1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Serve America Act
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(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="H9F673AFF14594B219C54D8A7BCDCD548"><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="H8683C34DD3CA4508891C759B912F906A"><enum>A</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle <enum-in-header>A</enum-in-header> (General Provisions)</header>
<section id="HE34D34A10A7E4B499579A937DD7D2CED"><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="H8C47F294B85C4999B75A6F1AE5191DEB"><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="H0048BFBE04454E0888F89BE04945D126"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting after <quote>income,</quote> the following: <quote>geographic location,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1277F2B702F41E988F365F50253C58E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by inserting after <quote>existing</quote> the following: <quote>national</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3042C59FEB54E62B3710F23E4878B6D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EAB0BB2CD67437A8E2DFF648524F971"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>programs and agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>programs, agencies, and communities</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C6B5D7BACBF424C9B2759D9E5DBBC6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F493736B41645669B90828B6F898B94"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30968BD02026451AB9A7121882DC85CB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC4EDA0F4A87F421D99501EC510AA9E63"><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="H6F0C6D6FB58A43F593212A9282B83149"><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="H7F37FB0A79A74B5F884098C76079183C"><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="HC8915F7684E34914B5BEB98009B194DE"><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="H03422933ACDE484494FEA582B79DA05F"><enum>(13)</enum><text>encourage individuals age 55 or older to partake of service opportunities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17099882A1184CF58354A42867CE35DA"><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="H99349F9ABCAA498FA39836F2AAFAD43C"><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="HD3AFD5A0E2CC44E997A82705B730EE24"><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="H79175C0E9FEC4CAA9D42BAC478A2E6B3"><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="H7E074A254768495393C419D31457FF08"><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="HCC50F420571740D484EA461D41689A87"><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="H8BDB1B36582041668674E8CAB2F124AE"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="H490F8F9373ED4904A6D1020C283CC1F8"><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="H4747EBBF08E2461E8632EB9CC117729F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>described in section 122</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H911F25B11A604211BFC2C866BC9317BE"><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="H239C517F5E014AE7A4E0AF1E3C64F81A"><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="HE230BE2D98FB48CA927594C899FEA291"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (19)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H012EEBE4BA5F4F82B2032DAB805BA6BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 111(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 112(a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H856E068D7B3C419AA49F9D8DD4A1E965"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>117A(a),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65D967F2F7304CAEA8ECF41DC7BCB5F6"><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="H6E5B7428CF1E43EC82CE2CE437E83A39"><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="H4FF8AABE4A7D49B89A87AB0C69C69CCF"><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="H02BDBF9BFDAC47768A2B479D138DCF34"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (21)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F6496BF79D54E3D8B12F88464904536"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>602</quote> and inserting <quote>602(3)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29055EFDA2AA464C9EB66B923269FA39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1401</quote> and inserting <quote>1401(3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0038B2F9680490C91EF851BBD056D2E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (24), by striking <quote>section 111</quote> and inserting <quote>section 112</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87907E9B476F45CC8CD4FFAB5D9ED581"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (26), by striking the second sentence; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0448C05B7AA043C7A8E824FE557DD69B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H972C67081E604374AC0AA8A4C30A7559"><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="H646FB24174164ADBB6A9FBC3B09C6788"><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="HFACC33931D9244A99658F85E64A77E8B"><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="H9A908D6715464D48BD831178E684EAB6"><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="H48F5BB962FEB4E7182C8C9CE6B026B5A"><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="HCAFEBD323F1A4EACA3B84D7653BA7C51"><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="H0D92D01481FD4E7583218AEE262F64BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has experience with meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H101B8C3A1B024AB98D512468FA0633D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BE5F15A14444D28AE3C1BB0BA59EB98"><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="HF41B81420F6E46158920D3CF5B3ABCD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of-school youth who are unemployed.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83B0778869DE4D28837DA5DA128EFD36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Who are in or aging out of foster care.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B2DA97186F54872A9C7F8A4640F78F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Who have limited English proficiency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA31725D30B9F4B5D8D75132423C6C32E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Who are homeless or who have run away from home.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F7E676950BB43CCA5E3369CF9F8D3EF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Who are at-risk to leave secondary school without a diploma.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC3B78B0444F4369B986B69E2E751A72"><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="H3430DE4FEB824EAE91227243B1E8D522"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Who are individuals with disabilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8E1EB95E7554BC5ABCDBD0B8C33ED97"><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="HE89F60D8770442948256F4CF6B0100B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involves a significant number of participants age 55 or older in the program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H398CF51929B44A58A373468CB0CCFDB3"><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="H78F342671B684C36B3A02C1A2846622B"><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="H785592324ABB402FA6F2061D29A20338"><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="HB413EBEF651F4E4B801D6E9FADCDC4CB"><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="H7BAD999BAE2F4417BF9D0575E38CFFD1"><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="HC7ABD22BA1504237BC0F9B8249F6D144"><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="HADDBB5E854CF4E16B2E512E1308621B5"><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="H649BC850E9B1455BBD1AE764A7FE3E09"><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="H93483B1A77DD490FB4C452E83B749800"><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="HA0BA2C5C2ED147019E32231177E50310"><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="H704029EF14C049C1858D753D54DFFABF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include, appropriate to the research being conducted—</text>
<clause id="HE7423A6BB6964D50BDE4C40C988664F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use of systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFE9013B83CF744628F640E273F119677"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use of data analyses that are adequate to support the general findings;</text></clause>
<clause id="H17F67F03064E4830B7F01D70EBDC0F70"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reliance on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and generalizable findings;</text></clause>
<clause id="H32F29D0CCEFA4CA59B1AA0270443CB18"><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="H3564E1A331A7415E89A0042C45499B01"><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="H199E8428B8934666A9907E1DCE1BCC88"><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="H6FA6F0869D294B6CAE926A1115471DB8"><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="H10B7634E58DC47C4B254FE06AFC960F4"><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="H1368407B82D6400588AD04CA115AE3D7"><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="H6E8E4405B71B43DFB6A82AEB9B8C112D"><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="HA06C765FC09E4C028EACF15D7424A819"><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="H11735F6618F6408DBFCFD326FAB3C510"><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="H88DB0E399108428A93DB0DDDB0A080B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0593CFF1FF834CD28F643DDAE6751DDB"><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="HA502CB42DD3A43BFB3B7D6A4E8AEED33"><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="H05E1D9CF0C2F48B8858D44D833938D8C"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle <enum-in-header>B</enum-in-header> (Learn and Serve America)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H753EE9D8F7784400B53EE2AEB667D860"><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>
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<part commented="no" id="H63D2A53A6B6D47FEBE88FB1F7CC9E73D"><enum>I</enum><header>PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS</header>
<section id="H5F1D31B88C3441DCAC220074E7555EF7"><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="H2ADF436F4A9648A18525A4ED383238F3"><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="HF2C8D0C87903487E9FB969666550E3E2"><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="HCFB798E8B54147CE9C09D55CCF64716A"><enum>111A.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7418FE6B5B0742219301BD5B5E132BF4"><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="HE2A2D62AFAE1447896446A91FF269517"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State educational agency</header><text>The term <term>State educational agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H86A8A80E9A324F028558D4A7B39E5F4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State educational agency (as defined in section 101) of a State; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD72BFB45E0C482B8BBB94F6BC3DAE77"><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="H3D0289369B784C92860F355FBFB28AFB"><enum>112.</enum><header>Assistance to States, Territories, and Indian tribes</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4528B91EBB3F4BDFB727B3673538F9C2"><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="HC79B75EC19804AFFB93FC585EB311F97"><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="H4BAEED1B48014DD1A838806F905FD2C1"><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="HD1F2E671BB7441F69812C750340AA4A3"><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="H952F54872B8F4316A0F2C737CFDB6BCC"><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="H3C7107E35E1D49F4963C6C0F7F773613"><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="HCFE2E9BA8E4941D9B3819E5C4665F0C1"><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="HA9ABDCDCC01B4647A161285EFE605525"><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="H8D1A4B41A0944455B2D626968441F256"><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="H6BA91D91B37F4B2DA8BFBE633669B6FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational agencies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H86757F3A5118476893829B49E555C672"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more community partners that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF97CC765C61A4C1B81D71639DD6FEF8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include a public or private nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HBB6555B6A0E545EFB2CB3E649D1CB05D"><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="HAC9DF7019D2E489AA0CF6A322C63CE06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will make projects available for participants, who shall be students; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HB1723C48C61543AAB401387B93DC28BA"><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="HC1D0AA943AB7461BA5DA1DD039FDAA7C"><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="HD0B62BEEDB8A490DBF457ACC87525511"><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="H59E2626CA79E4529A70E0E753C68ACB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the salaries and benefits of service-learning coordinators; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB869539EC8A49AB8F83F85528672149"><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="H3C9B30E24C8848CDB5AF4E20E71FE458"><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="HD5F310DDF0CB42398BB6F81EEBF9C66F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H06115CA871C4435C8343766517B27324"><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="H00099ABA4F9E4AD5BCB8FF9776340F88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public or private nonprofit organizations; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5A33CF3F43F04E9E9D5083842C43A9E0"><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="H75C9D31A354B4589BDB900FD37975D20"><enum>(5)</enum><text>developing, as service-learning programs, civic engagement programs that promote a better understanding of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74F559E8E2C844A0A66B041FD9953AC1"><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="H45B50BE1D0F347B4A56C09A7368E1A20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the Nation’s government functions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8639F90C8DC84AB29B7224BA2643A3FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the importance of service in the Nation’s character.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD1BA2163293D4825886030318A86E545"><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="H990686B64EC54095A19827166CBC7418"><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="H050407B01B8E4936B0FD66002D06CEAE"><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="H247B2EE6CCBB49429EABC531D6B95DF8"><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="HFD4ADE60914E49B6931EE49ABDA0B6AB"><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="H4FD60DB0A9114E2AB455C0B5F443D50F"><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="HCB1D6A0E3F964E4EBCB71B17D8BC67E0"><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="HA4ABD716FE5F4B3EBB91A80B9499146D"><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="H1534464B88C34580A5935E5636957F59"><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="H77B274FD718048EDBC8173CAAC3CFDDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provision of professional development opportunities that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6E1398CE6C7B4803B1C05FAD36FB9762"><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="H9181B3DA442745D9ADCD50F8680E5723"><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="H154F4957A9F94109B42ECEDED8AC51B8"><enum>112A.</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE90377F83FC2483BB35D1CA273AB1EC7"><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="H0FC51F432E9D4F8085FE8BA63BC5DC16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments Through States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD1D3CC1891D7436B9675A694F82DDCEB"><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="HADD4911614BE4DAE9436B750E944E629"><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="HFDA36283356047EC9272C588CA4DB93C"><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="HA2B5898BF8764A3B9656172922AFEEAC"><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="H1FBF5E7425E34F51928349EF59814C51"><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="H76939A87C64542F09C83E7A4B4172953"><enum>113.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA817EAD988754C279B5F5F5C1D1CB66A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applications to corporation for allotments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9884802CC5394FA499B40033D2EDB893"><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="H781064015695461ABB450F3D1B4788CC"><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="H80011FD9D868487DA188C2897C485DE4"><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="H2D227236A6EF46358263F6781C64C75D"><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="H21237D3621964AE9BB1F23A31A55BF18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assurances about the applicant’s efforts to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H45D5393A276E49E9B6DC68B61347E428"><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="HEA2E3AD7A43343BC82FC1B80483B81EF"><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="H2BC0C8ECAAAB4AA9BFF369B52E173333"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involve participants in the design and operation of the programs;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0A3D93BF5B2643BDBF815E1662E5F28C"><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="HD35C29FBDB4C47AC94B3848A07544D9F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>otherwise integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF76FC757C57244C8A1C56ADE9B189E7A"><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="H6B10072E9F9E4EB893002FEEDCAAD2EE"><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="H0D5DE16C903F4D5E842667882A477A75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H16AAE462862E4B00B3F6FFB24E4A6791"><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="HDFEB4874092549E3B4DC52B656DE98FF"><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="HB6AC4E00A6CC45A288240ED8350797C9"><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="HC6C10EB2ECCB4031B987D3DB1C3D4FE3"><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="H0876EADA6450440D8E468EBB6ADF41D7"><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="H3F98957D4FCD4D16BF54C05B4C95FE2B"><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="H9D35FF969E2B473781CD2B758C2F1993"><enum>114.</enum><header>Consideration of applications</header>
<subsection id="HA67B88904910427997DC7EDA3B473C0B"><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="H158095E4994A4B5D962B93BF4AFF1665"><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="H6EC32155818D407E8B64B2A4B04B1D62"><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="HE7D12E2A256D413CBA55765216C7173F"><enum>115.</enum><header>Participation of students and teachers from private schools</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H43BF604477454431ADA942D0A7A0F31C"><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="HAD695E76D16F4543942535F8229D2ADB"><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="HED00A07782D8423A9AF7A9DE191EDC9E"><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="H594D16F0990C4C4E92911DA57CB04FAE"><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="H024A58839D244C3A826118F5CF2EDA11"><enum>116.</enum><header>Federal, State, and local contributions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5A14D32F1ECD4E3A9E9BC0E8FE92F4C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Corporation Share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6FAD380A49424A6FACC61E2010FD0AE8"><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="H4523CBE18E9240C9BC11AFB1082A1E08"><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="H76F0C05124284F798187FA2145781802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for continuing grants, may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD79BFFA043F844A09CFA5F318064F3B4"><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="H90FD7249267D48739F50E9EF716AC98A"><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="H4B34964E042142F1851FE0BAA54ED165"><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="H50107F40FDE34EEDB4C9B06F26023F55"><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="H04C9C09AB05F4F52A5F695FC52F8F2B4"><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="H1A262D9C67EA4088AA7F81C3DC4EA9D5"><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="H22956538A768469C99B14C6EED93CA42"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Higher education provisions</header>
<subsection id="H91631D2FA3D6404C8A6E10C87CF3DBB0"><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="HF83683AE901747C1913ECCF31030DF72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher education innovative programs</header><text>Section 118 (as so redesignated) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9BA2CCD520043EFA0F04214F59A39DF"><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="HDC91981D4067478EB6720398E165B8FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H202293CB6D284D6DBD27BFC52AC68267"><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="HEC857239526745DDB2DEC7E0EC28506D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H10FE0E2E667B49C9AC08F272FEF549D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF1A3F40288AD43BA934F126547180DC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H974FB30DDB0E4EC1862EF1F929DDB7AE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H223C8E3BD5E54A2F8243923588842944"><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="HFCDA32446721448BB2F27395CE5507AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HAF9BABA25A624E7489E07EA20BF74B2D"><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="H2243969C9C1548B0B0F02D688A1C6753"><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="HA934B7A369D949BBBE959CD06B86BCC8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H354AA20541D6401AADA05F154B8771E7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H0057C970F3C24194A13F9977FDC8431B"><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="HC6FF4C9362C546B8BFA0CE5B4BAD197D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9056D273904141F194B496D6774E3A2F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0A051996C9344E6A12B21F57790F2C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H799AC9E46ABD48DCA5D3DCFC64950E86"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal, State, and Local Contributions</header>
<paragraph id="H5EC7B17E0F1A441EAF5145501AFC5F03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H7AE7B368D94A48F88E55128E11498F7A"><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="H6887F9852DE5487F887BF36EC79012A9"><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="HFD4DC6C1CF5C4AD6BE7859E524380CC2"><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="H83E10DCB28114E9E833050389217CB41"><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="H940B575EED1349D3AFB7344C6922AA24"><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="H1489754FBAE24B269CD91D35AB698A99"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application for Grant</header>
<paragraph id="HDB184BACBB7A4A8D93D00502C41B1164"><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="H1F149B73DE2943B891ACBBFC837EF127"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DD38657EEC2480CBD3CA334A9F6A705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assurances that—</text>
<clause id="H14198EA099B848D6A63BBFD6585402DF"><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="H48A460F1512A4202B482E0F7061751FF"><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="HB92333E871174720B13D09BF3351CDEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H93CA126EE4254B9483411B64A5213048"><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="H32403053D5F140F59E8B8E1228EAF06F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska Native-serving institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA341CB09B28C413A921987DDBBCE54F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H11925425E435472EB7959D5CDFBF97C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0D46E4E851614445A9467CA00CF2B9C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">historically black colleges and universities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43A47EA1166A45E2A4291AE3A24C5FED"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American-serving, nontribal institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A2352B6360D4DDE9E7C3BB5E5A64283"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native Hawaiian-serving institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H70B86B1F0B914EEAAC1D134A2F5DBA99"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly Black Institutions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8960FB1C94C745AA9E051E0862C33E7A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tribally controlled colleges and universities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H29F06FC68C124CA2B9F82F10C6D889E8"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">community colleges serving predominantly minority populations.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H50A955CE91D348B5864CCBEFA954BBFB"><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="HB3F100F8253F4D7BA19DF6B4EACD99E7"><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="HCC884E4319844222984951F9B4DBFFC3"><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="HDC51EC2549814DD9BED3869D4243F6D8"><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="H44151A97C5EA4727B84D8216B59898F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe any partnership that will participate in the community service projects, such as a partnership comprised of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H633C1B90C0E74A2E814A334708C9054E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the institution;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD171984879A45FE8C9E5EF1203C138F"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H18C47DB9E41A42109EAF8026573F0025"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a community-based agency;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA384B5BF8AB240B89B6D1E617FA08454" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a local government agency; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H237BC6DF570946E281AEAA491AD09296" indent="up1"><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="H0477953CEB81493BB0D92C2D102806AF"><enum>(C)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5DDE76727D7E4E8B88A88A0FF9BF9E6A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a student organization;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF38B3BCB1C9946E78430D0C126DA6174" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a department of the institution; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H83461C0057664B51852F25DE93762884" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a group of faculty comprised of different departments, schools, or colleges at the institution;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D5055976B0F476DB6785DE483FB9F55"><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="HABA42511FF264591857BEC75802105F1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>demonstrate a commitment to perform community service projects in underserved urban and rural communities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C155F827D834518BB3569CD41E9597B"><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="HCE762A0B483F47C8931EFC34BDB7EFC4"><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="HF6FE27AC89B6427499A9B045C9D4E63B"><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="H6EE69BD039704F22B6663C50B05666B5"><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="HEA8E349020284981AC1BF8B8765BCB95"><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="H4A880FAD66DD4685A2BF9AA0DF7F1116"><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="HD5EA88A5031A43CF8F29B7DAA88891D3"><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>
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<section id="H82962E276C2F43D19C6FB542C5C5F6DD"><enum>118A.</enum><header>Campuses of Service</header>
<subsection id="H65D19704B48E4BD2BF837E4D53ECE26C"><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="H83CDEF55FDC84B5A8F3F7FA22832CDCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications for Nomination</header>
<paragraph id="H7224B7A597854FA29D4B7E762FABD52A"><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="H54572EDB1EC64935978545C9AE9E646F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At a minimum, the application shall include information specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H047C5DD107B7457EB8ABA7AEF351ED00"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4508E680BFC4453EBE87C01779EB43A6"><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 id="H4C5C2657D289421F8B71D7EA0199E0B0" indent="up1"><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="H4B87A622598542ABB2884E0568C9D9E9"><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="H19BD34389D1E408BB99AC2570578C0D3"><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="HF3C95753336246DF9762A5DEE339A2A6"><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="HA46232B83F2346B199BFAC9F4FA6164C"><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="HEA09F6A0ACFC4D35A2003D8C4A6932B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nominations and Designation</header>
<paragraph id="HA0F3F7F69AB748D888F77D1C4A4AEB9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nomination</header>
<subparagraph id="H3FCD1F52BF8E4D5AA604475E2ED13466"><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="H5382EC8D0DCD47488666055B2EDDAD23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than one 4-year public institution of higher education;</text></clause>
<clause id="H716BC4C189964BEBB7D6A65EED6BC735"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than one 4-year private institution of higher education; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H608D8A386FB047E49D6C8DBE9C6D93DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not more than one 2-year institution of higher education.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3544BB3FF20541D5A76857DE9ECA48D0"><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="HAAB127B02F07403C81677803F950CB45"><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="H6F646BB75B8846CEB1EF8EE35EFDF87E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards</header>
<paragraph id="H6A3E9AA943BA44FD8E1F76E1B3CA961A"><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="H2933AB4B3D204BC3A09A5471185BE2C8"><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="H09CB6E39CFC8415586D96128B7E6A7AF"><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="H55D58B8B3F824EF9ADF2B15377105A63"><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>
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<part id="H9656428825904DF8940750AA0F3A2212"><enum>III</enum><header>INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH</header>
<section id="HB83473B0EF384750A3A3CD960F258997"><enum>119.</enum><header>Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and research</header>
<subsection id="H2FCD4496A5C44F5B9FAAD5409A8AF75D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="H90246CF367E44755B1AB9B0C8AB2F54C"><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="H91C4F34FEB4C42ABBA4143EB4CF0D03D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible Partnership</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> means a partnership that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9FD775ACC27A445C9096D34817417F14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H79103E299330448E8F2701E35DBE360F"><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="H0FEB23F5DFDA45B6A0A7BABCFF904A2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local educational agency for which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1173F7D365644D259BBE8A1FBA126709"><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="HCAF2EBA43EAC41B3BDD9C8318D95B51E"><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="HF908F6B67C1A422C895D317AB836F330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may also include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA7C897FB84614F7880C8011FA226E062"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a local government agency that is not described in subparagraph (A);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF580CF3C91FD408D9997AA1296281AFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the office of the chief executive officer of a unit of general local government;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HC59D76D558394709B23C150D1997F248"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H20F5DABAC8504D12A0B9240BD0089E4C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State Commission or State educational agency; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6AD42F906E084CE9A3BD989FDBA08BC2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>more than 1 local educational agency described in subclause (I).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCD44D32B94949E2BB70B27A2B210BAA"><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="H340BD1EF7395420B9775AFECCA6A8712"><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="HAB864C7844004D98A4F5818A87C03619"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in order to address a specific community challenge;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2997C830D34B4769BAF6A4D0E931AB79"><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="H825E440F45C94D64963CF89B40E6BE7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in circumstances under which—</text>
<clause id="HE24393086D064ABFBA2298B6EED69890"><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="HB74F60AFDC654BBA8AB4EEAB664B949B"><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="HAB33819D2A6B4CB1A708868C8D972B5F"><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="H17E5FDEE2A6246BF8EB46958F02A776C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>Funds under this part may be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="H978344E99A324284974111F1D1FF6474"><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="H38A018F5CAC7450691737C8EACB4099D"><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="HE96C40E5CF12482DAC6E9D7401BB1229"><enum>(3)</enum><text>involve students in service-learning programs in emergency and disaster preparedness;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B8C51A59B8C4695B3B6FB02575077D2"><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="H134B4574E7324A78A3B20C1C2C79DE76"><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="H5332A9A205CC4196A50022428978F334"><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="H4F114A9D7D904664AB74BBE7E30B36B7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>conduct innovative and creative activities as described in section 112(a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4F228FA1D2644DEB5DAA6AEC4D03FAB"><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="H42F7B283BF874C85BA445C016831A5B6"><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="H8480DF294A5445E697A3BDFDDA217533"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for community-based service-learning projects—</text>
<clause id="HE605CECD156C430991E5DD16B558C2E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that shall—</text>
<subclause id="HB5F58A95891A431CB975C0B015E4F835"><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="HDB6A99C0B63A46A5BD90AA0F2E381FA9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the community;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H87180FBE4241413BB625C7848AC36958"><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="H7830F6BD6DC34123B345013B58A25A06"><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="HF398DC9E5230456ABD6B95F6C28B28C4"><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="H6E86A6281035413F86493E07CD4CEE34"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carried out by eligible partnerships; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D516D35D4E34344A19CA7D56654F986"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designed to—</text>
<clause id="H39B84FDA9C0B47D0BC7717434BB205CA"><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="HA7E5C902BF024AC29081A0DFD1AC633D"><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="H5C0495FF46C648A6A4985E771F04AED8"><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="HFCC1350712F94C58914BF4D8859C75EE"><enum>(10)</enum><text>conduct semester of service programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE8F4CB8137F45168C1C39F4543690A5"><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="H9998F97A70E9486FBD4853345F90C6EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engage as participants high percentages or numbers of economically disadvantaged students;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7D90CE0ACAD4D39A78DB951C6D940C1"><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="HD878D7A1A4A348A9B23185F9113A5B0A"><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="HEFA4E59A091C4F85AA0A75F5182FADF0"><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="H29B853CCFC3A4B158109BFA8B97F04D0"><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="H2F7B389FB02142599AE6E7C8E0B8FECF"><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="H7559F5810D124E1683D737F7A24863D9"><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="H3D0F94D1B5154A1C934C1377AE5C63A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement service-learning programs in low-income or rural communities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09F7FDD0F94A47D8BDD3A8AFEAA69161"><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="HBDBA8C6840364432A118E001D49F7FE0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7C8BC2ED516F44688080F416A85951B6"><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="H91F072F78EED4F438131D8A907EBA44C"><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="H3AF8D008C70B4CB699D901C96CF910C4"><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="HF859199C3475433FAA966FB461DD5CA9"><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>
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<part id="H416BB12089A64AFD9A435B2F4817307D"><enum>IV</enum><header>Service-learning impact study</header>
<section id="H1E8DDBE55D0F4CB8A6878395EC8451D5"><enum>120.</enum><header>Study and report</header>
<subsection id="HE619104076B64AAA9C8C3035418B8095"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="HAEAD131674764DE7884777911B811CA3"><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="H43C4443329D74481B5489A7D50DF1C59"><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="HA02E942B81494EC9B60C76FFB70A0904"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improved student academic achievement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8CF59922C5C4560A6827C176D4F8F98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved student engagement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BDCF831FF4A4B32BA58978F776749A4"><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="H48E76D2BCE4544EBA9783B25CD8A2449"><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="HAAA79CA006394B898B787B86AF8BF3EA"><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="H87FEE6920DF04C5889C879E82DDC1570"><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="H5F9074EFDC954C148A64A396AC91DD7D"><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="H740606304F9D427B88526C63A4F4D85C"><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="H6E5D31E5AA4B4B759ED1F78B630EEE9E"><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="H9EF64638E8344D11BE92C3B8013E46EF"><enum>C</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle <enum-in-header>C</enum-in-header> (National Service Trust Program)</header>
<section id="HB4B268D4DC7940D5904DE5E5434FF588"><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="HD52DD96E88D54CE59B74E1C9CD3F32E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H419A865E34394372AEE15CC04C085583"><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="H1E0F66206A1D4CF4972B790A07B40569"><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="H62E2D5B65C9140F492D8A53732F54EE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE893562B5C4E4EBC896AB8F74E032FA1"><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="H061ADADA52474CBAB03C3A10B3E2ECD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H027A9645ABFB4912B55E19023AFF8385"><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="HEEC7711A5CFF499E82BCF4A81DBFC3B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H75F2FBDCA76040F5905EAACC4BA4E5AA"><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="H9C882E9E080041A7A0A7F96715E19430"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HFEC0D9649825434B977B9D6B84EEDA1F"><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="HD803967A5884453EA10CE6A79FC021CC"><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="H7D482DCF9F69400794447407746C2675"><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="H487848F2ED4144B79C9613536F3F694C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H857F5FABB5454EC2A743D1BC61381F05"><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="H2E2373A71E7842309F2DBF19A641CD47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC38307B7E3E6435ABF08A349DB85CFA7"><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="HC80548AACC854F32912B09BCEBE5B799"><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="H8947BB1E5284460690A20077E66F19F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by striking <quote>or (b)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2795EE1256E41858154D6C50D14F582"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03941EFF3E734079BD98E094E3CC231A"><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="H30FA5DA53E5C4E069D5DF22BE01D86F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9DD9D4AEE0B34D4C952A34F4EEC90DBB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other Federal funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H4841FF191FA04293813996B37EC8D53E"><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="H606EF75EC57E4DDE84CB6A0ACFF5C652"><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="HE758644E720F463A9A083DC38DA50208"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HC3FAFC119CB74349BD8C4EF7DB894F13"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Plan for approved national service positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1F0BC61D5992496D9E1472600C8D872D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a plan to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49507CD717724BF9A53F77F3550F7913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish the number of the approved national service positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75FEFDE0FF1F4885A3AEA99ADDF6FA3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the number of the approved positions to—</text>
<clause id="HCCDCCA01D06847B7BFDA22235590F9E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>115,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF4C2A6CA41414DB599BA5ABA4A2AC26B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>140,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF0315B83121B48F796F7275628D82289"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>170,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text></clause>
<clause id="H43B41EE5714D400D87E40026D84917BC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>200,000 for fiscal year 2014;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDCBA7001470C4B128AB734815C3FCF8A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>210,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4D363C63491C4AFF82C13566FEB3B326"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H38524BC16801476E9FAC1C0280FFA04E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>250,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DD055BDCAF6422891BE7305338C0F95"><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="H5ED661EDF1E947A6838A63D6CBE9A885"><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="HC038E9D276AA4F459E627BA5FA29C570"><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="H7476D59060AB46D3A0EA0D2DD0E6A4A9"><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="HA897E8B2F25F43E8A559EB858A34BEEC"><enum>122.</enum><header>National Service Programs Eligible for Program Assistance</header>
<subsection id="H2400F2B240B24761947F4EE0DB9C25A7"><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="HC75113F273814179A79AAA742FBC9428"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Education Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="H688F374D27504E0A99D9B026988B944A"><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="HAD05C2EDBAD2431BBD733A30444C7E9C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="H44AC10DBA02D49539D6A9C3A52914554"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tutoring, or providing other academic support to elementary school and secondary school students;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6319138F38E04825A98D75BE834B73DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improving school climate;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5536FD05B1E84BB691C2F7042B87D710"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>mentoring students, including adult or peer mentoring;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF4BDA063AF434977953FA163807EA8D9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>linking needed integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families, and their public schools;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEA2F4CA013224368911B81230A61C4A8"><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="H7C0D61884592455CAC6746252F8AC713"><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="H3071B64037C84862A9B0215A9D2B5473"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting students in being prepared for college-level work;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCBDEC6C8B3DC4EEBACC39CACA4C64D24"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>involving family members of students in supporting teachers and students;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDD3C90B8411344019C18D49EAB15E925"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>conducting a preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution of higher education—</text>
<subclause id="H060967AADC85456495D0B7452D5E1B30"><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="H0887D4F495714BF7A4C340AE1B35A337"><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="HD63344228E1B4CBF8CFB766746A003E4"><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="HF4C4FF1DA30F4D2888C9880ACD1A1CA8"><enum>(x)</enum><text>assisting economically disadvantaged students in navigating the college admissions process;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA2F413A7791241B9A6B726C57BB8450A"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>providing other activities, addressing unmet educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HB9797F46A3E848E3815EEF6D0A611E0B"><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="H0D2CC540BF2E4F089BABCCC5D9DDBA55"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Education Corps indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H7D020C9441CE4694BECEC753ED03D9DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student engagement, including student attendance and student behavior;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2E103A13C0CE4A6C88535A33A4878C02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>student academic achievement;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD61FD00250C840639305036171CDF696"><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="H29252BFCEE944B868CDF9EEFD5B1E1AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>rate of college enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma;</text></clause>
<clause id="H14D7C03F537446928226FA1C8DF355B6"><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="H0E17186D4B7F48A9ACC63DEE129FE835"><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="HFF134276326946E995FDA9B45214D704"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Healthy Futures Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="H3F34FEBA4C574C7CAB438A52A36D7A1D"><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="H5C77FC36AD51402CB1260A94F1E42B36"><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="H4B38F08F85CA48F38C2E2D19C4905448"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in navigating the health services system;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA8E5CF0226E94E23867C10ED2CDF9077"><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="H377C3A94B4944D408F32D4595E8830C9"><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="H7FA1BBB78EEC4061A736C31EBFA91CE2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving the literacy of patients regarding health, including oral health;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6658A138B5524CAEB7D78F6801AAFD76"><enum>(v)</enum><text>providing translation services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health services;</text></clause>
<clause id="H946DFECA7C2D4D8995954EEDBE45DEE2"><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="HEB56002EA5504186A1CB748AD5146E78"><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="HF0C8D335DFBB48F1BBE85C675E21E429"><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="HB69010BBDB6941D4954154298333FB37"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>providing activities, addressing unmet health needs, that the Corporation may designate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD73D48E25D1E4F0294EE509752F5B6A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Healthy Futures Corps indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H368A928AC5B54FF5BFE1E9392343DC34"><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="HA06A70CB800144E3B35DD1606E75EBF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>access to health services for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are economically disadvantaged children;</text></clause>
<clause id="H08FCF11F11B645E3BAD28CD4998EE798"><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="HC096B008E9C544CF8635D6ACE10C7D75"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>literacy of patients regarding health;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCAEE1BFD1AB9476AA144817F91000BF3"><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="HBBECF1BAB4A5438E8F914EB2FF5A229A"><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="H921F78855B6644C58E070BDA6DC9F9E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clean Energy Service Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="H331616B31C64436094B45AD9E25D7DF0"><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="HA105FE5323404CD3BF4203E386BF8630"><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="HD2EA57F6558C49D29947DAA44AED60CC"><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="H575FCD2FB09B41A0BDE1C047B5BD987A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>building energy-efficient housing units in low-income communities;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC6C792422AD444A1BCD864A751D4998E"><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="HCFDA7C21E54F4537B6060C8137A76F80"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>providing clean energy-related services designed to meet the needs of rural communities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0E4934641E584F76AE1DCD24B0801BB5"><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="HD28CE70EDB844E418437F3160003D79C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>assisting in the development of local recycling programs;</text></clause>
<clause id="H269D7B93EC5543488756D2DF619CF8B9"><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="H5DDF666982604A6B81D17F68B24C44CE"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>cleaning and improving rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State;</text></clause>
<clause id="H30A817BDF5124696A0437933A2320EB3"><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="HA67FC46B82304C87A460392E254390D8"><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="H5D589EC4BD8B455DAF0CEE1F2BFBD100"><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="H4CE8896C75F345729545434D7FE055DB"><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="H0FDE5D02343A4A25B64CB3E3560C4D99"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provides those participants who are youth and young adults with—</text>
<item id="H23F8B7FB41A4425785D6E04E9F95DC70"><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="H862C71142D26472CB157173C8822DF65"><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="H0D586A8626E0475A966EF207C32A5C97"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>carrying out other activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the Corporation may designate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA13BA2199E047989EA232D8F33BDD07"><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="H6F414991C8164F35B7010536DB2954C3"><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="HBB714B61FB8C48DA9F9051BDC202CCE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>annual energy costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have provided service;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDA5327DBEAC44A96A3E0E3CEB1C91AA1"><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="HDCC8DDF0832E4C3DB7DA95D3E51C2580"><enum>(iv)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF5453E5A766643248D117CA2DB0B342A"><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 id="HEEDA583256C14F0BA5EF8837F20A8170" indent="up1"><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="HAB64B9C78EA54C28A9E73C0686295DF7"><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="H5EFF0BCCD6C941979EA68BD9AFB424E3"><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="H2DB9562DC0B4483580C61DCF337E9635"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Veterans Corps</header>
<subparagraph id="HE63DF32EBAA9491282C62C611589BA5C"><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="H2A6BEFF0304247179086793F8592887E"><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="H7B4D6D54D8E748E3A65244FEBC801B3F"><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="H6C31250DBBD14457B95874A777B4F7E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recruiting veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities, including opportunities that utilize their military experience;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFC8C1B48E7374261809009F5D2C668D8"><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="H1728C9B78EF54901813E8D3C300A3999"><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="H382077DF4E234574AAD0251CA4604681"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assisting veterans in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged students;</text></clause>
<clause id="H88516CC4EFBE42C8A20340E85CDA8F05"><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="H07516A0C74DB4AF59049BAA745640D98"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>other activities, addressing unmet needs of veterans, that the Corporation may designate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CE4289C38384448B031AAC38C4F9F1E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Veterans’ Corps indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H7B541207805F48D48270EBA798E1D645"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of housing units created for veterans;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBB3EF7591AE14D3C8F304833CAFC8378"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of veterans who pursue educational opportunities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H495B5654CE28427FBEC82D8E0DD0440E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of veterans receiving professional certification, licensure, or credentials;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE590D7073BE64D75B933F11CBFD77109"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of veterans engaged in service opportunities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1253E97E05F84B90A4C8859D33FBF948"><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="HCB14FCC067CD4843B0472802605E0550"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the number of economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with veterans;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEA690C8706E243A293C2C1D27495C561"><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="H59825AA98EC14337873D4BD1BAB249AC"><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="HADE3A24DA9824A118A5A21CEEF8492F2"><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="HBB1AD6107FC348F3A1909A98CF71F497"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Opportunity corps</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE9C7E7CF11D4DA38290DDC6B0AC8344"><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="H16FB965A473649E4BFAD892F1A924301"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="HF49C40E50E2B4748B6626CE293B758BC"><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="H66BCB89CBF3547998C0F43440075E87A"><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="H12EB38D33ACD472B8C575D262071BD97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding placement in and maintaining housing;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC0915FC3DC874C50A46129E7E0C7F9FE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to health services for themselves or their children;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC7BEBC9A24B84EC5901B742F2E198A99"><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="HDE9310A253FB4AC78A8A83BC39DA488B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>facilitating enrollment in and completion of job training for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text></clause>
<clause id="H073E6E23429942449C147B299F060EBB"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to job placement assistance;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE5F02A1B947F41B0A54F812937DB9C3B"><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="H9DB8D80808C94F0CA822EE37B6A743EB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during emergencies;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H60619D64577A454C8CE92A351603D64E"><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="HFF7CA804EC9241EDA6D6A1058F7FC4C0"><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="H649D1F0AAB9543A28D30E9AE0FFEDE80"><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="HC3AFC68C8250472A96849D15B2CC49D4"><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="HE78F23F41B994B1093EBE6D179EA700E"><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="HE4108B4FA827417797FFE2A81C50FCB8"><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="HF053864195084679898650CFA19EDEB8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Opportunity Corps indicators</header><text>The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H4B1212C7EB294E9294C2FC0392D86552"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the degree of financial literacy among economically disadvantaged individuals;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1B23E8C9AB64466C92521593D9646142"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of housing units built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or low-income families;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBB0C3F4EE10A4FA7AD632D9ACC4C6D47"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to job training and other skill enhancement;</text></clause>
<clause id="H64FA66454F0442ED88764099D9645948"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job placement services;</text></clause>
<clause id="H72DF6CF13DCE49899CEF37DB30080D31"><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="H3EB2102BECCC4C958546CAD9E4C0CFA1"><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="H646B8D2ACE2647999946EA1C4B10862E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National service programs</header>
<paragraph id="H85574C21AA6F4925B1E50DB14AFC252E"><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="H7326D453B89D437DA530E9C2655D2BBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The programs may include the following types of national service programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA751F90510BF438EA06E7900BE013BD3"><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="HEA97FD7AC1D8432DBE45402D17158811"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="HC9D0F3B00DA1430A9A1A6B10DD522EA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that engages participants in public health, emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public safety activities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H07F9718E86A04310B505E4B9183BCAE2"><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="H1BD192628E3D4DC18D658D8412D892F1"><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="HB98A0D152D6E4CC09443D55160077D92"><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="HD5FE58DD4CDA41D2960DC2093EA5EDD8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provision of direct mentoring services;</text></clause>
<clause id="HABFDA28AACB94A9EB2969A9B2BF05901"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provision of supportive services to direct mentoring service organizations (in the case of a partnership);</text></clause>
<clause id="H1727FE1D59A643D7AAB3A91BE1D0A2D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the creative utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HC2A51906EB6E4D46A4A409EDC1BA8312"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>supporting mentoring partnerships (including statewide and local mentoring partnerships that strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by—</text>
<subclause id="H7964FB70966E478EA855B22DEEFE88D0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>increasing State resources dedicated to mentoring;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H92EB97F60FD949009DB566601BEDE054"><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="HD55573FC0A5045DD9DE9B4281CBFFDD8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>assisting direct service mentoring programs.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99FF7B2740CE4B55AEBF876729D1929C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="HC0C1577A0E594AF5A435ABC67228BA4A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in which not less than 75 percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD38A463AD33E4DD5852B69C83F071223"><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="HF10D9C400E364517BFD37A7D3BC422B0"><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="H8F9F7CC929044C0CA9CB6FEC3BDC9022"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A program—</text>
<clause id="H79D1A963EF4140A095002DEDF226B33D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that reengages court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism;</text></clause>
<clause id="H454700A24AC8476AB4C5A21F4028E6C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may create support systems beginning in correctional facilities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H84B1848F673A4BC8BE4FFB95FE900F08"><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="H77024F4BCBB6458B8FA6BBA80D8DC937"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A demonstration program—</text>
<clause id="HBFCC2D482CF5470B938BD3F17FD9A048"><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="H035D19D203F04BC79F76416D759F528E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H037C7488FCEC4AAB946AFDF4FAE186DF"><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="HB6BC35508A1B486090939FD7381668A0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A program that seeks to expand the number of mentors for youth in foster care through—</text>
<clause id="HF41A19C9CA2B4CE2A67AB6B81D39EA3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the provision of direct academic mentoring services for youth in foster care;</text></clause>
<clause id="HACAAEF067EE4459F9FAF5BEEA16908A4"><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="H5D5989D7B93C4F34A29E9AF734DCA869"><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="H8EEBC65A42244157B078C5B308235E2E"><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="H394F7FB4EC85421EBC7E48B7D897E3C8"><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="H2937AA029123413B9486B4F4D3333698"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program models for service corps</header>
<paragraph id="H211B204EF96C4F2AAA81A8B1F0E8CC25"><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="H5A70491F29554C49BB4E1FF61E536882"><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="H2D31669FF95B4A6CB14292B5A231FDA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A service program that—</text>
<clause id="HCFC8C28B1D6640759FE25FC45188229F"><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="H8E971FD137A34FB6AFBBE8F4A0AB4957"><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="H1658BF3FED4F4B85B10F211A28E29A86"><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="H34C6B34529434CC1BBE11F3990EFF2DE"><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="H3802B2D504584626B5B7732A727FA76F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>teams composed of students described in clause (i); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HAF829BE71A694B62B79FDDD8F8DC20EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>teams composed of a combination of such students and community residents.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCDE457C3C9E4CF9B6C95AEE422CCD45"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A professional corps program that recruits and places qualified participants in positions—</text>
<clause id="H65FC9E1EBBBB41228D8AE050002215BE"><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="H5516FED4797349A49B46C341D1101603"><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="H16AB07F7E8164E0D97AA9BC9E2686FB2"><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="H74A587060CD1413CBD4FD638D540C679"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A program that provides opportunities for veterans to participate in service projects.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA44E41C147EE4B918F529640B03F8996"><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="HE446CBADCB6D4C7D941EBD021EC5E6C3"><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="H1B144818642F45208E29F896F4A1B943"><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="HBEF76382401A45CFA5F93B1ABD7B6D5E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualification Criteria To Determine Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H6AF6A7A855634EF6BDE73ABE19B251DC"><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="H5394C1F191D14AA580B90C01F2489C0D"><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="H7AA4FE9097F34265845E85E8939C0169"><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="HB7B0D4F5141A47D89F3714E70049D4E9"><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="HCC0BC60380944F218CECCE82A944E289"><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="HBBEC66799F374644A11DFDDC7A3CD5C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD481C3B2E3474FC7BB29A7627C5B9D87"><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="H311D782FD20A4C92A843E36152EFE252"><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="H4F5F812334754AB399114884FD0303D7"><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="H6556ABE1503D49B29502583476FBCAA0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National Service Priorities</header>
<paragraph id="HC35A5BDC4C4D4E90B7A3BF6B0C3143ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="HC27C43C93B834511B04666554824C2E1"><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="H3AD0A08402E64AB9A241095641A8E107"><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="H87D2768AEA6142FCA609D82E56CD4455"><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="H1D7889F29608400EA3AFFF4C4D9F6D47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of any alteration made in the priorities since the previous notice; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46A90B665F0043709752D9773CACE7C1"><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="HF1A0BF719CFD47188EE031E89568C4AE"><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="H5EA6A3C54A704A9EA3A13EF0FCFF2C0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receive funding under this subtitle for multiple years; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H955BB75A15D44EC187D0A1BDC62CD44B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be adversely affected by annual revisions in such national service priorities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H730D837AB0AB4EBF8017D72CEB25F408"><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="HD4AB786E953D4D8ABAE835BC1B85EFCB"><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="H2E6B47B713854016AEAC2E314183A526"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirements for tutors</header>
<paragraph id="HE32080F62D2F40CBAA52BB1042E8FFDB"><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="H52C50D5C2C6D4783A2AAE46C033347AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtained their high school diplomas; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2746B6E33031452AB72989B3DCC78C44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>successfully completed pre- and in-service training for tutors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FDE1BDA1DB2426791B32B45533326B3"><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="H397427DB31434EB78550D29A3FF66EDE"><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="H57739939794E4BF1AA47CFFE25B0EE21"><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="H25CF423CBDF84F6CA9DB78ECC737CCEA"><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="H73B2241497A541908EB98988E2B5C742"><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="HC050C9E610024335979FF2FC40F12723"><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="H9B641EC92E5B4D97877CB80D0CEA7949"><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="H21E1EAF544134249952FFA54DD1B882B"><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="HE8FD76448C0C4829985CABD0CBFC9442"><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="HC7FBA61393C94D70ABFDF2DB7402F0DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>information describing how the Corporation is coordinating—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43741CA44D4E4CA6AFE931651318C341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national service programs funded under this section; with</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA60EF76AA89D460E81A4B5099D0D9AAC"><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="H70A6708D77EC411697C332532F7969FC"><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="H28F95569EFE64CCE8CDB31B85EDCA818"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF382F36F8801423FBA0B23A100D2110E"><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="HDAFC82725DC849F3BFC961DC663F47F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or (b)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DC1A58CBADB4448B0BD13DE3CD047ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43DDEEDCFB3E4FEFAD816A9E2579EC0E"><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="H718420063E4C4F33B3A793D8E177D39C"><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="H69F430F8D29846169BD664C274B2CC0F"><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="H5C7F3579FAE0416A917B4DC51B7734F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCD374C9647B45CCBC2E9C88276EABE2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C0049EC1C0949BEA02CF290EE52D999"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H6F4E12DBE0AA4D8E991D7AA24027C0AB"><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="HDBBA0B9C04404DFC921DFB50F245F48A"><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="HA768315257E640538E522EAF3C05BB17"><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="HECB5ECB718AB4F698C2B8A4F9BB51432"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3558053170F347F3B125E38D4232730B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H8926092E5A384DB0B3B11518E87E839C"><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="H31DA29FAAA0746D59C6C81DE9ABCBE42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>501(a)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>501(a)(5)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3C7BD37CCBF4D6582628E9B3E59BA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE9CDD0D73C5406A9AABBFD1C3282BAB"><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="H24E493274E414E0F9EE3ADCE0D893132"><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="H84382482278A4FE4A56F4A1DBB4255E3"><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="HE2AB507529854E05AC2CD8BED74BC79C"><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="H6A0C33C796E84ABDB6661BFE8C46FFFA"><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="H02D8F25890DB446997A3B6B5B097EDFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCE0660B7A924464A97EE80FBBC9E40CD"><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="HC45CE00F2B114A93B066A918FF010BB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5441161FEFE4784BC3A217F71B81BDE"><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="H19C84F90A1B947C3BE5E9F3CE874E371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H26214DB7893143A989E5D2E4D2886570"><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="H18A4AD498EA64DF09AA3F48647CB11E7"><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>
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<section id="HD21FE73513D14B179F492474572F44FC"><enum>129.</enum><header>Provision of assistance and approved national service positions</header>
<subsection id="H82F802094B764596B248363426DE1546"><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="HB8D40E5F4A0B4ADD8887DA9D75D67A8B"><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="H5CD99A32C2734E0B82D8CDFEE55F1A5F"><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="HD14D3C374E2F4BB8B7774239512086E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotment for competitive grants</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H288A02FA012548B1ABCBF79BF0432B4F"><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="H27F4C0EB4CF64220A36E66EB44A099E1"><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="HC7FB3FC80A03440BA73644B51813289A"><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="H432BE8397F6C4AACBB6CF0F97127F083"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Corps programs</header><text>In making grants under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D444EBAAFEB4D058B8F532A77370653"><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="H2EB57ED3CE79472AA1668C15F49EA0BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may select national service programs described in section 122(b) to receive such grants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89C74E0755224791A8423C942832B601"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allotment to Certain States on Formula Basis</header>
<paragraph id="HA05C4C5EFE4842748E2512E74D78E2B3"><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="HC25A9E0EC2214A0FBB8960A845829397"><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="H2667D75AA0DA4F62B236E55D300766F6"><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="H577032E888884D2683E58356F871980A"><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="HD14892DEE2534E6B9034E75CB7B26A65"><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="H09856FBDB0A14F82BC67F93183AD24CD"><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="H043418C04AD44B2E94F3D987DC24C475"><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="HC0E4EEE502F443CA99024144AE28A77C"><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="HEA6E12F71E7543DCBD207728E670B33C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Sponsorship of Approved National Service Positions</header>
<paragraph id="H5F1DB8A58B304D9FAD1C29FC1BB226C8"><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="H61B571F2F6CB42B5B1577EC847C6F41C"><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="H67A912C930434110980E0EA79902E03D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reservation of Funds for Special Assistance</header>
<paragraph id="HF70E3B2685744E07A206F48F2F3CBC6C"><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="H9B9372AF40F7458487A2782C62E7C266"><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="H6C627F70E8CD4647BB0CCDBD3371675B"><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="H6DCA3FC095244578ABB21D6B39A38BA7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reservation of Funds To Increase the Participation of Individuals With Disabilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEA59D680C93E4F3CAE11717E4CAB5C9D"><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="H1A84D69BCEF3438F87782947377D8540"><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="H3FAB231C84DE4B48A34E49E0F87EBE79"><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="HE3F4404DC415471D98D8D61C007CAB8E"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authority for fixed-amount grants</header>
<paragraph id="H2D2FB87A90204D239F05257BEE7BA6F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H088FEDB65F334FB8A0D45B1E4F1B9B91"><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="H2D4337C75BEC4B1289C94CB57CC25B74"><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="H4C1714E4FE0947EEB420674C06D9212C"><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="HF0E775BAC9CF4FBDBD786EF405E13FA8"><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="H7BC42995C9B34C44962EA14874598811"><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="H022D01A450F544FD91B0152ADB7A4A20"><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="HDA896CA152EB42ECA5592960865DEC2A"><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="H5A1FF14515684AAC9516C83BE9D00D3A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the proposed design of the program;</text></clause>
<clause id="H883BC11B0F0744D59098DCE3DD43ABDE"><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="H5E493A316CB1429E876F328787B53D44"><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="HECAB9C7FCA3D4D22B90294E14844E5BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for grant recipients</header><text>In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07119D56A8634E9BAF063CFC22C1A6F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall require the grant recipient—</text>
<clause id="H1E92121D2D0D487CA9AA08C0EEE29A31"><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="HDA18E5ABD5D34514B408DBE052639A96"><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="H87AE52D772B84FF3BDE4C8D3FD407052"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to cooperate with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HECAD0EF5934D4BEAAED00381F2F4C4C7"><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="H38D4F03A7E174C17A6366B24D0B6E38C"><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="H9BDC041FA58C41339F40E4E4D80EE775"><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="HAE000A9AA1BE415E86D21A61302D9DC0"><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="HB6D01C486EA4488C8D205B4B91D3D655"><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>
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<section id="HFD3F25AF56F04A92B9F30CE3A8B09B0B"><enum>129A.</enum><header>Educational awards only program</header>
<subsection id="H3CCF7DDF4AEC41A18F89DC6CB144E258"><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="HEACEAE3F021F4FB1843EDB3CAE0869B7"><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="H10AF2EE647404913B838DDA30EA32A63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicable Provisions</header><text>The following provisions shall not apply to programs funded under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H51DB4B3CD02640B4B08B3E2A48978576"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The limitation on administrative costs under section 121(d).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6A6DB943B2E4FDFA794FD024830F023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The matching funds requirements under section 121(e).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H068060187EAE48109591AC6750836184"><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="H354E6638709446768D24F803FCBCD266"><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="HBB4498CAEC914A2CB5C64D299CDD92C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9BD0F0D84583449EA4282ECA96F708BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 121</quote> and inserting <quote>section 121(a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H038179D4483E49688D7D3E8E2D5D65E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>assistance, a State,</quote> the following: <quote>territory,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C2F5FAFD2644BB6A92DFD7AA567C743"><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="HFC69E1560D494081A340E40920A1CB4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43152E587A0D4181B66010181C5983E8"><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="HF515BA935F734ACAB5838F46F0F317C4"><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="HC2B33D726F2D421597518F65D7E0AF9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4248124C2532449298DA2DDDCC18181E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H87DAB1755E344DDBAA3813AFAEFE8E57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>jobs or positions</quote> and inserting <quote>proposed positions</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC0237E63DCE140BD98C120CF816A3F9D"><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="H07F642826FA948D0B358ACC78D36C1EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>proposed</quote> before <quote>minimum</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H491AE25D402B4E25AE95674ACD605B5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2251493BC1674D11B5F32D86BE29B8CB"><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="HF807DB0B1BA34AC79943EB092BC9BAE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1983CF7F1505419FAFAEEA8E51605323"><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="H289128184E444ED3B9585B242906096B"><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="H27CB922A2DFD438D98F365C1776F4C11"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H819D1C31B1AC4526A7A7356646E94EEA"><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="HD0872EE0A89D476F867A5CBCEA6AEA51"><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="H9CFEAEF1A9324A1EA3006C3EA6D9FD37"><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="H2C8241BA71B4402884B3C734A7AC72A7"><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="H52830F256058448CB66CBE8FBD653C36"><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="H26F24EC73DDA4539937EEA2E745F62CA"><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="H97EFB2F8BE9B4083A90345988FC10DFB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD73B6E225714BFFB117D35254A4116E"><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="HCAFCB8A142C048CC9F2D5074771A6550"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H84264AD59B9F45B8B6CE60ADD9352D8B"><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="H0576AACA1CF64588A36F5E1273E6A676"><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="HF3702432D502435C878AAB80F8109DF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HCAABFBB9E99448B6950CDD475A945CD4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following: <quote>territory,</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB5D818ECAFD04977B682A7DC0CF3F0D5"><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="HC87A6BF071C240208CDAB79F5B2D12CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HA0834AA61428450A86D36CC31AB7D5E5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following: <quote>territory,</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEB07C7C17F044846B75D36148F12F0D8"><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="HC0A966644B3E4E13AC6C2CC48B392495"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HB6619FAD059749869FAEDDD8574AE065"><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="H64DCA391A1904CD8BD1DAD379F7BAE8C" 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="HEF9B9C92ABEF430BA9699EE71259F0F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93D173B0D8814AED887768BC9E11D57F"><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="HA1F9C28832A2441982C8BE64C3D617E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H48A56F4B8C3F471E8C3EFA53113B4E2E"><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="HA8FAF4AE0D5E4B35BE39D5412CD71A47"><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>
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<section id="H0D261C49E3C542EBABA33FDCD6D83EC2"><enum>132A.</enum><header>Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations</header>
<subsection id="HA87438046AC14281BC05E9C10DD98AEC"><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="H6DEA70064CC2426F969C426F29877B39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Attempting to influence legislation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9527A28DFAD841ED88CC42FEE24FFC81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB074B0BB29014DCC816BA2DE0449E735"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7D3E76FD8394784AF9A45D3C9DBF9A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CCFCA6636FA4DD6A797F314CD0842EB"><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="H73F9E0565F4646AEB054739DCBF91FEE"><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="H1C2DBB7BCAFE4C2DA2E315D5743DD0AC"><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="H6756AF1CEBCB4CF689D92399BB6B0231"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit to any—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB9E2634A2D74B15ACE7ADE5DCC28479"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business organized for profit;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26C236FF1AC34CCCAE33B5DA0E394D77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>labor union;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62BAF9B4F00841C89194DA33A7CB32C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>partisan political organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF8378A915D64E75A489F65319B586C3"><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="H4164E5E82FF84988A6B312D40D686B86"><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="HA83CEE3FDC114AD59C88FC7C55B57BBB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BCC8CAE883542DFBAD4A9BC319E6EA4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DE6FEEA483241AABBD3ABBCEA1E9F2E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6AD27851AFAC4CDC92BC31F517242C3C"><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="HEDE9D5C0348C4F4CAA87631EEBFE2E44"><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="HC8F2EE6A54AC4F92A68A33012F12CFEF"><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="H1FA824F020464EDF8C8A573F3FF39E0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>jobs or</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CF8F760C15741F3BFBAE4079AA6E1B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H046B9F7D0E1A483BADFBDCB3210CA719"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HAD658699FB7C4EA3BE53FA7ADB98FF25"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H5FC643BE9F464FAF8F6B97EBD640D45C"><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="H532F2BBF70B8461AADED1B614F8D25E6"><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="H1CE1C1C094574D8EA7330BE6A41522F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DEDE0D216254EA290D7EC5BA347C18F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national service programs that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7123BA2334C44DC19F0694FECA1BB71D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conform to the national service priorities in effect under section 122(f);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD90783ECF7BC4487BCF379617C409955"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are innovative; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE2243C06F9D342ADAC3F7FAFFF33F58A"><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="H91873E90078149C3986B891716A07AC5"><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="HB3B0354CB7624A84B057939650AB67EB"><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="HAAE7B8A44F1348EE9736234F70654CD4"><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="HCE04A4BA8C664ADAA8476DE95B2A28DB"><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="H5153ED22B97E4E2C8AE1E56DBECA0745"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC9043F8153F4DA9A6FED6CBD77D9FC5"><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="H3BF20A21EA384038AD2DB5F6F9853657"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HACD31231B1A5441488FAE902376FE1C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 129(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 129(e)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1D3051FE06C40759A69994E17403B97"><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="H0BD2576BEA174E9A9561F90596798055"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37A9D913BDCE448CBA1D5A0D9B6EBD63"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC08DECECDFF14272A355022CDB681FD5"><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="H9C6A3AE5856F435680E22B3528DC3AC0"><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="H9EE1F68CD9DA4AE5B060C74687DDF077"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H054E1C9A0B994A5D9915B2E83AFCB11A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D238FA5495745E0BD69E4D099732179"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10202B49999B417EB38EFDC55AA1D5F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H93A08E1CDFBF4611BE9523A38E1DEFB1"><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="H9BF1013C889D4EF9A041A19CEFB7EF43"><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="H0BB88178953F4D89A9D58F4B05080354"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>(a)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0AA73D8CCFB2480FA286B6C8A668D2F4"><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="H3F01B2D70A404A2ABE0050BA8FBD6A71"><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="HFC2377EA9FC844C996AB97FE3315B9BE"><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="H2C6E2E2E855C4724B7D8C90D914EF6A6"><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="HB42B09D3BB864751A4A734D01B8B573E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC07F39BDE5347BBB5A82B627CF6E411"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>not less than 9 months and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5330086868E54A8CBEFC1AAA0B1CCC53"><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="H3CA7C5A809194D258C1488818566B719"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5F3CE3A9B76947788B86DF46DD556A7D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Extension of term for disaster purposes</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6C5335832DD4241AC75A898602276BB"><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="H1C131959F28F4DDBB3328C469C6A42DC"><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="H02C556F6335647B7A74C039B9139A538"><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="H32E252A1E59F4906AF8F265E6CAFE296"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CAFB069B00A4E749805CA5CDD0C3BD0"><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="HD3DA716E638A494095C92C36ADA9DE41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H64DE9D4D6164485A86C2433B5F92AFBC"><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="H6375BE042A7241E3917ECD4D57FB3012"><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="H8E2F4A8B75A946608EBC0E18D0D0AA7E"><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="HFF0B603810E847AF9203E7CE7F20132A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20763749A6F24A75BB26F86D096958E1"><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="HC59D14E9A0A3411EBB7B2608BA239D5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7865E6C715A048A88E893E7AB8D5A3CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1211AD931325488C8B51A203983EFE02"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E64B8D07A674DCDB63FD9E77FFDFB22" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H242ABAF9225D4E54AFC3C1542E0D5643"><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="HC5FFD52BE45943D5A692E5BF010B9CB8"><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="HD679869DB55B4C3AAD90818E3E711A65"><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="H972DA804775B4758B7C21E2D86723CD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50767078887D40368A51BF8C2D63A2E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H467394628C784E56839C27DDCF684468"><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="HC45DB9CCD0764B9082D12B625317661C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (a)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CC9582A85584B54BE3F36BB26B925B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35B766F44E7B407A801B28A28214ED93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81BE0B60D7514A7FB21F388B692C46A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30B0FC8AC5D2415AB4C00EA8A263EAA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F41C4E90CF44E35BDC5A0F23FB60317"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H478CEF85429E451CAF37AA7497494BA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall provide</quote> and inserting <quote>shall provide or make available</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8B65C837103A468985BC6273D019EAF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2DF0B176898C428A97F6B0913D84F8B0"><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="H9CB70DBF64084B2AAD1A759257FB3A33"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsections (g) and (h).</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HE0596D94D89948B6A64CA5DE692DBD8F"><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="H20788BA42FB04E7ABDCD45B92D4402BE"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Availability of funds in the National Service Trust</header>
<subsection id="H8202521658C14A3EB13236C275AF775A"><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>
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<subtitle id="H1C71FC9F84CD49B68F96EE73CE1B9ED3"><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="HD9E9F85B2A2C49ADB87AEF206E139C30"><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="H742A7BB403AE49A0928B3F5A7FCBE7AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4ED6433288544E2A4C398050082755D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H772347E511E143B59ABD572067D75B79"><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="HFD65129D9EC84B099AB9EEB5C10F41F0"><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="HE9FF2A901D0E48C9912E2C47521D8B38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H9D51406D704F4CA880A089D03A04A75C"><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="HAC3D3B2E4DA94B3D8F9DAB1310237DDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H306E3B7B831B4EA9B7A2AA93A95CEE0D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB83E5CCFE5F144CD94E87885AAE943FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC4FF93FAB58E44B6AABA1DA1004F330A"><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="H2329E5CEE90F4FB4BA3B8F57A52A3623"><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>
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<paragraph id="H7F31F83A62DE4FC49F555E30326369E5"><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="HA95F9DD5219649C9A02F3D10E9755A39"><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="H8471E7A90D3845C7AE9152D3C4532520"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9DE61ECBD8745CB863EB909F3E38191"><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="H639161E5E586450BA3492BCD25CF7F40"><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="H69D66D75F29347D0B9B6908E870E4648"><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="H778E7B65123647DFB6EFEFE5D1FDB27B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="HC6ABBB574B4A466188BDAA2A7D49055A"><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="H6388034737D74CB2B1ADC3108E8FF5B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under subtitle C</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H5D43C35C7E26426380FD284E949D0736"><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="H7A97287630544CF4855516BEED8D7389"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H4D4206F09F8542249783E529F516FB87"><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="H0D922681002342C38E5E12B6AC7D8597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9EA3A8947F9A42F9BFE81273FD628D22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB1FA55DDB7E14A5D800C44605C7AAF41"><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="H056A7F049894452BB3F152A58E6E0DC8"><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="HDF5D220DC75B4FF6A1CBB46B6D4B71A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4776B0547394D6596909FBA20033B83"><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="H65EF8CB95BCF4E6EB8D2C892F2EFF5FA"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H39B161C80F054D788D11D23B7BBDE0F3"><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 commented="no" id="H8CEF0C89CE884132AD4C1D1B55410098" indent="up1"><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="HD3D711D6A6E24DE2A03F4E1EAA9C7DE0"><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="H34D1116A9B1347D5BFC45D219BADFC4D"><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 commented="no" id="HD3527E3253704080A28CBD0ACCDD93AB" indent="up1"><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 commented="no" id="H5CEC62AC39CC47CD84D27C2F6923DBC0" indent="up1"><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="H501B3A951D0448798E61162B354338B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H824460CDAFE14BE294535F60A1F41D33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D9D623F63CE457F90D143AEB52FE759"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H60156F89DA564F67AEA3D186B700C691"><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="HA7F05D7F241F4EEB91D3D9F7BAA63BA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H322DF651D8C84B01A4925FC8C675F643" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H988648250DDD4173A5423ADE5159A797"><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="H03976E23858241EA8445DA5D1458E64D"><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="H701C88717CC841D185DBE18E16A08443"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H786FC6322EDD4FBF82B988FB424B2252"><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="H9944DE0028E24CF592CA04B37043FE72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H282DFA71DA684D3F806427F02A7A3F44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H0FD61F745EB1474DAB974B7E983F5022"><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="H3DD9682B315846B0BE37A6DF24DD79A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (2), an</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFC8A9CCB5F904AD1A93F394AB0B000B5"><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="H15F183B20FA641939796755D61A21E96"><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="H71353BCEF3D744678E9BB06CAA26F686"><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="H8281BBB98A8D464AA8D31D20776D1266"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HC5FFB5B2EF254771A113D7D82F6282F6"><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="HD2B46AB2ED73481BBC7B20FD490064BD"><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="H40833FA946394987B9E94889A42FA49E"><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="H23E0EAC2AFE046C6964EBB6B00528CC2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C406DFB5A164008AB3A7CD51E81EE79"><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="HE3833F34D65E46A8B741FC675C88FDE6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A2CA3AF974144289FD08F1BAEC34C94"><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="H004217F167364CFFB338D3A433185141"><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="HDBB48BF5BC82418DBF30FA7454055EDE"><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>
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<section id="H0902D7806C224E5095C893967AB59E83"><enum>146A.</enum><header>Certifications of successful completion of terms of service</header>
<subsection id="H93DA8CE0CFD7404AADA103C9C7B7D186"><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="H1741F914903247D597D1053E2F19D192"><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="HD9A49DF16A2340678EE0453CA8F35FD4"><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="HF3EE3B2E4F734618AF43C15561AF0E10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text>
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<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB39DB448F7A45A4AE2D4B776955ADC8"><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="H0885CA821B1D4C03B331619533F15202"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H5D1B88A27A30435BABE423AC3C5BBFE8"><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="H549F1B4DA64C4411A61F5EC3EEC7F4DE"><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="H026FCEE7D93148409E22090EEC24614F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H9C91757E49E84A1AB659A844CCAF76C2"><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="HF5A09F74FA8F40ED8D908A7A14EC2CEF"><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="HF8FB3BB64D6C437CB406C90B3C9DAFE5"><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="H32DAAFBED6954535BBC027E71B39B06D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="HE27F313E835C4E8190267B2275113BA1"><enum>148.</enum><header>Disbursement of educational awards</header></section><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57B767ACEC244024A87B9248A65B505D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80007EC095324A728E5E4D4F90F28092"><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="H09B8948F928A41ECA284B3ED4DD616B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5CCAB0BD2764A808E050690BE3645D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9F2E935E189487D9E7289AB5B75F980"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HB4606366ECCD456AA8AA5AAD30702C9B"><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="HB2321B5F2CEA4E9AB0880AD1321AA694"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E5DF4F6AC5D40B988A95B7F4AE1EB0A"><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="H6F9E6B84D9C44B6884B73CA5FE1835C2"><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="HABFA66673D2F4404B5EBECA6D675B46C"><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="H0E5A124C4E794BFE9748C3840D1141B8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<clause id="HA84132C2BCF144DEBE338F786D360A51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB88C7F7E4CB845CEA5DF9DADE63D8B0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA5E137BAAC9845E4BFB04A8EC0137B4E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HACF4523DBEEA4BF493DA360FB559BC6E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H51356B1AAAFE4D96AC07204DB70ABC3F"><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="H6CC21F94134B4289A9389A9379559BF9"><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="HE7E7D060248245F4892D2E4DC68EA328"><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="H599892DAB7F144338780838F4052BED1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a State agency; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H272C86F82B664499B2AA330B3786761D"><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="H2E84B17B33E348F2AF252BBBC5F46997"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CD600FD472C41BEB413755FA88E1D0F"><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="HA759DAC69D234C38B06E3B3795B6A5B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HFDC813DB3CAC4DF195912506CD9C7B86"><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="H732B22ABF3DA46988CC4903972484F10"><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="H66DB5042B6334065B7D1A13757C08E82"><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="HDF2702ABFF5B4935998351571B1D0839"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HE530D6475FCB48978B48DF5855BC0C94"><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="HD398DFC0A440466D9636495B7D52E002"><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="HF56A0DE411924B588158AAACB08656D0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H150012776F804373B8DA2893631C7280"><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="H6C3CEAC0E3604FB1A1EAA4548E7D8FCE"><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="HA2CDD3E7D73D4E55A9ACDCF551199F6A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H29A70ED3B7C94612B58840FDC8A7CEE7"><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="HC65E3BCB4461432088186E3084410119"><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="H73EB41582FDE4E769D162358A622E0CE"><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="HBCF28CFEFFAF4B4298989EEEBD51D598"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFA7CBE574CF4206AAD21C3CDD13CE63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Chief Executive Officer</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8783583B0E5D4265840E59C4232A5A06"><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="H2582BD9DD1FE45938BC342C66E4B03D1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h) respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE5723C1E7C54C43996A90822756CA4B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H639AF3C9379B438CBCB984303FCEF253"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transfer of educational awards</header>
<paragraph id="HC9BE732D6A0E4A7E901CE65252E02345"><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="H084CBA9DE3D9493A8E8EB3AB69DCC922"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for transfer</header><text>An educational award may be transferred under this subsection if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H59AA01407FF9495AA475E2AF08904C6A"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF846DD8332E24CEA89EDD860799642E4"><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 commented="no" id="HA791F9E1A0514CF99D9B4DE0ED35D64D" indent="up1"><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="HADBDD849410E44B791DC44889A7CF57B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the award is a silver scholarship educational award under section 198C(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89B3FE80B6644632A03DCFD0525C5E68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification or revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="H15EBB48B2FC44B9284298807099A3D08"><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="H6ACC03907A084D3EADAB0CBD1563A797"><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="H87DD87DA38314123828513929475AE74"><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="H03987EB95CC1470FA47EB513CD5FEADB"><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="HEA76DED235964857823A65E9F0964559"><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="H9103427D10534225BEE42EC939FA395A"><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="H69D2BEAABC3C457890C5C1EA6B5D6584"><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="HDA76F7F2E57F4BABB178AF4DDC264647"><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="HAC5042BFE42646FBB8C1C4A25C15F266"><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="H74B3EA9B9B824E68A37DA101962FCE80"><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="H2DE1705DC3324C78B49488B0F6C842B4"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Approval process for approved positions</header>
<subsection id="H296F4D12E49D48E79103F7771E9ECEF4"><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>
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<section commented="no" id="H0F1E59190F084236B771FF38F9B28C61"><enum>149.</enum><header>Approval process for approved positions</header>
<subsection id="HDD8680B73C8B4142A4375051F14C04B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Timing and recording requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H7E5D69941CFE4E5CAE7486475C838BFA"><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="H3FF3CB9CD41E4965BDB4BBD05F4F7B84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall approve the position at the time the Corporation—</text>
<clause id="H6718CE6DB2E641DC8B3891A3587CE647"><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="H7256348244CD42CC9314EB598C473B5E"><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="HDA61B1E83AAD44468D455E95D0F14BD6"><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="HFAECFDC1A91148E098E16EACAF96BFF8"><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="H088B00462CC543FA823B83ADDE165D7D"><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="H7D9A9AE787A943C78D43A06FBB9B60CB"><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="H6D386662AB4C454D9E174FD8001EA064"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during fiscal year 2010; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H576AC5FB17154697A783F726994DB922"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during any subsequent fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA7007A1EDE8432DB8826F69789BDBD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve account</header>
<paragraph id="HC7285120CBC74D929AF1D0904B1D4A3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and contents</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F595D1C94FC42A48A0D98374E6D0C06"><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="H17D8C0A5273442F8ACB4B0E1CE93ABB1"><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="HEC7E1708F58547ED98BE3DF8014F8C1B"><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="H5C6019D6D19D45648171F1E202A23407"><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="HB3748DB0856942DDA3A489046C21749F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obligation</header><text>The Corporation shall not obligate the funds in the reserve account until the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H730FC60B999B42A2A5A1285A066BC636"><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="H19900B7E70594C17A836EC5C372FCCD8"><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="H7451167E37F14DB5A016C52DC632D340"><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="HFCCEB2F4553A40978A27F1EC029F6C83"><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="H7ECD48DEB06D481A835E56572786329A"><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="HFFBAD549EB1546AFA2ED405EADA37FF7"><enum>E</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle <enum-in-header>E</enum-in-header> (National Civilian Community Corps)</header>
<section id="H1FD3BC4ABD2040BFA91781F7CA47E33B"><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>
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<section id="H2FF3938DB2074F5884EBC2B7A902F960"><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="H99207ED822F04233A71C5EB4483A4F3F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>natural and other disasters;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D9387D2D8FB42B0AF8DCF74B880D37E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>infrastructure improvement;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA6EDCAACAB7499E823EC1D0F7598A64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>environmental stewardship and conservation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D5D7E5D1C174DDFA3C9B6EA30D5EB66"><enum>(4)</enum><text>energy conservation; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E258DCE41DF45B9946B128EA9A70A58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>urban and rural development.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H1E30ED2BFD664AFDBF371CB26E88B576"><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="H2BE08BFC75CD4A6C8B8B5DEB70858468"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section heading to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H2F91C027F6B44212A6410606988CE4FB"><enum>152.</enum><header>Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CAE6505034347E28F979684D2A944E5"><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="H830DE0FB4960404A8BBDEE7837C6AC6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E95214C362A48D9B67335FFFE77B9F1"><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="HF050CD877A2E44B39B306A9F29836FC9"><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="H1DA4BE6A352C4A8781ACC3AF430888C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H7C5B821AF1A94283B62C7F12C7801D62"><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="H570457225DD444AF8B74F4760DA53088"><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="H0B3AEAD8112344CF8A62C15859E7B78A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C199243C1724B80B9C8A8A811EBB97D"><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="HECA8272560DE4E978D7A519945200803"><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="H7199354B48CA4324B6D1029884F6C7B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H444D71B6343141E9B6529174DBE55321"><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="H5B46E3EE0C9C4846AAB14B71DE7A22AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D73329D183C4A88A09AC12534B7A114"><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="H82EEDBDB46E04B5896493ABE18E69567"><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="HDEC830AEE00545FF80FF094EFD9105C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94FF6B3156184008B21C8B78E2D5EB40"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HDCEC352A31E34DE7805DE6334D4FA064"><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="HE50E24154B934A5F83EDAEBB5540B605"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37D0836E177A427CBA6A9944AEDCD427"><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="HA33C6ED295DB4EA5A05A96241E2749AA"><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="H754E59BF243F4E1E9F9775AE8659E8F7"><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="H37E9DBAD762D4AF9B13665419DABFBBC"><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="H34B657989DE349DEA33BE5C3D33B5521"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section heading to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HD0A1CEC9329C457999A89326A59D14B4"><enum>155.</enum><header>National Civilian Community Corps</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70B9D87DE7C4467BAFA48860CA066828"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAB846CBA9D14F0299688890ED21E0D7"><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="H6B391917317E409D90E4EC18FDBD3005"><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="H8EBE43F3C5A744128ACC2EFFED64FA7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28857212D4C64563A7D10BCEE291B173"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HD32BE08DBA5E4CD8A135FB2DC4D136AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership in National Civilian Community <linebreak/>Corps</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFCFF6E60662494C90A010C5E0976DD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82E04EF9C1F94F8786D23C186C27BBD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H15493D24E9344210A1C88C6417ADC968"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3E705114A4F24D3F8EE10C0511841C42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>camp</quote> and inserting <quote>campus</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3C48803A23D4B0680BCBFDEA96EC386"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFC5535DE130645D99E85441204329E01"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Team leaders</header>
<subparagraph id="HEFDD94A5ABEC4CD5AF383A7E5CBFF505"><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="H195CA8C19D624023A50CE9F4AD5F86EA"><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="HE37F3FD9BB674588A0F270F4578F0525"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF74C688F1DC249E58800226285F169AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H9C3A535FDF9F4C9EA842847603BC129C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Campuses</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA626C0CD2CA442C290F452498076CF49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H1A0322F6057C4B0E840FF73AD4D751C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2FDA4E99838944D7ADBD6FBB9520A244"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Units to be assigned to campuses</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H71088E0D2A884CA983B1B18028057461"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in campuses</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAC81CB3E291C480D8E14EA8DDF6566B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Corps camp</quote> and inserting <quote>Corps campus</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8D1A2A6506F74A77BC91069809BD530A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in the camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in the campuses</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB0AC0D64520408FA514DCB46BD3B1AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H727238E743F14915A99621E464640B46"><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="HA9364DCCB6F64D029C2DFC563A536609"><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="H0CB0986EC6CD498E90E59B4B652D9464"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H077EC0270A9E40BD8CCE0B75968F2D7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HA6038F15A1D34E869EFE5F4C8AF9CF0E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Distribution of Units and Campuses</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H251888135661494EA1F383099F14CF0D"><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="HBED0AFF4F48E41BCA40FFF00EA89DFC4"><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="H652ABF818AD24FA8A7ED18F2158D149C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E8E1F10759D45418DAAF6A9F3865730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HE6F0FD67E71B475BBFB5455570E20969"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF4026A1BD42B4D39B3F2AD4A3249DA1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting <quote>campus</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD64AA7CC582F4BD3A4CAB5F9CFA92474"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H8C50883214244B9A939D5DDBC0786DE8"><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="H10C6F9A178A34023BB0DEFCDCE5C0892"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H8118D9A8E97348A68AA0F7F1E5E0942E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE13432D52F36488681CCB8AC5707F457"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>superintendent’s</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director’s</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC6B5FD56945447A6B98E3A7CCFBBEE87"><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="H97AA4BEE07E740C388213E568C7A0CF3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB11A4CA72B7740ACA43A4E80E534AB0D"><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="H051C8BF392B845E3AC0B37D1852D979E"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4947D7A6EAF4324A7595631CF0B05FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF02A4C9995B4DAAB250266DB2BAF663"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6018AD9A5C1B4AEAA009D37284FB7D13"><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="HACDA643EFC114FD3A1B43561F8E98A8A"><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="H6848D977C02C475FAD6BFAB1D2503E1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD6F6E4CB05864C14A16413ED40502852"><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="HB765CE119372404EB5F95250A8ADF5C4"><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="H469D1B20C2264585918D74485C5E9510"><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="HA5F0B219E7A8483F8D03C96CF290EF0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8483AA7E04E245C1AA76E7E92D34BF8D"><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="H9AF375013F96443FBDC74D42650C043C"><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="H7E66DE92D1D742D6912FE7097AD9FBD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>service learning</quote> and inserting <quote>service-learning</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD753754008634FB9A240150D0A0EA94C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A4580239501468981CDF3201C258120"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5FE528F0347547FE9DC34C0DE5DBA741"><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="H429146A13FFF4B1791EA9C03F105460F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H522B510DD67E4F2F9B0A91BDF4B19B81"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>community-based entities and</quote> before <quote>representatives of local communities</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD7AB1C96D8D14F9FB5119001D0737D18"><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="H724A9A24724B45378779849A44F42B80"><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="HE63B9F82152B4291A92A7DCBDE44AC21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE366F6678E8D4138890DF87BAA2497A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HF89D9D999C8C49C29E6F083CCA4C49F4"><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="HE25948FA6DBC4D05A6FEC52AE2B55711"><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="HDD44D1670AE2433FB028647DA709C040"><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="H00D88D31B2444263838EFF8A31F3468E"><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="HC9913D3BECF3431AB8564C0D844F45AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFD4E1C73E104D5FBAD86447D66CB89A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24CAEFAEAD894098BB8297C8B7767161"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H1BE355FA2B52433689ADC8C8906333A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H561957D3567246DBA9CF6CAFEC7EB7F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the colon the following: <quote>, as the Director determines appropriate</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F2E94578FD546B1BD199DD06C94F5E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>Clothing</quote> and inserting <quote>Uniforms</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBEB9CA76BDD43CE96C8C8675955DDA5"><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="H05D8F0AC59F34D43A73C2078166F9E9F"><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="HE68C5803ED024F47A7380CA4E21575D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H13DCF6F4DB7F4455831699B6F49F1110"><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="HA0E9517EC12848368C1D7EBE659B5201"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H889B900AD5A2464A99BF797A71C028B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>including those</quote> before <quote>recommended</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA996CE3D055549D9BC92319D0F01FCFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE60A941A5134797BC102699CA03E37D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE755A55776948CF9832ACDB6DFB61E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB3BE1096C084B69AB26D41FFD90EB9B"><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="H76E991470D4F41A1AF28D80BB95C544B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H4ADF97900D2C4B58AE230049560D9CA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H92DABBBEACE245A783DCA282CF34C6B4"><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="H077B029380EB401DB6AC1EC40BF99D7B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA35D7ADE633E4B80AF21A952B450DCC2"><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="H9DA1312778AC4BB69C5D2CBA527219CC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="H471E3F7058924675AF91436B3E611802"><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="H2F94C68C18984ABF994EEAC4A5E3DD88"><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="H5756AE3D21874B7583357D7FD5549BE6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCB849624D180436E839C081435EE76BA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFAE30EE6F786443791089837F14A3AAE"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59D3996515BE4282AD79979BECF3E772" style="OLC">
<clause id="H684AAF39D97846AB8262645750122103"><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="HA4681921A37D4958B66EB5E407E87A40"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H98405D870EFE46739E50F1388E52A01B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to members</quote> and inserting <quote>to other members</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H19C4BA32CF384B2581CD137F6992DB82"><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="HB7BB905D0729455F85608528C5B77B7A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>service learning</quote> and inserting <quote>service-learning</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8378DC144BD64CF8927BB16945956C8F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HC74CB4A8C4244430B0A6DCCE16240E00"><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="HE739550F1A184945AC8B609D2EC9B1DB"><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="H17660FED6B8F499DA5520A4338A57D69"><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="H4B911B587EBE4B729D381ED6FC8C122B"><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="HC362F0978870474B8935C407F9D47EF0"><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="H2F9BFB75E0C544228B322375E160E344"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H345509FCEFE6476B82FFC2615FB2E3A5"><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="H1051A1FE191549C985CF00CE173D894F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H75304E6AF9B44D6DB82596F47D256359"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Other departments</header>
<subsection id="H2840C1CA493A44BE908895F123878BBC"><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="H895CFACE04EF4DA1814067B17CCF64C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H19DF71BB18644C8597B3AF0851478ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H7D3FA1E8B0B548FA99A17AD916EB941F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA69BF840E3904965A6EFE3631B181D0B"><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="HC89B46753AA241829E04B5F05AE488B1"><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="H0EF6E718018E409D8CE5A725344D1B07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD152CDD8E14C4FDE9B3A0269280AA620"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H11409AB424CC43BF94536025009C9088"><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="HE8078A7C49A24D7F99585181F301A14C"><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="H623BBB5EBA344D82B0628C8B128CFF66"><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="H9B333CBC045A42D095897D08B7BB5509"><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>
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<subsection id="HF1E1B0E99E4842ED9B03A9C9C2E5FE93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Liaison office</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91224FD38D754FE98BE5C6CA48327E6D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55FFEE72FEA84C29A541E0648FBFD4DC"><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="H3208627EB1DE4981B12383BAEEB30BE1"><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="H07683EF2362E45E294D9758EB1EDE14E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD158EB48F0E6426683245B52E77C5B9E"><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="H1A3A80DF00B348B8A289A913C81A3464"><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="H1DB82081CF0B4A41AF278404D3AE72B1"><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="H57DBA94A14B14DCD921CB5A9F3128175"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAAF908BCA8EF4B61A6799CB2C31C7862"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H950339A13DBA40F8B4294036A095D44A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H71DC8F57D6704472BD144C58A468250F"><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="HAA295223807E439EA3161F19A5356178"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1CE8238D62354DD58AB1C7AA9CDC7390"><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="H61409A6A1C93486A929A24C9DB3A9FBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps Advisory Board</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDA58796B84C42C5A350A497F1296454"><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="HFAE1C74D1AD842F59D61EE6DC9914240"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B8D4051D5E2458297710C490FA13B57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3284C3700CCF4372B7400187A71703C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H83330655FAB24158BBDB59E4D6B04A07"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCABC49ADBC8D49899A39C85598483113"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23F4DBC3317241BBBD7171C44EBA2967"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Chief of the Forest Service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CDAF92270094843B1E2ADB5A83723D4"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8425BD3CA74C4BD6B46FA499C92A76E3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9690590F99764A75A39E71F4B4D82E32"><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="HE0FC9A4B04414CD2A709B1E958FAA9E2"><enum>1514.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H18BCE23353984F6682F3DC9625C64EF4"><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="H3294A8EB9D2744808E0C8B6E2E7414F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an annual evaluation</quote> and inserting <quote>periodic evaluations</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37BB3A27673D4D189A156516A99C08BF"><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="HBFB0BA260EA44180AD156C076E28863D"><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="H9A5860B600844F089231F1431E71F275"><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="H9C64932DE4814FBBB7D2E6329F954AE0"><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="H68D83362EF8348B8A4F3F2F49AD89403"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 166 as 165; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB5A2DCFDA1340F39C010A3D2AD04ECB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B60D556EEC14426BAC2F035E005CBC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8015349B0F34452DBA1F0B222365CFDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE77F7CA21B1248A19774CE79D2AB5DE7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD88AE550AEEB4C2AABF28883477F58D8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE4339C6CA50A4FDD90868A3796A5B9C6"><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="H3F787F2B1C0249FD9E1E1DD58728A656"><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="HCBCC491E756746EBB3FBE75932F3B595"><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="HC1B5C8DF740A41A4B7ECD90B818C94A3"><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="H88409C6702BC4E73B8413C9FAD161162"><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="H58F62474386B4B7A8C09C5FC4DF8645D"><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="H34813C15D44E4E008F70B0EEBBBCE05B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="HAFA2E9C12B254BA4BCDCD9718199371A"><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="H3BBFAF514B2F4926993608B02839D2D5"><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="H1D78D92D80A744058D9DF95FCFA2519F"><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>
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<subtitle id="H3E210389D5484618BF5D94A9A4B18371"><enum>E</enum><header>National Civilian Community Corps</header></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H63B789EE858348B8B2606ADDAE7795CF"><enum>F</enum><header>Amendments to Subtitle <enum-in-header>F</enum-in-header> (Administrative Provisions)</header>
<section id="HCD083DF4C78549F190A0AE6A39A42C6E"><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="H0FC7117707504591AEC4407CEB4AA53A"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FF1E5B731564E3EB3BB1DEDB130732F"><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="HDD8FD60DEB3D458E9F912A6649D90B46"><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="H600B3EF8147E4CAABF5D711DEF86B576"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB14AA03B366A4417A8BBB3D6F24D3E13" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7FCD1BBF26B749D8802D9441814F2737"><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="H973E804316384EF1ACB448B984661748"><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="HA60819A7A27748A49743A874679038E2"><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="H373673B103B341A1BAF2964E1EA75899"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B14116E96FA42B08FE4270117405436"><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="H5C6D92A10199413E9DB3A7BE865B6794"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H365101B421D2423FB4263D952785C72C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6809999E64EA43788D566E40F555B916"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE0413EE44DA945A69BF17E2AF3A3A391"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H050477CF8573435696C05CEEC6E6474F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC8456968859949BF826C9CA9125D29DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in a case in which the grievance is filed by an individual applicant or participant—</text>
<clause id="H02FDB07EDB3D4B7FA497869097982712"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicant’s selection or the participant’s reinstatement, as the case may be; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAC9C81D6A8AE497384351A11533CE07F"><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="H77D1C109076E41BEB27A5DC42D922BF3"><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="HCD21AAEE6FD041C6923258C329DCBC6A"><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="H2BE9891F5F7442B5A027989AF9AB1DD3"><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="H00B64869787349D3AF69C5C2A622E529"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H65E363E737594437BD273331C51EF138"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Parental involvement</header>
<paragraph id="H083AC2BF26F9448D8ADE5F1DA4126DB4"><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="HF4E6104A00B44711850C3149FBFBF46D"><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="HB4F51437F1E34DB1A9F8008346D573D7"><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="H0B504E8E4C6D45BBA422E6CFA12026C5"><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="H706844D71BF24C4C9442E1FF3DBE3ED4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5548AAB41AC94C93B783662774D9E47D"><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="HC57AE49C88914BBD8AA43CB49A769E29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF4C6CA4026984FCDA8EFFC04B9F12BB8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7FDFAC41E37B449C919C6B964C02B7F9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A representative of the volunteer sector.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H50C83C15E7B44D7E99A88337B316D49D"><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="HB2B2568E79504C27877BF3C11A3368C5"><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="HE42900297F6E41DA97665A77BF87FD1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C5FA93F04164D3B8CFDC63B08DE5843"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAD126FD81F5046DC86D56DC4236C6B60" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H68C5802FFE64419282EEFF1E822B9528"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Preparation of a national service plan for the State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A039A5BE4B443759B26F77703B92E8A"><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="H51A880CFCE774CF1ACD64F730C96CE6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>covers a 3-year period, the beginning of which may be set by the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4302543270AE429791BD91CD6317F749"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is subject to approval by the chief executive officer of the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87B7805963A84433B6C292980EA8E556"><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="H527D2857E2C74054B2B32D7F8DB72271"><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="HC21DF89F0DFB46B09C05546F13A0BC7B"><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="HBBEDFCB23F5B4A94A73C74E30FE36A21"><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="H6C72314A0CA94FBD940D8337C35C572A"><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="H0FE75EA0C26442AEB8AC1818BE8AAE36"><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="H68A672A6216046AA8E8EC8406E36864C"><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="HEE99115E6D6543EB910AE53138BD4014"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H256F35CEF59D491B834FA79AB1E33D33"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB1FA0099199B4B628B8E1FB69596A7FF"><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="HA7F6B5A9653846D7BCE443BE4BF50A94"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State service plan for adults age 55 or older</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1FF93EAFD6BE4C30B614F3108F57777C"><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="HB707D708A7AE4DDDA69F99E46DB471F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>The State service plan shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4632F8108EC4B9ABF2D17D9A7C058EA"><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="H75899B50640E429390CB735079F8877F"><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="H9C2194C8D90E465593FA63A0534ABE1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a marketing outreach plan to businesses; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0C9ED2D74BD84EAB9997E2E9834ECDF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outreach to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6BE29634C24242EE8A3EE034AED0344E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>nonprofit organizations;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HF1BF514573BF4EA6BFAC041275038AEF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State educational agency;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H4CEAF5B2ADC64BFAA408D5680CE28917"><enum>(III)</enum><text>institutions of higher education; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H63D8F3CE0C8A49DD8944A438588C3739"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other State agencies;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC8A4ECEE5D8E4C27BCDCA351DFCBC18A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for civic engagement and multigenerational activities, such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H24F5908254E948ECA519EC3D3C74623B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>early childhood education and care, family literacy, and after school programs;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HFE3F7752DD9A4E79879B32D99179AA61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>respite services for adults age 55 or older and caregivers; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H656052F5C8554895ACBE0248233972B0"><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="HD29EFB8DA9954619BE320A10AF399DD7"><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="H418C21B16286404CAE4F6C2305DE2568"><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="H140D64C136EF4E4C8F7E09C12D75C32A"><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="H03797BCD3A96450A8135C400DDB33F93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the social impact of the roles of such workers in the community; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H81B658999E28433FB5B25DFF215F82BD"><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="H9320F916089643CAA9B98C64188B435F"><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="H4260937178EA48A986B129702969FBD1"><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="H79F57DAF51FF4288AB37703431506A51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H73246B757BDE4E2DA5223C9A0E1BC2D7"><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="H64E2AB05494E478389957E2AEC2BA6BC"><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="H4D9A3C4E6FDC4A60B97A45BAA5972AE3"><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="H48E125D8C18747B489264247259C2795"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7AA7E7FA73D64C0C9514C4385CCE6494"><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="H449DCD15585247A39F013A277FC902C9"><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="H98B32557B829458E913F61ABF8BB709D"><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="H167A8E4BCE814AA993B5FC11E3B0A20B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCD079C97229F4E8AB974385CA3C5871F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBDE17B48AC824128B01A25C64BDF3296"><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="H8FDE3A0F24074BCFBED67E94D7D7CF58"><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="H2201F8BD28AB494F996C2668F847F773"><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="HFD63A83656874ADABC14B4300D20F252"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Number of volunteers recruited from the community in which the program was implemented.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF81BABE8427948B08592B2B2C9826A62"><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="HDF1751D68B7543A2A1DD6E89469AE342"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth participants.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC6715124AD457A9C59C2B3CBF413B5"><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="H57BF4011FC1144498C4AE56A3B073909"><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="HE844A973028847309BDE8466EA5C56DB"><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="H61ACF78C4F884326A867DB76AEF2EC4B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Corrective action plans</header>
<paragraph id="H46DEB89ED82D4165B0D9703322F8E21A"><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="H0446BEB07FC44571A167EA6597792616"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H44E733DB4EA04E8CB7162E39A10D2C09"><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="H207D15A91DED49719F28F4E3BB9F0D91"><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="H47262338C9764C59A8981925FEBBD63D"><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="HD90B9A22909C412BAC4DB8745977E733"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appropriate State, territory, or Indian tribe; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4E65E0634DFA4958A4C05BC01CA16681"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Corporation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BE185AD4CF44EEB90EA83F2A113DE08"><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="HE299EDE4185C4BE993D0330603BD3976"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the appropriate State, territory, or Indian tribe; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB1DF794CAD4C4F7C8B35A19621EBD71D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H75895E7C3CF9465EBC90C3A5BF29FF38"><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="H0C1EA6D4AB0D433B9C75F4FAACADB26D"><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="H6FD4B62E216D4F7FACE749066E2C46C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>terminate assistance to the underperforming recipient for that program, in accordance with section 176(a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D942FCF504A451FAEF96B1C102B6C8B"><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="HC49696D3B8C14D82B24DDDB7B8237A6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recipients of assistance under the national service laws implementing corrective action plans under subsection (l)(1);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H847964CDE60E4500901373F982CBBAC8"><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="HA7B85374493F483C86C9F6A722B0AAC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recipients for which the Corporation terminates assistance for a program under subsection (m);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6E4DB7894494F1EA4406A251B04E138"><enum>(4)</enum><text>entities whose application for assistance under a national service law was rejected; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D3DDAC72F0542B1837C75B4437185E2"><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="H93E27E9E0C8E4446856C369270029C62"><enum>1608.</enum><header>Civic Health Assessment</header>
<subsection id="HFEA5AA3F742C4B57965652D40CDAA4F1"><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="HA9046FE04C3D4035984DBF30F5D72A69"><enum>179A.</enum><header>Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H69602DFD3665463B8523622312B84A96"><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="HD61F5254D0E8438FB79BEE6F7EFCB8EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The partnership shall facilitate the establishment of a Civic Health Assessment by—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B87D30BE6C64E1F818026BB7680C738"><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="H539DD1488EB24F13AAC98472C3DB64BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obtaining civic health data relating to the Civic Health Assessment, in accordance with subsection (d); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17303453131743E0859E8FB69804045E"><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="HC7A1475BFC8541E39B70E0FD7C4FA876"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of indicators for Civic Health Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H62F48B665E294B3DBDE40507E2CCBF6F"><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="HF495E1FC584A44CCA0BD0C0D3759212D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall identify public and private sources of civic health data;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H60F7A8184BAA46B6AF9FFBF95C8997C6"><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="H09178890154C4DBDBE34A448DAFD9087"><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="HF83652D0FCC74AE290B0D789FD32BADD"><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="HF626307FAE254D04B1948A8D325603E6"><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="H68363EBD4B9B4CEF8054AFD191C04224"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data on the indicators</header>
<paragraph id="HB633D15AD30A4998A6F26B938A25AB20"><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="H76099CAEBD43481784FF5FB9F58DD06F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>volunteering and community service;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F7A586D8245470D8B7E2C81F4124BD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>voting and other forms of political and civic engagement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76DCC194277E4BA1A099CF116542A027"><enum>(C)</enum><text>charitable giving;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1049C535D7CB450BB62168F85F4D3967"><enum>(D)</enum><text>connecting to civic groups and faith-based organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46D66AA9FE7C44078D1EA9F5FD5DC85C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>interest in employment, and careers, in public service in the nonprofit sector or government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE9FA955076C49AD94E9C1598B00AF2B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>understanding and obtaining knowledge of United States history and government; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62F939E187C74E81ABDE211499A0B544"><enum>(G)</enum><text>social enterprise and innovation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4B8110EAB14448A93C4E1D12333F9ED"><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="H8861DFF80C974814BA80216662684BD3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sources of data</header><text>To obtain data for the Civic Health Assessment, the partnership shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H77547059D2B24BD781B1AB87CCC320F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>data collected through public and private sources; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H819EC468B0F648688B653127EF728F97"><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="HA8AD36A1204242B0864AF93BE3FE6C79"><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="H80E878C9868C4E9FBFC2C51133F0E6F8"><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="H942440BFED2F4F75901D9A719520F531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the role of Internet technology in strengthening and inhibiting civic activities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D4790506B654588AB9F7849A034AEAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the role of specific programs in strengthening civic activities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAEEA099563E4A5DA285501CBAE3C065"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens and immigrants; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14B839FB1EDB4394A2EC1697D69DC6F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other areas related to civic activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC2CA37993EA347B993B69E510EB692FD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting of data</header>
<paragraph id="HF6B87F36AA9F428F917B3D4AC3762593"><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="H34E03FCCE390479CB83E09AE52584A2C"><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="H6976BAC765984EF8BF727ABDD39176F8"><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="HC7BFB9EBF7984CCC8BF77B796D95F9EC"><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="HDAA41AD8EF494819A775DE60F36E9671"><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="H7EFCAC3C39454AA891C5DD256FA70734"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public input</header><text>The partnership shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HADBBA0D766B1461892811AF5A2DBC054"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify opportunities for public dialogue and input on the Civic Health Assessment; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DD884B078034A6389FDF295DD8706F0"><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="H214BF91187BD4288A7D618A6C9205393"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Volunteering research and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H9317101F723F42C3A90FA164FDE5C410"><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="HA93F3A361E4E49D0B34BD2D80E526AE3"><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="H6ACAF7338E1042E58D6238A98A4781A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entities that recruit, manage, support, and utilize volunteers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6D86D2F26C94BF2BFD2ADB00DD769B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>institutions of higher education; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD1AF4D5DBA94189BCF909DD76FF99B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>research institutions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCEF3B1816F9B471D801FF80FECEFA435"><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="HDE28398EC9CF4E329A20D55F8061EAD0"><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="HB276B08287C940BA9215706287AAC511"><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>
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<subsection id="H7F9D7C0FC4594036B0458AD8662D1A89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HA85558D4CC8B48D6A0619DDEEDA8D8FD"><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="HB756959C11464DC78144C619D7B2E0BC"><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="HFEA1BAC8D71A412FAF417E736E9770D2"><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="HCE5E5CBF41A14D8AAD87B2E9C654B250"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26180F15EF1042ACA77679706FCABF2E"><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="H2607395CCC7C4931847BF7D01B8F8ACD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>territory,</quote> after <quote>local government,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78A139DB83BE487FB12F970927E158E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BA8EA7615B34D4DBF30E0A9F7174895"><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="H69DCE84C5AF2464E89D2420D0D110033"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>territory</quote> after <quote>local government,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F90EED56CF3484C9B9DE615DE1BACE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCDA87EEFE7234E9FA527036FACC7DB5F"><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="H19FFE66A6ACE4365854B7C7ED817455E"><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="H97E2A24F1AED453BA34345273DB9D6F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that relates to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08AC98D2C9B94033821917382E00C852"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such assistance; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E9ABAD60344420CACFD1316C0CD6568"><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="H4BD1243263494EE7A9763AD7A6D71D87"><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>
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<section id="H44C148905C82415994769BA04C40C94E"><enum>185.</enum><header>Consolidated application and reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="H7B79B217C4D54D1DA937B483C4BCC2E1"><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="HFD0852F26B884C96ADEF5246AE4440F6"><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="HF3F46D1D045040B59BF17C5A12FB6E46"><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="HA2ED9804BAC54E58AFDA63E0B31149C1"><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="HC936DC9AE19C4A39859F2C3C8E17512F"><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="H28F8B5A6C62C4F0D9D427F72D86FCF02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to determine whether the projects or programs, receiving such assistance, are generating sufficient community support.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H37650AD85BF644A99441ABFD9A47CDEC"><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="HD5C4F5D0F75C4BB5ADCC680C7D1CA053"><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="H79D589BBC8F64E7095AEE48A90AD62B5"><enum>189.</enum><header>Limitation on program grant costs</header>
<subsection id="HA3BF306621204AE1A709AFDDC5A7F597"><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="H6348DDE6666246E5831AC0C740ACEF16"><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="HE2F7DB8E234A4C2A87C208F150DB65D2"><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="H9E5DBAFFE8884BA39201EE886C0E03B2"><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="H86763091DD1D4EA8942E8E2ED6E87EBA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver Authority and Reporting Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HE5DCFCBC6052418F8D53F4FCF12F1C42"><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="H334C89796B2C4BC7AEED6B64D3741308"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exceptional training needs for a program serving disadvantaged youth;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H085F7B0E234D4ADFA349D7071475B791"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need to pay for increased costs relating to the participation of individuals with disabilities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37B63054625F4FFDA49EC9866CAF176B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the needs of tribal programs or programs located in the territories; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3477890FB3CD46C8A164BA23D322C2B8"><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="HC696B8E517D5451D952ACC1CDE393B4E"><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="HDF5276CBD9AC4DADAC776002E7192A6D"><enum>189A.</enum><header>Matching funds for severely economically distressed communities</header>
<subsection id="HA8ABAF414194417BB8B7B6490C9E1290"><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="HEE614FB91860425599A2DC4274D86BF8"><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="HF176F7ACD75542A886AAAB23CC3BA914"><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="H494D9D122FE143A288A3064C47D7478F"><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="H333490CA0C1F47CDBB71E734001F4625"><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="H158BA1AFB798430B90D29FA9C0C64A4F"><enum>189C.</enum><header>Restrictions on Federal Government and use of Federal funds</header>
<subsection id="H87631031AF4D4810BEE10CCC01654364"><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="HB07F7817DEB845C0B26B531691184EDC"><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="H977644ED87104B909125EE1E5526C186"><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="H172FDA0298B549248947C4BF645D3EF4"><enum>189D.</enum><header>Criminal history checks</header>
<subsection id="HBE0E667419E54A6D9369D45C608E093B"><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="H9BBE5873C62845BD84EBCC1131D4C09B"><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="H3BE80AE55FAB4D01A35EE98C5597F857"><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="H1006C00787E84611B01E6FF60A46FFAB"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE8DC27B3204D40CCBED009C67531A1AE"><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 commented="no" id="HAAD8B0316AB5486D88679E957681F29C" indent="up1"><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="H221255F85D4B42699082D806BEBFC048"><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="H4861A3DB4B394FCE8AEE36D7EFC9DAB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>refuses to consent to the criminal history check described in subsection (b);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6E1AC0250974C09920977A45783A01F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes a false statement in connection with such criminal history check;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H069F6F5517A04ED9BBCB535878EACDCC"><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="H946DF98843944CDA8D50E719C99C4B8E"><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="H6F17F81A28BA450A889BF5EDBA6E21B6"><enum>1613.</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header>
<subsection id="HF7B82A85EFB64480AD5683272191E2B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Subtitle F of title I is further amended by inserting after section 184 the following:</text>
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<section id="HCAB3E499E7A94094A32ACE109905CC73"><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="HE83503C21B7E4838BE1DEF456C5A155D"><enum>1614.</enum><header>Criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable populations</header>
<subsection id="H148DA537503B4663B7F884746C7F522B"><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>
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<subsection id="HF8ED3B983EF54A5E8881711F99D1B419"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule for individuals working with vulnerable populations</header>
<paragraph id="HB59DBD0E1BE54BF6A00BC28B08688DC9"><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="H7310431D6AF04F1EB09602F07E6D4F45"><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="HE504545CBEDF4ACC9CF04F8F0D5FF1D1"><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="H850A9E311D4241F8B84AC46551CB2883"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history background check.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DD054648A5C4A5FB6A138C9286D3AFE"><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="H140A7E0D8466401484CA386A420B8CB9"><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="H40CDBD38BC844C0389254CC3F13FE95D"><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="HF12C5C28C6704CA4A9C7FF38165AFFF7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>children age 17 years or younger;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7178DB094EFF4F459365C11D6AD7BBF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individuals age 60 years or older; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H885086BA329343A1A35D60394A603CDA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>individuals with disabilities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0B8E81DD02B4AAC922B18F6FBACC2C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E84FC20D39644968D564E1E6CD9B380"><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="HE05D5C6217BC456A97D72A6BB2345A3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where the cost to the entity of complying with this subsection is prohibitive;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE26B722C1D0471783EAF1683801BC9F"><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="HEFD7849EF1DE46D69C2692F3149DFFE8"><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="H4F1B6C5602814E9581E6CB6376D5A6C5"><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="HB5AB294F5C1E48C8B3EE7F0975063079"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Feasibility study for a system of criminal history checks for employees and volunteers</header>
<paragraph id="H70DA7D115A1E4D2799954069D33FBB2B"><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="H3A758D84033147D288C61D49570BA090"><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="HC1FA95AFD7114EE58713F57BAB727F4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the available infrastructure for conducting criminal history checks;</text></clause>
<clause id="H05D2E2E6442B40C3BBC65A56A6313947"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State system capacities to conduct such criminal history checks; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB944B9C3FD284449B806F5E7025178EE"><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="H7DF242F41DCD4CF185855B6122B2EE52"><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="HC71812F1A8BC4B1EB1E1032D412C7C39"><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="HB60EEB8EA964480389D06EA1332C4C0B"><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="HE58138AD5BBF4B11ACA471D38E37E534"><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="HEB7D6B3651164374834285D268F82B93"><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="HDC6C0E45AC4245C283F4C4F0249988F8"><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="H47E56F2B58E244789A894025CF398CC8"><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="H4F93A9BA2E774AA1BDBC6B28018D4936"><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="H0AC16F6F645A46C1BE299BE78ABF421E"><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="H2DFE1AAFBAFB4571B469D45E093F8000"><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="HB7F774DDD4F940B4AC80B1A6C9EF0A68"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Any privacy concerns that may arise from nationwide criminal background checks for participants.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H256EF4F1ABFB4199A44FD845826C4F48"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Any other information determined relevant by the Attorney General.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C896AB1065B41D4BB31BD486D6F4849"><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="H0F4EBB96F75A47238EFF03136DF804B9"><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="H4E581265D86040119CCDEF4C6D94949D"><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="H03BF2CFB4C894194A95B00E3C2AEDDD1"><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="HC76F77F4DDE94BBAA8C105C1E9380F52"><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="H9C4714DDF418480D9291166414FDC8B9"><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="H0C8BB6CD1B3A471495961B35EE7C3184"><enum>G</enum><header>Amendments to subtitle G (Corporation for national and community service)</header>
<section id="HA30E69E2603B42ACA1E2CCEF666CA387"><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="H783B79F393FC418BAF7E5C3A4461896E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCF7D9823F7CE4B0A8B959F90F6E6AC8E"><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="HE23950A1771543F2B84A5304E9F8C2DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H857CBC7829264EC58E8BEEEE8F6DF7F8"><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="H8E865E573AED4208856EC68851C3BE3D"><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="H2F3B9441FD6F462A927A2233EC01AD71"><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="H1642AD9C9BD84BE09D654C952FBC99B7"><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="H1A69936BB9EB4169A057B432315C6EB9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25ABFE11C1EA41C2A9CC82EAEBCE7C8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4C5B77F3BDD4173BE8BBE7FA8298104"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12122C15935B40A0A1171B99B776E91B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H714B5165BDB94767A4C2B48EC4ED2177" 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="H688AECE295F541BA9F4B48821A546E90"><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="HDB857EDD67AB462496674849500EA809"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEA519F197477401494A50AA568D5BF9B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F5128D8A804466088975AA9E592D54F"><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="H0B8E185856B1497E920E3501D52ABEA9"><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="H18AA5D1773AD47C5A598BCBCEADA6B57"><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="H242579D29ECB4533BECAE74C0D0E4DF0"><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="H3AEB5F81D35D4CDCAB51ECA7AF159842"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2923F1ABBD1C4E51BEA1D8ABBA0217BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Congress</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90911EA372264E52A6EE66922F8E6A6D"><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="H69E0B69B3DE847099EAD7DC7D71E4660"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>September 30, 1995</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2012</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3276831308554DC8A05565667653823D"><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="H4C21540E5489458AB7AFE9E116CC8075"><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="H4016FE1EA3B94FA9A25C55B751966376"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0552516096240AEA26BCB4BEDC6EE2F"><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="H93A49DF636FF4AD5B77E361A62ADDBAD"><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="HCD5D223BF3244FDF905D0E6DE745825A"><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="H49B982171F10497F858ADC60E4151E1B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FF19EA75D374EFA976DF615EBCFEFE7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H00ACD096ECB840408902A37F246D9A89"><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="HA8188172B4E2465EB9A050BDE281E926"><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="HB91FE19130EF483EBD51B4A6A4099C45"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="HEC98F7EE642F4D2EA158921AA079E355"><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="H0B7459C1AE34460383226EDF9D9C438D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEB55D3C07095437B873FC860AC438FF4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>described in section 122(c)(1)</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H813F45DEAAA34187B814A98D20C940B6"><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="HAF8CF16681464BEEAD2904C0AC49A8DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after a semicolon;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEF7C6A6C5794CB9B8852150A2A9E421"><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="H635CE3EB62D045D285AF7B54DDEF7B58"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEB6BD2990F1749A7BB740CC09899CDB4"><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="H7128B017DFD54EEE982752D81D1BA884"><enum>(A)</enum><text>print media;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F889CDF835448D990251DA401E87803"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Internet and related emerging technologies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5009D8912E742A5B723CA7A732EB0F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>television;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CC8C1A9358242D087C63EF05298C3AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>radio;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DCF4D6538D040CD8A0DED5AFBC735F4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>presentations at public or private forums;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H053DA53A17204C8FAEB7EE41A9112F16"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other innovative methods of communication; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H130EFAB0C3C44AA7A2E3BE9831C7FD7C"><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="H3123A613D4EE4817AFAE3AE19897AC95"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and implement methods of recruitment to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7780ABF796F6490990B53FA5E5AB472E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the diversity of participants in the programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02F703FE2C794CA796BAEF5B4D61D69A"><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="H6E8D8CB6F0D24A6CBFC634ED868BE5B7"><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="HA88E8396E7A54307A786963DFBAA6F89"><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="H44351C136C344E589C27E755ED70A79A"><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="H2CFA87C905C54C518E37C0729B395949"><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="H049628D23C004596817F2317D32FE683"><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="H44A744017A7C47DAA53874C5AFC584FD"><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="H34074B34F657496F9B50CAD103D04607"><enum>(21)</enum><text>coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 198O;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02445EAA61FF4C02B13550A036539AEF"><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="H0EA7134A42CC405C924F8503CCE127C7"><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="H87656A2809B949B5A56CBA4F4FE83060"><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="H10071C0B20CE4A8EBF3D62F68ED5CC78"><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="HBFC3568B20E848C1B610368B9FF0ECA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA65BBE3889EE4FE691026AE090A789AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="H76803EFEB2D644B4B4A1F5EB40B4222D"><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="H4B6E58F340154709A5C7CFC77AEDE942"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C54EAB4BCEC4C1691745497734EADC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD47E1D84FE6048F39E0F25498B6B6D9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H823F47AA943B457C983E583C05BB50A4"><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="HBDA8AACF662748C5BCDDF2ED9E1457B4"><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="H2E199190D4E0491AAF2FE8C23A46AE2C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H9A4595EF7E074B5AB28DD77BDB3E113A"><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="H0892EDCEA4454176B95C17237E286409"><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="H4ECE27E1F98B453CBEE46E07265C718E"><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="HFA421F935AB34BC3B2D4ECA93B829555"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE7A7329500AE4EAE9333E0C404361D2F"><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="HFD479E3FCEF743EC92BA6DEE42B821EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB703B7A4B6FE4F6B951B9BE0FFF10E62"><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="H8817EAA770FE4ED9AB3C8A403D0461CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6CDD77668B14815A5DE74718225559E"><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="HBC781960158942B3BCA332C231A03549"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H644E163459A14C5D894E543E7B305D42"><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="H483330A51BD34699BF8871789BB3CB2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>nonvoting</quote> before <quote>member</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A38B65E0A7341EEBB145C2803E18A85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HF0B5B380F5864D60AD7DBB1B51FFDB24"><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="HCB15A8CF995F4DCB80F288DE02BAD647"><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="H042F3599105F4AE9AD6D2CD19E31200B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE40CA4BB3363457E91EF5B3BE236CD4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H279398F976A24BC99954E1637E4D75BA"><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="HAB0F2C5571AF4919BCE08A088512332F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H29333C6E07DB4D5E8C26D451A9D5E5AB"><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="H0C37FB2FCBAC4189BAC3B68FFC5AF17A"><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="H8C93F565607E48BEBE1E16CC431D7E79"><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="H83ED98B18FD0432B9D7DEE67ECB0D475"><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="H62FC1DAF33AF4E37AD508395067EDB6A"><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="HEFB64642163A49ABA5CDDFEFB1003A23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H678DE9D26D604F96A4A18CA66157E544"><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>
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<section id="H4DD699CE8D1349ED8F2564ABB3612564"><enum>196B.</enum><header>Assignment to State Commissions</header>
<subsection id="H805239B96C5D43FB9AFC5070288697A6"><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="H4748AC6A652B4C9EB12483DCDCB5C0D6"><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="H98B6867EE6F1450E91A202A2F1E6959C"><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>
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<section id="HFE8446558F924CA0BEA7416A5545A3E7"><enum>196C.</enum><header>Study of involvement of veterans</header>
<subsection id="H8B27692841CB4FC8AF920E8508184E18"><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="H0FCD353E97604F5993C5CF5FCA9719DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of veterans serving in national service programs historically by year;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE73EA416E3224EFDB0AB641745D78DAF"><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="H8BFDE448B44842F29A15A97ED722A062"><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="H244D16B028E94BB8BDA6F8F620E85978"><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="HF4EC1A2166A84D808F2569CAD0D9D785"><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="H94D2D19EE4A44655A8B9B6F7064BA5D8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>how to improve utilization of veterans as resources and volunteers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4BF7092653144A54818F4A489CADDD27"><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="H445821E1FF6846F1B2482FB4E6D2E7FC"><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="H77BAC0206ACD470CAFF3704495D3C204"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Planning study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall conduct a study to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="H66A19272221B447FA39AA4F87995A081"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specific areas of need for displaced workers;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC52BCCABEB0429196C6BFBEF162F0DC"><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="HC761747C62EC4CB4837A4B068B3DE227"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prospects for better utilization of displaced workers as resources and volunteers; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03B9D6558C854032912E890647CDC436"><enum>(4)</enum><text>methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization of services directed towards displaced workers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBDDCD8939C334301A8B611776C0C61A3"><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="H349E3DD5F2B94BCA808EDFE28325A614"><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="H2340C9A57F5149EDBE2C21B125BBDD17"><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="HBEE52BDED2914737BCDECA09EE4FCDDE"><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="H40B373BFFEA743E5B7A3564557B4217F"><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="HBD33CC5BBDC449E38B9347B73DDBD3A1"><enum>1711.</enum><header>Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination</header>
<subsection id="HC18171EE53E04633876CDD3B733FE6C5"><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="H84BF08F4CE5D43DDA54E8CDA6FF2EB87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the feasibility of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE47620E497974A3A88B703EB83D394C2"><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="HA5988646036A45598CBD1FA24B6D6A7A"><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="H96B32C6D93DD4BC1AB8461E00D7D2866"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB803BAC5002426491CAB5CD8E142DBC"><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="HFBD2969A5D9147B9A79335A0EEBA98AE"><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="H999E616F52D7440C8BE052B9FCC90A0D"><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="H8F8B2FE08EFC446EA419ED3EC00F1391"><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="H4CADC1978B5F474AA7FE32D405D6BD5C"><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="HAFD04DBE8891485598E496315BF3C9E6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recommendations for implementation of such an expanded or comparable system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB4F3E4D07B8243D58403F568C05FEDA0"><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="H32C2352C309A4C2B80376709C056293F"><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="H46A9B9691232461993984A6B7086858E"><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="H625A6E8EEAB049A3BF360661795DEDA0"><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="HF7EBFC20A8D34B30AF6E3678A23FB162"><enum>1712.</enum><header>Study of program effectiveness</header>
<subsection id="H297E837E0EB64DDDA1D6920C36E4A580"><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="H74565BF4ABAD4436AC78168EBA1C94B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The performance measures developed under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC8373CF59B82411FB1DF4F0A83639EED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable draw on research-based, quantitative data;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B9C6F6A02814586ADC2DF2BAFA1D61B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account program purpose and program design;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D49C09570CE4292B5866CD0E88BEBE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E9329D73CC344BCAF115E0552592531"><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="H2DBCD27B8A6848EFB3B67E20D77ACCEB"><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="H2A63961E3C4D4EA8A66E902B7A37DC6F"><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="HCE5282A555E24710868522B600BFEE6F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H633750298B8E4C0A83ED37A4C6CB846E"><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="HC437338F0BA94604B024D9DFEE587772"><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="HDEEC0B0775D4497EB0610A2C77446135"><enum>1713.</enum><header>Volunteer Management Corps study</header>
<subsection id="H68A49FC85E994F5A91CF56C022447B26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H194117CCBCD74DB1B1062B69F20A7178"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Many managers seek opportunities to give back to their communities and address the Nation’s challenges.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A35C16578844D2DA37D303102A51FA6"><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="HDB3969600CEF4AB68ADBF4AC6241A4B5"><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="H666DBA43689C42368ED8632AD521EC03"><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="H51845B57C0284E8493EE840AA6CCFF8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study on how best to establish and implement a Volunteer Management Corps program; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC270EFEC7094ABD8BD628DEAF5FF7A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a plan regarding the establishment of such program to Congress and to the President.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF41B3D6A738D42019EEA49D3FCEBFB29"><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="HFA0A6D2026AB46F798215FA2DC03B5FA"><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="H57238DCD47544421B1860838B559FA06"><enum>H</enum><header>Amendments to subtitle H (Investment for Quality and Innovation) </header>
<section id="HB20DCA541C0E40DBA8DE029D6E5515DF"><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="HEC9A621876A94503B76AA31884A3F6A1"><enum>I</enum><header>Additional corporation activities to support national service</header></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H175C235D64B14D24A08E40E9A37F3693"><enum>1802.</enum><header>Additional Corporation activities to support national service</header>
<subsection id="H66289CC5F35C4CB4AEB997A95F7C7691"><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="H9D5F5BCA093048F2A9C4A2B1F1D7FE30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsection (r)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B6E351E883B4FE5A7EFCEAF446ABD0A"><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="H77990BC2EC684F829F1A70A2CC71958A"><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="H21CC7BD3DC224E9DAA4A24BFA02D5A54"><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="HCD6E623B9C244980B5C84C29958650E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H411D48FA69D24A14A446AE1538A208A6"><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="H5ADCDF6442F2420FB715CB0AD30E2493"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>National Youth</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Global Youth</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE47F084107AD4465ADDBB07F768D759B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H83CD64D114654465859032AF678736E4"><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="H9FB0ACF808FC40B6BE0FD5D505CED177"><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="HEC2BC71F629D40FAA5D5F156E960ECCA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H93C1580FDC5745FD99E3E49B70A18CE2"><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="HD176531C0D014F6BB3B064C75CF42942"><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="H582D1E898B5E434A86FB657F7BFC5E12"><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="HE95B927FB7774468B227AF59701F2BE2"><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="H6CE1B6A6E65C43038A583F676B72DD5C"><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="H9DCBBD6AEEE4453BADE9E179414D215F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>September 11th Day of Service</header>
<paragraph id="H896B2B67FA5D46B3B5E391FD28B7A91D"><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="H73D12007718349C8AA662C2443DE454C"><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="H4595B471A5B24018A4C2BDFE3892779F"><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="H084A519739824A1C97FC05CF79868777"><enum>1803.</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<subsection id="HF5C8B3DC2D8340549A55BB93CB108EEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions are repealed:</text>
<paragraph id="H8DBF4AD0CF794055A94F8A6B707EC761"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clearinghouses</header><text>Section 198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E8DFCC76239429F8FF6326E02A77CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military installation conversion demonstration programs</header><text>Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 12653c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H987CA96B07AA4CE7A6AE0096000F2868"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special demonstration project</header><text>Section 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEEB63E5AEDEC4CE7832B593ECDCAF485"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is redesignated as section 198A.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HFB46B3D66B9140E09CDC51E2ED03B945"><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="HB39EB3637BAB4851873D41F7C5169053"><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="H8CCCF45A148D4D7EAEFEEFACFB024D63"><enum>198B.</enum><header>ServeAmerica Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="HB62033CA12AC4A6C8F86C79BBC8176F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HDEB81136ED8243E485630EB18214275F"><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="H4AEC2E3F75B74C998CE1E615DBB9A208"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve education in schools for economically disadvantaged students;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A81ADED172244178BC0C4ED6982BFC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand and improve access to health care;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B2191047C874FA8BF60CA083D908D5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve energy efficiency and conserve natural resources;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85BDE4D339AE4E009A55CBB8B031D310"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve economic opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83528EC72C43476C82DF16BA391D82C6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improve disaster preparedness and response.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H66E51A1C8E7F41FA94C937E3450B8EEF"><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="H9B791901872043DAB258FB1C3E14C274"><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="H753897F6669846DA8897999E995BD36C"><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="H8718BBECDF2F4C3EB915699F5B42CC69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H299229D686F04FC8AE04B82730A9FE6F"><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="H256F89D9AEE8464192887A6272631035"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotment; Administrative Costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H0DC203F33E5E4D3D874825FAD4AEB83A"><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="HD4E38B66193A42FF984859F8108BE650"><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="H7FA00AB482A84B4598D794E3D6832B3C"><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="HBA328D4073F9477BBFE5AEE6AC720F9E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Number of positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50F666C577B442A19249B1602FB2B579"><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="H740D58EEECF74C46B1CE2F0396A5ACCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the number of approved positions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2E1D2C3C50D4B529719AF3CE214B1C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the number of the approved positions to—</text>
<clause id="H007CD83D19E94C3A90ADA3E19CEB45F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>750 for fiscal year 2011;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD850890736ED4F599B841F7B878CE577"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6761DA794F314D7BA7AA95836A0F08F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H616BE7031543471786FC7EA19A90DC94"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1,500 for fiscal year 2014.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H846DCED73F1C4124B8C6F298A29E7B0E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Uses of grant funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H6DB763CF4144433C8256E5DEB016EA1C"><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="HC7CA5FF1FBBF4F40927CC7921B5C2486"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permitted uses</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection may be used for—</text>
<clause id="H0EBBC5E2A72540D6AEB6143C7D183D81"><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="HD5513C40B4F24D20AC746664FC61A4C6"><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="H51009F63D3E64E5D9FC35375DFC50716"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruitment or training activities for fellows.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB9B87E7E82841F5A2CC5215C2EEBABD"><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="HD8AA2E81DE5B4CD7A06D8D66649497DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible Fellowship recipients</header>
<paragraph id="H877DDC4C75C54D798D71A6CC4810DE74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="HBFA000375DA44B19B844ACE5825B2275"><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="H5131996192CD4D5DB6B2388F8A8CE2FE"><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="HDE63B7D1A7594E829438908FE23844B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<subclause id="HED12566BB1D545B68051204F156C88A5"><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="H7FD9A2CF52B34356AA699C7A1BB8F8C1"><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="H8AE676342E1B4EE1A072DCDC63EC8FFE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a description of the type of service the applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE5D8BBABCF2747CEB807FF6C87A17359"><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="H6B6B59236D274EFDA2C633304CDE7F89"><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="H449507A90A3749769034F2520AD74702"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Each State Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE1B15869FDA41D59B06C8B9F0C9174A"><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="H6D2F677A50B64719AF9A50FE2F0A4AD8"><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="H20596A1F7E0949788676CA5F00DF0B28"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Service Sponsor Organizations</header>
<paragraph id="HAE69A0ED0B3C4338AEA5FD0ACC4F44B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16A3935C59714DEFAF0E23B338493173"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a nonprofit organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A86AE4BFE7D473382018A0A147E4401"><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="H197B7FEA876F44818A9A889C275ABCF3"><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="H74ABC71826EF40108E021D84301ABACC"><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="HD96886CC0FFB4D968A88E70D99262C3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>abide by all program requirements;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H420604B64D6B4BE5A8ED8500A61BF1A0"><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="H34393149A13941269029D30AA5606049"><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="H2902A595DD6E4FD397A7178D09DE9254"><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="H39894709F25343AFA54F02A0BF659932"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration</header>
<subparagraph id="HEDEC97DB6258428CBF161BE8FFDF28A6"><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="H8DF02A447F9D4D85BA5C8F8D10FDC33B"><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="HF4E53B7080E34E85BE80FC88B5D4B320"><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="H42F56B5E7D224D60B7C22F6DC1027A68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State Commission shall revoke the registration of the organization;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE7B5A98D9F94BC7ACA28C5CE9491451"><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="HC9C28819E6144306BD8F99C1255A5A86"><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="H16EEE186EF074225B9495B6DD3BBEAF6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fellows</header>
<paragraph id="H5489A7811044429CA75CF2807AAD25E2"><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="HC6BE00D107F648DA8B23AE08C68E9EEE"><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="HA5D8FBAF33644A25B24AD2D130BBE7D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with which the recipient is interested in serving under this section; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD87337761E754950A7EE21F0EA1695A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is located in the State served by the State Commission;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC87C3EB34D9E406EBCEDA16C3FE2F30A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with the organization—</text>
<clause id="H44E009BF6B5F4355BF7CF3AEA6A5883F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that specifies the service the recipient will provide if the placement is approved; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H01D1912273BB4312AFCB992051F2C2DC"><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="H88480030B91E438AAD99E0C20D8DC861"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit such agreement to the State Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51FD651707E9423E8500816A8601DF50"><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="H0F93AC875C5E48D2B88EE423BA0FC0E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowship Amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B0D8D96CEC149E7B293715E5A786F9F"><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="H86A99BAE41E64838BF89BF63A3D35613"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount from service sponsor organization</header>
<clause id="H1B90E83DDCA048C4A09D80467F4ED756"><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="H94FA6D3E7C6D419B945F858092BE1CF1"><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="H82D0729119034965AEE48FDB70A5A280"><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="H682DF87BCF0A4FA6824AF0E6285D2A1A"><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="H038DEFC08A1542B5AB876EDBA7D657E3"><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="HB77C9CC761434CB484CF2E6CDDAA0253"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such requirement is inconsistent with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFBD5537A8E464D60B8ABFA7FF427E7F3"><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="HF84B00EDB31E42348792929E5E7B5F8F"><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="H407DE372EB624C57B70EBF990E03A9E3"><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="HF6EC59433E864DE7BB96D89217843BFE"><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="HE7D721BFFCF448DE92432D7DA2F12A7F"><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="H51C86E60F12644B28B2BDA381480764E"><enum>198C.</enum><header>Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="HB021D33E9E02459D82DFC3520493FC71"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Silver Scholarship Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="H4ED1FCBBF5F34CD4ACA14E2C34A569F1"><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="H981BD201D658443188685CABD2A1FFC7"><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="H8745C39F556B4D06AF5F82221D9F898C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a community-based entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD96694B5D0A14A0ABF4D0C4F5F3BFA03"><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="HA0C9E6AE868E4C9DB675178761F423B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be a listed organization as described in subsection (b)(4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7120173CCB124F9E8CEEAB13B7A9CDCE"><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="HDABDD00566A84B89B3B5F3F73692E9D1"><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="H76206302603E445CA4AAAE9101B31365"><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="HF2DB31E44FC94A2E964D2E7A8AEDF78E"><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="HC41336AAA7D046709324730C32FC57C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Encore Fellowships</header>
<paragraph id="H076A04CEA9FC4DFEBCF50F4847ADF24D"><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="H46FB69BE9B184E27ADA24D9C894AB897"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out service projects in areas of national need; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ECD73F99DF244E7B3CA88312EFE8277"><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="H1FD0E1C525194FDE98A367441529BDDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H33FA823E251542C5867E47355F7CE495"><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="H61131CD8805A481183581827E4B148ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the request of a Fellowship recipient—</text>
<clause id="H0123C66161274E14BC5BDFE8E9FA054E"><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="HB81DE4626DCA4365AA27D7E453008D0C"><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="HBF10BC7A5687490F980D10015B27C165"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header>
<subparagraph id="H0DA01778247A4063A524AFFE40B5F00B"><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="HC19BC608F1CF476690BFA8B267C43E6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be an individual who—</text>
<subclause id="HFC205588447C4407AE64F607DF50440D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is age 55 or older as of the time the individual applies for the program; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC6D3EA01EA694B61B7A2FF0B19320E1C"><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="H7B817810C7B64E33850CF3CC7D1BD7BC"><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="HD307A4C408174EE8B730C1430F635D07"><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="H1AD79D07C39B494D85FC5FE6146A3D2D"><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="HEA8B7A28019C4F1A96C90BC9E1F25981"><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="HA526E6A0EB4D47F18EB2D1D70C3246CA"><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="H6AEC94C9D64F4ABF81C6A9AC4E0219EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>select not more than 10 individuals from each State; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB63569B8141E447C8CA329BAFB18FEF1"><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="H2A8CAF61EAC449A796C5145A6F04DF26"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Listed organizations</header><text>To be listed under paragraph (2)(A), an organization shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC611163253ED42E79E5118FD9AFF64EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a nonprofit organization; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DDBBDCE20C4410A98E45BC78598BFDD"><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="H037688CBD3A94380889F2753A6EDF026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of—</text>
<subclause id="H735208153C544F648710B6806FFD36A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the services and activities the organization carries out generally;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD300AA46AF734FA2A12F7811E18BA6CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the area of national need that the organization seeks to address through a service project; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2BFCBF1F42DC4D039761130960ABCC27"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the services and activities the organization seeks to carry out through the proposed service project;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H9F6E46D6A4F34CE9AE2F46017069EC5A"><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="HCA26292E92344AB38D43D0670F9A45A7"><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="HDA7D5F6AA94147F791BB4910B3685E59"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>evidence of the organization’s financial stability.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F69BC32F8EB4C8D9F78A6B3D0C2D633"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Placement</header>
<subparagraph id="HEDFCC5FE2BE04F1D8D7CB4BBB3B4AE19"><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="H07FB9C70205441BFB01CD0F712A6FAE5"><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="H0C2268BD4E9B4D939C7A69D75C4E5C47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an identification and description of—</text>
<subclause id="H0986D31938494E7182FB82D132285550"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the organization;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H060AC4ECC1A14CA38ED9922235AE01AE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the area of national need the organization seeks to address; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H006E2D1568C34571B6CB607CCF8361A6"><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="H5CF19B9F70A548A3AF409FA3E6F45805"><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="H627A1C1B88B24921A03F10BD17E4B782"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a letter of support from the leader of the organization, including—</text>
<subclause id="H736E246B9A354A1AB826DC695096C240"><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="H4E5E2910286047EFB3778378FCBFF26F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evidence that the organization is financially sound;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HAB3C4098AA7D4F8EACED254BC4E58D5B"><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="HE92D840BBE1A41C092E78E726370BC4C"><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="HEB8F31E9C33F4A278F48E62C7BC56F4D"><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="H357BE2B8971544019DAFA56D66559622"><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="H9D953D7FB2384BC09274CF5A3271A2CF"><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="HF54B47575E1841478C7385305906B2F2"><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="HB9CCA76FD4294612BBDDB94585EAA87E"><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="H1231A81326F040A285399FC7B464C4C3"><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="HF1A0A28C4AF94985B5A457BA32B73ECA"><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="HC3F691829ABB438BAA137BE35B75E21E"><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="H0257AC5EF6E243718ADD90B76CAFE2C8"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6A3169EA6A64647A07B2E256F804449" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="HADA1D945F2704A9DAF518403B6A3A616"><enum>II</enum><header>National Service Reserve Corps</header>
<section commented="no" id="HAF59E7371B694CB9BAFB242B6E15486F"><enum>198H.</enum><header>National Service Reserve Corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCBBFC79B7BF34082BB19BE05021763E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H53823A861A34415FA6D90F9895B96CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>National Service Reserve Corps member</term> means an individual who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF75A0B9824D049209418993A72DAED1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has completed a term of national service or is a veteran;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE40B8F3D2F1D498880ECFAD6FB0463C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has successfully completed training described in subsection (c) within the previous 2 years;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H89DB04057E7E476DB70FEED1301EA728"><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="HAFECA89DFB6F4169ABF221EA3291E954"><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="H79C220572C004F95AE6262F026F7E53A"><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="H2395D70EB7984C96AFA6308757A85E0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of National Service Reserve Corps</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44CDFDD6CE6F4C8AB4AFCA54F175F9E2"><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="H4789C70914084349911DDFD6F053D101"><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="H8E909E8AB4CA448397E8B09B9BDCF8E3"><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="HE733E6C71F7549F0A524BA2FD6E99727"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of Organizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H441F8E55CF70423982E0ED395208175D"><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="H6CFA1EDA739B49A88A229673FB160D7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Corporation shall ensure that every designated organization is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H74F18CE9C89B481B89F721D58B25DB82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepared to respond to disasters or emergencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9A92341E6454BA6AB8ED8A864A5735D"><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="HB9051596244F46B9AC69BE029D2BEC89"><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="HF9D16655D8804002987EDEE8CED5471C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Databases</header><text>The Corporation shall develop or contract with an outside organization to develop—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43B667A1A4A949BD9CC46C4B4CEEDF8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a database of all National Service Reserve Corps members; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE9C02D6F2ED4E9B9417382881C4C115"><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="H666C5AABB81A42A6B5631CFB26909F5E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deployment of National Service Reserve Corps</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H093E7E8C20B140B4B008BF15C9F74268"><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="H3EF02DCF9F06489E91BC4DED3B8295B1"><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="HEB50891DF80D4FE89CF38482C28DCDE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deployment</header><text>Under paragraph (1) or (2), the Corporation may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H918A69A712A54A96B889EEFDF4172550"><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="H152A9A81029048DF901127BCB3DFBC3A"><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="H6CEF6EBA918444A8A82213C47A6E7273"><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="H94F1BD84C809409F96D1D6877C4F333F"><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="H0C24F88CE1654F64853BF0749B7822DB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA0B349D26BA74D6DAB619CAE3382AB00"><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="H7D897D2080194CAD86482551C0312CEB"><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="H1ABD459BA28A408D940E9316025663F3"><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="H0F6D90332CAE4DA6A1895D744904C1DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>avoid duplication of activities directed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H139D24252EE24173BA717D4F66F1C06E"><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="HF98C705FB38A4F2D93EDB612B8461251"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BB7EA4770DC42FB9510E7A46ED594A4" style="OLC">
<part id="H0832FCC1389E46FD99184E22D081EB75"><enum>III</enum><header>Social Innovation Funds Pilot Program</header>
<section id="H241A381A1EF24D969B98CA0EF6E45628"><enum>198K.</enum><header>Funds</header>
<subsection id="HEF82409B5E9345E1928D6A0782ACC5BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD8B7554460114DC6BA7D7EEF9734BC39"><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="HFBB4F41B1F7D4753A9959358095CE599"><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="H45A93F9954BC446E944D90005FB7BA0C"><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="HE8530FBB08154FC39CB731556C527533"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="H09BE3FE65C844DC4ADB46CD729F26EF2"><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="H39E9B10A28904BD9A25667C3A0A80FBE"><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="H0F1B170D93C340E587565B5846466548"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to assess the effectiveness of such Funds in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC6B8483A5FE4833852908BCA69FB9D4"><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="H6BC47DFB49024EAB98EBBE91711E5CD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing resources to replicate and expand effective initiatives; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15C20B892D464D0F94BD3F43BA2B260B"><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="H8EBCDC5760DD49B685326981CBC7CC47"><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="HD3A1ADC3939345EB8B793E3B022EFA66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H07C2B82930AE4E92A8D299B546AD355C"><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="HB0EA8A9314CB41668C00AF77EE920653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8099FE3FC414A71B297DEA252F84BCE"><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="H1F39052E04864314913D76366F9A79AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a partnership between—</text>
<clause id="H57D25B343B7548B3846F2641A773ED5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such an existing grantmaking institution; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE9EAFB5E1B543DC9D1688751697B4E5"><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="H7557BCE53F564E279F72225A2A83E8FF"><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="H7141967096B649E7840423E4F34BE3F9"><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="H98CB48CBF2624B0A8342F3ED203F80C1"><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="H7A37C91816914DFCB57D4459D505BCC4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d), an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF493BD37D283437EA371C8F3C687937E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a covered entity;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32AEF3882A414A169BAE91A7AAF7E17A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>propose to focus on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF7AFBEDF95E48AAB66CEF54C02FEB58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serving a specific local geographical area; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD5D260C451845BD940BC55D7FBD064F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addressing a specific issue area;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H689C49169FE74BFE8321EC9B52A61513"><enum>(3)</enum><text>propose to focus on improving measurable outcomes relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H979DD790653840898EA677A444F0258D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>education for economically disadvantaged elementary or secondary school students;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56A688BBF6454E5EBEE2430441CC27A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>child and youth development;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D91CC8389B74E2B85F146037ACF1317"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reductions in poverty or increases in economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7780D3A263F49339D4FD6345FCEDA43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>health, including access to health services and health education;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7422F2C362DE4DE99BD2860D75FB418E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>resource conservation and local environmental quality;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE76150FCDFDB4B70930DC3543B64EAB7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>individual or community energy efficiency;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68DAF6E10BEB49C693986C62DBDF84DE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>civic engagement; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2E5758CC54049B79C1AB6A7A4385DDF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>reductions in crime;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8799A93C9D494B0CB31D520B72B61B2B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>have an evidence-based decisionmaking strategy, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7471F51E64841F49ACCC0B7228ED9CF"><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="H0C64EB0B05A54A23A43561F9733EB9AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a well-articulated plan to—</text>
<clause id="HC4A85642CD81435E9E0768805308CFFA"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2F44C732764E4A11B7D1FD651CDDA49C"><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 id="HDBF9FEBCA6E74BFEB5B70A2C7C77D38D" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>support new initiatives with a substantial likelihood of significant impact; or</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HEA2A896DC4384A0AB362C62BDD43A644"><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="H6CB8A769A14A4313A75E6A8DB1D5E83D"><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="H432A742CF477452BB4B692A0DB2EA2BB"><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="H650B8173D3BC42DFB48FFA089BC3200E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assurance that the eligible entity will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B836DE8749F4CC292EA2E9DEA04BC7F"><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="HE39C207EE8C44613A08074D5C6CC4613"><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="HA7FADF7F2A434C9199F2C9D58C313C99"><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="H94B54DA7CA9E4D9CB928A938FC96A7DD"><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="HAB6C3F83DB104FDB9B9E811477D39BC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification of, as appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H667A3C6B900A40EE828FDA0CB8BB7CB9"><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="H1C406E3B7B9248E29DA7D4C00F021BEA"><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="H437D614DF53249B290FCB131A1531313"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H375D10309EDB4505B40169A23280766F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information identifying the issue areas in which the eligible entity will work to improve measurable outcomes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADA05B1DA3D0403EBDDA42F6A2B0863C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>statistics on the needs related to those issue areas in, as appropriate—</text>
<clause id="HF631AB510BA94E71BF8495AA2E3409C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the specific local geographical area described in paragraph (3)(A); or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H686AD7B7745744AAAC2717B5F44F578C"><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 id="HB5F245108CF249BCB24BC1D580810447" indent="up1"><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="H497314FD12A74C9C8670E31D97C4C2AE"><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="HC3540BFE9DD74C4FA24F2509C652E751"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are institutions—</text>
<clause id="H057B8626F9DA4C7182D819F0D8E2D62E"><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="H9653706A10EF471E8BC615C970C13138"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that articulate a new solution with a significant likelihood for substantial impact;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD99B1E1D6E2E411CA04E54E5DA495C70"><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="H5BF7AEA71E934654AC3E864EA6F4870C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will use the funds to replicate, expand, or support their initiatives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D07A8D5BC31404EBC5B648E266D6D71"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide a well-defined plan for replicating, expanding, or supporting the initiatives funded;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H593F652FF8DC461CAA70FD188814E2C9"><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="H409ECF5014DF4E489592DD06543B1E4D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>have strong leadership and financial and management systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6ABF0D3353AF4CA3AE3886A514B67804"><enum>(G)</enum><text>are committed to the use of data collection and evaluation for improvement of the initiatives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF36B763A0624F948B9AF83A1977D2F6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>will implement and evaluate innovative initiatives, to be important contributors to knowledge in their fields; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D735BE7658849BC8912DC1C5BACB5DE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will meet the requirements for providing matching funds specified in subsection (k);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF70FBA1F9AF44DA692FBF8D4E9C4EB96"><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="HFEE4C785B2A04200B1151E5A0D67E3A5"><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="HBDA3BF4CFD584CEB8B9E71FDE897CBE0"><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="H86C1D20EE8FB4549BB007F82AE983005"><enum>(9)</enum><text>information on the commitment, institutional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="H148E7F7855F34E18A15E960A86D0063C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collecting and analyzing data required for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other purposes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47AD66FD4C0B4B5AA1005490E99DCDD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supporting relevant research; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0B1C12B9B8846469F5542DA78ED0EB7"><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="HAAEF67C8FFE148598E437B796F857E37"><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="H6C37D7A4F6AC4CF2BD3239A0CF823B34"><enum>(11)</enum><text>a commitment to cooperate with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3FC2FB0AE8494D74AA8D20D827028489"><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="H7FD4954C13304FB7AE5C5DCD8E93A974"><enum>(1)</enum><text>select eligible entities on a competitive basis;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62F3C22AB72742B7A2A1432FC31ED62B"><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="H06F77D46A351453B982B796DC16ADD7F"><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="HA1994F88CB8E4CA78B1FEF3E2357A55C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>select a geographically diverse set of eligible entities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86DA90F0B11A4D90AC99DB8A607C5443"><enum>(5)</enum><text>take into account broad community perspectives and support.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H955965EA21D2431EA1C6918456E4284D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Matching funds for grants</header>
<paragraph id="H24342D17A4DA4FEE93D33DBB1358B18A"><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="H21B21EE9584444E3902AAC33011D8B79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HC9E7C57C9BF24E52B9CB6F449E54C813"><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="H052DA85A1A424859AF22566DB85B6D24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entities including State Commissions or local government offices</header>
<clause id="H320F1CB2637443F4B1412CC133752F46"><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="HFF134B0379A541A3A87F7FD6C50474DC"><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="HE2BAA047EE2B47479522E31B5E9EFAE8"><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="H5333D11574ED446395CF35DF88F88F61"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="H7512DDF5EC824432BF86092326EBBB43"><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="HC326930180CA48A0B7A70273273CFDBA"><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="H81986CA23D274E9693FE2F7A86CB6217"><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="HB4CA1676C22B4FC5A30F8D5F546B2970"><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="H1E081AAFBB164D928562403C2518DAEE"><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="H101BE7D124F94543AE50682E1BED3097"><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="HA0F38F396A8B4157B378997A9462E814"><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="H0955D3C753424F5BA27012ABFCB7C1AF"><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="H21D391BBFD204411B0725E915733AE92"><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="H0BC949408DD84672895191DC181FB013"><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="H9F635C5AC1F140BD9CA0762CAD7BA9B5"><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="H63288C5511A4408EA201629836BE6C23"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of how the community organization uses data to analyze and improve its initiatives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D76821B53B24A86B3A41C8B9868C38E"><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="H878CCDDD3A664700B7115627216ED86E"><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="H9A953C7222DD4F8CAA98D99BC43C5E3C"><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="HF01E822B5AE94B39B60375F01082C26A"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Matching funds for subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="H9FC60C5C626345E593E0BB91032309EE"><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="H7CE53725ACA4437D8FD19C78DF48C83B"><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="H127CA7DB309142CEB2F5090C6CADB59E"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Direct support</header>
<paragraph id="H6A342CA8F7664693986D9EE29002FA6E"><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="HFE7628155F314F2CBE69BE2E1D8BD72B"><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="H8C3CE55ABBD5433BB2408A883BBF8F90"><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="H1FE55DC1DDF24EFAAF85BD98723B4388"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Research and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H11EE2773877D481BA0757997CB4BECE4"><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="H1CD79632D362426A81A2760CEFF81A88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research and evaluation activities</header>
<subparagraph id="HB779B7C7FEBA4624B22B95EAF986287B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Research and reports</header>
<clause id="HFBBC8E70B774415D896710595213636E"><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="HCA67377A2EDB4BEB97B73BE804A8FA04"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the success of the initiatives in improving measurable outcomes; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCD8CB5E39012474C9762CC1884AB4082"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the success of the program in increasing philanthropic investments in philanthropically underserved communities.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4D162DFE86D64AC3A579EC80DB7DFC4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Corporation shall submit periodic reports to the authorizing committees including—</text>
<subclause id="H2719934CA15D4E48A0A1B8258C9268EB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the data collected and the results of the research under this subsection;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H12259D0CBED94A9596E2DEC19FEBB67F"><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="H6D8F8F7D505A46828D5642DE50FAD694"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a list of all eligible entities and community organizations receiving funds under this section.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HFE05DBFC0BAE4998953A5BC5E506ECD3"><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="HAA63554DF49F49C9AFB135B2B9850EC0"><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="H4F9650557F5040368C3296E9002A7E40"><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="H197833DEEB1A4C2AA1598C9923B739A5"><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="H3EDF1501C1E544098D3F23F1A491A158"><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>
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<part commented="no" id="H141ECE5E12C04F7B814911931F1C5648"><enum>IV</enum><header>National service programs clearinghouses; Volunteer Generation Fund</header>
<section commented="no" id="H833088D9A8CB4A4CB217E94726B99B0A"><enum>198O.</enum><header>National service programs clearinghouses</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDA0EA6509F7F41CA870BE3F37F70899D"><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="HF0EB6FAF59E946069D62E9B69F8E587E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Function of clearinghouse</header><text>Such a clearinghouse may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA12528CF3704F7FBBEC652C9F237A69"><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="H36B59489758543DE91F3F03AAC1595CD"><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="HE0C9D254BED242B2BAEEE642B1E75CA1"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDD8BA2AD0007433A82E8444A73348C97"><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 commented="no" id="HCF4331A0FACA4E939ED73BE6FE3E1C16" indent="up1"><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="HE860F15335344B409D729A6D47A90AD4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate communication among—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F6DEFA526FB4A81B340A1497FBCC475"><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="HADD6993CF6C24C2E9FAE745C6821830C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participants in such programs;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H313870DEEFDD4F24ACBFA9C2C4630345"><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="HB2FC16DAF8144DE5A1FEF85611B02DB4"><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="H58A4B0F7A300467AADEEB760237A61D7"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate applications in languages other than English;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H56FBB9FF8D784EA8AA15CCABC68DEB03"><enum>(8)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF35ADA95680B4E6B868827C55865336F"><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 commented="no" id="H53BC1820EE0E4F9D93416ACCB3F17A84" indent="up1"><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="H789A108D82DA45A5812189681A7DADD4"><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="HD200550EC0354BAA9903A8FE754908D1"><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="HF0F440E4731A4732AE7604AF6BA9DB28"><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="HE7B54E275E9A4AB48D7A7CD16E3858AD"><enum>(12)</enum><text>carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H509C6F3FD1414EBAA0BCBA8D3823F48B"><enum>198P.</enum><header>Volunteer Generation Fund</header>
<subsection id="H92E7B6F1E17F4AB1844FA1FF0BDC7338"><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="H1879B3BEDC6D4E3885FD50AA3EB5CF7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and carry out volunteer programs described in subsection (c); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H301E6F7729F549A48A9A62A6CC4C890E"><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="HA4BA5F6BE10C4A2C9BC4289AF356AEFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H708DD101D38F45B786A5BDFEFCC42D84"><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="H1BF26DA925BB46CF83A7434B0CC658EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each application submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5AD27B05DF7A419B90E78DAFB4F28129"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC062FE1ED3C34E198D08D21B74DE4FD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the program that the applicant will provide;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7E974F28D4041F9B659C9D4C66B6899"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assurance that the applicant will annually collect information on—</text>
<clause id="HF47B23C10F484E97860F24FFB52E0356"><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="H3A888A21FD8D4E8880CAF5CB993158A0"><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="H5AAD13EB94A744D2B30C20370DCA37F6"><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="H5E1E7B13467A481ABA4C6161C64FEF1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>activities carried out by volunteers; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H84869A456E3B412788B856B055765170"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>volunteers recruited, managed, or supported; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E804F623AD044BFA98B76F82F9A5D2E"><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="H52CD581307644382BC2932EE14C43E36"><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="HF8DEF296FE424FCEBE61DC86A400A24D"><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="H2DE2AD42FE67427AA9DFB6A9483E0D30"><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="H592E34280C9F4B3BB62914CB138D9351"><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="H2FC106E03FEB44B4B0AF1625AA2D599D"><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="HA7B1846AC8ED42ED906C0FB9D314A8CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A subgrant to a community-based entity that provides technical assistance and support to—</text>
<clause id="H9F08D708D3F34AE9AFEEE03692250CA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strengthen the capacity of local volunteer infrastructure organizations;</text></clause>
<clause id="H228C8D362F8B44669B858D59944DAB3E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address areas of national need (as defined in section 198B(a)); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H05A48ADD15E64CC48C82869E5DD086F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>expand the number of volunteers nationally.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A8A100BE35E4922A773BAB77A9EAE28"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation of Funds</header>
<paragraph id="H8D14415B781749228CC74909C1C7A32E"><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="HC2AE0C29F64341AF85EED5E42DD50ABB"><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="H8639B9220BDF4CE3B6D94234E3CCDE28"><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="H7A94037DA39845D9B08CEDCA3F2CA55D"><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="H20DAC156D00D4943A57263F350120976"><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="HF3E0840E5D2E42EC9E90CC36D4C06D75"><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="HAE12E2BF7AD7426D8D90200C3E10093C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>80 percent of such cost for the first year in which the recipient receives such assistance;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D473037AD714572A8FF8C8E4D3A0F0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>70 percent of such cost for the second year in which the recipient receives such assistance;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C9F0DC3EEC745A9B7AB5F4762489023"><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="H09C0BC323FFA440AAAEED01BA4DD9B5B"><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="H447B4573307C4F89BDBD9306993DBF1B"><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>
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<part id="H0A79C2B3CD274AC9A4B5D51A418198F9"><enum>V</enum><header>Nonprofit Capacity Building Program</header>
<section id="HD5837E5FA7DF4F778893BC56F735472E"><enum>198S.</enum><header>Nonprofit capacity building</header>
<subsection id="H5AF569912EBB42DE89146EC44120FECF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H6C5AADD8BE6A46408859C0D0E58163A6"><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="HA0BC3C1809E04ABB8F0BED41D9D5948A"><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="HFA275DF1594643D980EF39E65C1A9F0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonprofit</header><text>The term <term>nonprofit</term>, used with respect to an entity or organization, means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H851DA17AD78144EBA4507D400490FD65"><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="H68476F15C06E4372B55888ECBF5B6EEE"><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="H9DB41B2E4E0347449C0F06F535D0B2D6"><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="HE699550345694E12A48FB8A6F0A72229"><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="HCB4AFC15E7AE4C51BA1A944C3BE77C35"><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="H7993541449A7409BB371588053DE73A4"><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="H65BE1C897EFB4228876D3B1472BB18D8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Preference and considerations</header>
<paragraph id="HF47D8A0D66AB4546B84C03DEBC5CDFE9"><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="H8F878E8B6DD24CC296A21F409EBCE123"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining whether to make a grant the Corporation shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H45C26E385844416F869F12AB7C100B81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of small and midsize nonprofit organizations that will be served by the grant;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6078D8EAC6142B99C0BAC38719D6720"><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="H8FAF02DCABBD4D5D93C2DC7D42447FF8"><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="H1F76C036472D4729B9A053129AE67074"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="HAA79FBD1A18E48BF8EAA253AFFC7D1E3"><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="H55F70BADE53F4E33BA759A70CBF82E35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B6B87C3499349DFAD2A9E5678E7931B"><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="HC76484E76E4A42B49A4CA142C9999DE2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Third party contributions</header>
<clause id="H0C47668F10CF401D881B130008750604"><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="HAE7136D5FFAB456E8FF98334ABFF239B"><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="HE64D887F87814117AD4E741C2D7A58C3"><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="H6D149AEA714D4876A17B22E4E794020D"><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="HCAA1FE0600D9408CB2C23B85A7AE0805"><enum>I</enum><header>Training and Technical Assistance</header>
<section id="H9D40D3AF680446AD96BA7F72E73B4F51"><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>
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<subtitle id="H381DE0AA45E04AA897140D6464A7F4F6"><enum>J</enum><header>Training and Technical Assistance</header>
<section id="H0D777603F9B24BA2AF22B12B82F19648"><enum>199N.</enum><header>Training and technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H561F59445F4341D7877950953CC964D7"><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="HC78F316865B048ADB6A22CDB59BF8065"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1A7328A1695470EA17FBE1DCDEA203E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entities (particularly entities in rural areas and underserved communities) that desire to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A7864DDF7754A3490B21DB621AEA608"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out or establish national service programs; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF3ED386F8694F3C93EC945990843FEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for assistance (including subgrants) under the national service laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD517845B7C5946079DB2A1F230311E70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities included</header><text>Such training and technical assistance activities may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D4781DD96884E14A3C761B9C0E2756D"><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="H0ABD33CCEC8F41868599B5A2C6F6439E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting leadership development in national service programs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEB373D848164C59A544F2BC934AD350"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improving the instructional and programmatic quality of national service programs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H263AE51999A645288FA042644C82D059"><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="H0E9B60EEDB8D439F97580EBBC42CDAE7"><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="HC1C479EEB86A442DAC4F70F0B015ED7E"><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="H41D78E8E9D00481F9A2CC555AB716108"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training individuals operating or overseeing national service programs—</text>
<subparagraph id="HACCA38ACDF1240358A952B1E0C9A303E"><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="H5CE0596080614EA89CEA6BA3CE5F9A8F"><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="H94FAAEC226A0499E9B7BD5313CF36FD2"><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="H7F6D388CD3FE4267971CC0FCE665AA0F"><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="H7D594A7EB3344D8796A776636314C6D9"><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="H51078B94B50D47B2B498045BEDABE2B1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>carrying out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4AC19AE17DFD48FFB0F1A02281231EC9"><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="H42E80DCE2D6B472EA3D18DDB5D7AEB46"><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="HA3896DA7D20C442888CD6217C4526BDB"><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="H72A226DB8CF9436A89404457B64B3DC0"><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="H2DCF8B97483E47B7880EA22689B90FAD"><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="H683FA4C5A2C44FB5B76DE42F356C18FB"><enum>J</enum><header>Repeal of Title <enum-in-header>III</enum-in-header> (Points of Light Foundation)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H833725732057436D85ED62F985707FAC"><enum>1831.</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF6F5DCAFFF2F412A9FC61B5D39C26683"><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="H93047EE97BB640288560C1EA6351B4DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 12671) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H75D430910B334F4F9ACE1DEF1FA23CA5"><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="H460049FAE78947CD8021CA43FB1AD230"><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="H988BCD9925F5406EA80DBB230718CB36"><enum>K</enum><header>Amendments to Title <enum-in-header>V</enum-in-header> (Authorization of Appropriations)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H685A7453C1784295BDBADC3413E51782"><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="H7B14065AF93D4FDAB76CD6D0FDBF8447"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FFA3AF3E18844A18F7320051C5F8A48" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H53D28BD9A8FC44DA8D762C02659CF3B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title <enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD895400F47D4A0A85F0BB6640C3A422"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subtitle b</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D4FA24139D4407498439DFEED23697D"><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="H767BE62688594D5096E1F22C1B82D6DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H647A860B6FE24743BCE40AC1C107908A"><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="H74A271A41850499FABA46B2462144189"><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="H1A8ED779FE8E45A79D19EDD52A6A6DC3"><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="HF75BA9E280E745309F38D454F6384C6E"><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="H0E0AF034EAC54F98815EB90C1AA91C24"><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="H3616D88F47A8436799AA8CB56A5613FC"><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="H9D4D85D353EB4E55981F8497E59D7EF6"><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="HCEE30B9322784D079AD276BFE0375061"><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="HBA28D0E2E5D64764A4605C23799BF836"><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="H1826980467B9400F89D0574B12D8EB75"><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="HFD6013EE7A554B549F5B27977E31552D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subtitle e</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F6FA6BA1446494F850B9E9D631F86A9"><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="H6D95EC81952B4DBCB3DC580DC2319447"><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="H3570F93D3B0D4EDB8A843BFFB5071CD8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subtitle h</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H758D631B4CD04EFAAF02157544143985"><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="HEF02702F66764205B3DC91DD55A8E02D"><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="HE8FEB4D51F6D4E15BB0AE0C0A5AEAB5C"><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="H4944B56210FD41AC81437327E1FE6B86"><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="H0E1FF81B72664AE6A66FFB0ACE5D634B"><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="HEA65D3175E8B49118BD3C320E16A0CD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></clause>
<clause id="H47F5CA19E4324AC2AA38EFA01D077E11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0762CBB3AC424B319B6CD5540059F164"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDDD30DD8DA2A46E38D0BA34B0762C5AB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA210F211181E44B9AE848DACD4A2DAF7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBC6AF2DA2A044E687475FE58E796A31"><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="H5C424B5A9F5542BAA7101DEB0477C9AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2EDB44F880BE4055999F8751276E9290"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9284F9B3BAD549CA8A46B5CE57291DAE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1A20CEEB96524470A275B142516844BE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H24F193EB73C6489CADC8889CBC2AA8B4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB101CF05599A429EBDF1B6F07250C7BD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C8972489C2B4825B7D01FEF948D4B20"><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="H3B33020254BB4679982C5AAACDFAABD3"><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="H4A1D5AE8EDA74FBDA6ACEAC5F31D7A79"><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="HD4E3EA9EEEF54B8C846FF7F84600E4FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b) and (d); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2BAA3A3AB5D348F1A9F640F4B41A9371"><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="H9AEDA04871C346A0BC499C53A0034080"><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="HC29AD01E3CCF4D719B3926058BEC1E8B"><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="H821813BD9A704E24B3D25995D3A649B4"><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="HCCC5F2EAACC44145A5519E8E668172C3"><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="H43BBBCADA4764D8993971FCF63D69E3B"><enum>A</enum><header>National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs</header>
<chapter id="HC0A397251B5E487284CCC0E0A8D767E5"><enum>1</enum><header>Volunteers in Service to America</header>
<section id="HEB8E4EF223F8490C8E7BCB5FC80003A6"><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="H6336473C1E684115BE650707642B4C30"><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="H9FF9378E09204AA5AE2EC2A9D73EE708"><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="H4B46F859F03C4123AB32417F971C7CCF"><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="H296834A5AD1948979E4672D782DF78EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E1DBAC21C8F4A998C6EF1979416FDD3"><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="HEBAC4FB397464851AA171289F2866723"><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="H454B4F4F6EE54349A79643913E9FCE65"><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="H1C64ADB4065B48D9AB09E388BD8DAC47"><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="HBEFF32F4170C494788384FFCEF44B21A"><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="HC98651E6888A4E2C8BAC4297C1C81C9B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H503A14F44E294AE8BE47E7FD0EF77EBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Headstart act</quote> and inserting <quote>Head Start Act</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0F621FE10E714159AB45782C9B8620DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C2A1FF23E3B44AFA11434F1B529C180"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H382176C45A754E8A98F32FC40AD26E5D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26C9457F934546F0BCCC746C9E7BD64B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H535C9B82F8E9466CACBE1BB91EE7C713"><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="H977D3E799E4847CF8800F2B1E482E383"><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="HFDF534707E23460F98B8F4C5AB3004A3"><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="H0DF6D91F3C584606B87EBA946026DE25"><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="H0629C02BF8AF41EEA194139A465964A3"><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="HEC17096740F04C3F9E17636D78D6341F"><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="HA04AC0C6C4B84ACCBE28BD7922C7C6C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBBB35E509D043768D00A0B3877CBB54"><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="H9E91EE2B8D484BE0B231A11B25CB7C60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HE1EB3C2C2948450593E770F15501658C"><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="H2F91FC6784E24AEFBACCDD48A43ADE5A"><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="H5D1FD786946B4193BA2129F09D444A85"><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="H742E80CE8D77429C9E58135701FC841C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B), by striking <quote>information system</quote> and inserting <quote>database</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA81D68B6E79A499CB2631382C1BE58EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C861560FA1F47C199A901C4AED002C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H049BC4FD4CC34B828FA79F1ACA40D644"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the Internet and related technologies,</quote> before <quote>radio,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8A76A6EEC5254485B83EB97E5E68FB65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>Internet and related technologies,</quote> before <quote>print media,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3669C8F00F6E4381B04A07D35C6559B4"><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="H48F7106BE4154E4FB1F877E6DBE63AA6"><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="HFEC45D032E4545868D00FE3188BEF076"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64349DE845F34927BC1F81D077471893"><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="HEF361B1A465D49B0AB52E95E4464030D"><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="H657BFEB24A274551942AD64A78E76E94"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65E0AC261ECE4D60A83A5D20CCB8D336" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD169237F7868427BB505FCFCF4222C29"><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="H8A8F9067A8894B4BB29F993BE9BCE149"><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="H81AE7B19C7FA494DAC55B2CFCAC97393"><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="HDCB953CDD06B46E3A4FAB499FBCAAB49"><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="H929F8A61A4B8457098FD920AD8C3E0D5"><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="H636869372EB34BE3B7AD496D7A9676A8"><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="H9989AC65C8CA454BAE91D44A4B66F20F"><enum>2</enum><header>University Year for VISTA</header>
<section id="H7E6693E56FF24CE99230DEC3B4AE7AED"><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="H8CE6B8FD9C9B4197891E60275D57B70B"><enum>3</enum><header>Special volunteer programs</header>
<section id="H84373F0AD95E40DA8BE86BA058AE3F45"><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="H0927ACB307C24A6086AC06D5ECEE599D"><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="H01F208627D984E4FA165E5A321987CF2"><enum>B</enum><header>National Senior Service Corps</header>
<section id="HA8E61633331A42FDAA737A55895EFC9C"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5593F74DABB4793AC951924E9C271AB" style="traditional">
<title id="HF6726A45E24B4BA19A57B7CFF178FEDB"><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="H36B59E73DFDF4E4A8ED2F2EEA3342370"><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>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87B85DFFB1F94F50AFFF6E009ED5DAB7" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91F815BDE5BD4B77947D3E6CB76FF087"><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>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—General Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 101. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part I—Programs for elementary and secondary school students </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 111. Purpose. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 111A. Definitions. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112A. Allotments. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 113. Applications. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 114. Consideration of applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part II—Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part III—Innovative and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs and Research</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and research.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part IV—Service-Learning Impact Study</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 120. Study and report.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part I—Investment in National Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 122. National service programs eligible for program assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national service educational awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 124. Types of program assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 126. Other special assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part II—Application and Approval Process</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 129A. Educational awards only program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 133. Consideration of applications.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part III—National Service Participants</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 137. Description of participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 139. Terms of service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 141. National service educational awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 149. Approval process for approved positions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 151. Purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 153. National service program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 154. Summer national service program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 156. Training.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 157. Service projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 159. Administrative provisions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 162. Responsibilities of Department of Defense.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 163. Advisory board.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 164. Evaluations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 165. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 172. Reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 173. Supplementation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 179. Evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 180. Engagement of participants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 181. Contingent extension.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 184A. Availability of assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 186. Sustainability.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 187. Grant periods.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed communities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 189B. Audits and reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 192. Board of Directors.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 194. Officers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 196. Administration.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 196B. Assignment to State Commissions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part I—Additional Corporation Activities To Support National Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part II—National Service Reserve Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part III—Social Innovation Funds Pilot Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198K. Funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="part">Part IV—National Service Programs Clearinghouses; Volunteer Generation Fund</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund.</toc-entry>
<toc-quoted-entry style="OLC">
<toc-entry idref="H0A79C2B3CD274AC9A4B5D51A418198F9" level="part">PART V—Nonprofit Capacity Building Program</toc-entry></toc-quoted-entry>
<toc-quoted-entry style="OLC">
<toc-entry idref="HD5837E5FA7DF4F778893BC56F735472E" level="section">Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building.</toc-entry></toc-quoted-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199. Short title.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199A. General authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199C. State application.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199D. Focus of programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199E. Related programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199G. Training and education services.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199K. Living allowance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199L. Joint programs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle">Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Publication</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 201. Information for students.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 401. Projects. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="title">TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">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="HB0AC63D5DF82405C87D94BF056608657"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D381573E0EB44B18503D1C843880A76" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAA652B1A252480FB36F324288C51F59"><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>
<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="HCDD15762DBD34708B1F225F8E4D3F50F"><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="H6D0B59511F3945B3B5CC344B20B7A70B"><enum>5101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="H5ADF8627514F44E6A62C338D04EE291F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Americans engaged in international volunteer service, and the organizations deploying them—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8AD193D5768430BAF56BCE58506778A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>play critical roles in responding to the needs of people living throughout the developing world; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0055D0E9AF1246A6BD9630CDF75D927E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advance the international public diplomacy of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83DB7BCE18B34EFD864B52BD88528B55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully promoted international volunteer service by skilled American professionals.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75C355F3D0634E8A8BA70FE5F9436E44"><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="H40F2B7EA9C3945C9B738D71FAE08AD26"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB59CCF6145D041C284E31ADE86563F4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2576FAC10EC04EE2AF048F8CFAF7F593"><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="HB24165B2F94D4B549D4ADAD65E164251"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public recognition of skilled American volunteers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30EC74080E834A97A815B85EA3329024"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support for organizations that utilize skilled Americans as volunteers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76514970D10C419A81FEA1DB5227B194"><enum>(E)</enum><text>participation in the development of special initiatives to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7613AD04D6048F794F512793CC5944D"><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="H3DD4F6977DAE47E49A7302460E201C9A"><enum>5102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H2B9A6D2593C04D5AABC6F96D70D61E70"><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="H3957106290314EEF8FDB2C351CD33ACA"><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="H30AF245D4DF6430AA9B8B9BBA5FDA56D"><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="HA08B6E067B4B4E4583E87B9E13B20E0D"><enum>5103.</enum><header>Office of Volunteers for Prosperity</header>
<subsection id="H180B99478A024D449118688647F3327C"><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="HC6AC01E1EB1E4D28AE3A18319F75456E"><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="H7E3463B67D1942D3901F8EEB75086B9F"><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="H5A68E2BCD4FE4B139CACE14DAD256360"><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="H274BC2A08CD64B33902B3FD7B19AAE9F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing recognition for skilled American volunteers and the organizations deploying them;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDED79C18DE9D43ADA6986F31621D4424"><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="H714417815210455695CB92C2107A3CDD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>encouraging the establishment of international volunteer programs for employees of United States corporations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FC6602BB1A04D3FB66D622BF828E55C"><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="H24F0CF11B29D49AEBCA21833801FB17B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>VfP Program objectives</header><text>The objectives of the VfP Program should include—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE3ED0F52FAC41CF8A813070C13D302E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eliminating extreme poverty;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H400C29F8EC7D44569C6D31A18B64C983"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reducing world hunger and malnutrition;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C4E7EDC211D4FF7AAFFB0AE9A978A78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increasing access to safe potable water;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D668104E71F420DB771797E0C5DC5E3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enacting universal education;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EFB52C820984D7DA47E1DC76F51E156"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reducing child mortality and childhood diseases;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB722E6CE58514A2BA75C189541E65462"><enum>(6)</enum><text>combating the spread of preventable diseases, including HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7579BC71D714890AAD5A3E796DC0ACF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>providing educational and work skill support for girls and empowering women to achieve independence;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C7E197C936C4A379A119A33DE728FEB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial opportunities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DBB1986E130497B8760818D3E5F3CC9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>increasing access to information technology.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H38DEE7B180C540A2B49E889F8184825F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Volunteers for Prosperity Service Incentive Program</header>
<paragraph id="H624DEC3179354DB1BDB7B9AAED08B07F"><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="H7EB15126CFAE4F6AB85F41E224653117"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has members who possess skills relevant to addressing any objective described in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC80E5358CCD402CA2E67C6765F9A293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such grant—</text>
<clause id="H87D0726380F94BD48AE53FE331020538"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through the organization with which the individual is serving; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H1800960FB3994E18AAEE9B98FDB7A6E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by raising private funds.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA3F35B61728A4A13BD59D98671EC6FF9"><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="HD7998184CC56468DBF3E1D63DC7BC776"><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="HB4087BE178E24723A8E0F0EEFEF5B5B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business organized for profit;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H974C94F664BF4E10971D1C131B8BC0D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>labor union;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB7855D2296D4D6394584F9C79BDF0DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>partisan political organization; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2780538ACDB4FE2BCAB4392069015FA"><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="H3DA2F8512A8646EABC09727F29898AEE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HF8DF2041E78740DB9E5FB8BF447CB488"><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="H38ECFE2D6C0D4165934ECE5145B2B301"><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="HA2BE80A72E06436D836A54E512776B8C"><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="H0C426C9B60C54921B6BD77B7CADF6D4C"><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="H6DD25342D96848EE9BA8E0C9B880F856"><enum>5104.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H6732926C441E46AAAE7668FB45BDB240"><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="H2D5768B4E2964C11B54B4F5898C33069"><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="H1257633BBA0A494FB9EA847853ECEEC7"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<subsection id="HD148F0636AFF48F599D67EED79D6A7A5"><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="H07BCCFE4FEFB466FA5162BF5401F63F2"><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="HBE3412FD5B0843E482619AAF93F9704F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header>
<subsection id="HD7ADC3B94C7F468FA0233E6C6AED3FD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Senate finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB6A82F969E4E41DFB98D4D2AA78C9C04"><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="H329DD3480BCE417E87189B6C409210CE"><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="H6DAB9684DE6E472BB25093858449B4ED"><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="HF2B70775F4BF43F992265CA166ADE2D5"><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="H0BF33824066E4E3A9B60C9DCA7DBD18A"><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="H3C2A517AC58F4F519E40A0A23EF6F27E"><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="H15148B3473844292971C1A13E5922B6F"><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.<pagebreak/></text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83BBA5971D184C9C9652F59AB44C8490"><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="H2AE8F9B34E434A85AF31E8F29DC8F676"><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>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.