AB25EAE887A767D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Member</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Nonvoting
member</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H53F09F0885C64094B495D3A3CB1EE990"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>nonvoting</quote> before <quote>member</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7788A1BA8D154978B8FE9670C565719C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H436526848BE34F7BB40BB576F15ED923" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0D0E4B7C8BD441F4A5A11277670DC8A4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Personal Services
Contracts</header><text>The Corporation may enter into personal services
contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness related to
the national service
laws.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H138101B63C46434496A71A278F6FCCFF"><enum>1707.</enum><header>Donated
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196(a) (42
U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DBB2D545F55447D848C7031FCF16D1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3171F64692DC45C2B6F546F381196829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph
(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" id="H8E9AAB4D831A41C7B4CE095E5C4A3DD5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5F7CC5B673A24CFC88E1A1D16276D17F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Organizations and
individuals</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United
States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept the services of
organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist the
Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national
service laws, and may provide to such individuals the travel expenses described
in section
192A(d).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H097C67A590A549C59167B8F4929CA472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="HA9C3E73C5A694BE09255C56DC792C955"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking <quote>Such a volunteer</quote> and inserting <quote>A
person who provides assistance, either individually or as a member of an
organization, in accordance with subparagraph (A)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H13C77A8245594138A459A78C8936FCBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>a volunteer under this subtitle</quote> and inserting
<quote>such a person</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6294E7D0D6B643C9BADDC463644C6C0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>volunteers under this subtitle</quote> and inserting
<quote>such persons</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3AB3FADA4C6641F2B0D653E721B59C4B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by
striking <quote>such a volunteer</quote> and inserting <quote>such a
person</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEF842ABC2474C36B7AE6FB9908DB773"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i),
by striking <quote>Such a volunteer</quote> and inserting <quote>Such a
person</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC19BC5DB0C5D4CC48CF3AA06A12E8F5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD405F6B1A4364FD5AAE53D11B268E76A"><enum>1708.</enum><header>Assignment to State
Commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA1262FFF36A4EE6AFFE00C4DC3602DC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id371D1465E60A409DBCE2710D6FF263BD"><enum>196B.</enum><header>Assignment to State
Commissions</header>
<subsection id="ID4af50b24cb1f498bb633aece91224fb8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assignment</header><text>In
accordance with section 193A(c)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may assign to
State Commissions specific programmatic functions upon a determination that
such an assignment will increase efficiency in the operation or oversight of a
program under the national service laws. In carrying out this section, and
before executing any assignment of authority, the Corporation shall seek input
from and consult Corporation employees, State Commissions, State educational
agencies, and other interested stakeholders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd25110f8be3f4676995d9d70822238c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act, the
Corporation shall submit a report to the authorizing committees describing the
consultation process described in subsection (a), including the stakeholders
consulted, the recommendation of stakeholders, and any actions taken by the
Corporation under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H9AB1A1C452614FA0B07377BBB884C77F"><enum>1709.</enum><header>Study of involvement
of veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68D47E06054C45BDB397814A0ABD9403" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="idF1558BA665644A0BB0A044E26AC6E8F8"><enum>196C.</enum><header>Study of involvement
of veterans</header>
<subsection id="IDe8d688f37d8b404baf78ef90d322d177"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and
report</header><text>The Corporation shall conduct a study and submit a report
to the authorizing committees, not later than 3 years after the effective date
of the Serve America Act, on—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcf391c48a19c4ec198d0ebfa14d9542f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of veterans
serving in national service programs historically by year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8618e0f2f11046758579b5340fe453fe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strategies being
undertaken to identify the specific areas of need of veterans, including any
goals set by the Corporation for veterans participating in the service
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa4ae1d0746d44de79a423b80460f4dd4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of the
strategies described in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling
greater participation by veterans in the national service programs carried out
under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb1f007a7c3a646e999fe61fe8a3e51d5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how existing programs and
activities carried out under the national service laws could be improved to
serve veterans, veterans service organizations, families of active-duty
military, including gaps in services to veterans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcd5372d1a89440078b1ccb1c6a36b0c9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which
existing programs and activities carried out under the national service laws
are coordinated and recommendations to improve such coordination including the
methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization of services directed
towards veterans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb47f665e861649b2be35553f5598984d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>how to improve
utilization of veterans as resources and volunteers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa82267e0e97647b1b80637deb9d5083f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the studies and preparing the reports required under this
subsection, the Corporation shall consult with veterans’ service organizations,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of
Defense, as appropriate, and other individuals and entities the Corporation
considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H67FD981E93FD4E69BC328B893E57B1D8"><enum>1710.</enum><header>Study to examine and
increase service programs for displaced workers in services corps and community
service and to develop pilot program planning study</header>
<subsection id="H172F8A0C29884ACBA9FC869DC14A235A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Planning
study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
conduct a study to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="H870C15263D994939BF91D1E330A687E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specific areas of need
for displaced workers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10C237A8616B4215AED92108E23B0EA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how existing programs and
activities (as of the time of the study) carried out under the national service
laws could better serve displaced workers and communities that have been
adversely affected by plant closings and job losses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33E98344E3DD4DB4B38F4F0BC99398E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prospects for better
utilization of displaced workers as resources and volunteers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF370782EA6AF46CA9B0AF8C045161092"><enum>(4)</enum><text>methods for ensuring the
efficient financial organization of services directed towards displaced
workers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7892627D8F1849A6AD3758A7FF58F756"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
study shall be carried out in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, State
labor agencies, and other individuals and entities the Corporation considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB60F38D9BEB246E5877EDE14492CA3F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the effective date of this Act, the Corporation shall
submit to the authorizing committees a report on the results of the planning
study required by subsection (a), together with a plan for implementation of a
pilot program using promising strategies and approaches for better targeting
and serving displaced workers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H226F011BB38D4F9A966776F13650E1AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section,
the Corporation shall develop and carry out a pilot program based on the
findings and plan in the report submitted under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF6E2FF62E84C481F93138FA25D70348D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the terms <quote>Corporation</quote>, <term>authorizing
committees</term>, and <term>national service laws</term> have the meanings
given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H232E07B81BB24B4D9D477641E1475605"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DF0D13598B246A8AA93619EDA777C57"><enum>1711.</enum><header>Study to evaluate the
effectiveness of agency coordination</header>
<subsection id="idC7938C55C5E24834AFE5250CE7473A2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>In
order to reduce administrative burdens and lower costs for national service
programs carried out under the national service laws, the Corporation shall
conduct a study to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing
a data matching system under which the statements of an individual declaring
that such individual is in compliance with the requirements of section
146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Corporation by comparing information
provided by the individual with information relevant to such a declaration in
the possession of other Federal agencies. Such study shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5943f92e8f094dc389dc9d1e8149eada"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the feasibility
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9c2a687c82a94f2b8036a8dfc27a3e91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expanding, and
participating in, the data matching conducted by the Department of Education
with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland
Security, pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1091(g)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3befefbf0aee459996fcdccdaf25b64e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing a comparable
system of data matching with the Social Security Administration and the
Department of Homeland Security; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1bb9362e761242ac9fb754f724c61e1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID64c2771cce294985a77133b23d8bd854"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the costs, for both the
Corporation and the other Federal agencies identified in paragraph (1),
associated with expanding or establishing such a system of data
matching;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd4c65dd02d2b4c1d8154152310e73293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the benefits or
detriments of such an expanded or comparable system both for the Corporation
and for the other Federal agencies so identified;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4486493c06f9489abd8c20880f7ead72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strategies for ensuring
the privacy and security of participant information that is shared between
Federal agencies and organizations receiving assistance under the national
service laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID588a5b5a599f43b7ac56a529e0aaeb08"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the information that
needs to be shared in order to fulfill the eligibility requirements of section
146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12602(a)(3));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2aa27a564f5e4dac8b79c160fc1a9834"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an alternative system
through which an individual’s compliance with section 146(a)(3) of such Act may
be verified, should such an expanded or comparable system fail to verify the
individual’s declaration of compliance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc118e0e4bb01487c8ee4a00743c7f051"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recommendations for
implementation of such an expanded or comparable system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0011f5c8c84d49c3aababaf4426fed04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Corporation shall carry out the study in consultation with the Secretary of
Education, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and other Federal agencies, entities, and
individuals that the Corporation considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfeeb45b3a1b64732a72c76f8d11fb9a5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 9 months after the effective date of this Act, the Corporation shall
submit to the authorizing committees a report on the results of the study
required by subsection (a) and a plan for implementation of a pilot data
matching program using promising strategies and approaches identified in such
study, if the Corporation determines such program to be feasible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3dd0cf9c1b08403390961feed0e80009"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section,
the Corporation may develop and carry out a pilot data matching program based
on the report submitted under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA30DD0F16F4C49B1A9A4EA15448FBE23"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the terms <quote>Corporation</quote>, <term>authorizing
committees</term>, and <term>national service laws</term> have the meanings
given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB596009E77BB4414BC3A54B1625629AD"><enum>1712.</enum><header>Study of program
effectiveness</header>
<subsection id="id8B821D1AA57D4AFC8715B925CC146103"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall develop
performance measures for each program receiving Federal assistance under the
national service laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id693E9383A82F4AD1931157A614A78958"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
performance measures developed under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idB56E55AB3B6F4170BBE7FAF4BD257D8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable draw on research-based, quantitative data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE3566C2C735B4280A476A59948DA8B99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account program
purpose and program design;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id48EF394C077A4571B56C1AEBE332AEE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include criteria to
evaluate the cost effectiveness of programs receiving assistance under the
national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEA970EE6F79041E58439584767C9B1ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include criteria to
evaluate the administration and management of programs receiving Federal
assistance under the national service laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id41869D589DE24A929D856155F7485570"><enum>(5)</enum><text>include criteria to
evaluate oversight and accountability of recipients of assistance through such
programs under the national service laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF63F009B6B2846EBBAEA15A0167C1E6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the development of the performance measures under
subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the
Corporation's Board of Directors a report containing an assessment of each such
program with respect to the performance measures developed under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBF9E45EDDA024792831D17C719ECD13D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id66D71FF0178E41D1B09654B1CA1AFD27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The terms <term>authorizing committees</term>,
<term>Corporation</term>, and <term>national service laws</term> have the
meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id134697AE929E4CBD8BC71BD538498878"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>program</term> means an entire program carried out by the
Corporation under the national service laws, such as the entire AmeriCorps
program carried out under subtitle C.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID622fdcd5b2da4faebc480a234d662c1a"><enum>1713.</enum><header>Volunteer Management
Corps study</header>
<subsection id="id6612EFF46F44494D97FA244282E6C7CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID75ed7112caf941bb8419266fd3f05a12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Many managers seek
opportunities to give back to their communities and address the Nation’s
challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d4807b8f40b46bc808857b0221f01b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Managers possess business
and technical skills that make them especially suited to help nonprofit
organizations and State and local governments create efficiencies and cost
savings and develop programs to serve communities in need.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe5f8bb5b11f94166ae026bf91c786599"><enum>(3)</enum><text>There are currently a
large number of businesses and firms who are seeking to identify savings
through sabbatical opportunities for senior employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8A71C39E70C64E4E8AF3A42151637FA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study and
plan</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Corporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id3B69BFB834AA4F67AFE80D70DA12AFF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study on how
best to establish and implement a Volunteer Management Corps program;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD8862DDE79144164B83AB2BC7E641221"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a plan regarding
the establishment of such program to Congress and to the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C229258959A4AF5A08B50FA3EAC91D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
carrying out the study described in subsection (b)(1), the Corporation may
consult with experts in the private and nonprofit sectors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id75A7CCE06F364E0F973C3F291874D3AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Notwithstanding section 6101, this section shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBCE4173A1A424FE3A184D74F502EB94E"><enum>H</enum><header>Amendments to subtitle H
(Investment for Quality and Innovation) </header>
<section id="H5DB69C8ED42746E5BA261794371AF757"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Technical amendment
to subtitle <enum-in-header>H</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198
the following:</text>
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<part id="H3CFF97F7A44346C4940661B1742D581A"><enum>I</enum><header>Additional corporation
activities to support national
service</header>
</part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HDBA9B3859812490087C0B98A08C59649"><enum>1802.</enum><header>Additional
Corporation activities to support national service</header>
<subsection id="id848513B222EF4496950519B4F35D5DD6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 198 (42
U.S.C. 12653) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2FBA603A263D42AA99662BA9A7E4DA7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>subsection (r)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(g)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22C5DDCF17C64718BACA7F08AD49AB6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (b), by striking <quote>to improve the quality</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>including—</quote> and inserting <quote>to address
emergent needs through summer programs and other activities, and to support
service-learning programs and national service programs,
including—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79802067EF674DCEBE36D486C46B3F6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating
subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as subsections (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id070B579B913B4F0DB9F00C9EDF553267"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Global Youth Service
Days</header><text>Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended in subsection (a),
is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id93D4A105B7C24C0FA82319DC0E24B06E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as
redesignated by subsection (a)(3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7E2920F5A0FB46518D57DC0D0D94A48B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">National</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Global</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06CEBA9EDC2A4330B0794968E34D943B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>National Youth</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Global
Youth</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4A23FA3CB9D45D18B98E0AC7310AA46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id0D928060B9CE4479A6A83E6FB055CAB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the first
sentence and inserting <quote>April 24, 2009, and April 23, 2010, are each
designated as <quote>Global Youth Service Days</quote>.</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idB7952D6A66EE47348E09BB51B532923C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence,
by striking <quote>appropriate ceremonies and activities</quote> and inserting
<quote>appropriate youth-led community improvement and service-learning
activities</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id532D211BDE844871B1C81AD6D7F2DFD1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id9F575A95C5294B4899DB9CB0A4643290"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and
other Federal departments and agencies</quote> after
<quote>Corporation</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idD68BC150D66F4747B9AC2C1CB378772B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>ceremonies and activities</quote> and inserting <quote>youth-led
community improvement and service-learning activities</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0F7A8A94EAB14D20AEB7D58EAA337DA3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
inserting <quote>and other Federal departments and agencies</quote> after
<quote>Corporation</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBEF374CC79114993AA3CC7F53EA2D21E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Call to Service
Campaign and September 11th Day of Service</header><text>Section 198 (42 U.S.C.
12653), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB4F5977955CB467D8C0B757A3058EEB4"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Call to Service
Campaign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corporation
shall conduct a nationwide <quote>Call To Service</quote> campaign, to
encourage all people of the United States, regardless of age, race, ethnicity,
religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or part-time national service,
long- or short-term public service in the nonprofit sector or government, or
volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the Corporation may collaborate with
other Federal agencies and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit
and faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education,
elementary schools, and secondary schools.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3CCB9326C0EE4AC69C0DF7CC0CF17D37"><enum>(k)</enum><header>September 11th Day of
Service</header>
<paragraph id="id49F937E33AEE45D49437B7A1F32B421B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
activities</header><text>The Corporation may organize and carry out appropriate
ceremonies and activities, which may include activities that are part of the
broader Call to Service Campaign under subsection (j), in order to observe the
September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance at the Federal
level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF58DB3B84A1247BA8B1E7D88B10E44BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The
Corporation may make grants and provide other support to community-based
organizations to assist in planning and carrying out appropriate service,
charity, and remembrance opportunities in conjunction with the September 11th
National Day of Service and Remembrance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE76852CFE02941CCABCFA3DFFBC09BAB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Corporation may consult with and make grants or provide other forms of support
to nonprofit organizations with expertise in representing families of victims
of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted constituencies,
and in promoting the establishment of September 11 as an annually recognized
National Day of Service and
Remembrance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3ECE742D3DB846B48E80AF77D6EF0C5B"><enum>1803.</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<subsection id="H17D68CCA0A744CB5AB0CB00ECC0C1D54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions are
repealed:</text>
<paragraph id="H8BB3534C4DC64B45AC11C217A94BB53F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clearinghouses</header><text>Section
198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20CFB3C0E1AB4616BE3AA177718736B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military installation
conversion demonstration programs</header><text>Section 198C (42 U.S.C.
12653c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AEB35FB874E407F816633E899AAEB68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special demonstration
project</header><text>Section 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD24CABED17647619370E9A7414D1588"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Section
198B (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is redesignated as section 198A.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB91A542ECAA14F0F9530CA3F7222E88B"><enum>1804.</enum><header>Presidential
awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 198A(a)(2) (as
redesignated by section 1803(b)) (42 U.S.C. 12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by
striking <quote>section 101(19)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
101</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0219F0E17C7B4AC5BB71FBC83EA90216"><enum>1805.</enum><header>New
fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part I of subtitle
H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end
the following new sections:</text>
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<section id="H31992C79766145549E22B4FDA0148493"><enum>198B.</enum><header>ServeAmerica
Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="H33C6F0D81824409B9FEB1CD05BAF371F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HCA8188F16DA84B4BB840DCA900E2119B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Area of national
need</header><text>The term <quote>area of national need</quote> means an area
involved in efforts to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5054F2C175ED45558B5DA8099C89F545"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve education in
schools for economically disadvantaged students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAEBF0280C89474D8FED84146E367CEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand and improve access
to health care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2EA1375BB524090879968D17EB2D909"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve energy efficiency
and conserve natural resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02474A45531545C2805079A2257A86F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve economic
opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0EA6E49A00A420D80D1E6341B2F57E4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improve disaster
preparedness and response.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H252C40DF918248D485FECD3B2E555D59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible Fellowship
Recipient</header><text>The term <quote>eligible fellowship recipient</quote>
means an individual who is selected by a State Commission under subsection (c)
and, as a result of such selection, is eligible for a ServeAmerica
Fellowship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE1B1F57411284EA4BF3FB050DCE1414A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellow</header><text>The
term <quote>fellow</quote> means an eligible fellowship recipient who is
awarded a ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow under subsection
(e)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id243DF7E67F0C4D82B50099B95132C66D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small service sponsor
organization</header><text>The term <quote>small service sponsor
organization</quote> means a service sponsor organization described in
subsection (d)(1) that has not more than 10 full-time employees and 10
part-time employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FA0D68A698B4933B5A32CD7FDFD8D74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H9BA6E6F712594A1080AFDC0BDD9C6380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under section 501(a)(4)(B)
and allotted under paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants
(including financial assistance and a corresponding allotment of approved
national service positions), to the State Commission of each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with an
application approved under this section, to enable such State Commissions to
award ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F8A9B6C79A740B19956AC6E14D2A204"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotment;
Administrative Costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H70A21B1711A746F79393874536B9EBD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allotment</header><text>The
amount allotted to a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be equal to an
amount that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated under section
501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State bears to the total population of
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A82AA1E44AE45DA842B51DE1963FD06"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>If
a State Commission does not apply for an allotment under this subsection for
any fiscal year, or if the State Commission’s application is not approved, the
Corporation shall reallot the amount of the State Commission’s allotment to the
remaining State Commissions in accordance with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE3C028D57244CA6B4DAE85198EB3595"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount allotted
to a State Commission under subparagraph (A), not more than 1.5 percent of such
amount may be used for administrative costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0B0A68FB81F43C68369766E39802705"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Number of
positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2799A91467E149B19D0A0918B8B98621"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish or increase the
number of approved national service positions under this subsection during each
of fiscal years 2010 through 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3782EC92C59347BEAA05904A206C3346"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the number of
approved positions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B3DF69929BB401FA23BCC6814FA756F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the number of
the approved positions to—</text>
<clause id="HDBCC50B2A37A4BF68D016807B8DB895E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>750 for fiscal year
2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E85EB6496A540F4A634B78B8A0DF369"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1,000 for fiscal year
2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="H454DD8518D404F53B3E7C9EE7AB68C67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1,250 for fiscal year
2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H294385A49A0D4E7E83698548B0F7CCBF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1,500 for fiscal year
2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE78D8A5D916143718345ECCC6B45C664"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Uses of grant
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H701A53C00F924AAFAE9BE51624B8A3FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required
uses</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be used to
enable fellows to carry out service projects in areas of national need.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB39CECFF010641B8BB41E11F51B62A8B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permitted
uses</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection may be used
for—</text>
<clause id="H7C025D74BB2F4B478A204C42D33AC76C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>oversight activities and
mechanisms for the service sites of the fellows, as determined necessary by the
State Commission or the Corporation, which may include site visits;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE545C24EC6FB41A9890CBF85CE962CC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>activities to augment
the experience of fellows, including activities to engage the fellows in
networking opportunities with other national service participants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B5D334AC9AD41C09B613A5CEFB06E1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruitment or training
activities for fellows.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36D0627BEE914AFC9D022EAE4627F4CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a State Commission shall
submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Corporation may require, including
information on the criteria and procedures that the State Commission will use
for overseeing ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service projects, under
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5CC01B43CA1467AB8248EF77DCA1BD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible Fellowship
recipients</header>
<paragraph id="H841832F6C8CB47C48250CBB7A17E76AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="H69DC47CBCB89435297D2B2E17E3AE553"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An applicant desiring to become an eligible fellowship
recipient shall submit an application to a State Commission that has elected to
participate in the program authorized under this section, at such time and in
such manner as the Commission may require, and containing the information
described in subparagraph (B) and such additional information as the Commission
may require. An applicant may submit such application to only 1 State
Commission for a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC392424229544B2B1B37F52C33F39DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
Corporation shall specify information to be provided in an application
submitted under this subsection, which—</text>
<clause id="id9145AF7629DB4355A51E974EF744957B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<subclause id="H8895020747134804B7EB1DBADF5CB1E1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of the area
of national need that the applicant intends to address in the service
project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDD399AEA545C46F1984C965EE4FC4C96"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of the
skills and experience the applicant has to address the area of national
need;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5D29FFD421DE472183CCAB2505BC80BA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a description of the
type of service the applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5A7D1896950B459B872EFF3D4E99BE21"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>information identifying
the local area within the State served by the Commission in which the applicant
plans to serve for the service project; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID4193720586f84c5fb9e9d119d75da973"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include, if the
applicant chooses, the size of the registered service sponsor organization with
which the applicant hopes to serve.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EC54D12A27743949E54BE828493A229"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Each
State Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id001F053BC4A34E4E9EB4D262E48A6996"><enum>(A)</enum><text>select, from the
applications received by the State Commission for a fiscal year, the number of
eligible fellowship recipients that may be supported for that fiscal year based
on the amount of the grant received by the State Commission under subsection
(b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43CED8C7DD8349E4B31B50486A203484"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make an effort to award
one-third of the fellowships available to the State Commission for a fiscal
year, based on the amount of the grant received under subsection (b), to
applicants who propose to serve the fellowship with small service sponsor
organizations registered under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73CE46A754A64AACACFD3DADAF0AABA7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Service Sponsor
Organizations</header>
<paragraph id="HFB38002832B24E86A182242E507BCBF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F0A3C030BD24CA3BC1647E9A76D9B2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a nonprofit
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF36B3032B3064256B1BD71491F54D0EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfy qualification
criteria established by the Corporation or the State Commission, including
standards relating to organizational capacity, financial management, and
programmatic oversight;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FDE3F6B4E49491BB3D6EA6178AE4422"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not be a recipient of
other assistance, approved national service positions, or approved summer of
service positions under the national service laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4832546BE69D44C89B9C77FC608C418D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at the time of
registration with a State Commission, enter into an agreement providing that
the service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<clause id="H36A5E106286D47C38E52CA66EEDE5ADF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>abide by all program
requirements;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFF2B7C4C96E047BBA12C6E4B0677A0DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide an amount
described in subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving with the organization
through the ServeAmerica Fellowship;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF08EEB37DE74D25B34C78CBEC2A6BDA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be responsible for
certifying whether each fellow serving with the organization successfully
completed the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and certify in a manner
specified by the Corporation the number of hours served by a fellow for
purposes of determining the fellow's eligibility for benefits; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H022AF399644942BE973E9984708C9CBC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide timely access to
records relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State Commission, the
Corporation, and the Inspector General of the Corporation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62EFD50E53514F8FA24057034002873D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration</header>
<subparagraph id="H7AA51F419A944D4EA62970BE56FDC758"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>No
service sponsor organization may receive a fellow under this section until the
organization registers with the State Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF645EC0D7284710B28020A8B684BD96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clearinghouse</header><text>The
State Commission shall maintain a list of registered service sponsor
organizations on a public website.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF45F6F161450479BBDF781D238680712"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>If
a State Commission determines that a service sponsor organization is in
violation of any of the applicable provisions of this section—</text>
<clause id="HF3EF3EE6D0A649FE99CD119969337789"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State Commission
shall revoke the registration of the organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4558C5819BD649A1B2353269F608379D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the organization shall
not be eligible to receive assistance, approved national service positions, or
approved summer of service positions under this title for not less than 5
years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEAFF02E9BCFB477AA47C192CFE133EC2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State Commission
shall have the right to remove a fellow from the organization and relocate the
fellow to another site.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H213F712ACD2949F6842414152E8C38CF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fellows</header>
<paragraph id="H9F03344B45E04FC9B4CACF3E9F5C8AD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to participate in a service project as a
fellow and receive a ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship recipient
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D8E6B64FD964F6E96F06752EDC0CD97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 3 months after
being selected as an eligible fellowship recipient by a State Commission,
select a registered service sponsor organization described in subsection
(d)—</text>
<clause id="id3AC314B9E13C40F2A9FE7D0592E0FE09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with which the recipient
is interested in serving under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4FF80FB7054847C394AEDB9D5C5FB620"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is located in the
State served by the State Commission;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25F1CAAB0F564C10A9F50E9954D35BD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an agreement
with the organization—</text>
<clause id="HFA923733041640689DF99C1B9FE7F06D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that specifies the
service the recipient will provide if the placement is approved; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8015DBB30ABE452C8A68CA55A0989756"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in which the recipient
agrees to serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time basis (as determined by
the Corporation); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BC01ED1A59A4D4A9247BCCBCE06A709"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit such agreement to
the State Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD41A949DD93C402CB59337D2D1583EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Award</header><text>Upon
receiving the eligible fellowship recipient's agreement under paragraph (1),
the State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and
designate the recipient as a fellow.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB422B8B82A3044B7A5DF50787BF05E65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowship
Amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H2110F6186F9A420A940B1359AF70BD4E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts received under subsection (b), each State
Commission shall award each of the State’s fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship
amount that is equal to 50 percent of the amount of the average annual VISTA
subsistence allowance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70FA0AB2DEDD435392A2A4622966150F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount from service
sponsor organization</header>
<clause id="id5080C3F734774B7EAB2638C6C73C30AE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii) and subparagraph (E),
the service sponsor organization shall award to the fellow serving such
organization an amount that will ensure that the total award received by the
fellow for service in the service project (consisting of such amount and the
ServeAmerica Fellowship amount the fellow receives under subparagraph (A)) is
equal to or greater than 70 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence
allowance.</text>
</clause><clause id="id7FBF54656C2F4ECAB20DC0C0337A8E7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Small service sponsor
organizations</header><text>In the case of a small service sponsor
organization, the small service sponsor organization may decrease the amount of
the service sponsor organization award required under clause (i) to not less
than an amount that will ensure that the total award received by the fellow for
service in the service project (as calculated in clause (i)) is equal to or
greater than 60 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence
allowance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60B7AD4A681048DBAECB009073C4AD26"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum living
allowance</header><text>The total amount that may be provided to a fellow under
this subparagraph shall not exceed 100 percent of the average annual VISTA
subsistence allowance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BA063F3EBDC4C16B5F5F0AB2AC02752"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Proration of
amount</header><text>In the case of a fellow who is authorized to serve a
part-time term of service under the agreement described in paragraph
(1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall be
prorated accordingly.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CB90834DD884D8AA7B0C79ADCA26A7A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Corporation may allow a State Commission to waive the amount required under
subparagraph (B) from the service sponsor organization for a fellow serving the
organization if—</text>
<clause id="HC377B9B047064E2082DB0D55200AB1CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such requirement is
inconsistent with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C4F9D579B2945D9843D41094C193291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount provided to
the fellow under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of
living (including food, housing, and transportation) in the area in which the
ServeAmerica Fellowship program is located.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7E48CD5C716C49D2B889D27E641C5515"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this paragraph, the term <term>average annual VISTA subsistence
allowance</term> means the total average annual subsistence allowance provided
to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E6BAAD848EA460D9521B91041BA9E45"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance with
ineligible service categories</header><text>Service under a ServeAmerica
Fellowship shall comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that
section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be considered to be
a reference to assistance provided under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1B7E376B78543CAA4DFA129A5D23F7C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each
service sponsor organization that receives a fellow under this section shall,
on a biweekly basis, report to the Corporation on the number of hours served
and the services provided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish a web
portal for the organizations to use in reporting the information.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBBCB5899F71B4760A7A6302BBF0150F1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Educational
awards</header><text>A fellow who serves in a service project under this
section shall be considered to have served in an approved national service
position and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time or
part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national service
educational award described in such section. The Corporation shall transfer an
appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide for the
national service educational award for such fellow.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA366831B0513476892D2755A0385F0B2"><enum>198C.</enum><header>Silver Scholarships
and Encore Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="HEC399A9DD04C46A0B2DD871907C0CF8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Silver Scholarship
Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="HBA5E8BB7FBB44666A9C20F5B3C1230EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Corporation may award fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l))
to community-based entities to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Program for
individuals age 55 or older, in which such individuals complete not less than
350 hours of service in a year carrying out projects of national need and
receive a Silver Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 national service
educational award. Under such a program, the Corporation shall establish
criteria for the types of the service required to be performed to receive such
award.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF43090CD3E4C4B7D8E88C7AAC74C6A86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>Each
program funded under this subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3
years (which may include 1 planning year), with a 1-year extension possible, if
the program meets performance levels developed in accordance with section
179(k) and any other criteria determined by the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40084329D08A4E168F6062303909BEDB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a community-based entity
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1C7395B55FDE408C9A9409C233A276EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the Corporation
an application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer
may reasonably require; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06BA00827D164170AB4F149AE825DBB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be a listed organization
as described in subsection (b)(4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H55724371DD1040F3B01983AB0A6DD0F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collaboration
encouraged</header><text>A community-based entity awarded a grant under this
subsection is encouraged to collaborate with programs funded under title II of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 in carrying out this program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B47DC025A7C483EB81FE6B2DADC4C4E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility for
fellowship</header><text>An individual is eligible to receive a Silver
Scholarship if the community-based entity certifies to the Corporation that the
individual has completed not less than 350 hours of service under this section
in a 1-year period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB3ED13D8A91E458D8891AF7D23F027CB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Transfer to
trust</header><text>The Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of
funds to the National Service Trust to provide for the national service
educational award for each silver scholar under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58B0BF0584BC4767B415CF7094585433"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>A community-based entity receiving a fixed-amount grant
under this subsection may use a portion of the grant to provide transportation
services to an eligible individual to allow such individual to participate in a
service project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42B8CC7BEFE14320B718EEA084BB0918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Encore
Fellowships</header>
<paragraph id="H8B1E61D2B76E475BAAA26F74B2CEBC17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Corporation may award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individuals age 55 or
older to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF2D5D127DAD45928BBB4D596A3E502B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out service
projects in areas of national need; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AA51558826545A29BF80E9A50756C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>receive training and
development in order to transition to full- or part-time public service in the
nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26B7897093A944B383DD9CF4BEAA6967"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>In
carrying out the program, the Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21E5864CB6BE4507BBDB2178C71DAD05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain a list of
eligible organizations for which Encore Fellows may be placed to carry out
service projects through the program and shall provide the list to all
Fellowship recipients; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AE6CC38D0434518807137C0C6788718"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the request of a
Fellowship recipient—</text>
<clause id="H7DD3077BEB7C4465B45BDC30BF64CFF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether the
requesting recipient is able to meet the service needs of a listed
organization, or another organization that the recipient requests in accordance
with paragraph (5)(B), for a service project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF31C90204F5E4437A7EAD58FDC13175D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upon making a favorable
determination under clause (i), award the recipient with an Encore Fellowship,
and place the recipient with the organization as an Encore Fellow under
paragraph (5)(C).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB69E45B0000482C8A627E3F397DA032"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
recipients</header>
<subparagraph id="HDC12D87FD69D48E89F058231F72E1C6A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual
desiring to be selected as a Fellowship recipient shall—</text>
<clause id="HC9A09CCFDD644C66A11C7C2489CDD823"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be an individual
who—</text>
<subclause id="H18232D48301B4B17BDC0BE090A0B23ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is age 55 or older as of
the time the individual applies for the program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBF8AECB321A548509E4F1FD265F06424"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not engaged in, but
who wishes to engage in, full- or part-time public service in the nonprofit
sector or government; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE1B32944C10742A5A5EED2205F3BA202"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit an application to
the Corporation, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Corporation may require, including—</text>
<subclause id="H26F815D45E92465888ED4F1103F4E3A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of the area
of national need that the applicant hopes to address through the service
project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF7AAF59C52E042009E76A19C17E30D61"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of the
skills and experience the applicant has to address an area of national need;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7CBF023B66064C7E8C016CF0DFDF2E9C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>information identifying
the region of the United States in which the applicant wishes to serve.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H124CBC103CF545BDBB773CF2AE9328DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection
basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining which
individuals to select as Fellowship recipients, the Corporation shall—</text>
<clause id="HC2B98B96DAFD4E4BBD37196B4AADB6D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>select not more than 10
individuals from each State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8586AD1194EC40568C62F375D3F2699E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>give priority to
individuals with skills and experience for which there is an ongoing high
demand in the nonprofit sector and government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H97A154DB49E1462CA32EF8A91E597A63"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Listed
organizations</header><text>To be listed under paragraph (2)(A), an
organization shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE08089879A3A4B45B0D1B1E8900BBC31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a nonprofit
organization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5F3A17C67B04E73B426B8B756C852AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an application to
the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Corporation may require, including—</text>
<clause id="H36AD91D87B414D26AFEC37CEBF111111"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of—</text>
<subclause id="H043B6D9A8653487D92E9AA58EF2C6FDF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the services and
activities the organization carries out generally;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF4A07B3CD0104019B661ADA59D342477"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the area of national
need that the organization seeks to address through a service project;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H302AC98799DB487D8BEBFE83CE8E5526"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the services and
activities the organization seeks to carry out through the proposed service
project;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H52AA58A72A844686A372CD8AA67C91EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the skills and experience
that an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient needs to be placed with the
organization as an Encore Fellow for the service project;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D627C5A7C9244F9A7AFE11D4510D840"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of the
training and leadership development the organization shall provide an Encore
Fellow placed with the organization to assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining a
public service job in the nonprofit sector or government after the period of
the Encore Fellowship; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0677070E8B8647FC8956B8D7670A4BA3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>evidence of the
organization’s financial stability.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAC56365F0A324CE49AE19426349CFC4B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Placement</header>
<subparagraph id="H597572E6FA834E7E82CC37F4FA939A8D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request for placement
with listed organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
be placed with a listed organization in accordance with paragraph (2)(B) for a
service project, an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall submit an
application for such placement to the Corporation at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Corporation may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF97C9C89B353436CB7459A43BFBE1DBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Request for placement
with other organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
eligible Encore Fellowship recipient may apply to the Corporation to serve the
recipient’s Encore Fellowship year with a nonprofit organization that is not a
listed organization. Such application shall be submitted to the Corporation at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation
shall require, and shall include—</text>
<clause id="HA472040E06014EE7BA4D541D8288DF15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an identification and
description of—</text>
<subclause id="HEFBF6D553B584D4882BC8A8F96981A8F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD28E3199BDE24835913980E872B99D72"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the area of national
need the organization seeks to address; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1B369456D5D34CBCA94E584681B0A162"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the services or activities the organization
carries out to address such area of national need;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H09A1A91ACB8C4DFF9989B2CA4F4EA270"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the
services the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall provide for the
organization as an Encore Fellow; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBAABABD6D80C4838BCE6A4F32B6071CE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a letter of support
from the leader of the organization, including—</text>
<subclause id="H1929E4D0C6EC4295B62FEEFA01299712"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the organization’s need
for the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient's services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H61FBB0F9263C49CD9600D1FD5FAAB622"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evidence that the
organization is financially sound;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE3BE48DC52104E63AC186F257A386FF7"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that the organization will
provide training and leadership development to the eligible Encore Fellowship
recipient if placed with the organization as an Encore Fellow, to assist the
Encore Fellow in obtaining a public service job in the nonprofit sector or
government after the period of the Encore Fellowship; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBB18BB1F854F4F40810404E71FDA68E8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the training and
leadership development to be provided to the Encore Fellowship recipient if so
placed.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE09F7BA9A8C24EF9BDE9C902633D789E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Placement and award of
fellowship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Corporation
determines that the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient is able to meet the
service needs (including skills and experience to address an area of national
need) of the organization that the eligible fellowship recipient requests under
subparagraph (A) or (B), the Corporation shall—</text>
<clause id="H5865DE7749AC4C0C9432AD12C6B872E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve the placement of the eligible
Encore Fellowship recipient with the organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="H361E0B5C391043C4B5D9352FC56E345B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>award the eligible
Encore Fellowship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a period of 1 year and
designate the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore Fellow;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H45A0FDD718B543C4B7EE4AB3B8678D09"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in awarding the Encore Fellowship, make a
payment, in the amount of $11,000, to the organization to enable the
organization to provide living expenses to the Encore Fellow for the year in
which the Encore Fellow agrees to serve.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3AC86266BA04C7C959BED25CB964490"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization that
receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall agree to provide, for the
living expenses of the Encore Fellow during the year of service, non-Federal
contributions in an amount equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of Federal
funds provided to the organization for the Encore Fellow through the Encore
Fellowship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F981C56ABDA4664879752148D8A26F2"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Training and
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each organization
that receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall provide training,
leadership development, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and conduct
oversight of the service provided by the Encore Fellow.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53E80E8EE3CC4B37AFD6944C8BFD73BF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Leadership
development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year, the
Corporation shall convene current and former Encore Fellows to discuss the
Encore Fellows’ experiences related to service under this subsection and
discuss strategies for increasing leadership and careers in public service in
the nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC70903CB6984901BF2D220F9A3386DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall conduct an
independent evaluation of the programs authorized under subsections (a) and (b)
and widely disseminate the results, including recommendations for improvement,
to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s
Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective
strategies.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H72D5B5CB41DA4BB0B30DAE2A8019CF6B"><enum>1806.</enum><header>National Service
Reserve Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF760A394FB3E4E31A207C5D84BDE1477" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="HC691FE429CB347BCA92A23DDB1359921"><enum>II</enum><header>National Service Reserve
Corps</header>
<section commented="no" id="HAC916B902B6248C2A94D865DD328808C"><enum>198H.</enum><header>National Service
Reserve Corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H80B6F52AB1B04FC89BB472622799A66B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E0A7A67329B48688846F8735252FD87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>National
Service Reserve Corps member</term> means an individual who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F815B5CCCAC436296BC43EDA292FCB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has completed a term of
national service or is a veteran;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29195593451F42EA84AC7E625AF368D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has successfully
completed training described in subsection (c) within the previous 2
years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id857EC9413231419BBAE91325495503F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>completes not less than
10 hours of volunteering each year (which may include the training session
described in subparagraph (B)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC33D2CDA37B24A23BD5CEB51FA0DF62B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has indicated interest to
the Corporation in responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely manner
through the National Service Reserve Corps; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDD3E270EE6D545639C94B5B010A05BB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>term of
national service</term> means a term or period of service under section
123.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HABF07E5E9E964FB88EAB4B909FB66079"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
National Service Reserve Corps</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9C28077B260A4999865C5629FAF2893A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In consultation with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the Corporation shall establish a National Service Reserve Corps to
prepare and deploy National Service Reserve Corps members to respond to
disasters and emergencies in support of national service programs and other
requesting programs and agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9F32B09CD5F3452E9E85EDC55D99051E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants or
contracts</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Corporation may enter
into a grant or contract with an organization experienced in responding to
disasters or in coordinating individuals who have completed a term of national
service or are veterans, or may directly deploy National Service Reserve Corps
members, as the Corporation determines necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H632895A9FC47465483A99FC27A3C07C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
Training</header><text>The Corporation shall conduct or coordinate annual
training sessions, consistent with the training requirements of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, for individuals who have completed a term of
national service or are veterans, and who wish to join the National Service
Reserve Corps.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF25251221F92480D8C6E0AFC3BA39548"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of
Organizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD075F3248F09478695E7B9611196A1EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation shall designate organizations with
demonstrated experience in responding to disasters or emergencies, including
through using volunteers, for participation in the program under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7E2D85C4B34F4D45BE81E121F53A3872"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Corporation shall ensure that every designated organization is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD170C83F80B54A5FBCCC513FC824354A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepared to respond to
disasters or emergencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H60F956B549BF4C8B8442D9183E7D0B4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepared and able to
utilize National Service Reserve Corps members in responding to disasters or
emergencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6615B4CFD1394BA7B3DA6B88AB8943B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>willing to respond in a
timely manner when notified by the Corporation of a disaster or
emergency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H13364204635F4F60B7932D77D0BE1CD9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Databases</header><text>The
Corporation shall develop or contract with an outside organization to
develop—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16E3F4146CF5482687CBE7F42ED023D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a database of all
National Service Reserve Corps members; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H39EC157C042A485A94C444BA1816AFC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a database of all
nonprofit organizations that have been designated by the Corporation under
subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H865C8E975DB9491CAB7A76B1182E9C16"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deployment of National
Service Reserve Corps</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H75676A90AB6A45A9BB88FAEFE82CA3C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Major disasters or
emergencies</header><text>If a major disaster or emergency is declared by the
President pursuant to section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, may task the National
Service Reserve Corps to assist in response.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0E3EEA66600C4F2C8B73C7D9C8FEF293"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other disasters or
emergencies</header><text>For a disaster or emergency that is not declared a
major disaster or emergency under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may
directly, or through a grant or contract, deploy the National Service Reserve
Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDF53EE08B9FE4776A131BDD9390B5CB2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deployment</header><text>Under
paragraph (1) or (2), the Corporation may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB7B0AEE60A94C66B632D10908BBB938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deploy interested
National Service Reserve Corps members on assignments of not more than 30 days
to assist with local needs related to preparing or recovering from the incident
in the affected area, either directly or through organizations designated under
subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H15CD50270AE243DE8477E6C0AD492719"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make travel arrangements
for the deployed National Service Reserve Corps members to the site of the
incident; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H223051047E9B41EE8CC8784C679E3E79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide funds to those
organizations that are responding to the incident with deployed National
Service Reserve Corps members, to enable the organizations to coordinate and
provide housing, living stipends, and insurance for those deployed
members.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0F8905172B03462EAB27B18DDC45D4B5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text>Any
amounts that are utilized by the Corporation from funds appropriated under
section 501(a)(4)(D) to carry out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept
in a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are not used during a fiscal
year shall remain available to use to pay National Service Reserve Corps
members an allowance, determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket
expenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id183D4D45DED24B55B659A8613408D045"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id2900AED141AA4024ACB21BA150699DCE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National service
participants</header><text>The Corporation, the State Commissions, and entities
receiving financial assistance for programs under subtitle C of this Act, or
under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants about the National Service
Reserve Corps upon the participants’ completion of their term of national
service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id178FB8483D1D454D9D4751BA75A79CAA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veterans</header><text>The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
shall inform veterans who are recently discharged, released, or separated from
the Armed Forces about the National Service Reserve Corps.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0558942D7C284EF688C030FCC54786B7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
deploying National Service Reserve Corps members under this subsection, the
Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id0DF77C8183B54699B4BD37CBE021E297"><enum>(A)</enum><text>avoid duplication of
activities directed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD7382CE1D5F34436A5B3FC5D52A45F63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult and, as
appropriate, partner with Citizen Corps programs and other local disaster
agencies, including State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary
organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and similar organizations,
in the affected
area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H7572981D371A49AD9BEB2DEAE23FFF8A"><enum>1807.</enum><header>Social Innovation
Funds pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H
of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD373AD4750594E9EA78E38B12B663D0F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="id7FBA50196E3F4595890E555070E85B2A"><enum>III</enum><header>Social Innovation Funds
Pilot Program</header>
<section id="id6FBD9AF7E0454AA8B376A3B52EF22300"><enum>198K.<?LEXA-Enum 167A.?></enum><header>Funds</header>
<subsection id="idE04BD584678640EA9F7BB03BA6F1AAFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7b1f9df7bc5d4094929a50254a4b2be9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Social entrepreneurs and
other nonprofit community organizations are developing innovative and effective
solutions to national and local challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb949fd9995554a7d8ec993845c33a1b5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Increased public and
private investment in replicating and expanding proven effective solutions, and
supporting new solutions, developed by social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit
community organizations could allow those entrepreneurs and organizations to
replicate and expand proven initiatives, and support new initiatives, in
communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd76e53922b944836823dd24cbfb53271"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A network of Social
Innovation Funds could leverage Federal investments to increase State, local,
business, and philanthropic resources to replicate and expand proven solutions
and invest in supporting new innovations to tackle specific identified
community challenges.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9098fbd263284d9ca77a13ceea8850e3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa94832e36cd94dc49e4d577aab8970f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to recognize and increase
the impact of social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations
in tackling national and local challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID544b1f73bdd348ceb4bfc375f624c44f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to stimulate the
development of a network of Social Innovation Funds that will increase private
and public investment in nonprofit community organizations that are effectively
addressing national and local challenges to allow such organizations to
replicate and expand proven initiatives or support new initiatives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id228F3565E9F54503AC7EDFE5FE02C34D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to assess the
effectiveness of such Funds in—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE3DF58EDFB63415199DEB048EB0A52B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leveraging Federal
investments to increase State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to
address national and local challenges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5365EFE403454C98A810C371F9EE69C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing resources to
replicate and expand effective initiatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53fa2eea98c24cb7b0c46bd6cfa572ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seeding experimental
initiatives focused on improving outcomes in the areas described in subsection
(f)(3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4bca63afc1fe492e98583e1d7adef195"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to strengthen the
infrastructure to identify, invest in, replicate, and expand initiatives with
effective solutions to national and local challenges.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id15AE55CFEECB4E18B57818D3B5B2CD0C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDc349d4d0fe614fe58bbffc1896732666"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community
organization</header><text>The term <term>community organization</term> means a
nonprofit organization that carries out innovative, effective initiatives to
address community challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF3289B1B8B8B4E1EB5D5C47DA068BD08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA3E9463181734435A55D90D4FB82221B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an existing grantmaking
institution (existing as of the date on which the institution applies for a
grant under this section); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF46D98CFA9FF4807A7B7A416AC173614"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a partnership
between—</text>
<clause id="id1AC53BDCE4294D799928556B66A2C0F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such an existing
grantmaking institution; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3B7C8097DD6C429AAC7918240DCFF32B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an additional
grantmaking institution, a State Commission, or a chief executive officer of a
unit of general local government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id26458646FF374C668C31296DF53C4A0A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issue
area</header><text>The term <term>issue area</term> means an area described in
subsection (f)(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE57F1D0A30064D14BC696ADB6062AD5F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts appropriated to carry out
this section that are not reserved under subsections (l) and (m), the
Corporation shall establish a Social Innovation Funds grant program to make
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for Social Innovation
Funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id739D302B98CD4CDC83E230EAB2620286"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Periods;
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew the grants for
additional periods of 5 years, in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and not
more than $10,000,000 per year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2E2BC17EEF124BA8991E8F6CDF957782"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d), an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID818c324df3974d8da84a2822ceab55e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a covered
entity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC248CCA8FEF34D858D0BD87599790117"><enum>(2)</enum><text>propose to focus
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="id069B11937B2841FD81BDA754E29B5495"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serving a specific local
geographical area; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCC4D63FDAB794129963634A71067B849"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addressing a specific
issue area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDadca59e76c8c476aafcf7e93163ec633"><enum>(3)</enum><text>propose to focus on
improving measurable outcomes relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE60D1F2FDA5248D08F4BC639839F5B7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>education for
economically disadvantaged elementary or secondary school students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73ECE19A590C4799BBD6639978542E0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>child and youth
development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40EC6F63642B4C7DB91A8AF1ABF28CD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reductions in poverty or
increases in economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged
individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB350D2701AD1419C95E07AECDA2FA57E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>health, including access
to health services and health education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id170EF10D44D0474EA9FF2448C599B992"><enum>(E)</enum><text>resource conservation and
local environmental quality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19E30BAE54654947BBA4AB951E046913"><enum>(F)</enum><text>individual or community
energy efficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33F02DECC3D3474D9C5E0057911B28C8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>civic engagement;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6963B892DA88472282904E0344B5413D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>reductions in
crime;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8f9b77b2a604442984fb04bf7590440"><enum>(4)</enum><text>have an evidence-based
decisionmaking strategy, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID01d39663cc864985986bfc36ac318abc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use of evidence produced
by prior rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where
available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID637fda098ad2465e9816c955b9bbc4b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a well-articulated plan
to—</text>
<clause id="ID414a2eafaf2a4292a2f6cdde910f928d"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id909BDEF737FD48E7B9DE637765D8007D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>replicate and expand
research-proven initiatives that have been shown to produce sizeable, sustained
benefits to participants or society; or</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id82F56FE8C21B4645AED850CDB8BCA94F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>support
new initiatives with a substantial likelihood of significant impact; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7c8ba4a39fb44dd586e2b960aa6d47d3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>partner with a research
organization to carry out rigorous evaluations to assess the effectiveness of
such initiatives; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd8174ae46bb47a4a2053f9585e25020"><enum>(5)</enum><text>have appropriate
policies, as determined by the Corporation, that protect against conflict of
interest, self-dealing, and other improper practices.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9B4C77D4FA0E487EA82980C28FD722DC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under
subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eligible entity shall submit
an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Corporation may specify, including, at a
minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="idBEF65FB0EE804F53A3F2E37A7C7F44E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assurance that the
eligible entity will—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDB71B18FBC7A4841A0E18395300CBA47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the funds received
through that capital in order to make subgrants to community organizations that
will use the funds to replicate or expand proven initiatives, or support new
initiatives, in low-income communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED8255204432409DAD9800EB3395A945"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in making decisions about
subgrants for communities, consult with a diverse cross section of community
representatives in the decisions, including individuals from the public,
nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFC713EE8B1E41C7B75B9324AAC1AD93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make subgrants of a
sufficient size and scope to enable the community organizations to build their
capacity to manage initiatives, and sustain replication or expansion of the
initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id043794FD804C4B358308B7C0645F9385"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assurance that the
eligible entity will not make any subgrants to the parent organizations of the
eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the parent organization, or, if
the eligible entity applied for funds under this section as a partnership, any
member of the partnership;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id179AEC41811F45E7AAFD01071A2D9024"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification of, as
appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="id93E6BB9E88DC4AD891837360128E71C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific local
geographical area referred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible entity
is proposing to serve; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEB207E3CAB6440289E7FCCD97A1D1FEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the issue area referred
to in subsection (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity will address, and the
geographical areas that the eligible entity is likely to serve in addressing
such issue area;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id64CED55D436B4AE99135019D2AB83595"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9284692E952A48429491C8B0AA9D7277"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information identifying
the issue areas in which the eligible entity will work to improve measurable
outcomes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="IDdd38b192bb364038a60649ca32658253" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>statistics on the needs
related to those issue areas in, as appropriate—</text>
<clause id="id6F5C0BF7F3364BBC877AA0E45DE98279"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
specific local geographical area described in paragraph (3)(A); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idE22C860E15FC433D9ACB7337B9419415"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the geographical areas
described in paragraph (3)(B), including statistics demonstrating that those
geographical areas have high need in the specific issue area that the eligible
entity is proposing to address; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="ID571c58fcc09b408faca49dce5b255412" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information on the
specific measurable outcomes related to the issue areas involved that the
eligible entity will seek to improve;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id99AD95E73AEF4861B848D8A9A822609C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information describing
the process by which the eligible entity selected, or will select, community
organizations to receive the subgrants, to ensure that the community
organizations—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD8B478F208CB43628AF070975EB6D210"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are institutions—</text>
<clause id="idACFBE6CAE3444947BB895CB799EA604B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with proven initiatives
and a demonstrated track record of achieving specific outcomes related to the
measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24710e146ff44da581114e71c5e4a479"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that articulate a new
solution with a significant likelihood for substantial impact;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F97A1938BC843C195F78C8B8F6DDD2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>articulate measurable
outcomes for the use of the subgrant funds that are connected to the measurable
outcomes for the eligible entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2637F48F3AAF4E74B77D63242A6EA3B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will use the funds to
replicate, expand, or support their initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55DA53A7CE584D54B7296ABFBF28D20A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide a well-defined
plan for replicating, expanding, or supporting the initiatives funded;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36825B9459444305A77EBDA73F07568B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>can sustain the
initiatives after the subgrant period concludes through reliable public
revenues, earned income, or private sector funding;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0ED630C3FD445FE848074B02EE8CBB8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>have strong leadership
and financial and management systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03532BC9631A403B84718EDDFCF8D7DF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>are committed to the use
of data collection and evaluation for improvement of the initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1513C1A693AB4B75806B706BDC502516"><enum>(H)</enum><text>will implement and
evaluate innovative initiatives, to be important contributors to knowledge in
their fields; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id744B76C6D54F4088A10669E8F826D07B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will meet the
requirements for providing matching funds specified in subsection (k);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id42AFDEBA94EB4F18B2F8961E9F8FFAFC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>information about the
eligible entity, including its experience managing collaborative initiatives,
or assessing applicants for grants and evaluating the performance of grant
recipients for outcome-focused initiatives, and any other relevant
information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id746D50E9C5BE45F29B1B686F1E7100D4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a commitment to meet the
requirements of subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the requirements,
including information on any funding that the eligible entity has secured to
provide the matching funds required under that subsection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3DA2DC1C06F44FD5ABA55BE385496F22"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a description of the
eligible entity's plan for providing technical assistance and support, other
than financial support, to the community organizations that will increase the
ability of the community organizations to achieve their measurable
outcomes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96AE29F6655D42348A02AB9846F5D232"><enum>(9)</enum><text>information on the
commitment, institutional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity
concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF74204F702A14F13A45E9B2C97DD394A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collecting and analyzing
data required for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE5C9E6A26C9D41A09EE2F2F5B3C23CED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supporting relevant
research; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B5F3B9A2A514BAFB913E5D087EF93F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submitting regular
reports to the Corporation, including information on the initiatives of the
community organizations, and the replication or expansion of such
initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6AF6AFE2C5EE47328371B0C10CE742CA"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a commitment to use data
and evaluations to improve the eligible entity's own model and to improve the
initiatives funded by the eligible entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe97245a4b14a4f538d28e3a700269c91"><enum>(11)</enum><text>a commitment to
cooperate with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id02729C76FB2C430396DC706BB401528E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting
eligible entities to receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idB221374E230F4FE5AC1B16A5E1B01925"><enum>(1)</enum><text>select eligible entities
on a competitive basis;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9AC66DA137D841128035775E733FE965"><enum>(2)</enum><text>select eligible entities
on the basis of the quality of their selection process, as described in
subsection (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities to manage Social
Innovation Funds, and the potential of the eligible entities to sustain the
Funds after the conclusion of the grant period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3BA7E635F3294B79800E6949368D5954"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include among the grant
recipients eligible entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve
communities (such as rural low-income communities) that the eligible entities
can demonstrate are significantly philanthropically underserved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id76ADFFF4F8FE4462B73D9086FD6B5716"><enum>(4)</enum><text>select a geographically
diverse set of eligible entities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71598fff06ca4d6dafee81866da4632e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>take into account broad
community perspectives and support.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id210C7CD7E565486F9D408DEF9B2B5137"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Matching funds for
grants</header>
<paragraph id="id13A606A469414CA382C136A9CBCFAFCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation may not make a grant to an eligible
entity under subsection (d) for a Social Innovation Fund unless the entity
agrees that, with respect to the cost described in subsection (d) for that
Fund, the entity will make available matching funds in an amount equal to not
less than $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id86E0214844BC42C7A617A6B24E3EA0CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="id555DCE297D034287B5C4CCB4FB5D72AB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Type and
sources</header><text>The eligible entity shall provide the matching funds in
cash. The eligible entity shall provide the matching funds from State, local,
or private sources, which may include State or local agencies, businesses,
private philanthropic organizations, or individuals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf11c48f114ff42fa9de10163e9083542"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entities
including State Commissions or local government offices</header>
<clause id="idEEA09A2A53AF41D1BB75F62EE65F4776"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In a case in which a State Commission, a local government
office, or both entities are a part of the eligible entity, the State involved,
the local government involved, or both entities, respectively, shall contribute
not less than 30 percent and not more than 50 percent of the matching
funds.</text>
</clause><clause id="idD560FAD9049943DE9F384FB94DCA2DF9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Local government
office</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>local government
office</term> means the office of the chief executive officer of a unit of
general local government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE4CCF0D86B4D48E1A78216A88EF605A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>The
Corporation may reduce by 50 percent the matching funds required by paragraph
(1) for an eligible entity serving a community (such as a rural low-income
community) that the eligible entity can demonstrate is significantly
philanthropically underserved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8909b16cedef4fe7a68bea6c97b96991"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="id6B6651F67ADB4F539681E8C8311C9274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subgrants
authorized</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant under subsection
(d) is authorized to use the funds made available through the grant to award,
on a competitive basis, subgrants to expand or replicate proven initiatives, or
support new initiatives with a substantial likelihood of success, to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id432FC987B4A245789E6F2E24CC61115C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community organizations
serving low-income communities within the specific local geographical area
described in the eligible entity's application in accordance with subsection
(g)(3)(A); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1C4B1D50C1924C95813EE7ADCA23101F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>community organizations
addressing a specific issue area described in the eligible entity's application
in accordance with subsection (g)(3)(B), in low-income communities in the
geographical areas described in the application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1190E3B375834BD0AD711A0A00759BB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Periods;
amounts</header><text>The eligible entity shall make such subgrants for periods
of not less than 3 and not more than 5 years, and may renew the subgrants for
such periods, in amounts of not less than $100,000 per year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6705673FD3204D2997D1CF7A143B49F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a subgrant from an eligible entity under this section,
including receiving a payment for that subgrant each year, a community
organization shall submit an application to an eligible entity that serves the
specific local geographical area, or geographical areas, that the community
organization proposes to serve, at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the eligible entity may require, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3de4b47b7c184d54ac9c7650bf3b41c1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the
initiative the community organization carries out and plans to replicate or
expand, or of the new initiative the community organization intends to support,
using funds received from the eligible entity, and how the initiative relates
to the issue areas in which the eligible entity has committed to work in the
eligible entity's application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID462af695a6784b269a0de43f1150bc25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>data on the measurable
outcomes the community organization has improved, and information on the
measurable outcomes the community organization seeks to improve by replicating
or expanding a proven initiative or supporting a new initiative, which shall be
among the measurable outcomes that the eligible entity identified in the
eligible entity's application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDd6f78fa5e8d2476792ced5b47dbd1b11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification of the
community in which the community organization proposes to carry out an
initiative, which shall be within a local geographical area described in the
eligible entity's application in accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of
subsection (g)(3), as applicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e2a2d7861e24367bcc12eb60e6f912d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the
evidence-based decisionmaking strategies the community organization uses to
improve the measurable outcomes, including—</text>
<clause id="ID66cf2493b0484b8ab7e77663c7bc0e03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use of evidence produced
by prior rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where
available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8aef03fe4d7348bcbd1c1d146ecf127f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a well-articulated plan
to conduct, or partner with a research organization to conduct, rigorous
evaluations to assess the effectiveness of initiatives addressing national or
local challenges;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc6924978d15d49a794dab161e789de1c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of how the
community organization uses data to analyze and improve its initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID48e6dbfdc333425e870fd62cd795bc21"><enum>(F)</enum><text>specific evidence of how
the community organization will meet the requirements for providing matching
funds specified in subsection (k);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CF8DCABDAEE4B409E63AD1B5E0C7A45"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a description of how the
community organization will sustain the replicated or expanded initiative after
the conclusion of the subgrant period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8a212305414e4bb3ab34e65780c32502"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other information the
eligible entity may require, including information necessary for the eligible
entity to fulfill the requirements of subsection (g)(5).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6D283D2D832748909D0C25D509702072"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Matching funds for
subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="id5A7EFF3332184BDFB3FEDF7F56E958B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible entity may not make a subgrant to a community
organization under this section for an initiative described in subsection
(j)(3)(A) unless the organization agrees that, with respect to the cost of
carrying out that initiative, the organization will make available, on an
annual basis, matching funds in an amount equal to not less than $1 for every
$1 of funds provided under the subgrant. If the community organization fails to
make such matching funds available for a fiscal year, the eligible entity shall
not make payments for the remaining fiscal years of the subgrant period,
notwithstanding any other provision of this part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id42863E01BF5641AB8A17A6036536BC26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types and
sources</header><text>The community organization shall provide the matching
funds in cash. The community organization shall provide the matching funds from
State, local, or private sources, which may include funds from State or local
agencies or private sector funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49C91F2E4B84413E9B38D1D8CDFCFA93"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Direct support</header>
<paragraph id="idE444BCCB4AC14D30B8F187EF913E38DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Corporation may use not more than 10 percent of
the funds appropriated for this section to award grants to community
organizations serving low-income communities or addressing a specific issue
area in geographical areas that have the highest need in that issue area, to
enable such community organizations to replicate or expand proven initiatives
or support new initiatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34373305EF99422092ED2996BCF26AC0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be subject
to the same terms and conditions as a subgrant awarded under subsection
(j).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0CB6C36ADF10487E85FE5463007882D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application; matching
funds</header><text>Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (j) and subsection (k)
shall apply to a community organization receiving or applying for a grant under
this subsection in the same manner as such subsections apply to a community
organization receiving or applying for a subgrant under subsection (j), except
that references to a subgrant shall mean a grant and references to an eligible
entity shall mean the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC83454D80021414A83959396EDB9F3DE"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Research and
evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="idF55329638342472A97311EBD8793527B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation may reserve not more than 5 percent of
the funds appropriated for this section for a fiscal year to support, directly
or through contract with an independent entity, research and evaluation
activities to evaluate the eligible entities and community organizations
receiving grants under subsections (d) and (l) and the initiatives supported by
the grants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF9CED731B9844E599378CB786C80940"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research and evaluation
activities</header>
<subparagraph id="idCBE56FDF17B64A40B67E959523C73FFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Research and
reports</header>
<clause id="id738CE9EAD4AA4DBABFD6DD9A8B88DDB6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The entity carrying out this subsection shall collect
data and conduct or support research with respect to the eligible entities and
community organizations receiving grants under subsections (d) and (l), and the
initiatives supported by such eligible entities and community organizations, to
determine the success of the program carried out under this section in
replicating, expanding, and supporting initiatives, including—</text>
<subclause id="id31C92BE949F742269D518096A0E62D05"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the success of the
initiatives in improving measurable outcomes; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4F9B5B21A0394F04B7FD89DB865CC77E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the success of the
program in increasing philanthropic investments in philanthropically
underserved communities.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idAFB9012A5ECD45F495AE914633DEBF35"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Corporation shall submit periodic reports to the authorizing committees
including—</text>
<subclause id="id7A5D0244534F4BBC9D8612F887D6BBCA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the data collected and
the results of the research under this subsection;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idB3F990CF03D14105B17B86EC4BD1CBAF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>information on lessons
learned about best practices from the activities carried out under this
section, to improve those activities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id38352B5510D34616AA066F26AEDB4755"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a list of all eligible
entities and community organizations receiving funds under this section.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDe6654d34a4664ae6bc734c4acb6eb369"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Public
information</header><text>The Corporation shall annually post the list
described in clause (ii)(III) on the Corporation's website.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD507B9838084105919808181AF33E50"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Corporation shall, directly or through contract,
provide technical assistance to the eligible entities and community
organizations that receive grants under subsections (d) and (l).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62D5D6C5346747CABFE4550C0A416410"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Knowledge
management</header><text>The Corporation shall, directly or through contract,
maintain a clearinghouse for information on best practices resulting from
initiatives supported by the eligible entities and community
organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06B8B04DDE6B4D968CB12759B1FF3F67"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>Of
the funds appropriated under section 501(a)(4)(E) for a fiscal year, not more
than 5 percent may be used to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB4D955A4116843638FB1E51DFA1CAF26"><enum>1808.</enum><header>Clearinghouses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et
seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91F18CB55D4E458CA011912B68B80682" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="H628C67008F5D402880D5E47C16D75944"><enum>IV</enum><header>National service
programs clearinghouses; Volunteer Generation Fund</header>
<section commented="no" id="HC45152E3098044CDB8CE472768D59447"><enum>198O.</enum><header>National service
programs clearinghouses</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2F6ACD8A1A5742B0A05D9B359934A7A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
provide assistance, by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities
with expertise in the dissemination of information through clearinghouses to
establish 1 or more clearinghouses for information regarding the national
service laws, which shall include information on service-learning and on
service through other programs receiving assistance under the national service
laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H165D67C7759F469F9B37322DDBFA5D31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Function of
clearinghouse</header><text>Such a clearinghouse may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A4AFF5DA1B0410A9B13C3A38257EC9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist entities carrying
out State or local service-learning and national service programs with needs
assessments and planning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4E63D45A0A554567844783DE904DF4F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and evaluations concerning
service-learning or programs receiving assistance under the national service
laws, except that such clearinghouse may not conduct such research and
evaluations if the recipient of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement
establishing the clearinghouse under this section is receiving funds for such
purpose under part III of subtitle B or under this subtitle (not including this
section);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5A87EC6FCB234401AE59394E8EE2C745"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8A7E9D52BF2C4B01B43A3A4DC43A6D5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide leadership
development and training to State and local service-learning program
administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and participants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="HA2334484840E4D778CEDE251F1F0CEE5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide training to
persons who can provide the leadership development and training described in
subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H986F3ABF7F064F879ECE591B957635BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate communication among—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idEE5697168638428899D9C046779D22DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entities carrying out service-learning
programs and programs offered under the national service laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4D74096F7E3C4B90BEFC512D3A6FCFD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participants in such programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF1EC65A3ED714185A655976C139B3BA3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide and disseminate information and
curriculum materials relating to planning and operating service-learning
programs and programs offered under the national service laws, to States,
territories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to receive financial
assistance under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD1B5BF57EB194CBCA8A3373060EC16C8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide and disseminate
information regarding methods to make service-learning programs and programs
offered under the national service laws accessible to individuals with
disabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6A5152917D4B4F97B303586E7632CDBD"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate applications in languages other
than English;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF63EEC918B834FAABF0721AE8593515D"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5B63C01D9B764EF0A9D271438D100C7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gather and disseminate information on
successful service-learning programs and programs offered under the national
service laws, components of such successful programs, innovative curricula
related to service-learning, and service-learning projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="H068602AD35AF40C9A5E10009F6F6C555" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate the activities
of the clearinghouse with appropriate entities to avoid duplication of
effort;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8484977EF2724A60B901066DE4580520"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations to State and local
entities on quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning
programs and programs offered under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC6463012AB642FDB685A64653C8D996"><enum>(10)</enum><text>assist organizations in
recruiting, screening, and placing a diverse population of service-learning
coordinators and program sponsors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5242AA48037C47C4B42D256C3FE91DB3"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate effective strategies for
working with disadvantaged youth in national service programs, as determined by
organizations with an established expertise in working with such youth;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A496BB2C0BA42BABD32B69DFA3848A3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>carry out such other
activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD988A9893208459896CDD00F0B5B7D30"><enum>198P.</enum><header>Volunteer Generation
Fund</header>
<subsection id="HB4C74A986DC94C84A3751B2E009300BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of appropriations for this section, the Corporation may make
grants to State Commissions and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of
assisting the State Commissions and nonprofit organizations to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE238009F52434390A1DC1CF35C395DE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and carry out
volunteer programs described in subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68C462A3D55646DC8C411B8B6AA33F56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make subgrants to support
and create new local community-based entities that recruit, manage, or support
volunteers as described in such subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1FE87DBF1B3F4AA98E10ACE76A81FAA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="id2CF1988C14114E7B903893442D60152D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State Commission or nonprofit organization desiring
a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Corporation at
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Corporation may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF631A5EC2E984A69BDEF57FD397CE5D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
application submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF940A8776FF740E0B1BEBA08ABC8360C"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id162A5E880E144FF2A6B036A21BE0D296"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the
program that the applicant will provide;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f469afc3fd24264905dcd240b562a14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assurance that the
applicant will annually collect information on—</text>
<clause id="ID0d692cab3181401695bad4b94a6e4663"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of volunteers
recruited for activities carried out under this section, using funds received
under this section, and the type and amount of activities carried out by such
volunteers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID02bc6850fd484cb3af4250f2ea0f51eb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of volunteers
managed or supported using funds received under this section, and the type and
amount of activities carried out by such volunteers;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID787d7972941540868bb2c4d054697405"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the
outcomes the applicant will use to annually measure and track performance with
regard to—</text>
<clause id="ID1e61e8de93434842931481c845cca10d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>activities carried out by
volunteers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID472c8e3f8dd74ab290233f77c3efaf02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>volunteers recruited,
managed, or supported; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD3381334404D423A8452DEB2FFF6DC31"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such additional
assurances as the Corporation determines to be essential to ensure compliance
with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A415E2A9ACA4D8C8B0E2EC5D84725F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible Volunteer
Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State Commission
or nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this section shall use the
assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="id522163EF3401449A974AA8E04EBEDC81"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">directly to carry out volunteer programs or
to develop and support community-based entities that recruit, manage, or
support volunteers, by carrying out activities consistent with the goals of the
subgrants described in paragraph (2); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04A24A02B9BA405F8BF1F23282B5AFC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through subgrants to community-based
entities to carry out volunteer programs or develop and support such entities
that recruit, manage, or support volunteers, through 1 or more of the following
types of subgrants:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9957E485DFA47FEAC45D03677F936B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A subgrant to a
community-based entity for activities that are consistent with the priorities
set by the State’s national service plan as described in section 178(e), or by
the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1041B9C2AEA64216A3D8FBEA0BB275E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A subgrant to recruit,
manage, or support volunteers to a community-based entity such as a volunteer
coordinating agency, a nonprofit resource center, a volunteer training
clearinghouse, an institution of higher education, or a collaborative
partnership of faith-based and community-based organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC3498072BB7462C91C72190377D5E7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A subgrant to a
community-based entity that provides technical assistance and support
to—</text>
<clause id="HF73FA227559D4A7BAED9D81C78A260BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strengthen the capacity
of local volunteer infrastructure organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H93C1D2A25F1C47408D69F62BFEFA76BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address areas of
national need (as defined in section 198B(a)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8EE5876666504EC1A1ECEE9898628F13"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>expand the number of
volunteers nationally.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13A94F27452C4BDE89294021F787323F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation of
Funds</header>
<paragraph id="idDE0F52A1AF4E46ACB0AD002BC78CC578"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under this section for
a fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="id626A0F71C1A14276BAB21AD0400BB41B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Corporation shall use 50 percent of
such funds to award grants, on a competitive basis, to State Commissions and
nonprofit organizations for such fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA45CCAE4BE74718BF09AF26C917FCA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Corporation shall use 50 percent of
such funds make an allotment to the State Commissions of each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico based on
the formula described in subsections (e) and (f) of section 129, subject to
paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id835D461AA8654C4EB417D73C6ECF3AD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum grant
amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to ensure
that each State Commission is able to improve efforts to recruit, manage, or
support volunteers, the Corporation may determine a minimum grant amount for
allotments under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A621DA559884AD4A51FD0BDA8A2D782"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
Administrative Costs</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the amount of any
grant provided under this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay for
administrative costs incurred by either the recipient of the grant or any
community-based entity receiving assistance or a subgrant under such
grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDEFC68F5F664E548635D5A86F4632C7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching Fund
Requirements</header><text>The Corporation share of the cost of carrying out a
program that receives assistance under this section, whether the assistance is
provided directly or as a subgrant from the original recipient of the
assistance, may not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="H07339047EA694E82B080AC86603495F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>80 percent of such cost
for the first year in which the recipient receives such assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17365860934E41D38B12CC1F46427037"><enum>(2)</enum><text>70 percent of such cost
for the second year in which the recipient receives such assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04A05EC356F44044B39DC6BC492A3D1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>60 percent of such cost
for the third year in which the recipient receives such assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F01CD070B744EE3968752C5E74C532D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of such cost for the fourth year
in which the recipient receives such assistance and each year
thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id6722D57248B04BE4A2162B9271BED880"><enum>1809.</enum><header>Nonprofit Capacity
Building Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H of
title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB112F571DEBE4673BA54501CBDBE49FA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="idC5BEE0D3C605474086740EBC2EE42D37"><enum>V</enum><header>Nonprofit Capacity
Building Program</header>
<section id="idFB7741FAEE60417F9DFB457640C3E0D5"><enum>198S.</enum><header>Nonprofit capacity
building</header>
<subsection id="id57703520D198494198AAEF55C325D64D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idB0F05853B33D487A9501C99204B60E38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Intermediary nonprofit
grantee</header><text>The term <term>intermediary nonprofit grantee</term>
means an intermediary nonprofit organization that receives a grant under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4abd23ce07af4ffba818c8634606f6b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intermediary nonprofit
organization</header><text>The term <term>intermediary nonprofit
organization</term> means an experienced and capable nonprofit entity with
meaningful prior experience in providing organizational development assistance,
or capacity building assistance, focused on small and midsize nonprofit
organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7b6e4383878b4b8c8c50e0ab7672328e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonprofit</header><text>The
term <term>nonprofit</term>, used with respect to an entity or organization,
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA98041DD2EA0463C966BC5D717C35798"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an entity or organization
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt
from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55E9E6E367CA465DABBC6D7865D6EBCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity or organization
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 170(c) of such Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11CE5480475E4B7AA767B46344FB1AD1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, and the District of
Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID14f9c2d2bbb248be807eeb856b76511e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Corporation shall establish a Nonprofit Capacity Building Program to make
grants to intermediary nonprofit organizations to serve as intermediary
nonprofit grantees. The Corporation shall make the grants to enable the
intermediary nonprofit grantees to pay for the Federal share of the cost of
delivering organizational development assistance, including training on best
practices, financial planning, grantwriting, and compliance with the applicable
tax laws, for small and midsize nonprofit organizations, especially those
nonprofit organizations facing resource hardship challenges. Each of the
grantees shall match the grant funds by providing a non-Federal share as
described in subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9849212F25064337BBE6E9DF144BAECE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>To
the extent practicable, the Corporation shall make such a grant to an
intermediary nonprofit organization in each State, and shall make such grant in
an amount of not less than $200,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1A361C4E4BE8474F822AC1F8D5436795"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an intermediary nonprofit
organization shall submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may require.
The intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit in the application
information demonstrating that the organization has secured sufficient
resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id23E708B0F39842FCB73F7A629B8B94D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Preference and
considerations</header>
<paragraph id="idC922B2F2E7F14A32AC7930D20597C623"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In
making such grants, the Corporation shall give preference to intermediary
nonprofit organizations seeking to become intermediary nonprofit grantees in
areas where nonprofit organizations face significant resource hardship
challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1CC65BC47C4B41E983B24991B37E673D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
determining whether to make a grant the Corporation shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID32b36b9ec15d4caea22c04f62a8a218d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of small and
midsize nonprofit organizations that will be served by the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72dd0012299f43028647b4c172ac8975"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which the
activities proposed to be provided through the grant will assist a wide number
of nonprofit organizations within a State, relative to the proposed amount of
the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID74f5cb044f3d4d89a56fef9cb22c81d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the quality of the
organizational development assistance to be delivered by the intermediary
nonprofit grantee, including the qualifications of its administrators and
representatives, and its record in providing services to small and midsize
nonprofit organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id244998A9E5424B428B17B918E145C85E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="ID9e20d921eb9240b8ba39cd5d41dbdbc4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost as referenced in subsection
(b) shall be 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22513C6C2F7C42DDA711711287AEAFE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal
share</header>
<subparagraph id="idDFED939185414BF49048FD4883B3BEEB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost as referenced in
subsection (b) shall be 50 percent and shall be provided in cash.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9B8778A312C946E6BF964BE64F2CC523"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Third party
contributions</header>
<clause id="id41069C144B8E450EBE79436A33325444"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), an intermediary
nonprofit grantee shall provide the non-Federal share of the cost through
contributions from third parties. The third parties may include charitable
grantmaking entities and grantmaking vehicles within existing organizations,
entities of corporate philanthropy, corporations, individual donors, and
regional, State, or local government agencies, or other non-Federal
sources.</text>
</clause><clause id="id08D8D18617E6404B9359090DDE561322"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the intermediary nonprofit grantee is a private foundation (as defined in
section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), a donor advised fund (as
defined in section 4966(d)(2) of such Code), an organization which is described
in section 4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such Code, or an organization which is described
in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the grantee shall provide the
non-Federal share from within that grantee's own funds.</text>
</clause><clause id="id9A4F823205B0449D93F61AFEBC3E01F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort, prior year third-party funding levels</header><text>For purposes of
maintaining private sector support levels for the activities specified by this
program, a non-Federal share that includes donations by third parties shall be
composed in a way that does not decrease prior levels of funding from the same
third parties granted to the nonprofit intermediary grantee in the preceding
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52810734AE4E4B6A9302AE9520FF3C35"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>Of
the amount authorized to provide financial assistance under this subtitle,
there shall be made available to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H314CC5E3728C4D46B1924DE8BCF35ADD"><enum>I</enum><header>Training and Technical
Assistance</header>
<section id="HA818D840AABF46EFAB04C5F72886A0B1"><enum>1821.</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF5C52D9971844258A0CDF3275C4DB23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H20FED1B084A843A29ED4FA7219C5955C"><enum>J</enum><header>Training and Technical
Assistance</header>
<section id="HC83E89CA2BA54DA691D3C92A5D2EADBC"><enum>199N.</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H7977EC00BD9146D9AA162586F592B3C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation shall, directly or through grants,
contracts, or cooperative agreements (including through State Commissions),
conduct appropriate training for and provide technical assistance to—</text>
<paragraph id="H620539DC2FEE44BE8E2A3C23C028E33E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs receiving assistance under the
national service laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0CA2367EA54985B89E77B704A3A961"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entities (particularly
entities in rural areas and underserved communities) that desire to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63A4AE5C58FE4B7197209041D20A79C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out or establish
national service programs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H829E851A76394E0C842C337549390AE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for assistance
(including subgrants) under the national service laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31F800776F4F41A8A8330CA3F3759267"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities
included</header><text>Such training and technical assistance activities may
include—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE3C753AB6B547CDA6AB84753E90DDB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing technical
assistance to entities applying to carry out national service programs or
entities carrying out national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9F5E004DBB545D384B9BD2173B95DEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting leadership development in
national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFFEA972C9E148DCA67D3269D57796F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improving the
instructional and programmatic quality of national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD656D8F663774F07A54D665E88FC014D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>developing the management
and budgetary skills of individuals operating or overseeing national service
programs, including developing skills to increase the cost effectiveness of the
programs under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9134CB2FC9084DDB9E7CF88CDC6D38C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>providing for or
improving the training provided to the participants in programs under the
national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91C890E4B34E4E229E41D2B1DD6127CB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>facilitating the
education of individuals participating in national service programs in risk
management procedures, including the training of participants in appropriate
risk management practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9173C274F04171B1ABD45E3A0C28A2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training individuals operating or
overseeing national service programs—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE3E4F4B59DE041578EE13CF3FE6EF88F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in volunteer recruitment, management, and
retention to improve the abilities of such individuals to use participants and
other volunteers in an effective manner, which training results in high-quality
service and the desire of participants and volunteers to continue to serve in
other capacities after the program is completed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C6BCAD916BA417CA0BFE8ED716A0331"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in program evaluation and
performance measures to inform practices to augment the capacity and
sustainability of the national service programs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H727FAF5665DE4127B8B33C5F8B2FD61D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to effectively
accommodate individuals with disabilities to increase the participation of
individuals with disabilities in national service programs, which training may
utilize funding from the reservation of funds under section 129(k) to increase
the participation of individuals with disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AAB6AD2378F4E0587B5BAE2E1CFD26D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing networks and collaboration
among employers, educators, and other key stakeholders in the community to
further leverage resources to increase local participation in national service
programs, and to coordinate community-wide planning and service with respect to
national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1DFC3C61CF34F48AE15122F46703E70"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing training and technical assistance
for the National Senior Service Corps, including providing such training and
technical assistance to programs receiving assistance under section 201 of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD078242016C84733B530A2FF48954E3D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>carrying out such other
activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE35B00234D3C4616BDABD67E285200E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the
Corporation shall give priority to programs under the national service laws and
entities eligible to establish such programs that seek training or technical
assistance and that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2B33D9440664DDAB21D18EA86A89F22"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high-quality programs
where the services are needed most;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9A7B71B212C47DDB1CFF3444DB0C27E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high-quality programs
where national service programs do not exist or where the programs are too
limited to meet community needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40FB2A85DF6F426E89F1A43971169D49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high-quality programs
that focus on and provide service opportunities for underserved rural and urban
areas and populations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H965A17D0EB914253A2C87096F6FDC7F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to assist programs in developing a
service component that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older
adults as participants to provide needed community
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HF2D1A632E766436091276A7D2D0D6C54"><enum>J</enum><header>Repeal of Title
<enum-in-header>III</enum-in-header> (Points of Light Foundation)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H67C1BF2DD1D64B50B5175CB3B7B91AA3"><enum>1831.</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id2CF769ABFFCC4376A8E9DF4205179000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III (42 U.S.C.
12661 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id9E7F939F24D348B5B0F3D162A54D1AE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 12671) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id404A1CAB0F9942B58C47F96F746DE64B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>term</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting the following: <quote>term <term>administrative organization</term>
means a nonprofit private organization that enters into an agreement with the
Corporation to carry out this section.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id11F7BE5C05FF43D59F294FA845B52992"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Foundation</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>administrative organization</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H35F39638EED54B64BB4D895E4DA5C00D"><enum>K</enum><header>Amendments to Title
<enum-in-header>V</enum-in-header> (Authorization of Appropriations)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H8557EF71EF934C21B423A8128DE3E959"><enum>1841.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 (42
U.S.C. 12681) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id6AB39D9CA7D34143BA6567FE9E125126"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30F1039D41A141958A12CE350056610B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HB28AA170DBA147EF86C4491840B93139"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title
<enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H999325492F89482CBCE38E770E854089"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subtitle b</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H231D013FA5CE4D44A5D85010C715A867"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide
financial assistance under subtitle B of title I—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H25A372B272814B1D9A2C20CF67216A22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$97,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7350E67945244BE6AFB9A59291D6F989"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8D9999B51E2A491293B396F019C5EAC1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Part iv
reservation</header><text>Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for
a fiscal year, the Corporation may reserve such sums as may be necessary to
carry out part IV of subtitle B of title I.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id60306E84C1C44AC0A7903056A7089A52"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Section
118A</header><text>Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) and not
reserved under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than $7,000,000
shall be made available for awards to Campuses of Service under section
118A.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA26269373A9A44FCACEFE537DF145E68"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Section
119(c)(8)</header><text>Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) and
not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than
$10,000,000 shall be made available for summer of service program grants under
section 119(c)(8), and not more than $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the
National Service Trust to support summer of service educational awards,
consistent with section 119(c)(8).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBA1654D3BF5446469EB64ECA6112CA9F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Section
119(c)(9)</header><text>Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) and
not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than
$20,000,000 shall be made available for youth engagement zone programs under
section 119(c)(9).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5152F5C8725D465DA822EC41FB657958"><enum>(F)</enum><header>General
programs</header><text>Of the amount remaining after the application of
subparagraphs (A) through (E) for a fiscal year—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id24F290026F614C04883941AAC7BCB290"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than 60 percent
shall be available to provide financial assistance under part I of subtitle B
of title I;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id38B1083717064469868BBDF54F3DF3E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 25 percent
shall be available to provide financial assistance under part II of such
subtitle; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id32C4A4563F2F4BA687CDB46BA2601E75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not less than 15
percent shall be available to provide financial assistance under part III of
such subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBFFD7327BEAC42E0B65F73E1EA7AC6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subtitles c and
d</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2014, such sums as may be necessary to provide financial
assistance under subtitle C of title I and to provide national service
educational awards under subtitle D of title I for the number of participants
described in section 121(f)(1) for each such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8C1A7DD55F6A4034920D7F0EF7CA401F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subtitle e</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id278CCC5C52954631B06D3CAE39BA9CD0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to operate the
National Civilian Community Corps and provide financial assistance under
subtitle E of title I, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2010 through 2014.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FFBCC83A5A242E6ACE044621766C97F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, in obligating the amounts made available pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations in this paragraph, priority shall be given to programs carrying
out activities in areas for which the President has declared the existence of a
major disaster, in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), including a
major disaster as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina or Rita.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DF0BD82407940CABBCCDA7F3494884B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subtitle h</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65CC91207CA5486E8FA5568884DA5EE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide financial assistance under subtitle H
of title I.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD56E7694C3EC4B7CA067D9C6D2E2A3BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Section
198B</header><text>Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary shall be made available to provide
financial assistance under section 198B and to provide national service
educational awards under subtitle D of title I to the number of participants in
national service positions established or increased as provided in section
198B(b)(3) for such year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7231C22C92084BBE859179DAF8E1EDAB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Section
198C</header><text>Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal
year, $12,000,000 shall be made available to provide financial assistance under
section 198C.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE0F9088B1E047A98CE892D5768DABC8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Section
198H</header><text>Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary shall be made available to provide
financial assistance under section 198H.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID056B54976BE64E11B7DDEF1792227745"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Section
198K</header><text>Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A), there shall
be made available to carry out section 198K—</text>
<clause id="id3ED883F90045401F910BE0665D22E5B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6FBC58F92E77424982B3DDD77387AC95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="id63E8AA15565C49D18F0140367E1ED67A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE5B06DF5138D41D3A79EAC73B6AA526B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idDD219FF7F61D477D8B7D1856423E1662"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal
year 2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6EB1650DE86443AF9564F2D7837D771C"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Section
198P</header><text>Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A), there shall
be made available to carry out section 198P—</text>
<clause id="id21A5349D0D1E42BBB1E18695B6D337DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</clause><clause id="idED24EA9F6AF84BD8884938FA68C9562E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE380D17E261D4C519A9BFD2E329B4C5F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9F65F5676B4F4DBB956D91E818C76E0B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idED7E5608341A451BBF50B267D7760EF2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal
year 2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE44700C9063B42E18C022495A343E2F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCE1277A7D7F746BE8C4DE40317F0EEE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the
administration of this Act, including financial assistance under section
126(a), such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H20EDBBF70CD2438BB00BBD0A332BA3C9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Corporation</header><text>Of
the amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a portion
shall be made available to provide financial assistance under section
126(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7937C34D2781442DA0F197D1F3F47134"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation, training,
and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and
(4) and any other provision of law, of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal
year under subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under titles I and
II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve
not more than 2.5 percent to carry out sections 112(e) and 179A and subtitle J,
of which $1,000,000 shall be used by the Corporation to carry out section 179A.
Notwithstanding subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be available only for
the fiscal year for which the amounts are
reserved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id46754EC323B0429080149D782ED0D3BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(b) and (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCC99136641A24937B533B5445C2D04E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973</header>
<section id="id5180FC84FAA4479DA79B69423486183C"><enum>2001.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).</text>
</section><section id="id257AE83E129A4494B6BD41A85D73063F"><enum>2002.</enum><header>Volunteerism
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 (42 U.S.C.
4950) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id98F8580FF33F4A60A57AFDA102F205F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>both young</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting <quote>individuals of all ages and backgrounds.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA5D4CC457EC648FE848F224BD0A8D7FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
inserting after <quote>State, and local agencies</quote> the following:
<quote>, expand relationships with, and support for, the efforts of civic,
community, and educational organizations,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="idA45AE4B22B2E4FB8A07BE528ED7716EC"><enum>A</enum><header>National Volunteer
Antipoverty Programs</header>
<chapter id="idCB11EF0FFD5948E3B6A4D43AE430D8C8"><enum>1</enum><header>Volunteers in Service to
America</header>
<section id="id3FE19FD777DF486987DF89E3C2AA1082"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Statement of
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (42 U.S.C.
4951) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7F1A5E6D71C64A61B9C3549B5F47034D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence,
by striking <quote>exploit</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting <quote>increase opportunities for self-advancement by persons
affected by such problems.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D07B5C4478D4E21B51E645073B273BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by
striking <quote>at the local level</quote> and all that follows through the
period and inserting <quote>at the local level, to support efforts by local
agencies and community organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of
projects, and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations to carry
out the objectives of this part.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id796D7A022B384C66A627AE7F9347A873"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Selection and
assignment of volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4F8A87153664491795C0D2C783AFB7E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2BC9BFFD1668405985BB8E422B9E5BFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,</quote>
after <quote>American Samoa,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63BF972994E24732AFB52502E845D774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>handicapped individuals</quote> and all that follows through
the semicolon and inserting <quote>individuals with disabilities, especially
individuals with severe disabilities;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28DDE1C91EB24CD3BF509EA810D182AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>the jobless, the hungry,</quote> and inserting
<quote>unemployed individuals,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1B34953E234429DA87815BC08944D62"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>prevention, education,</quote> and inserting <quote>through
prevention, education, rehabilitation, treatment,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB73034183C2A43169414823C22E0FA18"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
striking <quote>chronic and life-threatening illnesses</quote> and inserting
<quote>mental illness, chronic and life-threatening illnesses,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ECD186316B84EE8A2F02D1590523438"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="id83C82F32C8AA4EBDB3BC65EF171F4101"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Headstart act</quote> and inserting <quote>Head Start Act</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id093221039AA2472D96C2E50785E6816F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3542D45FC0BC4166BE8FF144B90372FC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3A9614FA7E443539D7BF7E61BD5B5C1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD4021B40BA843E48F8894C920447CE2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf2b43ebc90d84695a94b7ee809136ae7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in assisting with the
reentry and reintegration of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into
society, including providing training and counseling in education, employment,
and life skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdc489f23783644d9bf56d8492f22a133"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in developing and
carrying out financial literacy, financial planning, budgeting, saving, and
reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income communities, including
those programs that educate individuals about financing home ownership and
higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a36f68e367e4952a396f80b2dd40d88"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in initiating and
supporting before-school and after-school programs, serving children in
low-income communities, that may engage participants in mentoring, tutoring,
life skills and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition,
and health education programs, and other activities addressing the needs of the
children;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDecd606904cc645e0b1a5281520b1b270"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in establishing and
supporting community economic development initiatives, with a priority on work
on such initiatives in rural areas and the other areas where such initiatives
are needed most;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID490c94540e024171baa61db6a684ef7d"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in assisting veterans
and their family members through establishing or augmenting programs that
assist such persons with access to legal assistance, health care (including
mental health care), employment counseling or training, education counseling or
training, affordable housing, and other support services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e260bb47c13469e8e91d1807bbd2313"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in addressing the health
and wellness of individuals in low-income communities and individuals in
underserved communities, including programs to increase access to preventive
services, insurance, and health
services.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6B13CC42A0E046078574AD5D5AD17CC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF02FB5683C9A49328953304B6CEA62E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>recruitment and placement procedures</quote> and inserting
<quote>placement procedures that involve sponsoring organizations
and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40EDE6914C1B4D889A7F75630C1E6E17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id04868241C938460FB4BA5DD5450614C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>Community Service Trust Act of 1993</quote> and all that
follows through the period at the end of the fourth sentence and inserting
<quote>Community Service Act of 1990.</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8F07AB414E444C77B426C46CA37E2287"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>central information system that shall, on request, promptly
provide</quote> and inserting <quote>database that provides</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE22B034EB3994292921A5028BABE1144"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), in
the second sentence, by inserting <quote>and management</quote> after
<quote>the recruitment</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F9A6A64232642DF8060446E900309EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B), by
striking <quote>information system</quote> and inserting
<quote>database</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8EBE4E1C105417080E1675680028D19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE9678A404E424558A07B1883E4B1A83B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id6F5DE6117C1E4652A80CB74D9B481513"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
inserting <quote>the Internet and related technologies,</quote> before
<quote>radio,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9AE095FA67EC4F4F830BED17E2E5E11C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
inserting <quote>Internet and related technologies,</quote> before <quote>print
media,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFD4A400CA8AA43AD854DED1F292E1304"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
inserting <quote>State or local offices of economic development, State
employment security agencies, employment offices,</quote> before <quote>and
other institutions</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE4BB336CD96E4572A8AEC24ABFA88E19"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by
striking <quote>Community Service Trust Act of 1993</quote> and inserting
<quote>Community Service Act of 1990</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id292B96431FA94BA0985A3797260A97C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(4);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7219B0B6875044AFADCD0DCB8BD70D58"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the
second sentence, by striking <quote>private industry council established under
the Job Training Partnership Act or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB1447EF646F44CF981AFEADBC96CE5E0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), in the
first sentence, by striking <quote>, and such</quote> and all that follows
through the period and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28FECDD54BE640FAAAFF9F61626EFD1D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF1F3CABF84C406EB91D62E0001C43FE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID74ec15c6e9554dc3bdb6d57d3051ad64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Director may enter
into agreements under which public and private nonprofit organizations, with
sufficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion of the costs
of supporting the service of volunteers under this
part.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idCDE112E269C845918F6C00AD2BD52CDE"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Support
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(a)(1)(B)
(42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id25A9032EB955435B8205C733185C15FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: <quote>Such stipend shall be set at a
rate that is not less than a minimum of $125 per month and not more than a
maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability of funds to provide such
a maximum rate.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20A0AE8C741A49F18435ACB745C5710E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence,
by striking <quote>stipend of a maximum of $200 per month</quote> and inserting
<quote>stipend set at a rate that is not more than a maximum of $250 per
month</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id82C22DED4F434716B7168D992DD96FC0"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section id="idEF5147B6A8684C59AA2F6E9D86950852"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is redesignated
as section 109.</text>
</section></chapter><chapter id="id3C48B471B0B547C396C7BAD03E83EFD6"><enum>2</enum><header>University Year for
VISTA</header>
<section id="idE4A767B9C6E7432092F1766ABC4EDF2A"><enum>2121.</enum><header>University year for
VISTA</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title I (42
U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section></chapter><chapter id="id4C6BBA6D33A444A48575F7BF4B5EC55F"><enum>3</enum><header>Special volunteer
programs</header>
<section id="id22DDACB0500448138C53FF4680BAFE85"><enum>2131.</enum><header>Statement of
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 121 (42 U.S.C.
4991) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>situations</quote>
and inserting <quote>organizations</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idC66535F018E54E38963B39931823B94C"><enum>2132.</enum><header>Literacy challenge
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 124 (42 U.S.C.
4995) is repealed.</text>
</section></chapter></subtitle><subtitle id="id4EE282326295417797DA9413391CE973"><enum>B</enum><header>National Senior Service
Corps</header>
<section id="id46224735A5FE499BB6A9875A2BAFCC07"><enum>2141.</enum><header>Title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended
by striking the title heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AF2A0466AA3406C9DBD229C8D84BDA0" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<title id="idF17249310E33475CB70A3751FEAEC0EB"><enum>II</enum><header>National Senior Service
Corps</header>
.
2142.Section 200 (42 U.S.C.
5000) is amended to read as follows:
200.It is the purpose of
this title to provide—
(1)opportunities for senior service to meet
unmet local, State, and national needs in the areas of education, public
safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and
human needs, and the environment;
(2)for the National Senior
Service Corps, comprised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the
Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior Companion Program, and demonstration
and other programs, to empower people 55 years of age or older to contribute to
their communities through service, enhance the lives of those who serve and
those whom they serve, and provide communities with valuable services;
(3)opportunities for people
55 years of age or older, through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, to
share their knowledge, experiences, abilities, and skills for the betterment of
their communities and themselves;
(4)opportunities for
low-income people 55 years of age or older, through the Foster Grandparents
Program, to have a positive impact on the lives of children in need; and
(5)opportunities for
low-income people 55 years of age or older, through the Senior Companion
Program, to provide support services and companionship to other older
individuals through volunteer
service.
.
2143.Retired and Senior
Volunteer ProgramSection 201
(42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)—
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking avail
and all that follows through
community,
and inserting share their experiences,
abilities, and skills to improve their communities and themselves through
service in their communities,
;
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking , and
individuals 60 years of age or older will be given priority for
enrollment,
; and
(C)in paragraph (4)—
(i)by striking
established and will be carried out
and inserting
designed and implemented
; and
(ii)by striking field
of service
and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting field of service to be provided, as well as persons who have
expertise in the management of volunteers and the needs of older
individuals.
; and
(2)by adding at the end the
following:
(e)(1)Beginning with fiscal
year 2013 and for each fiscal year thereafter, each grant or contract awarded
under this section, for such a year, shall be—
(A)awarded for a period of 3
years, with an option for a grant renewal of 3 years if the grantee meets the
performances measures established under subsection (g); and
(B)awarded through a
competitive process described in paragraph (2).
(2)(A)The Corporation shall
promulgate regulations establishing the competitive process required under
paragraph (1)(B), and make such regulations available to the public, not later
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Serve America Act. The
Corporation shall consult with the directors of programs receiving grants under
this section during the development and implementation of the competitive
process.
(B)The
competitive process required by subparagraph (A) shall—
(i)include the use of a peer
review panel, including members with expertise in senior service and aging, to
review applications;
(ii)include site inspections
of programs assisted under this section, as appropriate;
(iii)in
the case of an applicant who has previously received a grant or contract for a
program under this section, include an evaluation of the program conducted by a
review team, as described in subsection (f);
(iv)ensure that—
(I)the
grants or contracts awarded under this section through the competitive process
for a grant or contract cycle support an aggregate number of volunteer service
years for a given geographic service area that is not less than the aggregate
number of volunteer service years supported under this section for such service
area for the previous grant or contract cycle;
(II)the grants or contracts
awarded under this section through the competitive process for a grant or
contract cycle maintain a similar program distribution, as compared to the
program distribution for the previous grant or contract cycle; and
(III)every effort is made to
minimize the disruption to volunteers; and
(v)include the use of
performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under subsection
(g).
(f)(1)Notwithstanding section
412, and effective beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve
America Act, each grant or contract under this section that expires in fiscal
year 2011, 2012, or 2013 shall be subject to an evaluation process conducted by
a review team described in paragraph (4). The evaluation process shall be
carried out, to the maximum extent practicable, in fiscal year 2010, 2011, and
2012, respectively.
(2)The
Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing the evaluation process
required under paragraph (1), and make such regulations available to the
public, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Serve
America Act. The Corporation shall consult with the directors of programs
receiving grants under this section during the development and implementation
of the evaluation process.
(3)The
evaluation process required under paragraph (1) shall—
(A)include performance
measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under subsection (g);
and
(B)evaluate the extent to
which the recipient of the grant or contract meets or exceeds such performance
measures, outcomes, and other criteria through a review of the
recipient.
(4)To
the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall provide that each
evaluation required by this subsection is conducted by a review team
that—
(A)includes individuals who
are knowledgeable about programs assisted under this section;
(B)includes current or
former employees of the Corporation who are knowledgeable about programs
assisted under this section;
(C)includes representatives
of communities served by volunteers of programs assisted under this section;
and
(D)shall
receive periodic training to ensure quality and consistency across
evaluations.
(5)The
findings of an evaluation described in this subsection of a program described
in paragraph (1) shall—
(A)be
presented to the recipient of the grant or contract for such program in a
timely, transparent, and uniform manner that conveys information of program
strengths and weaknesses and assists with program improvement; and
(B)be
used as the basis for program improvement, and for the provision of training
and technical assistance.
(g)(1)The Corporation shall,
with particular attention to the different needs of rural and urban programs
assisted under this section, develop performance measures, outcomes, and other
criteria for programs assisted under this section that—
(A)include an assessment of
the strengths and areas in need of improvement of a program assisted under this
section;
(B)include an assessment of
whether such program has adequately addressed population and community-wide
needs;
(C)include an assessment of
the efforts of such program to collaborate with other community-based
organizations, units of government, and entities providing services to seniors,
taking into account barriers to such collaboration that such program may
encounter;
(D)include a protocol for
fiscal management that shall be used to assess such program's compliance with
the program requirements for the appropriate use of Federal funds;
(E)include an assessment of
whether the program is in conformity with the eligibility, outreach,
enrollment, and other requirements for programs assisted under this section;
and
(F)contain other measures of
performance developed by the Corporation, in consultation with the review teams
described in subsection (f)(4).
(2)(A)The performance
measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under this subsection may be
updated or modified as necessary, in consultation with directors of programs
under this section, but not earlier than fiscal year 2014.
(B)For
each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2014, the Corporation may, after
consulting with directors of the programs under this section, determine that a
performance measure, outcome, or criterion established under this subsection is
operationally problematic, and may, in consultation with such directors and
after notifying the authorizing committees—
(i)eliminate the use of that
performance measure, outcome or criterion; or
(ii)modify that performance
measure, outcome, or criterion as necessary to render it no longer
operationally problematic.
(3)In
the event that a program does not meet one or more of the performance measures,
outcome, or criteria established under this subsection, the Corporation shall
initiate procedures to terminate the program in accordance with section
412.
(h)The Chief Executive
Officer shall develop procedures by which programs assisted under this section
may receive training and technical assistance, which may include regular
monitoring visits to assist programs in meeting the performance measures,
outcomes, and criteria.
(i)(1)Notwithstanding
subsection (g)(3) or section 412, the Corporation shall continue to fund a
program assisted under this section that has failed to meet or exceed the
performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under this
subsection for not more than 12 months if the competitive process established
under subsection (e) does not result in a successor grant or contract for such
program, in order to minimize the disruption to volunteers and the disruption
of services.
(2)In
the case where a program is continued under paragraph (1), the Corporation
shall conduct outreach regarding the availability of a grant under this section
for the area served by such program and establish a new competition for
awarding the successor program to the continued program. The recipient
operating the continued program shall remain eligible for the new
competition.
(3)The
Corporation may monitor the recipient of a grant or contract supporting a
program continued under paragraph (1) during this period and may provide
training and technical assistance to assist such recipient in meeting the
performance measures for such program.
(j)The Corporation shall
develop and disseminate an online resource guide for programs under this
section not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve
America Act, which shall include—
(1)examples of
high-performing programs assisted under this section;
(2)corrective actions for
underperforming programs; and
(3)examples of meaningful
outcome-based performance measures, outcomes, and criteria that capture a
program’s mission and
priorities.
.
2144.Foster grandparent
programSection 211 (42 U.S.C.
5011) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)—
(A)in the first sentence—
(i)by striking aged sixty
and
inserting age 55
; and
(ii)by striking
children having exceptional needs
and inserting children
having special or exceptional needs or circumstances identified as limiting
their academic, social, or emotional development
; and
(B)in the second
sentence—
(i)by striking any of
a variety of
; and
(ii)by striking
children with special or exceptional needs
and inserting
children having special or exceptional needs or circumstances identified
as limiting their academic, social, or emotional development
;
(2)in subsection (b)—
(A)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking shall have
and all that follows
through (2) of the subsection
and inserting may
determine
;
(ii)in subparagraph (A), by
striking and
after the semicolon at the end;
(iii)in subparagraph (B), by
striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(iv)by adding at the end the
following:
(C)whether it is in the best
interest of the child receiving, and the particular foster grandparent
providing, services in such a project, to continue the relationship between the
child and the grandparent under this part after the child reaches the age of
21, if such child is an individual with a disability who was receiving such
services prior to attaining the age of
21.
;
and
(B)by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
(2)If an
assignment of a foster grandparent under this part is suspended or
discontinued, the replacement of that foster grandparent shall be determined in
a manner consistent with paragraph
(3).
;
(3)in subsection (d), by
striking $2.45 per hour
and all that follows through five
cents, except
and inserting $3.00 per hour,
except
;
(4)in subsection (e)—
(A)in paragraph (1), by
striking 125 per centum
and inserting 200
percent
; and
(B)in paragraph (2), by
striking per centum
and inserting percent
;
and
(5)in subsection
(f)(1)—
(A)in subparagraph (A), by
striking subparagraphs (B) and (C)
and inserting
subparagraph (B)
; and
(B)by striking subparagraph
(C).
2145.Section 213(a) (42
U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by striking aged 60 or over
and
inserting age 55 or older
.
2146.
(a)Promotion of national
senior service corpsSection
221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended—
(1)in the section heading, by striking
volunteer
and inserting
service
; and
(2)in subsection (b)(2), by striking
participation of volunteers
and inserting participation
of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds, living in urban or rural
communities
.
(b)Minority population
participationSection 223 (42
U.S.C. 5023) is amended—
(1)in the section heading, by striking
group
and inserting
population
; and
(2)by striking sixty years and older
from minority groups
and inserting age 55 years or older from
minority populations
.
(c)Use of locally
generated contributions in national senior service corpsSection 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is
amended—
(1)in the section heading, by striking
volunteer
and inserting
service
; and
(2)by striking Volunteer Corps
and inserting Service Corps
.
(d)National problems of
local concernSection 225 (42
U.S.C. 5025) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)—
(A)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in subparagraph (B), by
striking (10), (12), (15), and (16)
and inserting (9),
(11), and (14)
; and
(ii)in subparagraph (C), by
striking (10)
and inserting (9)
;
(B)by amending paragraph (2)
to read as follows:
(2)An
applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall determine whether the program
to be supported by the grant is a program under part A, B, or C, and shall
submit an application as required for such
program.
;
and
(C)by adding at the end the
following:
(4)To
the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall ensure that not less than 25
percent of the funds appropriated under this section are used to award
grants—
(A)to
applicants for grants under this section that are not receiving assistance from
the Corporation at the time of such grant award; or
(B)to
applicants from locations where no programs supported under part A, B, or C are
in effect at the time of such grant award.
(5)Notwithstanding paragraph
(4), if, for a fiscal year, less than 25 percent of the applicants for grants
under this section are applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may
use an amount that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated under
this subsection to award grants to applicants that are already receiving
assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant
award.
;
(2)in subsection (b)—
(A)in paragraph (2), by
inserting through education, prevention, treatment, and
rehabilitation
before the period at the end;
(B)by striking paragraph (4)
and inserting the following:
(4)Programs that establish
and support mentoring programs for low-income youth, including mentoring
programs that match such youth with mentors and match such youth with
employment and training programs, including apprenticeship
programs.
;
(C)in paragraph (5), by
inserting , including literacy programs that serve youth, and adults,
with limited English proficiency
before the period at the end;
(D)by striking paragraphs
(6) and (7) and inserting the following:
(6)Programs that provide
respite care, including care for elderly individuals and for children and
individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at
home.
(7)Programs that provide before-school and
after-school activities, serving children in low-income communities, that may
engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, and
study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and health
education programs, and other activities addressing the needs of the children
in the communities, including children of working
parents.
;
(E)by striking paragraph
(8);
(F)by redesignating
paragraphs (9) through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (14),
respectively;
(G)in paragraph (10) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (F))—
(i)by striking
educationally disadvantaged children
and inserting
students
; and
(ii)by striking the
basic skills of such children
and inserting the academic
achievement of such students
;
(H)by striking paragraph
(11) (as redesignated by subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following:
(11)Programs that engage
older individuals with children and youth to complete service in energy
conservation, environmental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a
community, including service relating to conducting energy audits, insulating
homes, or conducting other activities to promote energy
efficiency.
;
(I)by striking paragraph
(14) (as redesignated by subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following:
(14)Programs in which the
grant recipients involved collaborate with criminal justice professionals and
organizations in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income
youth or youth reentering society after incarceration and their families, which
prevention programs may include mentoring, counseling, or employment
counseling.
;
(J)by striking paragraph
(16); and
(K)by redesignating
paragraphs (17) and (18) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively;
(3)in subsection (c)(1), by
inserting and that such applicant has expertise applicable to
implementing the proposed program for which the applicant is requesting the
grant
before the period at the end; and
(4)in subsection (e), by
inserting widely
after shall
.
(e)Part D of title II
(42 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
228.
(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), an entity receiving
assistance under this title may accept donations, including donations in cash
or in kind fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.
(b)An
entity receiving assistance under this title to carry out an activity shall not
accept donations from the beneficiaries of the
activity.
.
CAdministration and
coordination
2151.Section 404(a) (42
U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by inserting or other volunteers (not
including participants under this Act and the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.)),
after employed
workers
both places such term appears.
2152.Application of
Federal lawSection 415 (42
U.S.C. 5055) is amended—
(1)in subsection (c), by inserting (as
such part was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve
America Act)
after part B
; and
(2)in subsection (e), by
inserting (as such part was in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of the Serve America Act)
after A, B
.
2153.Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is
amended—
(1)in subsection (a), in the first sentence,
by striking (including
and all that follows through 3
years)
; and
(2)in subsection (f)(3), by
striking Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate
and inserting authorizing committees
.
2154.Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (2), by
inserting , the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
after American Samoa
;
(2)by striking paragraph
(7);
(3)in paragraph (13), by
striking Volunteer Corps
and inserting Service
Corps
;
(4)in paragraph (14), by
striking Volunteer Corps
and inserting Service
Corps
;
(5)by redesignating
paragraphs (8) through (20) as paragraphs (7) through (19),
respectively;
(6)in paragraph (18) (as
redesignated by paragraph (5)), by striking and
after the
semicolon at the end;
(7)in paragraph (19) (as
redesignated by paragraph (5)), by striking the period at the end and inserting
; and
; and
(8)by adding at the end the
following:
(20)the term
authorizing committees means the Committee on Education and Labor
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the
Senate.
.
2155.Protection against
improper useSection 425 (42
U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking
Volunteer Corps
and inserting Service
Corps
.
2156.Provisions under the
National and Community Service Act of 1990Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
426.Provisions under the
National and Community Service Act of 1990The Corporation shall carry out this Act in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and the relevant provisions of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.),
particularly the provisions of section 122 and subtitle F of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572, 12631 et seq.)
relating to the national service
laws.
.
DAuthorization of
appropriations
2161.Authorizations of
appropriations
(a)National volunteer
antipoverty programsSection
501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)—
(A)by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and
inserting the following:
(1)Volunteers in service
to americaThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part A of title I $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
(2)Special volunteer
programsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part C of title I such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2014.
;
and
(B)by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (3);
(2)in subsection (c), by
striking part B or C
and inserting part C
;
and
(3)by striking subsection
(e).
(b)National senior service
corpsSection 502 (42 U.S.C.
5082) is amended to read as follows:
502.National senior service corps
(a)Retired and senior
volunteer programThere are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part A of title II, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
(b)Foster grandparent
programThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part
B of title II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
(c)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part
C of title II, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
(d)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part E of title II, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2010 through
2014.
.
(c)Administration and
coordinationSection 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a), by
striking fiscal years 1994 through 1996
and inserting
fiscal years 2010 through 2014
; and
(2)in subsection (b), by
striking fiscal years 1994 through 1996
and inserting
fiscal years 2010 through 2014
.
<enum>III</enum><header>TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
TABLES OF CONTENTS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD947D58FFB7243FAB710C5A6F6D590E2"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Table of contents of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0C92013CF95E4C4FB4A95791C770D88F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:</text>
<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 1. Short title and table of
contents.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="title" reported-display-style="italic">TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE
GRANT PROGRAM</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle A—General Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 101. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 102. Authority to make State
grants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based
Service-Learning Programs</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part I—Programs for elementary and secondary
school students </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 111. Purpose. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 111A. Definitions. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories,
and Indian tribes.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 112A. Allotments. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 113. Applications. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 114. Consideration of
applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 115. Participation of students and
teachers from private schools.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local
contributions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of
funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part II—Higher Education Innovative Programs
for Community Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs
for community service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part III—Innovative and Community-Based
Service-Learning Programs and Research</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based
service-learning programs and research.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part IV—Service-Learning Impact
Study</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 120. Study and report.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle C—National Service Trust
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part I—Investment in National
Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and
approved national service positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 122. National service programs eligible
for program assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 123. Types of national service positions
eligible for approval for national service educational awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 124. Types of program
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 126. Other special assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part II—Application and Approval
Process</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved
national service positions. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 129A. Educational awards only
program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 130. Application for assistance and
approved national service positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 131. National service program assistance
requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 132. Ineligible service
categories.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible
organizations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 133. Consideration of
applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part III—National Service
Participants</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 137. Description of
participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 138. Selection of national service
participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 139. Terms of service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 140. Living allowances for national
service participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 141. National service educational
awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision
of Educational Awards</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service
Trust.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an
educational award from the Trust.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful
completion of terms of service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the
educational award.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational
awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 149. Approval process for approved
positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle E—National Civilian Community
Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 151. Purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian
Community Corps Program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 153. National service program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 154. Summer national service
program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 155. National Civilian Community
Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 156. Training.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 157. Service projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps
members.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 159. Administrative
provisions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps
personnel under Federal law.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 161. Contract and grant
authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 162. Responsibilities of Department of
Defense.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 163. Advisory board.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 164. Evaluations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 165. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle F—Administrative
Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 172. Reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 173. Supplementation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of
funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance
procedures.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 177. Nonduplication and
nondisplacement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and
Community Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 179. Evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and
volunteering research and evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 180. Engagement of
participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 181. Contingent extension.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 182. Partnerships with
schools.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and
copying.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace
requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 184A. Availability of
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 185. Consolidated application and
reporting requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 186. Sustainability.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 187. Grant periods.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant
costs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely
economically distressed communities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 189B. Audits and reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government
and uses of Federal funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle G—Corporation for National and
Community Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 191. Corporation for National and
Community Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 192. Board of Directors.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board
of Directors.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief
Executive Officer. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 194. Officers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other
personnel.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 196. Administration.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 196A. Corporation State
offices.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 196B. Assignment to State
Commissions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of
veterans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and
Innovation</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part I—Additional Corporation Activities To
Support National Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to
support national service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for
service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica
Fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore
Fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part II—National Service Reserve
Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve
Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part III—Social Innovation Funds Pilot
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198K. Funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">Part IV—National Service Programs
Clearinghouses; Volunteer Generation Fund</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198O. National service programs
clearinghouses.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation
fund.</toc-entry><toc-quoted-entry style="OLC">
<toc-entry changed="added" idref="idC5BEE0D3C605474086740EBC2EE42D37" level="part" reported-display-style="italic">PART V—Nonprofit Capacity Building
Program</toc-entry></toc-quoted-entry><toc-quoted-entry style="OLC">
<toc-entry changed="added" idref="idFB7741FAEE60417F9DFB457640C3E0D5" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity
building.</toc-entry></toc-quoted-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth
Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199. Short title.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199A. General authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital
equipment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199C. State application.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199D. Focus of programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199E. Related programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian
lands.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199G. Training and education
services.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199H. Preference for certain
projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for
enrollment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199K. Living allowance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199L. Joint programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee
status.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle J—Training and Technical
Assistance</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 199N. Training and technical
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="title" reported-display-style="italic">TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING
PROGRAMS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle A—Publication</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 201. Information for students.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 202. Exit counseling for
borrowers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 203. Department information on deferments
and cancellations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 204. Data on deferments and
cancellations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="subtitle" reported-display-style="italic">Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy
Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy
Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="title" reported-display-style="italic">TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST
ATTACKS </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 401. Projects. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="title" reported-display-style="italic">TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 501. Authorization of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="title" reported-display-style="italic">TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry changed="added" level="section" reported-display-style="italic">Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in
transition from totalitarianism to democracy.</toc-entry>
</toc>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="idEAFB9C286C664D1DA55D7912A2043C88"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Table of contents of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD14F3F1BD7C341A99812130F937060E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45E6E22B8DAD42F4ABBDD447F1215C1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:</text>
<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY
PROGRAMS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part A—Volunteers in Service to
America</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA
program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of
volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 104. Terms and periods of
service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 105. Support service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 106. Participation of
beneficiaries.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older
persons.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 108. Limitation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 109. Applications for
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part C—Special Volunteer Programs</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 121. Statement of purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate
special volunteer and demonstration programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 123. Technical and financial
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE
CORPS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 200. Statement of purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part A—Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer
service projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part B—Foster Grandparent Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer
service projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part C—Senior Companion Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer
service projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part D—General Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service
Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 222. Payments.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 223. Minority population
participation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 224. Use of locally generated
contributions in National Senior Service Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 225. Programs of national
significance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial
assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or
contracts.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 228. Acceptance of donations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part E—Demonstration Programs</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 231. Authority of Director.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND
COORDINATION</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 403. Political activities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 404. Special limitations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 406. Labor standards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 408. Joint funding.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal
control.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 410. Coordination with other
programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 411. Prohibition.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for
suspension and termination of financial assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between
rural and urban areas.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 415. Application of Federal
law.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 416. Evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination
provisions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 418. Eligibility for other
benefits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 419. Legal expenses.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 421. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 422. Audit.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 424. Review of project
renewals.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 425. Protection against improper
use.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 426. Provisions under the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty
programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 502. National Senior Service
Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 504. Administration and
coordination.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 505. Availability of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND
REPEALERS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of July 1, 1971.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service
retirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic
Opportunity Act.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older
Americans Act.</toc-entry>
</toc>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO OTHER
LAWS</header>
<section id="H240F62A13E4F4D7483CB3D099D703739"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Inspector General Act
of 1978</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8F(a)(1) of
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking
<quote>National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993</quote> and inserting
<quote>National and Community Service Act of 1990</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Volunteers for Prosperity
Program</header>
<section id="id89E458CCF4AD4135A83C9861EDADF714"><enum>5101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="id30448EA0BCB643FF96D781346A3C39AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Americans engaged in
international volunteer service, and the organizations deploying them—</text>
<subparagraph id="id591297310534489DBF743320E92BAF54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>play critical roles in
responding to the needs of people living throughout the developing world;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7A8D239F7254438693941F0F1DE47D54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advance the international
public diplomacy of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB9A1C5DB0176479F88B7980C3A8EA7AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Volunteers for
Prosperity Program has successfully promoted international volunteer service by
skilled American professionals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8ADE7594DC2843B5A8179EC8157CB074"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In its first 4 years, the
VfP Program helped to mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors,
nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250
nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States, to carry out
development and humanitarian efforts for those affected by great global
challenges in health, the environment, poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy,
disaster relief, and other challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96AA6011F48549A883C811028FC0DB1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The VfP Program has
undertaken activities, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3D83EF2FF5D34F2A8A9C9D775AA9F324"><enum>(A)</enum><text>direct outreach to
leading nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BD23467C9AE461488517F96AF39429B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promotion of the work of
skilled Americans and nonprofit organizations and companies in the United
States as it relates to international volunteer service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E32674B1C0B4DD3B6F64939E5F2B374"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public recognition of
skilled American volunteers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id403E030E3C694161815378F430D64F9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support for organizations
that utilize skilled Americans as volunteers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC49E94D7051E47ABBE1E486E9BAB599E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>participation in the
development of special initiatives to further opportunities for skilled
Americans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90F0F8EC22BE49AB8AA381FC2D628411"><enum>(F)</enum><text>leadership of an
innovative public-private partnership to provide eligible skilled with
financial assistance for volunteer assignments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idB059F45243004E1F8AEFF0E98F3D10CE"><enum>5102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="id982B9CA9E9414F3FB166C4F58C0F4108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>VfP
Office</header><text>The term <term>VfP Office</term> means the Office of
Volunteers for Prosperity of the United States Agency for International
Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12140C847511488386FBABE7BB9A967C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>VfP
Program</header><text>The term <term>VfP Program</term> means the Volunteers
for Prosperity Program established through Executive Order 13317.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6AFB8F0A7FF4E56B22846E0C674A482"><enum>(3)</enum><header>VfPServe</header><text>The
term <term>VfPServe</term> means a program established by the VfP Office, in
cooperation with the USA Freedom Corps, to provide eligible skilled
professionals with fixed amount stipends to offset the travel and living costs
of volunteering abroad.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idAF162D0ED36A4CCA89881416799115ED"><enum>5103.</enum><header>Office of Volunteers
for Prosperity</header>
<subsection id="id01BFC437C83F49CBB8364A90FE8EB2DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The VfP Office shall pursue the objectives
of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) by—</text>
<paragraph id="id4D9FC370804D40BFA36B9AE7EC479A83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implementing the VfPServe
Program to provide eligible skilled professionals with matching grants to
offset the travel and living expenses of volunteering abroad with nonprofit
organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE3977AD3CBAC4B3081FAA1A329220C22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>otherwise promoting
short- and long-term international volunteer service by skilled American
professionals, including connecting such professionals with nonprofit
organizations, to achieve such objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4EEA6A9182694C43B5CD6D6C9D4373CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>helping nonprofit
organizations in the United States recruit and effectively manage additional
skilled American professionals for volunteer assignments throughout the
developing world;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6C9F327463734960ACAF90431E3C73DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing recognition for
skilled American volunteers and the organizations deploying them;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id975FEF13CFEE40B8B5F0824CE15AFD07"><enum>(5)</enum><text>helping nonprofit
organizations and corporations in the United States to identify resources and
opportunities in international volunteer service utilizing skilled
Americans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idED58FD17F28D43008004F29FC0AB6CF7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>encouraging the
establishment of international volunteer programs for employees of United
States corporations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6AFCCF44713476E85FFB1CF365A1E85"><enum>(7)</enum><text>encouraging international
voluntary service by highly skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity
throughout the world.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3753A5ED815A4F4092BBC3CFE5671E2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>VfP Program
objectives</header><text>The objectives of the VfP Program should
include—</text>
<paragraph id="id88AF58BDA4B44AFD930C3942CB0C6ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eliminating extreme
poverty;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8A76AF3C0E6D4852BD10932042D1C8ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reducing world hunger and
malnutrition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id116BE7A03D934A4D94B6F71CC8AE2EA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increasing access to safe
potable water;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB6EE1E3EF76B44AD91FB6159B6531612"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enacting universal
education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCA3922F839D74FA0AD0CECD73863B04E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reducing child mortality
and childhood diseases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9AC8768E59F34B329B8F786BD0DC48B2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>combating the spread of
preventable diseases, including HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7373C07C6B464680A29070EE87883217"><enum>(7)</enum><text>providing educational and
work skill support for girls and empowering women to achieve
independence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5CCFC68698E849FB82A9AAB84C0D82BE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>creating sustainable
business and entrepreneurial opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBAB12705F95641DFA5880E87594D10D2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>increasing access to
information technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFB7C9D769F6D443E8304960E1297A2CC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Volunteers for
Prosperity Service Incentive Program</header>
<paragraph id="id672F2A365B784AB0A6808270E95AD00A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The VfP Office may provide matching grants to offset the
travel and living costs of volunteering abroad to any eligible organization
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id358C5D68B23A47F68D645085B33FC91F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has members who possess
skills relevant to addressing any objective described in subsection (b);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0523949A28B64ED794A89FA02A7024C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides a
dollar-for-dollar match for such grant—</text>
<clause id="idA4BE6CEFB08245509A8A3064FBD9A9D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through the organization
with which the individual is serving; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id787C90C0AD0F4E0CB46625C626409F81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by raising private
funds.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id94FE36D3259F4D1FA71E90660FF5BFAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
requirement</header><text>The VfP Office may not provide a stipend to an
individual under paragraph (1) unless the nonprofit organization to which the
individual is assigned has certified to the VfP Office that it does not
discriminate with respect to any project or activity receiving Federal
financial assistance, including a stipend under this title, because of race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or
beliefs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7F0B1C46E7AC4B968DCAD7A96C9758CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
ineligible service categories</header><text>Service carried out by a volunteer
receiving funds under this section may not provide a direct benefit to
any—</text>
<subparagraph id="id79AAEB9C85974735BADF1C8387E04CC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business organized for
profit;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6E0C79113F13434E97E3A868B6241D6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>labor union;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA80889F0BEBF4EA29F52226747F0E6A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>partisan political
organization; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC120D9F13FDA4B148707538A3B7A5F97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>religious or faith-based
organization for the purpose of proselytization, worship or any other
explicitly religious activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92575CB1560747FCA9842C2AE79ABFDE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="id2F444821E85741DCA138224F307A1A52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall make available the amounts appropriated
pursuant to section 5104 to the VfP Office to pursue the objectives described
in subsection (b) by carrying out the functions described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBD534DECB8D140CBB4FB681BBE116E81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be used by
the VfP Office to provide personnel and other resources to develop, manage, and
expand the VfP Program, under the supervision of the United States Agency for
International Development.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2F13008E9B33450CAD6E09247BF2289F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
VfP Office shall coordinate its efforts with other public and private efforts
that aim to send skilled professionals to serve in developing nations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE62142CC75BB4931B8B0B2BEE6DFA216"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The VfP Office shall submit an annual
report to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id35640728B5494B2A9C49A33CE7D3D3EC"><enum>5104.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id8DCCACFB0785453AB4391F639CB2921E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010,
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through
2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id661CF8C7E675426FAB63483D1C35C0C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended for the administrative costs of the
United States Agency for International Development to manage the VfP
Program.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<section id="idB04865B5AE774B89932BBA81A5BCE174"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subsection id="id3C6067C9B5EB40A0836B7161B0C8EFA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, take
effect on October 1, 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idD89621D1B23E41549D3B6573DEDC86DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Effective
on the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service may issue such regulations as
may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE31C0184309844B8B8A7A95551DAADE2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header>
<subsection id="id3DADEF2BAEFD4AD798B77D2481237547"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Senate finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID78fed89721074003bf34449477d07042"><enum>(1)</enum><text>President John F. Kennedy
said, <quote>The raising of extraordinarily large sums of money, given
voluntarily and freely by millions of our fellow Americans, is a unique
American tradition . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely .
. . call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American
tradition</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f8a1ab36c8c4e7abe0779c4a1f8a34a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Americans gave more than
$300,000,000,000 to charitable causes in 2007, an amount equal to roughly 2
percent of the gross domestic product.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID620b501ba6c6420787cd4b2d3755be92"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The vast majority of
those donations, roughly 75 percent or $229,000,000,000, came from
individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID905531c62f8c474faf4378000cbf5ba4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Studies have shown that
Americans give far more to charity than the people of any other industrialized
nation—more than twice as much, measured as a share of gross domestic product,
than the citizens of Great Britain, and 10 times more than the citizens of
France.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84802503e122412f8e46cdd0e045063a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>7 out of 10 American
households donate to charities to support a wide range of religious,
educational, cultural, health care, and environmental goals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0635979c289949ce97cbec9b6de56ac3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>These charities provide
innumerable valuable public services to society’s most vulnerable citizens
during difficult economic times.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2cd71c60f15840419700ea9d5348ab61"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Congress has provided
incentives through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable
giving by allowing individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt
charities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8781244a47c49fc801db162816fea28"><enum>(8)</enum><text>41,000,000 American
households, constituting 86 percent of taxpayers who itemize deductions, took
advantage of this deduction to give to the charities of their choice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80F9A97EDE834F708132A3FD2FB47B57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should
preserve the income tax deduction for charitable contributions through the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and look for additional ways to encourage
charitable giving.</text>
</subsection></section>
Amend the title so as to read: Entitled The
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the
national service laws
.
Secretary