1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education
Act
or the GIVE
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for 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; sense of Congress.
Sec. 1102. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle
B (Learn and Serve America)
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments.
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions and Campuses of
Service.
Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research.
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle
C (National Service Trust Program)
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on
Corporation costs.
Sec. 1302. Required and 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. Consideration of applications.
Sec. 1311. Description of participants.
Sec. 1312. Selection of national service
participants.
Sec. 1313. Terms of service.
Sec. 1314. 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 a national service
educational award from the Trust.
Sec. 1403. Determination of the amount of national service
educational awards.
Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards.
Sec. 1405. Process of approval of national service
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. Team leaders.
Sec. 1506. Training.
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions.
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members.
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre.
Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority.
Sec. 1511. Other departments.
Sec. 1512. Advisory Board.
Sec. 1513. Evaluation.
Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation.
Sec. 1515. Definitions.
Sec. 1516. Terminology.
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle
F (Administrative Provisions)
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds.
Sec. 1603. Notice, hearing, and grievance
procedures.
Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints.
Sec. 1605. State Commissions on National and Community
Service.
Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability.
Sec. 1607. Technical amendment.
Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools.
Sec. 1609. Rights of access, examination, and
copying.
Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions.
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. Delegation to States.
Sec. 1706. Chief financial officer compensation.
Sec. 1707. Nonvoting members; personal services
contracts.
Sec. 1708. Donated services.
Sec. 1709. Study to examine and increase service programs for
displaced workers.
Sec. 1710. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of a centralized
electronic citizenship verification system.
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle
H
Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle
H.
Sec. 1802. Repeals.
Sec. 1803. New Fellowships.
Sec. 1804. Innovative and model program support.
Sec. 1805. Clearinghouses.
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—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF
1973
Sec. 2001. References.
Subtitle A—Amendments to Title
I (National Volunteer Antipoverty
Programs)
Sec. 2101. Purpose.
Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program.
Sec. 2103. Applications.
Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance.
Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service.
Sec. 2106. Support Service.
Sec. 2107. Sections repealed.
Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment.
Sec. 2109. Financial assistance.
Subtitle B—Amendments to Title
II (National Senior Volunteer
Corps)
Sec. 2201. Change in name.
Sec. 2202. Purpose.
Sec. 2203. Grants and contracts for volunteer service
projects.
Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants.
Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants.
Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service
Corps.
Sec. 2207. Technical amendments.
Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 2209. Additional provisions.
Sec. 2210. Authority of Director.
Subtitle C—Amendments to Title
IV (Administration and
Coordination)
Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement.
Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures.
Sec. 2303. Definitions.
Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use.
Subtitle D—Amendments to Title
V (Authorization of
Appropriations)
Sec. 2401. Authorization of appropriations for VISTA and other
purposes.
Sec. 2402. Authorization of appropriations for National Senior
Service Corps.
Title III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS
Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978.
Title IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS
Sec. 4101. Table of contents for the National and Community
Service Act of 1990.
Title V—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 5101. Effective date.
Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements.
Title VI—Congressional Commission on Civic Service
Sec. 6101. Short title.
Sec. 6102. Findings.
Sec. 6103. Establishment.
Sec. 6104. Duties.
Sec. 6105. Membership.
Sec. 6106. Director and Staff of Commission; Experts and
Consultants.
Sec. 6107. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 6108. Reports.
Sec. 6109. Termination.
<enum>I</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990</header>
<section id="HA0428D1181934C5B95E373B64CC86045"><enum>1001.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a provision of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).</text>
</section><subtitle id="HB736EE0DCF264E21A8AEE2FF63CC5675"><enum>A</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>A</enum-in-header> (General Provisions)</header>
<section id="HB52C3F740C834325993E537770846A7A"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Purposes;
sense of Congress</header>
<subsection id="HCFB0113E47804C6DA4729C07ED6300AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FE93AE6BDB84B6FBBFC373E0E24899F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>community throughout</quote> and inserting <quote>community
and service throughout the varied and diverse communities of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41E149BB756B4460A66A06FC5302E292"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by inserting after <quote>income,</quote> the following: <quote>geographic
location,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEB97996DAC041BC971450F525FB9385"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by inserting after <quote>existing</quote> the following:
<quote>national</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EF005BF0B3447A0BF5FEAACC38AB542"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD675CC02D28947F3BE0A73EF02B1CBE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>programs and agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>programs, agencies,
and communities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6DEF976A1284C5984D84390E6013276"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H501AA110DD34496FB4A27C29A4C26B0C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFE2DBFDFA864E3394A54A9053F34CA1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H792BD7A1F55C43268600D59625477905" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3912FD0E11504566B164206375EED6B5"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognize and increase the impact of social
entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in addressing
national and local challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H048D60BDC63F4757812300818F6DA812"><enum>(10)</enum><text>increase public
and private investment in nonprofit community organizations that are
effectively addressing national and local challenges and to encourage such
organizations to replicate and expand successful initiatives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1226B86EE47C49F98185D2875299C100"><enum>(11)</enum><text>leverage Federal
investments to increase State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to
address national and local challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1C0D4E2DDE54A949CF11263D767394"><enum>(12)</enum><text>encourage national
service efforts to address pressing national challenges, such as improving
education for low-income students, increasing energy conservation, and
improving the health, well-being, and economic opportunities of the neediest
individuals in the Nation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0643CBDA1C624B0DAF3AAB9613D42B80"><enum>(13)</enum><text>expand and
strengthen service-learning programs through year-round opportunities,
including 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 to
children and youth throughout the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06EFA856A03442D5BFDE2EB8B907BAF1"><enum>(14)</enum><text>assist in
coordinating and strengthening Federal and other service opportunities,
including opportunities for participation in emergency and disaster
preparedness, relief, and recovery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H430A4F0DB15A446DA027F6A8510B3C67"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase service opportunities for our
Nation’s retiring professionals, including such opportunities for those
retiring from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professions
to improve the education of our Nation’s youth and keep America competitive in
the global knowledge economy, and to further utilize the experience, knowledge,
and skills of older Americans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6C691A4DCBE4F7EA9CAA18DF4C3354A"><enum>(16)</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 id="HE162C768C99D4FA7B62628A16EE2F29"><enum>(17)</enum><text>support
institutions of higher education that engage students in community service
activities, provide service-learning courses, and encourage or assist graduates
to pursue careers in public service in the nonprofit or government sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86DD2064CF554B269AC52D2601EB7A32"><enum>(18)</enum><text>encourage members
of the Baby Boom generation to partake in service
opportunities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3ED5E8246D16429FAAE56B9CEDC3A50E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>The Act is amended by inserting after section 2 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF077FA30067A458482D8E2464B32CBDF" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HCA12878EFA334640AD759896CCCC8EEA"><enum>3.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the number of participants in the programs authorized under
subtitle C, including the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the
National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow to reach 250,000
participants by
2014.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBCB464A182C849F6AFC8EC71A848065D"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H47F12F7A52DB4FB3854DA28F30B2763D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
redesignating—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1336EE72ED3046AA98B4A242AE023AD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraphs (21)
through (29) as paragraphs (28) through (36), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5219E982A2654410AFA804CA0034DF6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>paragraphs (9)
through (20) as paragraphs (15) through (26), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3A6843803A4449289D7C07BA3E2507E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>paragraphs (7) and
(8) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD48EB3B7E7D4B2DB440127BFF145161"><enum>(D)</enum><text>paragraphs (3)
through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09D9D887CC9F4079854A1B1F06F76675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCF45BB8F26949D498F53106CDDF9C28" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5DCDACCC627E47D989175432B254620E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>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 under 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="H1A9EDF662D034A8DB5B467BE5CB8BF2C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Baby Boom
generation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Baby Boom generation</term> means the generation that consists of
individuals born during the period beginning with 1946 and ending with
1964.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79C10D1F5D484505A0E609E81DF92750"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>described in section
122</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H973EDD26347E4F76AA64410FC1648327"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>church or other</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B803E38C10346AA91C174F5863328E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (8) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63B4092E92C04820935A08C7CF7E3057" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3634B906713843FE8CC2429A94FC4D27"><enum>(9)</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 one or more of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE4E56AF847247FAA43699D8373E8CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Who are
out-of-school youth, including out-of-school youth who are unemployed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE662223221E045CBA97B875208BAA147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Who are in or
aging out of foster care.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA53A62B22D5942C2B0458556322CE503"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Who have limited
English proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBFD6D5CE88547E18EE6CDA479C346E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Who are homeless
or who have run away from home.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA44C80F12E814022923F3B264BDC1306"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Who are at-risk to
leave school without a diploma.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H359950CA4A204B84A54F5932C7295223"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Who are former
juvenile offenders or at risk of delinquency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H644D3A8BD46540F696B72AC326E737E3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Who are
individuals with a disability.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA8C1C4970B94D7F8BD9DB5D842F4A21"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0C9F91A2C843008C5925BEC18EF88D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H71E7D9AEF7D94222A528574638060C24"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Community-based
organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>community-based organization</term> means a public or private nonprofit
organization that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE1B5B75A2454BFAB3E359E2074EF367"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has experience
with meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42A75A46111E4192800C285027DDE02F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets other such
criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA251B3FCC36640018AD2A32CAF2DA07B"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving
institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Hispanic-serving institution</term> has the meaning given such term in
section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7374D7FCFC6D4FF0A02170F74F46FC6B"><enum>(14)</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.
1101a(a)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3DB333052C54A2E80231D14EA6583BD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (19)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>section 101(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name></quote>
and inserting <quote>sections 101(a) and 102(a)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE181DFB9FE9438E90EEBCA113D90CD1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph
(23)(B) (as so redesignated), 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
enrolled in an approved national service position</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39F7AC6AD584461F91FBC3A303908B3A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (26) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0453302AE3A74C5EAD2D6ED9A73CC91A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H11D3D480AF5E481B9A008755AE4B4430"><enum>(27)</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><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6A09E015A6642D89FF16402FBF02BCF"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (28)(B) (as so
redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C260D35C5B6489EAD2C552B89BB18F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>602</quote> and inserting <quote>602(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BFCF1614DDC4F648BD2EA96E39CC36B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1401</quote> and inserting <quote>1401(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H864C7F30AE5247799374E60D36C81922"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDDBA88944C3483DBF6E4975C615E9CE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9895400935234788A2637C68A69FBA07"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Predominantly
Black Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>predominantly black institution</term> has the meaning given such term in
section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01DC92DEDA2C41E7BAD79CF913D9DC"><enum>(38)</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 College or University Assistance Act of
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98BA23F6420043A7BCC5F7A808848764"><enum>(39)</enum><header>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 id="H7CE2C618171F4FF5BBABEFF23862F26A"><enum>(40)</enum><header>Veteran</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>veteran</term> means any
individual who has engaged in the active duty in the United States Army, Navy,
Air Force, or Coast Guard and was released under a condition other than
dishonorable.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBD1C65FCD9DA45F68D8A650C1F94A573"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>B</enum-in-header> (Learn and Serve America)</header>
<section commented="no" id="HA064C74C12E84E6BA650E0A9AC2FDA56"><enum>1201.</enum><header>School-based
allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part I of subtitle
B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1403B6C566F84B7F9DA8BC8DB9DCEEE4" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="H5A3F8EA45B51478180D0F7257E13D1C0"><enum>I</enum><header>PROGRAMS FOR
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS</header>
<section commented="no" id="HAE8D0D8E0BC546B5A0CEA1437702CEBF"><enum>111.</enum><header>Assistance to
States, Territories, and Indian tribes</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA911D702B604438FA9817B2D988F3C35"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">School-based service learning programs
promote service-learning as a strategy to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H58B6C5D024014C22BEA316D22374DE59"><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="H3B46D01B0FD04031AFA5B848CC648AFB"><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></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4AD78A63E46444B89735CFFD4D42F5D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments to
States, Territories, and Indian Tribes</header><text>The Corporation, in
consultation with the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State
educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal
share of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H82B1CDA82FAB4A64A879554A6A00DA44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>planning and
building the capacity within the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement
service-learning programs that are based principally in elementary and
secondary schools, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDCFE9F2866DE4061A37B164D5EEFC612"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing training
for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based agencies
(particularly with regard to the recruitment, utilization, and management of
participants), and trainers, to be conducted by qualified individuals or
organizations that have experience with service-learning;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H19611A570EF9426B983D02F1D8835EE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing
service-learning curricula, consistent with State or local academic content
standards, to be integrated into academic programs, including an
age-appropriate learning component that provides participants an opportunity to
analyze and apply their service experiences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F4B73FAE1824DD8A45E4C2E8034E9FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>forming local
partnerships described in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based
service-learning programs in accordance with this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1384CB56FE164069983521B993521FB0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>devising
appropriate methods for research and evaluation of the educational value of
service-learning and the effect of service-learning activities on
communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40F1A96E82AE4731899D68C1EC30241B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establishing
effective outreach and dissemination of information to ensure the broadest
possible involvement of community-based agencies with demonstrated
effectiveness in working with school-age youth in their communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC1ACA973C9F24D6CBAB3EE3289C1A6C7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing effective outreach and
dissemination of information to ensure the broadest possible participation of
schools throughout the State, with particular attention to schools identified
for school improvement under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H234953D6D6D645BA9DBBF43296E8A199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing,
operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs, which may
include paying for the cost of the recruitment, training, supervision,
placement, salaries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, through
distribution of Federal funds by State educational agencies, Territories, and
Indian tribes made available under this part to projects operated by local
partnerships among—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5AFAF62166AE40678A6F3B615F409F5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H21D60DA7050444C0B534D444A9D1F8E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more
community partners that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDA36C8CFA81A4921A90B809169F19914"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include a
public or private nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HDA789E0563BB4F978A56AC68E8F977A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a demonstrated
expertise in the provision of services to meet unmet human, education,
environmental, or public safety needs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2AB689149A7A4C21B5763E692249E918"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will make
projects available for participants, who shall be students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H38E25C918F164696B6C04E6A4E3C1154"><enum>(III)</enum><text>was in existence
at least 1 year before the date on which the organization submitted an
application under section 113; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF65173C46BC5436AA334B9D0175F892D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include a
private for-profit business, private elementary or secondary school, or Indian
tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds to a project under this
paragraph is not eligible to be part of the partnership operating that
project);</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCBB45FE55430461FABF7646BE8A4DBCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planning of school-based service-learning
programs, through distribution by State educational agencies, Territories, and
Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to local
educational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning may include paying for
the cost of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B119FBE928C4078A14FF13B8C91318C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the salaries and
benefits of service-learning coordinators; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6D6B01E10554CE98DB2DB90A4EEB08F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recruitment, training, supervision, and
placement of service-learning coordinators who may be participants in a program
under subtitle C or receive a national service educational award under subtitle
D, who may be participants in a project under section 201 of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a
Youthbuild program under section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(29 U.S.C. 2918a),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">who will identify the community
partners described in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and
implementation of a program described in paragraph (2);</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEABE257EED074B55BBF7668D960B76E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing, operating, or expanding
school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in
service-learning to improve the education of students, through distribution by
State educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal funds
made available under this part to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E02B6D125AE41A6B42B5F507C30851C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>local educational
agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE841C3A99E5B42EF81A9AD689502DE46"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe
distributing funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be a recipient of
those funds);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H68E2C193509A4D6CB0AC64FCE642F3A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public or private
nonprofit organizations; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H59C8EAB69E8648E4ADA5A790215AC1CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>partnerships or
combinations of local educational agencies and entities described in
subparagraph (B) or (C); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6923DBAA1FB04CEA8D8BC7FB5CEE007B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>developing civic
engagement programs that promote a better understanding of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EDB3FAE56784EE2889951D939FA6041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the principles of
the Constitution, the heroes of American history (including military heroes),
and the meaning of the Oath of Allegiance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C23ABFA672946CD9997D82433FEBA58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote a better
understanding of how the Nation’s government functions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H622AD831B261475E89862641A800FE11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>promote a better
understanding of the importance of service in the Nation’s character.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7C6A23D084A9423F8AE7687FB40714B4"><enum>(c)</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 that may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93EDDA2ED6CC47488F4FED601CBBE8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification and dissemination of
research findings on service-learning and scientifically valid research based
practices; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6304D3CDBC7E4FA79573DCC159A11959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Provision of
professional development opportunities that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F016982444A4BA9A80CC5714F1AD117"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the
quality of service-learning instruction and delivery for teachers both
pre-service and in-service, personnel from community-based agencies and youth
workers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29ADDCE1BD3E43478CF71DA1352E818E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create and sustain
effective partnerships between local education agencies, community-based
organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4040886B72454C2D85B23CC475F8F53A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of
Service-Learning Coordinator</header><text>A service-learning coordinator
referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) shall provide services
that may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H06D295C3B6B545258AD9F605802BD56B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance and information to, and facilitating the training of,
teachers and assisting in the planning, development, execution, and evaluation
of service-learning in their classrooms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF8F46C8342EB4E3698581C51D547C226"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting local partnerships described in
subsection (b) in the planning, development, and execution of service-learning
projects, including summer of service programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H82DDF790C0C44F3F9F3949D86CE627C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carrying out such
other duties as the recipient of assistance under this part may determine to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H550917DB03B540AA8F7BC83EFA7D914D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Related
Expenses</header><text>An entity that receives financial assistance under this
part may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (b), 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></section><section commented="no" id="H3E567D4ABDF0466CB18522EEB889398E"><enum>112.</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H42A324F0FED644298D6B7C392699139A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Indian Tribes
and Territories</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this
part for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less
than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective
needs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF2CDAB78F2964B8F9EAFBB7A8B9ECDA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments
Through States</header><text>After reserving the amount under subsection (a),
the Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out
this part for any fiscal year as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H65DD8DC030EA4B508C90C4977936B4D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA5FE9D971D646D9923138155C31901B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>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 of all States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H61E4298EAABD404C84DE6BF7E1B6CC18"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation 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. 6311 et seq.) or its successor authority bears to
such allocations to all States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7E237385F98D4D1980FE2A229EE065E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 101, for purposes of this subsection, the term <term>State</term> means
each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA708576AC2154C158411E3039B6E0C4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 organization
to carry out service-learning programs as described in section 111(b) in such
State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After community-based organizations apply
for the allotment with 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><subsection commented="no" id="H004D8FF988F64B9D9EA29269784D8230"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text>For any fiscal year for which amounts appropriated for
this part exceed $50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as defined
in subsection (b)(2)) under this section shall be $65,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H136DB88E7094427FB756DEDC8F5DD127"><enum>113.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7DE0438FE60B45DAA18126175F7DCA30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to
receive an allotment under section 112, a State, acting through the State
educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare, submit to the
Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such time and in such
manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H134D28879FF74FCB9A66F72343065382"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application for an allotment under this
part shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H34D0577BF32B46EDA6BBE59D5618B5E4"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26BB988263B743B7ADF188BD6A762A38"><enum>(2)</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 (c), including an assurance
that the State educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe will comply with
the requirement in section 114(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCAE979470486465B8F2A061A587C1BB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assurances about
the applicant’s efforts to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H10EA3FF2D2C04FA5BDC356A74C4FED2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that
students of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and
economic backgrounds have opportunities to serve together;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6A2ED7073CBD4B488C4D82C2890521F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include any
opportunities for students enrolled in schools or other 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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H402121C22D7E4EEA989601872B8F55D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>involve
participants in the design and operation of the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40941BDF378A40DAADF75ACBEC8FBFA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promote
service-learning in areas of greatest need, including low-income or rural
areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5255C83F0E9D48E687FEF5D86B9F2C50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>otherwise
integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6D106F8D17E49569AB18E505C93F4F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assurances that
the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement
requirements of section 177 and the grievance procedures required by section
176.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD22B2FBBB0AF4C3CA6210F32F8BA5913"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application to
State, Territory, or Indian tribe To receive assistance To carry out
school-based service-learning programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCF784B248D054F0887A88971CA7DB566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H01827CCA05344307918C8317D903AA6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified organization, Indian tribe,
Territory, local educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary,
middle, 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 111(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H48860DB4404C4891A25A9D1856A46646"><enum>(B)</enum><text>partnership
described in section 111(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance from a
State, Territory, or Indian tribe or community-based organization described in
section 111(a)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0AC09E89EF242CD98BB883EA9AF791B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity described
in section 111(a)(3) that desires to receive such assistance from a State,
Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1911A11F6B144E18B0876C7998CF3EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>partnership
described in section 111(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="H3E57571008D7479EA7699C07997C1170"><enum>(E)</enum><text>agency or
partnership described in section 119(c)(8) that desires to receive such
assistance, or approved summer of service positions, from a State, Territory,
or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section to be carried out
through a service-learning program described in section 111,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall prepare, submit to the State
educational agency, Territory, community-based organization, or Indian tribe,
and obtain approval of, an application for the program.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0C8BB2C77EE14CD898E723A3D5F37CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Such
application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall
contain such information, as the agency, Territory, Indian tribe, or entity may
reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3350E44219AD44BEB1F4002869CBF698"><enum>114.</enum><header>Consideration
of applications</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9855FF01F1CC4CCC9499616EF39683E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering competitive applications
under this part, the Corporation shall give priority to innovation,
sustainability, capacity building, involvement of disadvantaged youth, and
quality of programs, as well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive
Officer.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H040EA2FE63A8488B866F3AC9C1029A2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rejection of
applications</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 re-submission process. The Corporation shall
promptly reconsider such resubmitted application.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3D590589FBBA40FFB8B6DADE1D00AD58"><enum>115.</enum><header>Participation
of students and teachers from private schools</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H05EC6A8A9A8C4413B14AB0E94DA434E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>To the extent consistent with the number of students in
the State, Territory, or Indian tribe or in the school district of the local
educational agency involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary
and secondary schools, such State, Territory, Indian tribe, or agency shall
(after consultation with appropriate private school representatives) make
provision—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA82709E2AC7A4EA68E8255728BDCDFAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the inclusion
of services and arrangements for the benefit of such students so as to allow
for the equitable participation of such students in the programs implemented to
carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H616BB318B30E47C9B32DA2318F4CAD01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the training
of the teachers of such students so as to allow for the equitable participation
of such teachers in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and
provide the benefits described in this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H80F8DFCE2547491BA9D74C90F4BE8D8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>If
a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency is prohibited by
law from providing for the participation of students or teachers from private
nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation
determines that a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency
substantially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an
equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such requirements and
shall arrange for the provision of services to such students and teachers. Such
waivers shall be subject to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7883 and
7884).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H92BD18486908432E89EDD88770FA7187"><enum>116.</enum><header>Federal, State,
and local contributions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC3AC20C9867545078F6E477BAA578A46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal
Share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H86EF9B93B194406F84C504AC06160660"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program
for which assistance is provided under this part—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H37683F5A695A4ED5926A49FBF770EA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for new grants,
may not exceed 80 percent of the total cost for the first year of the grant, 65
percent for the second year, and 50 percent for each remaining year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC2B88DBAD0E64267AED9083A86EF2EF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for continuing
grants, may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA53368731918409A86C5E80A981434FC"><enum>(2)</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 assistance under this
part—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC4DD80B9679E40CEBF76043E8186F3AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide for
such share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
facilities, equipment, or services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA98C313D682A46E5AF9C6ED647D96194"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may provide for
such share through State sources or local sources, including private funds or
donated services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9E5BA1E7DB0A4652B6BBEE168C035F13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole
or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year if the
Corporation determines that such action would be equitable due to lack of
resources at the local level.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HCB47FB68F4494F29B6772CA0EC98E041"><enum>117.</enum><header>Limitations on
uses of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not more than 6
percent of the amount of assistance received by an applicant in a fiscal year
may be used to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may
issue, for administrative costs, incurred by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C488345705B4C89A0DE117DE12DB12B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the original
recipient; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H821C65855A7946E79B0A7C895274BA26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the entity
carrying out the service-learning program supported with the
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H2680BD2F8B5A4394B4BF77604187249F"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Higher
education provisions and Campuses of Service</header>
<subsection id="H0C29D8A81DCE47F79F7908F50C9627AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Higher
Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119 (42
U.S.C. 12561) is redesignated as section 118 and amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H46277830A57F4E91838AAF5F13D5EBBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting after
<quote>community service programs</quote> the following: <quote>through
service-learning</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H323BDB99EA884310A39E71755E43A7B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3093295C4B4549F78A80F137D27942D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>combination</quote> and inserting
<quote>consortia</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C0B9C77EB524071953DCAD3AF6F844E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H088AE910A9854391A891263C4DAC2D18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H41684DCB9FBD44D5B564EE384818E571"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0FC3EECF839E40EF955E872549D0E04B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9C6A1BC21DE404091E615A4B08A8B26" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2EE2D36D806E4264A9A6DB88DCA6A44F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may coordinate with service-learning
curricula being offered in the academic curricula at the institution of higher
education or at one or more members of the
consortia;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6EBCC64822DF43B0A1A087FFEA6E7653"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H862A3A243C7F4921A854B0F84C06D41F"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H00A4A37E01A849BBB37317E68D6A244E"><enum>(B)</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
service-learning at the elementary and secondary levels;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE55A35BC69D345998C7C204F485655C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H80FC90414B7948B99101B914CDEEC88B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB816BDCB345A493BB017AB3DA42601FF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DD3FBD8F56B4510AA060F8F52992572"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">including service-learning as a key
component of the health professionals curricula, including nursing,
pre-medicine, medicine, and dentistry curricula of the institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9245F36C5B74E99BFA568CAEE1C443F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">including service-learning as a key
component of the criminal justice professionals curricula of the
institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD83B5973201418B82807C4FE3D2BFB5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>including
service-learning as a key component of the public policy and public
administration curricula of the institution;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD92D8DCD5351413D8315C7162B8D991F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C6BC1F2EA014424A1C1D8916B7D8F22"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC112933AC8D465FB86A9B732A60A175"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7F63D86C37EE4F0B9C2FDA60EBA1AC6E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H058BF74E8AA5499D9140C715A6A285A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent
practicable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications
submitted by predominantly Black institutions, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities,
and community colleges serving predominantly minority populations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4390B97BDC8A4BE3B14B19F50BF07688"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal, State,
and Local Contributions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB58175193A58465F8DD686A9576C82EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2637BAEB181E4DFC9AC40557C11C75A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the cost of carrying out a program for which assistance is provided under this
part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7FFAA3E2488548848E70DC957ADEED73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-federal
contribution</header><text>In providing for the remaining share of the cost of
carrying out such a program, each recipient of a grant under this part—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD3AFBA5909A34C00A3CDD6FA50BD7F40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall provide for
such share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
facilities, equipment, or services; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC4A48813F68E472A83825E86CDDB2940"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may provide for such share through State
sources or local sources, including private funds or donated services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H84DCDEF791DC4363BCE593E99B79BF86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or
in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation
determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available
financial resources at the local level.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H398104E0FAD2461582A7BCCBBAF619E0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application for
Grant</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD2816B44182D460D9E621E7780707F72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>To
receive a grant or enter into a contract under this part, an applicant shall
prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as
the Corporation may reasonably require. In requesting applications for
assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such required
information and assurances.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF14EF450855C46A08AB38DA12C643D95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4DACE3E5CFCA433DADCDE02F248A728D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assurances
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE37A533DA81E4A36918A93E48D907357"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prior to the
placement of a participant, the applicant will consult with the appropriate
local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area who are
engaged in the same or similar work as that proposed to be carried out by such
program, to prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such employees;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE5F2374FACC740E7BF21E4B6AAD56515"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicant
will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section
177 and the grievance procedures required by section 176; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8870C37F5EFF412C896E3A3AC7E5A7DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
assurances as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H300A825EEFB14C92BFF0E91309C02748"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation
shall give priority to applicants or institutions that submit applications
containing proposals that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5014591D99E34AEFB6F086ACDDAE6DB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrate the
commitment of the institution of higher education, other than by demonstrating
the commitment of the students, to supporting the community service projects
carried out under the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEF752E4A00BA4D46A5C239B8DB3F08FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specify the manner
in which the institution will promote faculty, administration, and staff
participation in the community service projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF2F8C52594F34945AED99F88DAAF645E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specify the manner
in which the institution will provide service to the community through
organized programs, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for
students in professional schools and colleges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFD6D5569816F438495F833F6BCA2BEC3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe any
partnership that will participate in the community service projects, such as a
partnership comprised of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5BB4464DFF3E473D8533848AAFA1B860"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1E838A4B547428C9CEE4FCB4E54D953"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H30FCDF0E196B494E815A83084AA9DBCE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a community-based
agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0031AA22A8E844EAABB1CB645B42E1CB" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a local government agency;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H55B1B648F52A49DC84276A10038AE878" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a non-profit entity that serves
or involves school-age youth, older adults, or low-income communities;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A851CAFC2BC4F54B0E620902DE97B95"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC76BC213402E44D08E98DA2E5618142E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a student
organization;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAA345A6B7D184693B4453E396CA868D5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a department of the institution;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H744417A2FD5E48469499B62C97021166" 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 commented="no" id="H2414A84DC2F042DAA0350796E1F94611"><enum>(5)</enum><text>demonstrate
community involvement in the development of the proposal and the extent to
which the proposal will contribute to the goals of its community
partners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H59F551E4B33B420487FBB75D242004D6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>describe research
on effective strategies and methods to improve service utilized in the design
of the project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD9476AB9AF540DA9B3A6B5C8960A050"><enum>(7)</enum><text>demonstrate a
commitment to perform service projects in underserved urban and rural
communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB239C58A8A741E59DC5B53EBC2F8ABC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>specify that the
institution will use such assistance to strengthen the service infrastructure
in institutions of higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H86B7DF5C698441EA9B485BED2018E16A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>with respect to
projects involving delivery of services, specify projects that involve
leadership development of school aged youth; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC56805CC0C6F46EEB032B88CCE2AC77F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>describe how
service projects and activities are associated with such ideas as housing,
economic development, infrastructure, health care, job training, education,
crime prevention, urban planning, transportation technology, and child
welfare.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3B4DC2C7F78945DCB42177405329E784"><enum>(g)</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><subsection commented="no" id="HE39DF77B31A346F1954BB2B68E29C947"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal
Work-Study</header><text>To be eligible for assistance under this part, an
institution of higher education must demonstrate that it meets the minimum
requirements under section 443(b)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
2753(b)(2)) relating to the participation of Federal Work-Study students in
community service activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements
from the Secretary of
Education.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE2C081D40B7743B3AABF1A8219B6FB97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Campuses of
Service</header><text>Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 118 (as
redesignated by subsection (a)) at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AFF57D7BC20462CB6C43FD5EF8E9746" style="OLC">
<section id="H70DA0C89F3914D7DB6ABF0D7940F75E8"><enum>119.</enum><header>Campuses of
Service</header>
<subsection id="HEDE1233B92ED486481FC5CECEC82B471"><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="HBF081124AB224D77AC7374AEFD593B05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications for
Nomination</header>
<paragraph id="H7E47179288934252AA66F4C9952E368D"><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="HCEB1DC11EB78477790F38445568DF80E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At
a minimum, the application shall include information specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF69A3BA6EF2740BCB6586BB90F539E9A"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H19F21A6FBF1647EF82D396D443DDB858"><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="HFB148DB112C547F3BED9704AA03EE937" 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="HF275F9DFFC814A63A392AA902DEB2A45"><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="HFFEE7F8C692C4DFBA2D36F88D5261648"><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="H30CDA146913E4B3F869ED8BBCB7ED6D6"><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="HD5655F46B62244D7B01E432B6A045063"><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="HCBF0BA998086467EA339C992E69E44D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nominations and
Designation</header>
<paragraph id="H2C490346067743EB9D442190835BD6F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nomination</header>
<subparagraph id="H08A1CF216F404773AF80C532CC317B1B"><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="HB0C1B61F5AA24155A8DF72B27B553520"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than one
4-year public institution of higher education;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD87C829ECEBA46DE93537226C205E693"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than one
4-year private institution of higher education; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CB70493D47E4E888ACFB06D981949A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not more than
one 2-year institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6384C30C0FC4BC0B75FADEE29150663"><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="HDB1557253CFD4B7DB96BF1F9FEC7B671"><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="HB83A8333D1C042BBA417ED4AFF00A988"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards</header>
<paragraph id="HDF42900ACB704596A1CDB21BC9E3CCE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Using sums appropriated under section 501(a)(1)(D), the
Corporation shall provide an award to institutions designated under subsection
(c), to be used by the institutions to develop or disseminate service-learning
models and best practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of
higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8221F7C2345A43E1867A8851D71CB530"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plans</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
encourage or assist those students to pursue public service careers in the
nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5769ADAD4A249BBA9B0CE6150D56679"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The
Corporation shall determine how the funds appropriated under section
501(a)(1)(D) 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, and 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><subsection id="H46C69D9CF78C493B811F828234DE07D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 501(a)(1) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 111(d), is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D880281A064462B8D91B3DB2B50E91C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>subpart B of part I</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpart B of part I and part III</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8871321790AC4F239E521F0F43AA954F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C165D4837754E76BEC918CB7951B586" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3F6B176AEAC043CA893BBB634B388FF2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Part
III</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part III of subtitle B of title I $$7,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H68C3BAD9950E4436A8B99E259742F9C2"><enum>1203.</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.) is further amended by adding after part
II the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFD6E03A098494AA0AD01B44902C353A5" style="OLC">
<part id="H8D87F2DE3E0A4398A62B539EDB61BC2A"><enum>III</enum><header>INNOVATIVE
SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH</header>
<section id="H2ADB6D76788646309ED49AFE78461C70"><enum>120.</enum><header>Innovative
demonstration service-learning programs and research</header>
<subsection id="H00E09A9005CB404C9EF333F5EA8EBDE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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 and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(k)) with
eligible entities for activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85E1DFCEB5334A699E18503B08B3BD02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this part, the following
definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HC1B3890F8E50452CA699DC723EFA0BE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible entity</term> means a State education agency, a State
Commission, a Territory, an Indian tribe, an institution of higher education,
or a public or private nonprofit organization (including community-based
organizations), a public or private elementary or secondary school, a local
educational agency, or a consortia of such entities, where a consortia of two
or more such entities may also include a for-profit organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12C48A7A7B0841AD9C9C8568CC0E8F15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Youth Engagement
Zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>youth
engagement zone</term> means the area in which a youth engagement zone program
is carried out.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B23221E7AD4C0295E0DD571EAFC517"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Youth Engagement
Zone Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>youth engagement zone program</term> means a service learning program in
which members of an eligible partnership described in paragraph (4) collaborate
to provide coordinated school-based or community-based service learning
opportunities, to address a specific community challenge, for an increasing
percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary school students served by local
educational agencies where—</text>
<subparagraph id="H01B0B8486D734437BE331C4800BC7234"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 90
percent of the students participate in service-learning activities as part of
the program; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC23A4485BCA64778BF0734899934EC66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>service-learning
is a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by
the local educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H606CBDAA409D4E96B39FAF6D9BBCAA9A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible
Partnership</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB386EDD7F18B40ED84238A308711C827"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term ‘eligible partnership’ means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA8DC66E4F5B24D669BDA4F5D291B0173"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one or more
community-based agencies that have demonstrated records of success in carrying
out service-learning programs with disadvantaged students, and that meet such
criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish; in combination
with</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4CF9896C3D0C4424A0348553B84E4A5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H295E3F779DEA4F179E7D2DA97DA8D2A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one or more local educational agencies for
which—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H9FADE3205EF64BCE9525899BDFE6EAD6" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a high number or percentage of the
students served by the agency, as determined by the Corporation, are
disadvantaged students; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H42486551DA7F4847A2AF4AC0FEC66B6F" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the graduation rate for the secondary
school students served by the agency is less than 70 percent;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H48D6AC5B416444E2A248ED597B28FD58" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State Commission; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3C38FA2171884FA2ABF8D3B200F4E3CB" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State educational agency.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H16E94D9FD93E4F5B9079DC3E314C3D45"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
entities</header><text>An eligible partnership may also include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0EC1485461D94CD39F22F7E69EC59B38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a local government
agency that is not described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD5F31D57953C410C9D54A0A60A22CC7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the office of the
chief executive officer of a unit of general local government; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4A2160EA53374DC0A748B6FF5380B23C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an institution
of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A5F58BB7CFC4C9184D2D1E2530DA1C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>Funds under this part may be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="H13D5F597DB414DB4B065EAA859A49917"><enum>(1)</enum><text>integrate
service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, secondary, or post-secondary,
and post-baccalaureate levels in coordination with practicing or retired STEM
professionals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H423B113B4B2B47E1B1CF71C3997BAAFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>involve students
in service-learning programs focusing on energy conservation in their
community, including conducting educational outreach on energy conservation and
working to improve energy efficiency in low income housing and in public
spaces;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H830FE35797B44B35A91FB1068D131A35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>involve students
in service-learning projects in emergency and disaster preparedness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86759B14426B4CC88DA2566F84EC5685"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve students in service-learning
projects aimed at improving access to and obtaining benefits from computers and
other emerging technologies, including improving such access to individuals
with disabilities, in low income or rural communities, in senior centers and
communities, in schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAF985B677BB4391AF21F53B80383802"><enum>(5)</enum><text>involve high
school age youth in the mentoring of middle school youth while involving all
participants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet human, educational,
environmental, public safety, or emergency disaster preparedness needs in their
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56EA3A606D8948CA9E4CCE6487573B81"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and evaluations on
service-learning, including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate
such research and evaluations widely;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAFEA499CC47443993FB83ADEFFC6C8F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>conduct innovative
and creative activities as described in section 111(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7884C9617E944F2B78E105D2BF188C8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>establish or
implement summer of service programs during the summer months, including the
cost of recruitment, training, and placement of service-learning
coordinators—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34CB2B9A204C4594874693B13A99365A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for youth who will
be enrolled in any grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the end of the summer
concerned;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246EA3FE5A494E10866074AEC2000278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for
community-based service-learning projects that—</text>
<clause id="HE18B3DB059144FE2AE6727C83021E11A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<subclause id="H5D784113492A4FFD8AF03816C0C7C866"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet unmet human,
educational, environmental (including energy conservation and stewardship),
emergency and disaster preparedness, and public service needs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE77BFEF6E73C4471846ABBAB06585F16"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be intensive,
structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to
the community; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD6ED7583363B4159BC487E6EBDDA046D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include the
extension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer
months;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25BE47FDEE05444DB82416AE911D3122"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under which any
student who completes 100 hours of service in an approved summer of service
position, as certified through a process determined by the Corporation through
regulations consistent with section 138(f), shall be eligible for a summer of
service educational award of not more than $500 (or, at the discretion of the
Chief Executive Officer, not more than $1,000 in the case of a participant who
is economically disadvantaged) from funds deposited in the National Service
Trust and distributed by the Corporation as described in section 148;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3480711040FE49C6842B82F0C8CDB804"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subject to the
limitation that a student may not receive more than 2 summer of service
educational awards from funds deposited in the National Service Trust;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BD87D1D76594BB2BD92C2A85F0F9F9A"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish or implement youth engagement
zone service learning programs in youth engagement zones for students in
secondary school served by local educational agencies where a majority of such
students do not participate in service learning activities carried out by
eligible partnerships as defined in paragraph (4) that are designed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D3DAC7797684D16A05D83539C5F865E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involve all
students in secondary school in the local educational agency in
service-learning to address a specific community challenge;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC1791A6F15846788E32BA39B70D3894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve student
engagement, including student attendance and student behavior, and student
achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates in secondary
schools;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B9467DFD5E54CB289D15D19BA76F38E"><enum>(C)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0975FFA12254A62A5B4C96520467285"><enum>(D)</enum><text>encourage
participants to engage in service throughout their lives; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA682182B4694B5DB7DF3F578721C737"><enum>(10)</enum><text>carry out any
other innovative service-learning programs or research that the Corporation
considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8357737908864C7FA36A285D7DD28E6E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Priority
shall be given to programs that—</text>
<paragraph id="H53F441DAC01C4B1FA76A6A6D0E6D0D4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve students
and community stakeholders in the design and implementation of the
service-learning program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF512CEAD8A134D8882635FFA36DE6BFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement
service-learning programs in low-income or rural communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H127577C161A04209AA2764D212573B78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilize adult
volunteers, including tapping the resource of retired and retiring adults, in
the planning and implementation of the service-learning programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAC057025A9F4AC69EFD4FB587E91FFD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4BE373FCC8E442FB27A8190CDF0D8BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Three-year
term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each program funded
under this part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including
one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1-year extension
possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance
with section 179(a) and any other criteria determined by the
Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H556D560BC1644614803BF32D1CB143EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration
encouraged</header><text>Each program funded under this part is encouraged to
collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the
National Senior Service Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6D54984F6C294C82B2DB8C6E149483F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the program, the
Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the program and widely
disseminate the results to the service community through multiple channels,
including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective
strategies and recommendations for improvement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H126274224A6A4B889DFE1C1ADCCDA7D4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H44423C00361B45A4AA974DE8331D2BA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program
for which a grant (that is not a fixed-amount grant as described in section
129(k)) is made under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of
the program in the first year of the grant and 50 percent of the total cost of
the program in the remaining years of the grant, including if the grant is
extended for a fourth year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA34D56161AC645FD88170052F5297925"><enum>(2)</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 under this part—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF20DE12E20404317B374C74867CBF2AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide for
such share through a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
facilities, equipment, or services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26D0A62C0F57455B8FB6AE239E261F45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may provide for
such share through State sources or local sources, including private funds or
donated services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H398D2CD728864B64AB153C6DBC2AECD4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to carry out a program under this part, an entity shall prepare,
submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such time
and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably
require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4EF1AB70262426981472F8DA500D72E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Fixed-amount
grants</header><text>For the purposes of this section and subject to the
limitation in section 129(k), the Corporation may award fixed-amount grants to
carry out a program under this part.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H68DFC5FFCAB140309E737552D0484F17"><enum>C</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>C</enum-in-header> (National Service Trust
Program)</header>
<section id="H8124B2D8F8F3481F944F8B2C121E05DD"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Prohibition on
grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBD0ABD590544BA893C35898CDA85671"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>subdivisions
of States,</quote> the following: <quote>Territories,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA48A0803B51D482BBA487D9EC26AF78E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B73FB732ABD43C7A3F4CDBE31F1796E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Agreements With
Federal Agencies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Restrictions on Agreements With Federal
Agencies</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DEEF5C8E77E4C54B5B81A4870381055"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H17DEB45952844330917E1F6F9CBE85D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a contract or cooperative agreement</quote> and inserting
<quote>an interagency agreement other than a grant</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3567A71C4E884C799AAA4270A72F4B62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or otherwise supported</quote> after <quote>program carried
out</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3565DC60F9A947BD84883EF32E801982"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>by the agency.</quote> and inserting <quote>by the agency,
including programs under the Public Lands Corps and Urban Youth Corps as
described in section 122(a)(2).</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE31AD333AC8E41C3927998F2FA12A940"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking the second sentence;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9284F05B9D9241C1BE0233CCE150EEA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD594CDD655F54558B62EF749B20995EA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC3ED17AB4D4C472F85B4D0EF7AA63794"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on
grants</header><text>The Corporation may not provide a grant under this section
to a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H369D373890EA4BD490505C0BE4721D27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>receiving assistance under this subsection</quote> and
inserting <quote>operating a national service program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7810943446994560B783F3CDF0D2CFC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(B), by striking <quote>to be provided</quote> and inserting <quote>to be
provided or otherwise approved</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE402AFB1B26043F3A9564729831FA871"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD04BD61645D4F029BEF097C043D544E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Five</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Six</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52046D93585A446486FE0EFBBF6C4A71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>6 percent</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86329334254947898F44F09EA37EA3C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2FDB644201049298C7694987BB997EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H9D43F6587DF0468F9597C5FC2368E0BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>section 140</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(2)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H851FE819908D4C0E8CB93A5EF7BEABDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Federal share of the cost</quote> and inserting <quote>Corporation share
of the cost, including member living allowances, employment-related taxes,
health care coverage, and worker's compensation and other necessary operation
costs,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H85185EC47FC84A97B1A5C08BFBBF6260"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>may not exceed 75 percent of such cost.</quote> and inserting
<quote>may not exceed—</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H62A0F972091C4CE7A165A7D821211987"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68A7D492B1FB44D1BA9E057BD5923C17" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H86A133E1A2764137B3B9BDE9824EAD4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the first 3 years in which the
recipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of such cost;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91FD5CBCFD7B4F3283EC4EF608D17FF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the fourth
through ninth years in which the recipient receives such assistance, a
decreasing share of such cost between 76 percent and 50 percent, as established
by the Corporation in regulation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00735A9CBDD949FE8FD5E7CAE98ECDFF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the tenth year
(and each year thereafter) in which the recipient receives such assistance, 50
percent of such
cost.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFF8EC1DE7904B6D803B23FB59B57BB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1F96199A73C482C9564849BBE29C947"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6F49A3EB77E4EEC9B752C935D13C291"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EA0B1932ACF4C6092C94923A1D39212" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H84F2A66C00B34DEBB6905EB41E9E6443"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative
Corporation share for programs in rural or severely economically distressed
communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon approval by
the Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, including member living
allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s
compensation, of carrying out a national service program that receives
assistance under subsection (a) and that is located in a rural or severely
economically distressed community may not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB261E2F1D7634AF39C2BFE60921455C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the first 6
years in which the recipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of such
cost;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD349A2501B64128B6FEA6D262F126BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the seventh
through ninth years in which the recipient receives such assistance, a
decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 65 percent as established by the
Corporation in regulation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE9D9F140F5D41459C606A4BCF81D415"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the tenth year
(and each year thereafter) in which the recipient receives such assistance, 65
percent of such cost.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B3F5063400942FBABC5F9AEE350A537"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18E4B79A916A4FB5832692EFED0D5814" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCA20662AAE1E48AEA342BCF3D4623480"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other Federal
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H6A5E5ACB99AD42178B44319A31132184"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Recipient
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient of
assistance under section 121 (other than a recipient of assistance of a
fixed-amount grant) shall report to the Corporation the amount and source of
any Federal funds used to carry out the program other than those provided by
the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86168F32E66B4ADDB6FB850DC1074D6E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Corporation
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
report to Congress on an annual basis information regarding each recipient
under subparagraph (A) that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the
Corporation to carry out the program, including amounts and sources of other
Federal
funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H7C958069C3334C8D82FBDAE27F472CAC"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Required and
eligible national service programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69923E1DCF64453E9DA94943536C46EE" style="OLC">
<section id="HEC51093780BA493BAA18F76F4923BC38"><enum>122.</enum><header>National
Service Programs Eligible for Program Assistance</header>
<subsection id="HA1E0E3355BCB49E0A1B7B1E8CB9BA9D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required
National Service Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal agency operating or
supporting a national service program under section 121(b) shall, directly or
through grants or subgrants to other entities, carry out or support the
following national service corps, as full- or part-time corps, including during
the summer months, to address unmet educational, health, veteran, or
environmental needs:</text>
<paragraph id="HDCE4B57B270C4DC49919476E14504972"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Education
Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Education Corps that
identifies unmet educational needs within communities through activities such
as those described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the performance
indicators under subparagraph (B).</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E7A81CBA0194FAD8B115607FD1F8167"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An
Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such
as—</text>
<clause id="H9DD0CD437F8A4382B8164837AC9330BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tutoring, or
providing other academic support to students;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA06A4ACA19214E6DAA3487105AD0F491"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>full-time
classroom instruction;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE1EAF454BD24D2BB91DDD6D7B2A243F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>mentoring
students, including adult or peer mentoring;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E741C668CC5495EA874B969BF0B9A43"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>linking needed
integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families,
and their public schools;</text>
</clause><clause id="H74358EE9D7864E6FAFE97F6CC4CF208C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>improving school
climate;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D031A456A7647CF9163AC36422A0679"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>providing
assistance to a school in expanding the school day by strengthening the quality
of staff and expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning
time initiative, a program of a 21st century community learning center (as
defined in section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7171), or a high-quality after-school program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC82046840884529A9416D631B8BB540"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting
schools and local educational agencies in improving and expanding high-quality
service-learning programs that keep students engaged in schools by providing
service-learning coordinators;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA108FE6739D4293B97493C263BA4AE6"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>assisting
students in being prepared for college-level work;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBEDAF02D631B4296A331D7C5B963CB13"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>involving family
members of students in supporting teachers and students;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2C0493A62104A2A9CDD96037AA335E3"><enum>(x)</enum><text>conducting a
pre-professional training program in which students enrolled in an institution
of higher education—</text>
<subclause id="H4E7FCC171EA846D0BE452BC6335D5DC1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>receive training
in specified fields, which may include classes containing service-learning,
including early childhood education, elementary and secondary education and
other professions such as those in health care, criminal justice, environmental
stewardship and conservation or public safety;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H863BABE52B864A5896C401CF1E3A7910"><enum>(II)</enum><text>perform service
related to such training outside the classroom during the school term and
during summer or other vacation periods; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6B685E39CFDD4731A0F03ECE1A8A087A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>agree to provide
service upon graduation to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs related to such training;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H49BCDAD940FC4C86814A2F5A4E984B7D"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
<subclause id="H7DD69AEAF4024CCD82EC696E58F72D65"><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>
</subclause><subclause id="HC38265C6D6E54D379172F6DDE5C0D80D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>teams composed of
such students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9E576F519FD94A048C42A594BFAB1AED"><enum>(III)</enum><text>teams composed
of a combination of such students and community residents; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5616FB7A382F449CB2E104668513A59B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>students
participating in service-learning programs at an institution of higher
education;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H33633DE058D047869125F749AC05282A"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program that provides specialized
training to individuals in service-learning and places the individuals after
such training in positions, including positions as service-learning
coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs eligible for funding
under part I of subtitle B; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB4DCCE862954FF48D5904D17DF91AF3"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>providing
education or job training services that are designed to meet the needs of rural
communities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DF7CB36001C4C1896841B7597510320"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Education Corps
indicators</header><text>The corps indicators for a corps described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="HEE3558E78B194D0F931425F8AC87BEAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student engagement, including student
attendance and student behavior;</text>
</clause><clause id="H21DD13AEECEF4955B9FA82B45B502786"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>student academic
achievement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E49058348A3431E85DFD2C1102402C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>high school
graduation rates;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A169F80F31C4F0FBF47915E8070B81E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>rate of college
enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school
diploma;</text>
</clause><clause id="H71D2102D94FC4192B1FF28A285FF2D8F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an
additional indicator relating to improving education for students that the
Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, establishes for a
given year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C8754B3104A491F88835E297E445F8D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a
local indicator (applicable to a particular eligible entity and on which an
improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving education for
students, proposed by that eligible entity in an application submitted to, and
approved by, a State Commission or the Corporation under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43DD2D5DE203498F86439F290F4ED48C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Healthy Futures
Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Healthy Futures Corps
that identifies unmet health needs within communities through activities such
as those described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the performance
indicators under subparagraph (B).</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4F9738BCDAC4229B7EB1B962BB8DBF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Healthy Futures Corps described in this
paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="H99CA02CC64C546F68684F1F1476C221B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting economically disadvantaged
individuals in navigating the health care system;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1120F1499894A638149CD04A9DC9EFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assisting
individuals in obtaining access to health care for themselves or their
children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H24EFE31567674E78B646553F1372887B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>educating
economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of
medically underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in
this clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health care system and
regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on
common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease
prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic,
geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;</text>
</clause><clause id="H904A683E1762408BA4AC45E851518841"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving health
literacy of patients;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CE4A26BCE3144B9982F2ACCF1C0246A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>providing
translation services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health care;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3BE1CB74A11489FB75A04415E3EDD26"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>providing
services designed to meet the needs of rural communities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H40575DB99EA945A6B531F6ECEC0BD9C2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>assisting in
health promotion interventions that improve health status, and helping people
adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve health
status.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEB2C934B566432190B3858955529D83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Healthy Futures
Corps indicators</header><text>The corps indicators for a corps described in
this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H4E4C27942DB044A5AE362CBA7BD79EC6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to health care among economically
disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically
underserved populations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF36B30C5933A4D10BA5358A0CBD72430"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>access to health
care for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are economically
disadvantaged children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H70532D64D00E47F9AE8CB7D14796CA55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>participation,
among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of
medically underserved populations, in disease prevention and health promotion
initiatives, particularly those with a focus on addressing common health
conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing health
disparities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4AD777DF896492EA2B57FEB4208F1BB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>health literacy
of patients;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB3CA40121A8445588BC1DC24D423E761"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an
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 with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, establishes for a given year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0ED30E1399C04FE9A501D8FFC7BFB17D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a
local indicator (applicable to a particular eligible entity 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, proposed by that eligible entity
in an application submitted to, and approved by, a State Commission or the
Corporation under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC93810FACA8F445989C898CF380C612E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clean Energy
Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Clean Energy Corps
that identifies unmet environmental needs within communities through activities
such as those described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the
performance indicators under subparagraph (B).</text>
<subparagraph id="H8791D067EBB14491A8A4959D315F7519"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>A
Clean Energy Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such
as—</text>
<clause id="HBEBD1BA542A9477AA3F1873F4871EFDF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">weatherizing and retrofitting housing units
for low-income households to significantly improve the energy efficiency and
reduce carbon emissions of such housing units;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1ED6A485ADF1435E9055F9BB6B93A6D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>building energy
efficient housing units in low-income communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C3F9EB1867248C8893653EA38CFBE47"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conducting
energy audits for low-income households and recommending ways for the
households to improve energy efficiency;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9A84DF5A0CE74DF2B36426C8FDC3E2DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the enhancement
of renewable energy production by facilitating the installation or repair of
renewable energy technologies;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD39C9126AACA4D96BA1CBCD2EE35DC51"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assisting in
emergency operations, such as disaster prevention and relief;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8434D2AFAA6C438E80C8F2C103CAEADE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the repair,
renovation, or rehabilitation of an existing infrastructure facility including,
but not limited to, rail, mass transportation, ports, inland navigation,
schools and hospitals;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9996590A0A84A759C6420D35FCB329C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>working with
schools and youth programs to educate students and youth about ways to reduce
home energy use and improve the environment, including conducting
service-learning projects to provide such education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H28248412D5F443D3B09C213D01960002"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>assisting in
the development of local recycling programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C963348632744C5BAA91F75AFD2E5A5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>improving
national and State parks, city parks, county parks, forest preserves, and
trails owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, including
planting trees, carrying out reforestation, and making trail enhancements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE96C27F0F514CCABF487FA0C3AE35D3"><enum>(x)</enum><text>cleaning and
improving rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAB056190E37408691312EB956FB2EC7"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>full-time,
year-round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps program, such as
a conservation corps or youth service corps (including youth corps programs
under subtitle I, the Public Lands Corps established under the Public Lands
Corps Act of 1993, the Urban Youth Corps established under section 106 of the
National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, and other conservation corps
or youth service corps that performs service on Federal or other public lands
or on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands), that—</text>
<subclause id="H6D011B3670554E048846A0B4D9C3FB23"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">undertakes meaningful service projects with
visible public benefits, including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining
natural resources, or improving human services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0BF02AA926F344DEBA21783650DA803B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes as participants youths and young
adults between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, and at least 50 percent of
whom are out-of-school youths and other disadvantaged youths (such as youths
with limited basic skills, youths in foster care who are becoming too old for
foster care, youths of limited-English proficiency, homeless youths, youths who
are individuals with disabilities), and youths who are economically
disadvantaged who are between those ages; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA7EF85230C6C49F1B1EF87EA0F7D0BB7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provides those
participants who are youths and young adults with—</text>
<item id="H7EE5C30C3B9045FBB88D57E01A04F241"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>crew-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="H794242B108A54FA9A693115650C9C2D3"><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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C129D007B1545C38DD8B9156DDADFEF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clean Energy
Corps indicators</header><text>The corps indicators for a corps described in
this paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H790DB2785F674D54B4228CCEA2C9A74B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of housing units of low-income
households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy
efficiency and reduce carbon emissions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A66BC7CC7A44DFD9F2044D683475FE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>annual energy
costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants
have provided service;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F0B675D6B844785A4F530966C1C900D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of
students and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and
environmentally conscious practices;</text>
</clause><clause id="H99CB1C71F92D4BF5BF448FCB153699D8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of
national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, forest preserves, or
trails or rivers owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, that
are cleaned or improved;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB48F1EAE1F184C58B8741E7B95787EE4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>another indicator
relating to clean energy that the Corporation, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of
Energy and the Department of Interior, as appropriate, establishes for a given
year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H83D3FC5A5AF049D19D2CB04AC460A5F5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>another indicator
relating to education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs that the
Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, establishes for a
given year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H777665BB8B6C4F78B2A1EADC234F923B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a local
indicator (applicable to a particular eligible entity and on which an
improvement in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, or education or
skill attainment for clean energy jobs, proposed by that eligible entity in an
application submitted to, and approved by, a State Commission or the
Corporation under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAE75AC760C848EDB8E26FF993F87947"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Veterans’
Corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Veterans’ Corps that
identifies unmet needs of veterans through activities such as those described
in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the performance indicators under
subparagraph (B).</text>
<subparagraph id="H7432C8010A914A638E9A2E3D7918B631"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Veterans’ Corps described in this
paragraph may carry out activities such as—</text>
<clause id="H18016E570AA642BD8274E4D7F33CE417"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting community-based efforts to meet
the unique needs of military families while a family member is deployed and
upon that family member’s return home;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA6C2244EA404946BB07070AA0C63FFF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recruiting
veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCC09811D84D45B19B036B7FB552494F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>working to
assist veterans in developing their educational opportunities, including
opportunities for professional certification;</text>
</clause><clause id="H95F81C049AD04172BCAFE69C0B9C7A7F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>promoting efforts
within the community to serve the needs of veterans and active duty military
members;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0F6E3BB735A4B5CB179410BA2E6D258"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assisting veterans
in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged students;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB371C9FF19BC4284A716B7FB9F1C3CB5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>developing
projects to assist disabled and older veterans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D09F224A87B438885D0F413A990919D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veterans’ Corps
indicators</header><text>The corps indicators for a corps described in this
paragraph are—</text>
<clause id="H56B829880B3041B6ABC4881331C6A28B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of housing units created for
veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC8BB18F7041542E2B185F4D0F6F34D5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
veterans who pursue educational opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDC4D10E74B648AFA596B49A2816FFCC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of
veterans receiving professional certification;</text>
</clause><clause id="H074A8CAE05BB4465AA7AA63DDAC51F6A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>outreach efforts
to service organizations serving the needs to veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="H469FFFF634EF4D289F756F8272285FF7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of
veterans engaged in service opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H866BBA77F176497FB059F68A38E94193"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the number of
military families assisted by organizations while the family member is deployed
and when the family member returns from deployment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE69CFF3FDCEC4A1CBF32C897C2B67F86"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the number of
economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with
veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA52533AA96714BF28206535EFDDF2641"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>projects
designed to meet identifiable public needs with a specific emphasis on projects
in support of veterans, especially disabled and older veterans;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A0A9D3DD32D4CFCBD9BE728741924DF"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>another indicator
relating to education or skill attainment that assists in providing veterans
with the skills to address identifiable public needs, that is approved by the
Corporation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5ED69A7BC1AF4E88969F5CF0E4C01411"><enum>(x)</enum><text>other additional
indicators that improve the lives of veterans and families of individuals
deployed in service, that the Corporation, in consultation with the Department
of Veterans Affairs, establishes for a given year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H432EB87655394B4A8ADA0950A0B8EFDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
Opportunity Corps Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of a grant under section
121(a) and each Federal agency operating or supporting a national service
program under section 121(b) shall, directly or through grants or subgrants to
other entities, carry out or support full- or part-time national service
programs, including summer programs, to address unmet community needs.</text>
<paragraph id="HCF6C064B69514D2B906FE50E4D305992"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
Programs</header><text>National service programs under this subsection shall be
known as <quote>Opportunity Corps</quote> and may include the following types
of national service programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B916C2EC0AD4A86B80864210FE3A289"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community corps program that meets unmet
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="H2117B5B059A949B48B2476C3E9E4B3B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A professional
corps program that recruits and places qualified participants in
positions—</text>
<clause id="H2038D0D9656C4387B227E7C208FF875E"><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 educational, human, environmental, or public safety needs in
communities with an inadequate number of such professionals;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD9B30D6C31F34542BE00F40B9857623F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that may include
a salary in excess of the maximum living allowance authorized in subsection
(a)(3) of section 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52BAF46A7E364FFCBF8B494D99A83FE0"><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="H1D6D80545C934BF49B1F2F71C9F0B443"><enum>(C)</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 the issues of
rural poverty, health care, education, and job training.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BAD9D06FBF54C8784FE65AEE73FBF2E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A program that
seeks to eliminate hunger in communities and rural areas through service in
projects—</text>
<clause id="H22798AA03423431E85CB4A667D2B79C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involving food
banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during
emergencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H69FFC202BFEA4896959ADFAE2612A5D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>involving the
gleaning of prepared and unprepared food that would otherwise be discarded as
unusable so that the usable portion of such food may be donated to food banks,
food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA7CBBE797AF140D7A876A14455467861"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>seeking to
address the long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of
appropriate services; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H11C2C755DDDB4F1B9252E7AE9D4D125C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>providing
training in basic health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate
hunger in communities and rural areas.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D66C88EA494890BA6EC631DF8764F3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An E-Corps program that involves
participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in
carrying out technology programs which seek to increase access to technology
and the benefits thereof in such community.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0574CB9FC09F45AC8DE4CAF39A1C404F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A program that
engages citizens in public safety, public health, and emergency and disaster
preparedness, and may include the recruitment and placing of qualified
participants in positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers,
firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical service
workers, and may engage Federal, State, and local stakeholders in collaboration
to organize more effective responses to issues of public safety and public
health, emergencies, and disasters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBAD892B89964F1D918751CF8B1B4C31"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A program,
initiative, or partnership that seeks to expand the number of mentors for
youths (including by recruiting high-school and college-aged individuals to
enter into mentoring relationships), including mentors for disadvantaged
youths, either through provision of direct mentoring services, provision of
supportive services to direct mentoring service organizations (in the case of a
partnership), or through the creative utilization of current and emerging
technologies to connect youth with mentors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA115BB25A32748AFA3C0032F61925FB1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A program that has
the primary purpose of re-engaging court-involved youth and adults with the
goal of reducing recidivism.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09B842BD693E4A52A5D477A5E72947CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Programs to
support the needs of veterans or active duty service members and their
families, including providing opportunities to participate in service
projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7F7B10D1A644371A1E1D027B026A59A"><enum>(J)</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="HBC6A525A8AD5412A80676B5C98F62486"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Opportunity
Corps indicators</header><text>The corps indicators for programs under this
subsection are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11C278A5316C4FEDA7A53EE0D3CE45F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial literacy among economically
disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D18FA934C9D4D159A66C2F958314E5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>housing units
built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or low-income
families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H665AD4D6ABFB45D18ECCF1681658922B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>economically
disadvantaged individuals with access to job training and other skill
enhancement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD13729FDD8A44A74A1562CB0B27DE45E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>economically
disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job placement
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1741544D45C438EA62ADD7D5C4E3B6A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a reduced crime
rate in the community where service is provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C0B056503DF403D86871DB5499779D0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>established or
improved access to technology in the community where service is
provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H795C27E882384C749A35D5BF5BC45C63"><enum>(G)</enum><text>mentor
relationships among disadvantaged youth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25BFDD16B04A41099D4DD49203015C4E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>food security
among economically disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37860D24C670419299D25FE960EB2B03"><enum>(I)</enum><text>service
opportunities through the programs described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (F)
for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H558DBDD993E14B4998C1E8BAC8FCF6E7"><enum>(J)</enum><text>an additional
indicator relating to improving economic opportunity for economically
disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the
Attorney General, establishes for a given year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1BFC22BAF554A2FB22716881FF47E60"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a local indicator
(applicable to a particular eligible entity and on which an improvement in
performance is needed) relating to improving economic opportunity for
economically disadvantaged individuals, proposed by that eligible entity in an
application submitted to, and approved by, a State Commission or the
Corporation under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02749A58B0894BD8B6082D484633D18A"><enum>(L)</enum><text>any additional
local indicator (applicable to a particular eligible entity and on which an
improvement in performance is needed) that is approved by the
Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85DAB4BC304A44B18815816F025B86BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities for
certain required 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 required corps described in
subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D544E029E274DE29D19E269ACD1A5CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
corps described in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCD6C00DECED430AADE082B9B2569AED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Corporation
may give priority to such eligible entities that propose to develop policies to
provide, and provide, support for participants who, after completing service
under this section, will undertake careers to improve performance on health
indicators; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H535F5D8BECA942BB885FD3BA900DBE97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Corporation
shall give priority to such eligible entities that propose to carry out
national service programs in medically underserved areas (as designated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal
health services); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF34C5F7AF60A4E7A99D5649FB96CA7A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a
corps described in subsection (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to
such eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy
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="H3E5F66562EB84B12BF1369242DA52397"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation on
performance indicators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Corporation shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human
Services, Energy, Veterans Affairs, Department of Interior, the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney General, as
appropriate, in developing additional performance indicators for the corps and
programs described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86B744DE9B6345BB99BDEAD2BD177C7F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualification
Criteria To Determine Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H7CEA7C93B0954A30B8A9368BE8C70012"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment by
corporation</header><text>The Corporation shall establish qualification
criteria for different types of national service programs for the purpose of
determining whether a particular national service program should be considered
to be a national service program eligible to receive assistance or approved
national service positions under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H465AF143DE5A4D879693E9FBB45C7CCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
establishing qualification criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall
consult with organizations and individuals with extensive experience in
developing and administering effective national service programs or regarding
the delivery of human, educational, environmental, or public safety services to
communities or persons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3556DEA9823340B9AA246A144433B91F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application to
subgrants</header><text>The qualification criteria established by the
Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also be used by each recipient of
assistance under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to
conduct a grant program to support other national service programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E09E45117E24197B5B288FF1C6727C6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Encouragement of
intergenerational components of programs</header><text>The Corporation shall
encourage national service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved
national service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with
the purposes of the program, an intergenerational component of the program that
combines students, out-of-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults
as participants to provide services to address unmet human, educational,
environmental, or public safety needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57CFDEDE5F664E4AAF26A6F9FC227F97"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National Service
Priorities</header>
<paragraph id="HDA4FBA72BE8D4AE28B8944F724496C5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="H29328EECE87A459BB15BC5300C4B7F88"><enum>(A)</enum><header>By
corporation</header><text>In order to concentrate national efforts on meeting
certain 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. In establishing such priorities, the
Corporation—</text>
<clause id="H298F6DC3BBAF45308BEA337650E24487"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall select 2 or
more of the corps described in subsection (a) to receive assistance under
section 129(c); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B618983D75C46FC8B5784EBEE20F5FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may select the corps described in
subsection (b) to receive assistance under such section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD520BC67E8354BAFA7EDB018D33CBDB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>By
states</header><text>Consistent with paragraph (4), States shall establish, and
through the national service plan process described in section 178(e)(1),
periodically alter priorities as appropriate regarding the national service
programs to be assisted under section 129(a)(1). The State priorities shall be
subject to Corporation review as part of the application process under section
130.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDB8D945F7344AF5B0E7AAAFC756471B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice to
applicants</header><text>The Corporation shall provide advance notice to
potential applicants of any national service priorities to be in effect under
this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall specifically
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H243EE72F01A64C72B18312747A8ED00C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
any alteration made in the priorities since the previous notice; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC98AAA08138A40C0991BBBCE7CE3A3C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
the national service programs that are designated by the Corporation under
section 133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the next
competitive distribution of assistance under section 121(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F29C93C2DB148728A2E532B207CB7AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Corporation shall by regulation establish procedures to ensure the equitable
treatment of national service programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCF96BDC105744A0B7C154F44B332B0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receive funding
under this subtitle for multiple years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4326A39EC064596917299BE1D31BE76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be adversely
affected by annual revisions in such national service priorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA193450FF2A547AFBBEAB2C2AC85669E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application to
subgrants</header><text>Any national service priorities established by the
Corporation under this subsection shall also be used by each recipient of funds
under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant
program to support other national service programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91C2B26C124C404CA7C024DD61728DAB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Requirements for
tutors</header>
<paragraph id="H05F094AA4357498B9522CE73A5BCF895"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation
shall require that each recipient of assistance under the national service laws
that operates a tutoring program involving elementary or secondary school
students certifies that individuals serving in approved national service
positions as tutors in such program have—</text>
<subparagraph id="H570AC30CAAA14368B227338F2A8A8B43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>either—</text>
<clause id="H535128162FDC4B7BA82AFD172DCB1D26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtained their
high school diploma; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0282EE9B3CBA4465A58047592BF56A17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>passed a
proficiency test demonstrating that such individuals have the skills necessary
to achieve program goals; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H019675FE99454A1E969C8D6511A1F11B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have successfully
completed pre- and in-service training for tutors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFF4C08C9A07413DAA3B64840B8DD0FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
requirements in paragraph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in an
approved national service position who is enrolled in an elementary or
secondary school and is providing tutoring services through a structured,
school-managed cross-grade tutoring program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CAC1E378F2242EE90563DEDB7CE3CFE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirements for
tutoring programs</header><text>Each tutoring program that receives assistance
under the national service laws shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H029CC4F0D9B7494B9BA9B6D63FEE1EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>offer a curriculum
that is high quality, research-based, and consistent with the State academic
content standards required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the
local educational agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15E6228EE2F4E05BCB407780A862A7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offer high
quality, research-based pre- and in-service training for tutors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF9B57975A194FA2A125C51AD0FA7E12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Citizenship
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation
shall establish requirements for recipients of assistance under the national
service laws relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement,
that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship programs
administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based and are
appropriate to the age, education, and experience of the program, among
individuals enrolled in approved national service positions and approved summer
of service positions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35159BB836E3463B89738E8307D6BA8F"><enum>(j)</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 Congress a report
containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H614AB6FA50EB43FCB91C49E4ED275E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information
describing how the Corporation allocated financial assistance and approved
national service positions among eligible entities proposed to carry out
national service corps described in that subsection (a) for that fiscal
year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD6828627546439AA41340B7CF61222E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information
describing the amount of financial assistance and the number of approved
national service positions the Corporation provided to each national service
corps described in subsection (a) for that fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CA85E89DB4417E8A64ABA45F91A596"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a measure of the
extent to which the national service corps improved performance on the
corresponding indicators; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95E2B36847A94F03B633C5541C9E2B50"><enum>(4)</enum><text>information
describing how the Corporation is coordinating—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3AEA2D98988463EA2768D6437AE17A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national
service corps funded under subsection (a); with</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01AB7F02F61C48589393DAECEAA35589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicable
programs, as determined by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles B of
this title, and part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve
performance on those indicators or otherwise address identified community
needs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H86112DE0293E49109EDC13C4CCA1F806"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Types of
positions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 123 (42
U.S.C. 12573) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF70CE3F3DB48419CA446837BDAB01FCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A) by inserting after <quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>a Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA7ED675CBB44014A0BFF12C571605B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB9EA8046076A4AEBBC2AF7595940A54C"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Conforming
repeal relating to training and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H45F31F60CB3648AFBB00B535D84A7CE1"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Assistance to
State Commissions; challenge grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CAB0A6F3E954DB59AF1D770D60829F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2778F2E1EA434461AC4D1B2C8E5D80E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>$125,000 and $750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000
and $825,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08EB535098CC480EB29F526A089EB85A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA1494951AAF44336A440F830DA5C1228" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30A38C345E594994A66A1198F255D0A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text>In making grants to a State under this subsection,
the Corporation shall require the State to provide matching funds of $1 from
non-Federal sources for every $1 provided by the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FCDA9F08CC64E86A936E0204AA2ECE1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alternative</header><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates
hardship or a new State Commission to use an alternative match as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H64FC05ED32044C79A3582A54E908CCF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>First
$100,000</header><text>For the first $100,000 of grant amounts provided by the
Corporation, a State shall not be required to provide matching funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFAC4621CAA742038E45C9F5243FA117"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amounts greater
than $100,000</header><text>For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and not
exceeding $200,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from
non-Federal sources for every $2 provided by the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC545417329E43A793829A17F7871C8F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts greater
than $200,000</header><text>For grant amounts of more than $200,000 provided by
the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1
provided by the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8497559961E4DE4ABB739D1B94AAA6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>and to support, including through
mission-assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5147), nonprofit organizations and public agencies
responding to the needs of communities in disasters.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E6F5044AC1443CDA50AF0A8D6C74B02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC480B797D3C740E9B06381AAF0B3A269"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>to national service programs that receive assistance under
section 121</quote> and inserting <quote>to programs supported under the
national service laws</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77182F1BE6334599A179ABF4230E9D94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HACC7FDE0A0654A25A61768BBAD066AE8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H120222659373491D9D573BE9F498EB7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header><text>A challenge grant under this subsection may provide,
for an initial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assistance under this
subsection for each $1 in cash raised from private sources by the program
supported under the national service laws in excess of amounts required to be
provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an
initial 3-year grant period, grants under this subsection may provide not more
than $1 of assistance 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 as matching funds if the Corporation determines that such use would
be equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the local level. The
Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be
provided to a national service program under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8C6CA5F8CC774F4798D26BA6067A24D9"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Allocation of
assistance to States and other eligible entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H32A40F0D5A944CFDA795FC1E468F28BA" style="OLC">
<section id="H3BF8B7D1928A4A85ADA3A163E3AA115D"><enum>129.</enum><header>Provision of
assistance and approved national service positions</header>
<subsection id="H47A84051941943FDA5C469E02FB50C85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>1-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 amount allotted as a grant to each such Territory under this
subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same
ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the
population of the Territory bears to the total population of such
Territories.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HACC745CE605446959883541F2FF48005"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment for
Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a)
for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants
to Indian tribes, including nonprofit organizations applying on behalf of a
tribe or tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. In
the case of a nonprofit organization applying on behalf of a tribe or tribes
such nonprofit organization shall include in its application—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EA240AB47844E6DB2DB72D99FA50B7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>written
documentation from such tribe or tribes that such tribe or tribes has approved
the application and authorized such nonprofit organization to submit an
application on the behalf of the tribe or tribes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H455A17BAF007411BB7B415E2060F0F4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certification that
the nonprofit organization will use the grant exclusively to serve members of
such tribe or tribes and will, to the maximum extent practicable, do so on
tribal lands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H537FB5720E464DDEAC6B88D9118EEA1E"><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 Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program
under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational award described
in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the
award. Funds for approved national service positions required by this paragraph
for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved
national service positions to be available for distribution under subsections
(d) and (e) for that fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37400565BAAB4E78843504BE63F200F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotment for
competitive grants</header><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 up to 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis to
States for national service programs and to nonprofit organizations seeking to
operate a national service program in 2 or more States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2F79E0A6A434EC3BC98BE94BF0449E7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allotment to
Certain States on Formula Basis</header>
<paragraph id="H083135FD9749440E935D6569392FEC7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Of
the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under
subsection (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make a
grant to each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 130 that
is approved by the Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H889B87C815214285BC0F4ADB9A01AE05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>The
amount allotted as a grant to each such State under this subsection for a
fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to 35.3
percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the
State bears to the total population of the several States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H831C5570594545D28126A7D3FE8F0D30"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Minimum
amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to each State approved by the
Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least $600,000,
or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State formula under this
section, whichever is greater.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H312CF471A13F47BB9B338D361F1E89E5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect of
Failure To Apply</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State
or Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of
its intent to apply for an allotment under this section, or the Corporation
does not approve the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation
may use the amount that would have been allotted under this section to the
State or Territory to—</text>
<paragraph id="H45AFCBCA947C4FD5A66DAC4C30D5059D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make grants (and
provide approved national service positions in connection with such grants) to
other community-based organizations under section 121 that propose to carry out
national service programs in such State or Territory; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD0B59A68504F8F83D37583FB9434B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make a reallotment to other States or
Territories with approved applications submitted under section 130, to the
extent community-based organizations do not apply as described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H364A552A7EAC448E8EA6B839CB0C6280"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application
Required</header><text>The allotment of assistance and approved national
service positions to a recipient under this section shall be made by the
Corporation only pursuant to an application submitted by a State or other
applicant under section 130.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56E2757B4C704E7DA30CEAFAA1130885"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Approval of
Positions Subject to Available Funds</header><text>The Corporation may not
approve positions as approved national service positions under this subtitle
for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for which the
Corporation has sufficient available funds in the National Service Trust for
that fiscal year, taking into consideration funding needs for national service
educational awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If
appropriations are insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national
service educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to
program rules.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H883F00E2D70644F5B95FFC6169724A80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Sponsorship of
Approved National Service Positions</header>
<paragraph id="H859479FE748C4D64BE59DF39E03F60DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsorship
authorized</header><text>The Corporation may enter into agreements with persons
or entities who offer to sponsor national service positions for which the
person or entity will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to
provide a national service educational award. The distribution of these
approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to the agreement,
and the creation of these positions shall not be taken into consideration in
determining the number of approved national service positions to be available
for distribution under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37566FD2B4D147CB8E1CAC707BB5689D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit of
contribution</header><text>Funds provided pursuant to an agreement under
paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust established in
section 145 until such time as the funds are needed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06566439DE184A15878FBE70B5206266"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reservation of
Funds for Special Assistance</header><text>From amounts appropriated for a
fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section
501(a)(2) 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 section 126.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H474F24422B5E4BBB8C779F73D76202A9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reservation of
Funds To Increase the Participation of Individuals With Disabilities</header>
<paragraph id="H34E3A54AB2AA45ACA766DA42A3DF6F7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To make grants to public or private
nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individuals with
disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities in
furtherance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation in paragraph (2),
the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not less than 1 percent from the
amount allocated to carry out program grants under the national service laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0EF2251EFB44ABFB94C477AAE45C58B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount reserved in paragraph (1) may
not exceed $10,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB87B4B171A544D88E05FEDEBC3360DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remainder</header><text>After
making grants under subsection (j), excess funds may be used by the Chief
Executive Officer for other activities under section 501(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FC4CA30073B4B3DAECD581A329273F3"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authority for
fixed-amount grants</header>
<paragraph id="H72AE8AEB2C234E2E94581EF4E71D4EA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="H7C4F2B57192840898553E69842BEC10C"><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, subject to the limitation in
subparagraph (B) 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="H3EB0A428CE794EB19047254E96A5AC10"><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 date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the
Corporation may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants only to
support full-time positions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD40549F5F95F47AF8767B9AB0DE76E99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of
Amount of Fixed-amount Grants</header><text>A fixed-amount grant authorized by
this subsection shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that
is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H295A95DC21BA46C8AF1597DF053A08B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significantly less than the reasonable and
necessary costs of administering the program receiving the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D54923926E740319D5FB51C02AB9B9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on the amount per individual enrolled
in the program receiving the grant, taking into account—</text>
<clause id="H8E2003A447B64224975AB2CFA655B22F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the program’s
capacity to manage funds and achieve programmatic results;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A7055CA5E484A56A65FB0C97694FF16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
national service positions approved for the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB3A490E981B4E9B888F20496F9D8C83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the proposed
design of the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D47A6A036C3451290AB45808471A118"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the
program provides service to or involves the participation of disadvantaged
youth or otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher level of costs;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCB0C468093C440F2B17C15170561C8F2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>such other factors
as the Corporation may consider under section 133 in considering applications
for assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8513A650434ABEA2E0FB5E1C0BAEEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for
grant recipients</header><text>In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this
subsection, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6361AB7EEFA84A2D98AF3F49081D583C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall require the
grant recipient—</text>
<clause id="H13AD4E7CB8C24CE59DB025A888CE5886"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
return a pro rata amount of the grant funds based upon the difference between
the number of hours served by a participant and the minimum number of hours for
completion of a term of service (as established by the Corporation);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4900E22E2DB24ECF96AE5EF51765CF1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to report on
standardized and other performance measures established by the Corporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6CF4DA244BBB4396ADB9C1BC13A2885A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to cooperate
with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0234A0A4C89245FF9BBBC94AF20672DD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to provide
assurances that additional funds shall be raised in support of the proposed
program, in addition to those received under the national service laws;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09A33F2484774262A538282895F492A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may adopt other
terms and conditions as it considers necessary or appropriate based on the
relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associated with any
application for a fixed-amount grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H663C229B5D87452381CA114C6F3462ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
requirements not applicable</header><text>Limitations on administrative costs
and matching fund documentation requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount
grants provided in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H383CF85D30E34191AFAD510EB23B01C9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply with
the requirements of the Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other
requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular
A–133.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1C12A775A4F44762ABE07D2DAF150596"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Additional
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of subtitle
C of title I is amended by inserting after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H59CA90770B7342928DC2EA4F4480B595" style="OLC">
<section id="HF823F1DDDACB47A78F6CC5A3B10DB68D"><enum>129A.</enum><header>Education
awards only program</header>
<subsection id="H77E85C74B77B43A986E414AC12AEF113"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide
financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with the restriction in
subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in accordance
with section 129(k)), provide operational assistance to programs that receive
approved national service positions but do not receive funds under section
121(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38778C1A003844778F03E1C5C1F069FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limit on
Corporation Grant Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational support under this section may
not exceed $600 per individual enrolled in an approved national service
position and may reach $800 per individual if the program supports at least 50
percent disadvantaged youth.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC9FC996E4C394A4C9A55A0B47FCF76F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicable
Provisions</header><text>The provisions under section 129(k)(4) regarding and
the living allowances and other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 140
(other than individualized support services for disabled members under section
140(f))</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6757AF6FD26E48D69C68DC6DF8119EFD"><enum>1308.</enum><header>State
selection of programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE634D04BD9240519A699AC310149A82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43BE60EF767C490C8153D89051695937"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>State,</quote> the following: <quote>Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05B1DEC532474D3599E049F4B64CBA4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>institution of higher education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>or institution of higher education</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H256B94416E58495E9055471FC9FFC8A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCB33DA71E61437C8560E5F09772E2DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>section 122(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
122(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C28D1B7A13243C59009C577549BF412"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (12),
by inserting <quote>municipalities and county governments in the areas being
served, </quote> after <quote>services,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD3137B3F09D41C9A417FD82CB809B53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5A166470D4D48A7AF5C4BDDA6D4038D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H0712CAA513634BD3A639FCA5F3BD9A26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>jobs or positions</quote> and inserting <quote>proposed
positions</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC3A68CC3E9924E3F9CB38B87B731DD49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>, including</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting a period;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4277DA7F7DAD461A9BC430231405DED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by inserting <quote>proposed</quote> before <quote>minimum</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3287DAE79A4D4F39AE05F9C271D5A76B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1A66C452ED64820B91D57F7135DC477" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9822164DB71B4086A9D7DEBFBE63D4BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a nonprofit organization
operating programs in 2 or more States, a description of the manner and extent
to which the State Commissions of each State in which the nonprofit
organization intends to operate were consulted and the nature of the
consultation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECA52F126BAC4DA9A8F95C9087E4D8F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and
inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD039E84AEC304752BEC33CA97257506B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5A2E029C6441466DAD656A826E46103E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
Required Application Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under subsection
(a) for programs described in 122(a) shall also contain—</text>
<paragraph id="H5726AE3BFEC146DFA2AB7FF633EDC842"><enum>(1)</enum><text>measurable goals,
to be used for annual measurements of the program on 1 or more of the
corresponding performance indicators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0F957A708544676B83A89CD4863DB8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information
describing how the applicant proposes to utilize funds to improve performance
on the corresponding performance indicators utilizing participants, including
the activities in which such participants will engage to improve performance on
those indicators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA085E1ADAB1540CAB3A29350DCCFAD74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>information
identifying the geographical area in which the eligible entity proposed to
carry out the program proposes to use funds to improve performance on the
corresponding performance indicators including demographic information on the
students or individuals, as appropriate, in such area, and statistics
demonstrating the need to improve such indicators in such area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAC23AAB921243759FD7AB7E1D708208"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if applicable,
information on how the eligible entity will work with other community-based
agencies to carry out activities to improve performance on the corresponding
performance indicators using such
funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1D4157FDFDB45F582B901A5254BA3AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(2) (as so redesignated)
by striking <quote>were selected</quote> and inserting <quote>were or will be
selected</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H004F8048A5234FCDA8CD01A9BD4DE916"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g)
(as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA9BEF12BE0D4A779466230816486836"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>a program applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>an
applicant</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDB2910110EA4BB6BEFFF268369BE6F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H42970030AA8E4EA18C7F198C44225EFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Program
applicant</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Applicant</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE513E0690B7488390249BAA4CCFADB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>program
applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>applicant</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H91F5E111356643E8B610CC6E55EC2C22"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HBCEE2A50137D466A8DFA6028470A3434"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9A64A884032946ACBB2DDF3B2D7A06D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>institution of higher education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>or institution of higher education</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2B2115351D61416482C5C2DBDB0F2E1D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HA4E3B30781AD43C2B9B0FD56CEFE6973"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the following:
<quote>Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H776E6F1A2ED34F219E59B60B4F16637A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>institution of higher
education, or Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>or institution of
higher education</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8913A1D73F8043C6B62E60E267B4E466"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (h)
(as so redesignated), by striking the period and inserting <quote>or is already
receiving financial assistance from the Corporation.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4A5D15A1D3D40418C4BC3ED070C5CC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1309.</enum><header>National service
program assistance requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A84B09FBA214692814BAB6F4238BC38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B0F9B921B8A4E879C451CDB55D256E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9263F0B04234038804ECB23A682FA28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>program;</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B9AD0C9E4754A04A82C8984A6FCAA2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC6778535A964AD9A897D78443E412C6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1B73ADA739094998931900B5C970B589"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">municipalities and county governments in
the areas being served;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41346D30F4104DF70098A3A425D4EC43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46C5297A1A6A433695B4B04690C5384B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8E06ED8941A545D281BF9DA06C113B42"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program that is not funded
through a State, including programs operated by nonprofit organizations seeking
to operate a national service program in 2 or more States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H413BCBBF8AF44497B7D2BFF7208FC9F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult with and
coordinate with the State Commission for the State in which the program
operates; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05FDB739785F4B60971B02CE7DD87AA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtain written
confirmation (which may be in electronic form) 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 a program in that
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5A6A3636E181479FAD6BD69F046606C1"><enum>1310.</enum><header>Consideration
of applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133
(42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE98C8D61D42946A7BD0BD6D149177D10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(6), insert after
subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4C843ADE7484AD6AF6DC8C4FDA18954" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA515559B2DB94CB2B77208DF6742E189"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Areas that have a mortgage foreclosure rate
greater than the national average mortgage foreclosure rate for the most recent
12 months for which satisfactory data are
available.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H992085C7626C4E3DBD0D18989E22D1CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>jobs or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E633C2C69549659E7980092828EE3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H254FB99A50D84A68BCDDF898F11D345E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCBFC67705CBF4670B9A3662982D5146E"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs that recruit veterans,
particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49D5BD9B8E074EA0A24E09390697F6BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>programs that
promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families
while a member of the family is deployed, or when a member of the family
returns from
deployment.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0E5DD3B735E04A11AD98E37A7D499CF6"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Description of
participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 137 (42
U.S.C. 12591) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H97E1237938C847CEB7C2425B868BE57A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6500BD2B4976470597020C0297A69C2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67CA74DCA756489FAE5C917AE60BD4EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58C2AD61930E48FBBC4D4F5A7814A0ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD7A9677E82647CAAB568FDA957521C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0E7B717401D426B8358463BBFD3BE55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>between the ages of 16 and 25</quote> and inserting <quote>a
16-year-old out of school youth or an individual between the ages of 17 and
25</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H280DBAC3D5904704A85625E5E9A9B4D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking <quote>(a)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HAF5A0ECB321A467898EFF91B923759E7"><enum>1312.</enum><header>Selection of
national service participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H633ABEF02EF74A40B6FB5D7538CB7ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by striking <quote>conducted by the State</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>or other entity</quote> and inserting <quote>conducted by the
entity</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D5B3216A9F44A0EBAD20B4499213896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2)(C) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>,
particularly those who were considered at the time of their service
disadvantaged youth</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9301CD613C4D474D9ADA5F2F3235E26B"><enum>1313.</enum><header>Terms of
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 139 (42 U.S.C.
12593) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A3D2CC98C494598B667B428176DEA01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>not less than 9 months and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7318962F72A742B085C6184302A5D4D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(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>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC4A95D725FA4C27BC5240BFA69D985B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB57C0533B5234A899EAAD1AB5441101A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7AA9D73861C4E96ADB6261DFCDDBF86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Extension of
term for disaster purposes</header>
<subparagraph id="H8509D43046764094A39E2789101A5941"><enum>(A)</enum><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 sections 139(b) and 153(e) or in
section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6AEC33E7D05463AA69F505D2452070F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 sections 146 (b) and (c) but may not receive an additional
education award under section 141.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E60775D53024729925B7B56EA5D24FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BAFC8DC317B4F23A20795E9A93AF117"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>as demonstrated by the participant</quote> and
inserting <quote>as determined by the organization responsible for granting a
release, if the participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has
completed at least 15 percent of the original term of service</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEC6C2F29032492284211F087A463D15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H058B2B55686841C7AAA73853F639B2F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by striking <quote>to allow return to the program with which the
individual was serving in order</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HBFD045E42D6A4FC4969038FFA6151F0D"><enum>1314.</enum><header>Adjustments to
living allowance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 140
(42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H367F76FCF55E4FC6B9C221760035AD7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09B6947D7EB14805886FB4BBE84B5E34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2)
and (3)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CA91954EE344575B94952DADA68CEAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H964C7134E8244D30A2349EA6D7CAD45F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H114E75F66AFC49B7BF36AD868794334C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF5C1220A1D5540809A9DAE8823CA3187" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEE5D560CD151419698C6991C7B7E4A87"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal
work-study students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
living allowance that may be provided to an individual whose term of service
includes hours for which the individual receives Federal work study wages shall
be reduced by the amount of the individual's Federal work study
award.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE121C4C1FAA4F0F956BC188DDC57BA2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>a reduced term of service under section 139(b)(3)</quote>
and inserting <quote>a term of service that is less than 12
months</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H952AF997662F4A25ADE19361680C0604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>shall include an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of
such taxes</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting <quote>may be used to pay such taxes.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94755505ED8C4BD59DB15B8B23FEEDC6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E4D53CC1CDB490A9CCEFACFD2A00157"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD760B03CFFFA4FB9BD48A5D28254278C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE166C8E9B8944C2B7DDEECABDDD2A81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F803B87D5E74C6B87BF0A57789394DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1), by striking the second sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D13AAD5CA9A445192D83BD7FBCB4A32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (g) and (h).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBDA7ABA92D06414CA4AD73C70077160D"><enum>D</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>D</enum-in-header> (National Service Trust and
Provision of National Service Educational Awards)</header>
<section id="HEC8E73301555456CB77DF0BBE89C8143"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Availability
of funds in the National Service Trust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8786C80D317E4DDDA0294CAF58503A5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6559102BA4A14A708742B39FBFDF0CD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking <quote>section 148(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
148(f)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE2838CB509644B69AE8FE8140C9A68A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
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 they be deposited in the National Service Trust</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H667D82E0B0544766A43F69A3023FFCBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking “for payments of national service educational awards in accordance
with section 148.” and inserting “for—</text>
<quoted-block id="H27666F716A7746258FCAE0EB096F5B71" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF1269341702A4970B28F339EC025124A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payments of summer
of service educational awards and national service educational awards in
accordance with section 148; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C84EC05E0614848BE820D8F4D1D24C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>payments of
interest in accordance with section
148(f).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HDD2080FDA2164856ADE29B26363E4922"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Individuals
eligible to receive a national service 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="H90DE536D0E764448811EE19EDF238B1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0882B7A5BD8C41C7BD60C94BAA76DE9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>if the individual</quote> and
inserting <quote>if the organization responsible for an individual’s
supervision certifies that the individual</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAAA018C39262497EBE5DFCB50632262D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD37EED9D420B4566B1A1026222462D59" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H53B8C78935604A11A0B550F533C99CE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>met the applicable
eligibility requirements for the position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEF315AE7833A4424BCED3A1DC301B457"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F6EE5A93E244111A9E7FEE995965114"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a full-time or part-time educational
award, successfully completed the required term of service described in
subsection (b) in an approved national service position; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5A5AD39BAC6F4B07A19EC7E8F8E9A881" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a partial educational award—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07BD7F4BA3F2492D9961CEB80C355792"><enum>(i)</enum><text>satisfactorily performed prior to
being granted a release for compelling personal circumstances under section
139(c); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBDDF3BDB448645DF9A5972C1110933BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>served at least 15 percent of the
required term of service described in subsection (b);
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAEDC329BD0864E8AB429E2A244DA6464"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H21F00DA82B264B3CA4A5BF2323C36A61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H03B2A0E8A81D448BA0BB83B47B7564CA" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H3E59C91C0EEE4844910BE4C1335EC3A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
Receipt of National Service Educational Awards</header><text>An individual may
not receive, in national service educational awards, more than an amount equal
to the aggregate value of 2 such awards for full-time service. The aggregate
value of summer of service educational awards that an individual receives shall
have no effect on the aggregate value of national service educational awards
the individual may receive.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D2B6DA009374858B4355022593E71B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99822ED1E4E74D2FBB3DC74F0D0CCAB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="HD671A473E371460890C9495DFBD5464C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Seven-year
requirement</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC44FBC87A23746798B482990AC3C1D43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>An</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (2),
an</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D60AF9D2E294318852D182CE5D6405C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HCB6359B2601342E895C754F8EE3BF575"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0763A4664CBA4F73AFBEBF296393163E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5B330FF9D56445E9F85EBA9843B852C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1778EE492D1F43CD90C44B3560D99FFF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1D7726FB23394C25858C4D19B236DFB3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is an individual
eligible to receive a summer of service educational award, in which case the
individual shall have a 10-year period to use such educational award beginning
on the date that the individual completes the term of service that is the basis
of such educational award.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCF06A4405C684D09AD861EBBCC2F9B00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFDD8262114F42BC8DCAB1BEE529B7F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>qualifying under this section</quote> the following: <quote>or under
section 119(c)(8)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD8B893D1758E49D09C8B0DC023A51A56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>to receive a national service educational award</quote> the following:
<quote>or a summer of service educational award</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AF3D76C019A44CF9796FC916D259C0D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Determination of
the amount of national service educational awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4F3F21F8AEF46869D6C8F6966C91CB1"><enum>(1) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD05445F782EF4A83BF18CA1432566AB2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40494FCED43A4037BC164ED42F35DD16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount for
full-time national service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), an
individual described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required
term of full-time national service in an approved national service position
shall receive a national service educational award having a value equal to the
maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant that a student eligible under section
401(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 may receive for the award year
for which the national service position is approved by the
Corporation.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF2941A40D364D08860F32BA73123856"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting after
<quote>for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service</quote> the
following: <quote>in the period of one year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5C991B752E42488F8F0CC485BDA6C214"><enum>1404.</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="HF5CA981EDE744FCE9814B2ED5234ED29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51D2D728D770426C92F40394958389F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>cost of attendance</quote> and inserting <quote>cost of
attendance or other educational expenses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0E9EA4D1BE74348959F5C38BDDB5C60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C68C0B7104A4BB09F00A9E46CFCC45B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F8F45CB2F1C4DB18E0A20ABCF549DC6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3FD9343AE38E4CBFB1EB9B7757B764D1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD316000C60054B549CB7BAB97D145B8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to pay expenses
incurred in enrolling in an educational institution or training establishment
that meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code (38
U.S.C. 3451 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB176679480C04EF1BD096B6C345587DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1) by inserting after <quote>the national service educational award of the
individual</quote> the following: <quote>, or an eligible individual under
section 119(c)(8) who received a summer of service educational
award</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF936445EB43467DA2B4B45102F1B2BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2) by inserting after <quote>the national service educational award</quote>
the following: <quote>or the summer of service educational award, as
applicable,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H707828A8AA904A1FA620CE0F7A5F0F96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5) by inserting after <quote>the national service educational award</quote>
the following: <quote>or the summer of service educational award, as
applicable</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDE707DEE119442AB180610A1BE07D84"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD4D06A1BE814ECCADC63442638AA15A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>, other than a loan to a parent of a student pursuant
to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–2); and</quote> and inserting a
semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04398F181FE74AA8B978F6F40DF11F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEA2BA7828B84877BAC33805C37DD1E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C37F71421294A3E915AC6C7E0EB39C7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF0B659D79E6748A280C1E85B180D9E6D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any loan (other
than a loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an institution
of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s educational expenses
and made, insured, or guaranteed by—</text>
<clause id="H3F5FAC7702A4461F9450F3444D3D4D55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
eligible lender, as defined in section 435 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1085);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD480D33F0F6048A9BE816F890FFE8342"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the direct
student loan program under part D of title IV of such Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FA246A37BCF4DCAAD4B5C33F6775AC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a State agency;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6207F893F20E48DE989D80A5F51F7830"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
lender otherwise determined by the Corporation to be eligible to receive
disbursements from the National Service
Trust.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H112FE3B7B80341598CF8C2A030D8BEAC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote>
the following: <quote>, or an eligible individual under section 119(c)(8) who
desires to apply the individual’s summer of service educational
award,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5535170EFED146D8A44ED265DC28FC2E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(A), by inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote>
the following: <quote>or summer of service educational award, as
applicable,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27CDA5FF635E454C9277641BB4630104"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting after <quote>national service educational awards
received under this subtitle</quote> the following: <quote>or summer of service
educational awards received under section 119(c)(8)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86222F5095EB4CB6876F77F5A96473C4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3), by inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote>
the following: <quote>and summer of service educational awards</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD732E69E060D4FB3881279FA1E3551AC"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C8DDAF50C7B47358CB1C2BD39BC7094"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>national service educational award</quote> the following: <quote>, or
summer of service educational award, as applicable,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1667C6E97BCB4C1CBC718EE5751182D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>additional</quote> the following: <quote>summer of service educational
awards and additional</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CA35C34C3C3427B9F3B2CFF1A3B5494"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(6), by inserting after <quote>national service educational award</quote>
the following: <quote>and summer of service educational award</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5651324E90684BC3ABA92B508437AC7C"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by inserting after <quote>national service educational awards</quote> the
following: <quote>and summer of service educational awards</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E989801070C40D49D93808E99FB390B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in subsection (f)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(6)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (b)(7)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F6EA9418454567AF62B8731FEDB10C"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in subsection (g)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting
<quote>Chief Executive Officer</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC899BEAC27B04166BB49D666D8AA365C"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Process of
approval of national service positions</header>
<subsection id="H577C9F0366E24E03AE9B40EA0D0B7FBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of title I
(42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following
new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5884C291D20C4D278DD4B498EAECA2FA" style="OLC">
<section id="HA039DD85C9C743278BD750C4B982D995"><enum>149.</enum><header>Process of
approval of national service positions</header>
<subsection id="HA75FF953F64F49AB9B8A091B90CD7B58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Timing and
recording requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H14CD08CC1F94451D9B322F14894DDF4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subtitles C and D, and any other
provision of law, in approving a position as an approved national service
position, the Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90681703DF8046078E8681F1E23187B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall approve the
position at the time the Corporation—</text>
<clause id="H4F94EA53C46F41A59D8BD2D486E2A024"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enters into an enforceable agreement with
an individual participant to serve in a program carried out under subtitle E of
title I of this Act or under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a summer of service educational award;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F59058E94B247CA9AE16AD2C2332072"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as
provided in clause (i), awards a grant to (or enters into a contract or
cooperative agreement with) an entity to carry out a program for which such a
position is approved under section 123; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H203117BF04194AC8986EE452B45D0953"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall record as an
obligation an estimate of the net present value of the national service
educational award 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 for such a program and
remain available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2013B1415AC4404AB3FBDD34661CA64B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>In
determining the formula described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall
consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H386F175A91FB4505A45D56C6C992FFE6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to the Committee
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains a
certification that the Corporation is in compliance with the requirements of
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA42EC2DA17DD43649A57B504EA6776B0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
requirements of this subsection shall apply to each approved national service
position that the Corporation approves—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE59B5DFC19C4871968EFDDFE1D968AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during fiscal year
2008; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3764EADF2D24AFAB2F0A0AEDE8B2888"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during any
subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BD062B7B7B04E8BA053E59D11870DED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve
account</header>
<paragraph id="HA04C15677C7F4E2293F7B014E03A0E10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
and contents</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D4EB655A8724041A8ACAEA9668476C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Notwithstanding
subtitles C and D, and any other provision of law, within the National Service
Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall establish a reserve
account.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC742D4D825041A3B97C9D97F87619A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>To
ensure the availability of adequate funds to support the awards of approved
national service positions for each fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in
the account—</text>
<clause id="HADD3A2F2FA1F4E07BFA7CF125EE28200"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during fiscal year 2008, a portion of the
funds that were appropriated for fiscal year 2008 or a previous fiscal year
under section 501(a)(2), were made available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E
of this title, subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973, or summer of service under section 119(c)(8), and remain available;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H61B269E3F6C7485DA136956C2EC7C586"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during fiscal year 2009 or a subsequent
fiscal year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for that fiscal year
under section 501(a)(2) and were made available to carry out subtitle C, D, or
E of this title, subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973, or summer of service under section 111(a)(5), and remain
available.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6403A292D5814CF6B7D8F70BFA8D7E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obligation</header><text>The
Corporation shall not obligate the funds in the reserve account until the
Corporation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CBBCD56554742799256E29B724D8E90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the funds will not be
needed for the payment of national service educational awards associated with
previously approved national service positions and summer of service
educational awards; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA75921B00174E01B1B82E37EC877EC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obligates the
funds for the payment of national service educational awards for such
previously approved national service positions or summer of service educational
awards, as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9080AE10AE864DE4842CE9A1B043D762"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The
accounts of the Corporation relating to the appropriated funds for approved
national service positions, and the records demonstrating the manner in which
the Corporation has recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as
obligations, shall be audited annually by independent certified public
accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by
a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United
States in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. A report
containing the results of each such independent audit shall be included in the
annual report required by subsection (a)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F3146FAF35747C0AB8F02C0639BBD54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), all amounts
included in the National Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
section 145(a) shall be available for payments of national service educational
awards or summer of service educational awards under section
148.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC83E7958B69B42659C9110A39656E868"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text>Section 2 of the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (Public
Law 108–145; 117 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2D1A4DD7C71A42AF9BC4A64F42068A15"><enum>E</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>E</enum-in-header> (National Civilian Community
Corps)</header>
<section id="H99CF15D6D5584B30A252A8537FB80034"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0E6676DB8AEE4DD0A33185911C5B596F" style="OLC">
<section id="H4D6195A6FA6C4EF798B05FCDB9A6343F"><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. Such needs to be met under such programs include
those related to—</text>
<paragraph id="HC34935D215A34EAE80EF2BF9695C49F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>natural and other
disasters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FD764FFC7704CAB9686BA65888C261F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">infrastructure improvement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95FD4F3FAB954797A2A2BA406EA91907"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental stewardship and
conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37F9442C97DF43299DC646EDF2793B32"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">energy conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41BDCC6CC8204D3C91DFBECA5EB94569"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urban and rural development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE585DDB0D9A64387BCD4F749F28BBD6E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other unmet needs consistent with the
purpose as described in this
section.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5540A3202EFF4181A91CD2913A03FCF7"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Program
components</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 152 (42
U.S.C. 12612) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FA28DEB0B6B42F09E0E56EE955A2600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF40A41C67FAF47869E7A0D2F972A08DE" style="OLC">
<section id="H3A001DD7904149E4B2A83F7A0022B3BC"><enum>152.</enum><header>Establishment
of National Civilian Community Corps
Program</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3569125C4764BFAB37C30FD7E5A1D44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and
inserting <quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB1F6CC4C82B497787B9E55CB26961AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF490EA08086F40F6987C18D728BA1616"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps
Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Civilian Community
Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B6509B70AD04E9BB2E79AA8F1F7E589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>a Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>a National
Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73CDA3151F60425E8E4205BC593F3910"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the heading of
subsection (c), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Programs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Components</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H162D630B4A06431BA0EE47E202E9EAD2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking <quote>program components are residential programs</quote> and all
that follows and inserting <quote>programs referred to in subsection (b) may
include a residential component.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB90935CA5CA3495DB1BA238C58113029"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Eligible
participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 153 (42
U.S.C. 12613) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H73F88C39B4814FB4A82A967AFDC0A161"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H016B3479E22C44BAA0E5CB72DB4A4E93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C2140352E07409B84BC8D4479C7D8D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>on Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>on National
Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43CFD58D34C44A5380A729AAE3CF5492"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>if the person</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>if the person will be at least 18 years
of age on or before December 31 in the calendar year in which the individual
enrolls in the program.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F64BF1BEF8044ECBEB66DA5612CA1F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C956F758B714B3C9A7DCA72DF58B7FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Backrounds</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Backgrounds</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBA59CC4421C4579BCF41824E157A762"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The Director shall take appropriate steps, including
through outreach and recruitment activities carried out by the chief executive
officer, to increase the percentage of participants in the program who are
disadvantaged youth toward 50 percent of all participants by year 2011. The
Director shall report to Congress biennially on such efforts, any challenges
faced, and the annual participation rates of disadvantaged youth in the
program.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA04089A29F6A48E89EDEAB3D0046374D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC1E04FF849214627874EB204DB6A20F6"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Summer
national service program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H271E5A93C937414A9D3B6DE714F1729F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0474FFE07CA942FCAAD68EAD1B528090"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8057C63E74347B28A7B9D095CF9A327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>on Civilian Community Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>on National
Civilian Community Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2846060FFEB84116A014158E13F382F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>shall be</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting <quote>shall be from economically and ethnically diverse
backgrounds, including youth who are in foster care.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA3C51B6B05D74B98817084BA53CBC356"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Team
leaders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 155 (42 U.S.C.
12615) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9CF3E80B7E85428C9B73E54BF175C89C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF220CBCADACD467F89DA8F641D875992" style="OLC">
<section id="HE0F36182D7ED4AD18275F7DB0D27797D"><enum>155.</enum><header>National
Civilian Community
Corps</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01E690B3213E4F49A2D9238BF49AEDCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C3989D719D44278A394D0CAA404EA46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Civilian Community Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59CEBC6FC3DF48A293052379A76C3E87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Civilian Community Corps shall</quote> and inserting <quote>the
National Civilian Community Corps shall</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E4D05A05AF844518DCA05ED4465A4F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H804A5022B4D84AFEAD40BAB01BD98917"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23F2C40503ED4C7FBC037E2B2B266459" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2EB5F74A6BCD41E5A63E3BDDE098CDDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership in
National Civilian Community
Corps</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD70981198727466E855546D6DBF5108A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1BAAEA395A54C65868BF341FEDB5FDD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="H8F88C71C33064C65A0E87A47F02FE472"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H03E4F11AA3904418845CF3CFEB0D2A10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>camp</quote> and inserting <quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7A0B1CB6892495BBDF63AE32DADE7EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC9DF1D503EA740E3B09C2133361F69C7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1142DF2CE7664AA8994B462AB73C9885"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Team
leaders</header><text>The Director may select from Corps members 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. Team leaders shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H956926D1B3ED48E8BE0CE053D210260C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be selected
without regard to the age limitation under section 153(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE904C0B222A747F5BC5CB3246CEDEA4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be members of the
National Civilian Community Corps; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12262CFEA3CE4A50B7D35FE0174BB7F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be provided the
rights and benefits applicable to Corps members, except that the limitation on
the amount of living allowance shall not exceed 10 percent more than the amount
established under section 158(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD0C18C0DF52438EB829E4E170960642"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H771AB83F9412464D899B4E8117C4C4A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7264CE68E6204960A4F6D9E3797C076D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3185F689E6CA4E68B44091F57606490A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Campuses</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A475A8632648D796F2D01320A35B5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H5C1B621CA77D452B8896476F80F63590"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
amending the paragraph heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52E38EB03C664BE3BA5C3FA976EE2291" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H51180FE445D64271AA3F52107663C921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Units to be
assigned to
campuses</header>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H7F1BA02C6C6B457CBCD096BD29E40E48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>in camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in
campuses</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4831C75360F45DB8C85033E67253B36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>camp</quote> and inserting <quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H391F5C04BD43427DB80EAADA43D23738"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>in the camps</quote> and inserting <quote>in the
campuses</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93CCFF2963CA457F9A10987DA5965D7B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H490711CA3D844225A5B0C53A35D7FF9C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8F4F8811509146AD8258F06604ECCE0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Campus
director</header><text>There shall be a campus director for each campus. The
campus director is the head of the
campus.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42A986A81DE2455AA069CFC8288877FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="HE85A3121DC2E4F26A531957FB55E9018"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
amending the paragraph heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43B107BD25D84C4D82AD9E700B837CBF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7EE16FB42D8B4B05950BB34767FFE782"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible site
for campus</header>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HAC1037122CE2423A93E206B995FA4EF9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>A camp may be located</quote> and inserting <quote>A campus
must be cost-effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, be
located</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H817B0251E4D6438C95FFB46D59872C12"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H467F059BE03B4432810E9EDCA270BCEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
paragraph heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DD9BA8883BE4F339F4CDA3996763D0C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCC73C123F15242A8ABB94CB9160684D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Distribution of
Units and
Campuses</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD91A0768DC2848A19EDE7105C0BA587B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camps are distributed</quote> and inserting <quote>campuses are
cost-effective and are distributed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD08AD2FEF6624F19A1FA04ACA405B323"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>rural areas</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting <quote>rural areas such that each Corps unit in a region can be
easily deployed for disaster and emergency response to such region.</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70855C1D2E0B454FA87273D6032B6BCA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D58770AC89D4ED6A9ACAEE2CA826F2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H274B604A34954D2AA57E07AE1F8C6661"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB043F4E6E00943739A9927FEA354925F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC7024A3AD83450CA64C3253C3311B10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HD007707C47EB43DC84A4B8726B8A595F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>superintendent of a
camp</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director of a campus</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB46A1986967F44BCA2C1629745F7BFED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HF4E664D1AFDF482B8AFE4AB170870B21"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF3049670A5474A26B889EBDE3C539927"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>superintendent’s</quote> and inserting <quote>campus director’s</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H16890C6845CF4C6FA77F4F104A99F990"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>camp</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H645E60A112CE4AE0A0BD014534FF4BEB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>superintendent</quote> and inserting
<quote>campus director</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D15FFD4072B4B1498BC9AD99EA9B18B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>camp superintendent</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
director</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF890F435A62642CF8990923A10D0C8B6"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC885CC0EB994B44B1CF2CBFC21D3E0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C158AFD78044A3D8258F16E07CC0332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9892DE07E05F42549E473AD26BF0A94B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The Director shall ensure that to the extent
practicable, each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other
skills related to disaster preparedness and response.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA430F42566334F7B96D4D26AD79112A8"><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</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB23D6F4CB6884619AA44CDBBFC0E4F66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H074DA4CD31164F56B1FC7EA9E2503B31" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2D60D51F917A4A2E9845E84EFFA9E26E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination
with other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members
of the cadre may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, or
cooperative agreements, the advanced service training referred to in subsection
(b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical schools, other employment
and training providers, existing youth service programs, other qualified
individuals, or organizations with expertise in training youth, including
disadvantaged youth, in the skill areas described in such
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD6C7DA20C4E0487B9C10683C955E6460"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Consultation
with State Commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H07BF22E0B6914B4E87A61F4E4EC47910"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E038F7599244864AFF44F2A01A17017"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before
<quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC90363171F054C29A7A44672BAE3EADA"><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, disaster relief and
recovery, the environment, energy conservation, and urban and rural
development</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H481FB01C57914371AD31AD267A97461F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>service learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>service-learning</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51CF3EF2AFA84B6E94C63A1D179DEBC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H116CE3A5A52043ADB07651FC4A8E2626"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(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 United States
Forest Service</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3F0AD3126324AB3BCA91678C32B2D03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HB43BF628D91A47A481991EE1ABF4FAEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>community-based organizations and</quote> before
<quote>representatives of local communities</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E584DCA6ECC40C4B823235C67F3AEEF"><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="H5ABE03603D6F49E09F3AB40BE190BCE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>State Commissions,</quote> before <quote>and persons
involved in other youth service programs.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86402C08BC86487DBB81963876D4F466"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BC3302C035F4674BE0B10B3CE330298"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="HC55F72F9C1874CF1AE3D437389856853"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>superintendent</quote> both places such term appears and
inserting <quote>campus director</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H422E07DA98124C839E80464426C344F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>camp</quote> both places such term appears and inserting
<quote>campus</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H251E5849FFDA4E7DBC6AF33526A3E802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>camp superintendents</quote> and inserting <quote>campus
directors</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HAD2C7D64ED7C463DB8959840C4332DCB"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Authorized
benefits for Corps members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3CC9A353D274D7FB432FE8E7CA2C4D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC567A1F570C84B53A5DEC43DC6F11DE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE77ED53BF853494197DD7B780F67AB5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5A589CD2C24B4243BEC1A194420B5183"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H65F768D62226471487469FADF89F44B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting before the colon the following: <quote>, as the Director determines
appropriate</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D8863346E3B4B45AA8D32802F4011EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>Clothing</quote> and inserting <quote>Uniforms</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDC1BCF0FA3A488D8D29832AEB37D187"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>Recreational services and supplies</quote> and inserting
<quote>Supplies</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H9AAD69CF27BE4A42AA936ABCE1537772"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Permanent
cadre</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 159 (42 U.S.C.
12619) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4B823D34442409590A6132ED4FE597C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6690411B41FE4B578F3D5BE7F3947E8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Civilian Community Corps
Demonstration Program</quote> and inserting <quote>National Civilian Community
Corps Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H52F365842A93428288A5FE025DE46F66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H83E535B1F66D4A45B94ABEF8676DF33F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>including those</quote> before <quote>recommended</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0329325E3AD4A4C88B154AD078BCB0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF373DE41492D44A1995E1018813FC041"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D91310BC54F4FCEBFC8CD6CE2107226"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8D40ED994A54008BFFCD83B08FEBCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian
Community Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA14FE5063BC74EC4ABAAA1A05B65B8E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H83A9F73DC70147D0868B8E2642EC1CCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HCE3D36713B894A158966E96E9CE073D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Director shall establish a permanent cadre of </quote> and inserting
<quote>The Chief Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre that
includes the Director and other appointed</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H25482869B3884C2C8941089AA56719BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H60B55946BEB74E9AA3CA96DEE5C7B174"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>The Director shall appoint the
members</quote> and inserting <quote>The Chief Executive Officer shall consider
the recommendations of the Director in appointing the other
members</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8310B56255FD4708977A690611EACEC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<subclause id="HD25EA52D976B4D74A4931BF2D562DCF4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>the Director</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Chief Executive Officer</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9271E3FC10404EDAB60C39AA7BE9A10C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii)
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H75D90BB5E20F4109826940A89BF1E7E8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (iv) as (v); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAD039511B5064B14BF70CFFA15A21B52"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF176A034B3B9484E861B7F74290DF394" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF36E861A39274894BA2B9141C9646917"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give consideration to retired and other
former law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency personnel, and other
individuals with backgrounds in disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE5AD3A8E794D4ACC9C24329E26FBBFDB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E)—</text>
<subclause id="H7F32AA9749454802934D3ED9CD482052"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>techniques</quote> the following: <quote>, including techniques for
working with and enhancing the development of disadvantaged youth,</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB4F4153BA7F44483B0AEB964A90DBCE0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>service learning</quote> and inserting <quote>service-learning</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AA998F2D530477498F2E05E193D8243"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the first
sentence of paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the members</quote> and inserting
<quote>other members</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H4992BFF1E0814DD3B7C4116D5687A493"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Contract and
grant authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161
(42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D17FFDCF63943A2B6CC697D0D4382B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>perform any program function under this subtitle</quote> and
inserting <quote>carry out the National Civilian Community Corps
program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AFF14BD2EF44D329D352C54E2823437"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H54A60C45E20C4F4FA2A9FA82F6FF65C3"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Other
departments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 162 (42
U.S.C. 12622) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD21E0A9908364C6C829D9747B98D504E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H363DEDE44AB747A4A5F6D1274AEDE12F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H226890B827B54228B07E79759FB4736C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian
Community Corps</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEEF3B319EB9E46F0AF07D15EFF716C6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>the registry established by</quote> and
all that follows through the semicolon and inserting <quote>the registry
established by section 1143a of title 10, United States Code;</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AD2296D448C42F8A6B8ACD11DC88123"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking <quote>to be recommended for appointment</quote> and
inserting <quote>from which individuals may be selected for appointment by the
Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBDAC0F899A14757800599A7223526E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community
Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A8FFB046BD41B5845999FF37C2CB5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC5B5B0ED04B64CA5A0F1F65AD616AFC5"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Advisory
Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 163 (42 U.S.C.
12623) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB7F668845C234813AA134AC55DBFEA50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A8EE0571408407F8D6F063334F3C339"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Upon the establishment of the Program, there shall also be</quote> and
inserting <quote>There shall be</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B82D54E85494D89B849938AA4885B04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps Advisory
Board</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA87F119633B641BB96908FD19ACD4AF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>to assist</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting <quote>to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and efficiently in
times of natural and other disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined in
section 151, 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>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H822BFC238C6949148E668615AC536BC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD84202C4063243E1B9008BC47D3F5B1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94B94E9253E84312A3283B31949E7649"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CF99552917240A28356FBD5345BA2DA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3FE639A06B154EE1B9834720DCDF19ED"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBB32CD81E5241DF9FCD3FBEBD26B131"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04EF5E4F01B4413BBB9941246B3DC8E0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Chief of the
United States Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B77B0F39ED440358AB03BCC6C84E1C4"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC389DDA75F7486E9E2F211627C032CC"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Energy.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E42A7F64B91434F9052B1451C07B6C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (13),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>industry,</quote> and inserting
<quote>public and private organizations,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HE2AB55B10FCF46F3937A7219CE9AB9C7"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H79EA564399884867B4B77C6842BE4915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">annual</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63F782E4577D43B98DC0932C2881289F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>annual evaluation</quote> and inserting <quote>evaluation before
September 30, 2014</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08F977033A5C49158F93AB4A6883E5ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>National</quote> before <quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7318193CA9AD408790C1934C9685FF43"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>Upon completing each such evaluation, the Corporation
shall transmit to Congress a report on the evaluation.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H326B67AC7C8D48AAABDB5F51ECCF3EDC"><enum>1514.</enum><header>Repeal of
funding limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165
(42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H98BCA0443CFC4585B314B8AF53727D66"><enum>1515.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H482429463C78461B9A857D7D472FB10E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2), (3), and (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H976B290D69EB4F1CB900DB85AA10DB6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EEF2A285ECE4F34BB88E3DE7511D58E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEEC02CB89CD34562A744B955989C5C11" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5282BA797EC94B0BABB7D4B171214B1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Campus
director</header><text>The term <term>campus director</term>, with respect to a
Corps campus, means the head of the campus under section 155(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD73F8570F56C45E6B68D1B2B56098E7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Corps</header><text>The
term <term>Corps</term> means the National Civilian Community Corps required
under section 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E55D38BF0FD4F7EAD6B006160224DCC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Corps
campus</header><text>The term <term>Corps campus</term> means the facility or
central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place
for particular Corps units.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H108FBACD89A3471583B2798B93261D48"><enum>(4)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BB131302FD849AAB5F1D75E8C9353E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>National</quote> before
<quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC25146D383864B7698744E18CFC01569"><enum>(6)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAAF930CFA2A43FFB87C916A94E7C90A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)
(as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H439166AD10A04ABE8B3D04C78BACCB49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the 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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02139E9572204E0D8466B387438691BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>service learning</quote> and
inserting <quote>service-learning</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H3AD2AF741C3142589AF09B63FFED448C"><enum>1516.</enum><header>Terminology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et
seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H637EA1CCD9F640A48136742CBFCBFA97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
subtitle heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE65231BBF8454906B7D84BC469A72487" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HA27E764E9982499A851BDE7050E5EA68"><enum>E</enum><header>National Civilian
Community
Corps</header>
</subtitle><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE84F06A56CC4FC6B14C7C477F22A412"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 160(a)
(42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) by inserting <quote>National</quote> before
<quote>Civilian Community Corps</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC23FD27D392547AB909086044383D58C"><enum>F</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>F</enum-in-header> (Administrative
Provisions)</header>
<section id="H1695C390BD6745E4977BCF63CCD45404"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Family and
medical leave</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>with respect to
a project</quote> and inserting <quote>with respect to a project authorized
under the national service laws</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBB5D009AB33B4E19818714CD5A629F4E"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions on 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 id="HBDBCFED676CC4C9CB95F3766CE50809C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE34FD2CA800443C588242168758C9E23"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Referrals for
Federal Assistance</header><text>A program may not receive assistance under the
national service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal
assistance programs or State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal
Government.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF04EE11AE7B644FC8F1668867B9F7C57"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Notice,
hearing, and grievance procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0380442EF3CD46729DB5ED820F28303E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(A), by striking <quote>30 days</quote> and inserting <quote>1 or more
periods of 30 days not to exceed 90 days in total</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H218B2AAA2E364F0F99681E92E9037E7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB4A953DBE8460C8A79F2A58A941DA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>A State or local applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>An
entity</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BCEEC4A6C094776B56C01D99A72982A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<clause id="HE793664AD034468D946A5942A0D49880"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9560E6FECCE4459B7C7B1D2BA83364E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H501FDBD173434BB688CAB448DC0F9133"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE9D25BA7990C4321AE353EC7BD8D4EA2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H222827D786F74E48AF0D78D15410DBCF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in a grievance
filed by an individual applicant or participant—</text>
<clause id="H3239C47441AC4C5DA52C62EB65E7BA76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicant’s
selection or the participant’s reinstatement, as the case may be; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FCD6038CEEA455891BC53A7EEBA4DDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other changes in
the terms and conditions of service;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H155C892C117D44E09FE85AA80A671CB8"><enum>1604.</enum><header>Resolution of
displacement complaints</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E85843AC6E44DC8BBB41482F57896BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (a)
and (b), by striking <quote>under this title</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>under the national service laws</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0586012FEC4444FA24F506A6DC45347"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>employee or position</quote> and inserting
<quote>employee, position, or volunteer (other than a participant under the
national service laws)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF9CC26911D4D5CA81C7B49336BAEDF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2ABB206C095F404D9F99B8B2C408587C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDF5DC7709ED042B285753B99C178A14D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Parental
involvement</header>
<paragraph id="H1F59D85B420A49A2BA3313D2ECFB1B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that receive
assistance under the national service laws shall consult with the parents or
legal guardians of children in developing and operating programs that include
and serve children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94D1DFCFA6644398A51010FCC8EBF48E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Parental
permission</header><text>Programs that receive assistance under the national
service laws shall, consistent with State law, before transporting minor
children, provide the reason for and obtain written permission of the
children’s
parents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7F4C62A900244E0BAF8D28CD710E174B"><enum>1605.</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="H8D6578BBE9D64BFB846006C6D06B6FB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H89F2B90BC5414B4EB0F05BCAB91A9A03" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEF4E55875E7B41ECA85073C85D7CF416"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A representative
of the volunteer
sector.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBCE49B39AB74E258B6607B69CCC1700"><enum>(2)</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 id="HAB14940729EF41E396CDBA848D991B3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e)(1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFDBDB9A57DBA4F6CB8177E4B8961EE83" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1D8EE8A758BF4CA9BA6E3CB328999882"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Preparation of a
national service plan for the State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5BA5B17B66A4E379CC40515F207331C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is developed
through an open and public process (such as through regional forums, hearings,
and other means) that provides for maximum participation and input from
companies, organizations, and public agencies using service and volunteerism as
a strategy to meet critical community needs, including programs funded under
the national service laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50BE85115E9F435AA889B3CD8ACB65F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>covers a 3-year
period, the beginning of which may be set by the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF50A5D8A6134116BFBCCECEE6FCA629"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is subject to
approval by the chief executive officer of the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70376DC9EE014E3E87A8D308E706CF4B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes measurable goals and outcomes for
the State consistent with those for national service programs as described in
section 179(a)(1)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81152FF8BCF4127A77E83F769AF2EAA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensures outreach
to diverse community-based agencies that serve under-represented populations,
by using established networks and registries at the State level, or
establishing such networks and registries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H617CCBE5374C460B98B51CE407C40576"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provides for
effective coordination of funding applications submitted by the State and
others within the State under the national service laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H885BAFAE51114E749C7D335BFB85B2D1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is updated
annually, reflecting changes in practices and policies that will improve the
coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for
service and volunteerism within the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D37DE8558394EC59B9A023EB4687DD5"><enum>(H)</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>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H387F0FB73C774E65B7131C4D048F469C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (h) through (l),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97C8D32820F848FDA14020A85EE7316F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCF25D5A3946C44E091A8EFE26CB4D92D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8B1D6FB84B984F2ABFD653367D816B16"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relief From
Administrative Requirements</header><text>Upon approval of a State plan
submitted under subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, or
specify alternatives to, administrative requirements (other than statutory
provisions) otherwise applicable to grants made to States under the national
service laws, including those requirements identified by a State as impeding
the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for
service and volunteerism within a State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H04C4546F6F314DF0A591B52894CDB966"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State plan for
baby boomer and older adult volunteer and paid service</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8C7BF346101B4C49B7A8ED6687449206"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment
under subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national service
positions under subtitle C, a State must work with appropriate State agencies
and private entities to develop a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and
paid service by members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B9277518FC748D1A12B1AB3C7F21E68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters
included</header><text>The State plan shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0D20702A19546F6B6E7A02DEA1E946D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommendations
for public policy initiatives, including how to best tap the population of
members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults as sources of social
capital and as ways to address community needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6AFD21DC6554FC6A8D506CC9F329F6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations to
the State unit on aging on—</text>
<clause id="H9AE67D511AAC4F1F9A12C41194DD770B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
marketing outreach plan to businesses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HACAEB1D68F94419395E1C882D2B1F72B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outreach
to—</text>
<subclause id="H0ED4EC7FC1474F77819C6EF612E33819"><enum>(I)</enum><text>non-profit
organizations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H72A7A7ED93B24AEE9DCC2FE1C2C88391"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State’s
Department of Education;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC2417782AE294763BE56024CA7633D74"><enum>(III)</enum><text>institutions of
higher education; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C0BC3F64D52440D8992BF8C75A38349"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other State
agencies; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37715F8E9A3E49A3B6D2B6F62715C3C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations
for civic engagement and multigenerational activities, such as—</text>
<clause id="H8DB614DFB2594FF086F9ED2830D9F7BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>early childhood
education, family literacy, and after school programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDCC4FA656FDD4AF1BD4389BBC616E448"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>respite services
for older adults and caregivers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8BE06B941134F268F0F0BE49F717D27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transitions for
members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults to purposeful work in
their post career lives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F89016A7A5F4F4B8E762FF5826DC985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Knowledge
incorporated</header><text>The State plan shall incorporate the current
knowledge base regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5043562126A4725857B968EFFBDDFFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic
impact of older workers’ roles in the economy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72EE9DCD76AF440FB94AB4CBA516EDB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the social impact
of older workers’ roles in the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA57A62921FDC406E9F010D68F41964E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the health and
social benefits of active engagement for members of the Baby Boom generation
and older adults.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34ACBFEFD12A40308C8C96CC2DE30FBA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
State plan must be made public and be transmitted to the Chief Executive
Officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5F5CDAE4DE34AB78FD36F71004299C6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)(1) (as redesignated by this section), by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>, consistent with section 174(d).</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H092391ABE4004D97BECF13126FD8AE27"><enum>1606.</enum><header>Evaluation and
accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 179 (42
U.S.C. 12639) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H885CFA5932444212B4C45311DF23E75E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1E168888A9D4672BEE007C42CA33ECE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7172CDF68BF44F43A395C747931350CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
provide, directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation
of programs that receive assistance under the national service laws, including
evaluations that measure the impact of such programs, to determine—</text>
<paragraph id="H243BCF6BBAE44E849A7C4AE071CCB3C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of programs receiving
assistance under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and the
costs associated with such, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAA34426090524B139EC4FAC4FF1FB0FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of performance measures, as
established by the Corporation in consultation with each grantee receiving
assistance under the national service laws, which may include—</text>
<clause id="H07F1C8DA69A44F14934CDFAD7ABABBFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>number of
participants enrolled and completing terms of service compared to the stated
goals of the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H51A20FA6EF5644AEA2F2B0E9DA14313A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>number of
volunteers recruited from the community in which the program was
implemented;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4850A9D3FA141B2B55009B61DD2C05B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if applicable
based on the program design, the number of individuals receiving or benefitting
from the service conducted;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF35FA08059E48F7AC7DC7C419A4C7C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>number of
disadvantaged and under-represented youth participants;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C5FDCE6A23B4085908585D1E2EB8879"><enum>(v)</enum><text>sustainability of
project or program, including measures to ascertain the level of community
support for the project or program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H31C3D9D1B2F943A4A59453F8E05BE625"><enum>(vi)</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; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H852919E20F704CC986E947FB7C92C9A0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>other
quantitative and qualitative measures as determined to be appropriate by the
recipient of assistance; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C5A760A0ADB4427BEE4954CDC0AAA03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>review of the
implementation plan for reaching such measures described in subparagraph (A);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4383A466E11640D2A46789A0056C6A23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the structure and
mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the effective utilization of the
participants’ time, the management of the participants, and the ease with which
recipients were able to receive services, to maximize the cost-effectiveness
and the impact of such
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E674E3E9FA743109E209EB965C7A745"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H798E106B356447F381A03327588C6678"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>National Senior Volunteer Corps</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Senior Service Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FB5C20B6FE34073844E80C24BE13E62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>to public service</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>to engage in service that benefits the
community.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18357BEA859E4D93A5214971064FDAC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAA31818FD995405B974D6E7B4AD20EEC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6300A299C1904CCA9F5BD718C9ACE060"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reserved Program
Funds for Accountability</header><text>In addition to amounts appropriated to
carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 percent of total
program funds appropriated for a fiscal year under the national service laws to
support program accountability activities under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8D019DEE361649E2BB3437E4F7F585EB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Corrective
plans</header>
<paragraph id="H3E78303726B6454686EEE3F408B4DC01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grantee that fails to reach the performance measures in
subsection (a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall reach an agreement
with the Corporation on a corrective action plan to achieve the agreed upon
performance measures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5A8824D433464499085F544CB38D34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H9B2578424E4441BE86CFB202B72347C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a program that
has received assistance for less than 3 years and is failing to achieve the
performance measures agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Corporation
shall—</text>
<clause id="HF2260244B7494D8B915B3124BF6A80D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to the grantee to address targeted performance problems relating to
the performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D9FE8E0EF4A440F839B315C140082D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require quarterly
reports from the grantee on the program’s progress toward achieving the
performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate State,
Territory, or Indian tribe and the Corporation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEDFAA37F45D4885A70911A7C8B99591"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Established
programs</header><text>For a program that has received assistance for 3 years
or more and is failing to achieve the performance measures agreed upon under
subsection (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require quarterly reports from the
grantee on the program’s progress towards achieving performance measures in
subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and
the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBDDB28C7F2284B42A1AC92868BF98FC6"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Failure To meet
performance levels</header><text>If, after a period for correction as approved
by the Corporation, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the established
levels of performance, the Corporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCD955E01E164162827442017C904A6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce the annual
amount of the grant award attributable to the underperforming grantee or
subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDBC491ECE242618C14167A6361DAD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>terminate
assistance to the underperforming grantee or subgrantee, consistent with
section 176(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48532507CCC649949C20FC98810DD423"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall submit to Congress
not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
and annually thereafter, a report containing information on the number
of—</text>
<paragraph id="H427CF55F156F4D208D456479AEC79993"><enum>(1)</enum><text>grantees
implementing corrective action plans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA7772A074924341A4475E23FFE7AA90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grantees for which the Corporation offers
technical assistance under subsection (k);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2EA3A9014B5491380DA53D8D5403492"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grantees for which
the Corporation terminates assistance for a program under subsection (l);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB320950FB064998B846A81298038E0D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entities that expressed interest in
applying for assistance under a national service law but did not apply;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E0578FFE5E949BE93E2008472C47167"><enum>(5)</enum><text>entities whose
application was rejected; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC19C9AE19F6541B888E1C03D38FAF423"><enum>(6)</enum><text>grantees meeting
or exceeding their performance measures in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H06F82794B81F4693ACA694CD817D65DC"><enum>1607.</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181 (42
U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking <quote>Section 414</quote> and inserting
<quote>Section 422</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD8422D57DDB549FCBF5B628C9ECC0779"><enum>1608.</enum><header>Partnerships
with schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 182(b)
(42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5D314F5DD6449F29F8FA65D3E44734C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H681EEE9ADA884A13BEAC8C34E1EC0D46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HEA55ED46D954411B8015A2D29FE18A14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal agency
submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each
Federal agency shall prepare and submit to Corporation for Community and
National Service a report concerning the implementation of this section,
including an evaluation of the performance goals and benchmarks of the
partnership programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20C7FA0ADD2C428BAC47FB3CDA984988"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation for
National and Community Service shall prepare and submit to the authorizing
committees a compilation of the information received under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8277057C689E4A648B494CA3C9B5E7CD"><enum>1609.</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="H99504DB9A1DE43F389D1C7C5E47DF0C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A7C9E110F344CC18C350525E6D9005F"><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="HE2AA45DC39E144CBB367D625E46BCC06"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting after
<quote>local government,</quote> the following:
<quote>Territory,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8137B17E31824D6B9E21EF351DE3E900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H465AE735AF4B4BD6A3776BA140707E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H263ACF0BF56B468FBBCC70E463F238FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting after <quote>local government,</quote> the following:
<quote>Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E27317A122446A7B845A1DAAFF34CBB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE5EECBF3E04343BDA0337A9EFD158A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0C5086BFD1F845C896278C437A0AAD8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with
otherwise applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corporation shall have
access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents, papers,
records, and other recorded information in any form—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F08A0E47B8E4DE5B4FA4C89F336B289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within the
possession or control of the Corporation or any State or local government,
Territory, Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organization receiving
assistance directly or indirectly under this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE52A47AF57744A48A6E34B42B4A9418"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that relates to the duties of the Inspector
General under the Inspector General Act of
1978.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H247123C74A1B406CBD8AC584D519B494"><enum>1610.</enum><header>Additional
administrative provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H04AA7B3CC3A441319BE10F69805A90D2" style="OLC">
<section id="H9D14CD4F4A394583AE1C986384DBA7F2"><enum>185.</enum><header>Sustainability</header>
<subsection id="HC3078E20AA4A4FB7BCCD033E13CE1209"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure that recipients of assistance
under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable projects or
programs, the Corporation, after collaboration with State Commissions and
consultation with recipients of assistance under the national service laws, may
set sustainability goals supported by policies and procedures to—</text>
<paragraph id="H9030D98A99C5426482138360A0D36E69"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">build the capacity of the projects that
receive assistance under the national service laws to meet community needs and
lessen the dependence on Federal dollars to do so, taking into consideration
challenges that programs in underserved rural or urban areas may face;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECFDE91B82CE4E48A1D550B904AC15DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to aid the
recipients of assistance under the national service laws in acquiring and
leveraging non-Federal funds for the projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C81833925FF4C078B4A4C1765DFE7B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implement measures
to ascertain whether the projects are generating sufficient community
support.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A1173263FFD470CBF738A5E76C30909"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a recipient does not meet the
sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the Corporation may take
action as described in sections 176 and 179.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H056A4B782F514786A835A9833A7806FB"><enum>186.</enum><header>Grant
periods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless otherwise
specifically provided, the Corporation has authority to make a grant under the
national service laws for a period of 3 years.</text>
</section><section id="H4ACCB4709C804D50857D15AFFF1FAEBA"><enum>187.</enum><header>Generation of
volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In making decisions
on applications for assistance or approved national service positions under the
national service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the extent
to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the involvement of volunteers
in meeting community needs. In reviewing the application for this purpose, the
Corporation may take into account the mission of the applicant.</text>
</section><section id="HB84AFF5403294BBFB4DE3CD5A138F8A0"><enum>188.</enum><header>Limitation on
program grant costs</header>
<subsection id="H1CE0A4A00BA94F088B156893C9ED3776"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on
Grant Amounts</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by this section, the
amount of funds approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a program
authorized under the national service laws supporting individuals serving in
approved national service positions may not exceed $17,000 per full-time
equivalent position.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H835ED66DB8E84925B02AB8ECB16675ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs Subject to
Limitation</header><text>The limitation in subsection (a) applies to the
Corporation’s share of member support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne
by the grantee or subgrantee to operate a program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F297A0FBDCC49759778A40C32720136"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs Not
Subject to Limitation</header><text>The limitation in subsection (a) and (e)(1)
shall not apply to expenses that are not included in the program operating
grant award.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5E9A81B7B324B799D129824FA3F302F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustments for
Inflation</header><text>The amount specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1)
shall be adjusted each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8CCC8E9C0674F5E845D7F824E59885C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver Authority
and Reporting Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HD270962849F64825A76F3151118E37E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of this section, up to a
maximum of $19,500, if necessary to meet the compelling needs of a particular
program, such as exceptional training needs for a program serving disadvantaged
youth, increased costs relating to the participation of individuals with
disabilities, tribal programs or programs located in the Territories and
start-up costs associated with a first-time grantee, and up to a maximum of
$22,000 for Tribal residential programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1B7B89CF8AF45D29CADC6A0D9629C26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Executive Officer shall report to
Congress annually on all waivers granted under this section, with an
explanation of the compelling needs justifying such waivers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCBCE6CD5E5C345C78EDF5EE72FCCC5D6"><enum>189.</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. 501 et seq.) and the Government
Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall
report to the Congress any failure to comply with the requirements of such
audits.</text>
</section><section id="H3873598FFEE5456C8CE28EF2A3C95712"><enum>190.</enum><header>Criminal
history checks</header>
<subsection id="H0F14275982FE4A1B858AD784F7D14BD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Entities selecting individuals to serve in a position in
which the individual receives a Corporation grant-funded living allowance,
stipend, education award, salary, or other remuneration in a program receiving
assistance under the national service laws, shall, subject to regulations and
requirements established by the Corporation, conduct criminal history checks
for such individuals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02B37724CA1740079C1F63AC7635E357"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A criminal history check shall, except in
cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, include 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 id="H3D5EAF9708A34ACD89E26736FCEF89F4"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDAE6D356A77461C887D154C80016A4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a Federal Bureau
of Investigation fingerprint check.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6D1F2F8FBFF401AB5BE6B20B45D08CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility
prohibition</header><text>An individual shall be ineligible to serve in a
position described under subsection (a) if such individual—</text>
<paragraph id="H709B564346834C28972AF30F4BC5181C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>refuses to consent
to the criminal history check described in subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC05A339011C44D62923A59A18FA3C480"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes a false
statement in connection with such criminal history check;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EE37CF834634EB1B7569187FD782978"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is registered, or is required to be
registered, on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender
Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H726AF6C1980448EBA62008FC38BB0E62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>has been convicted
of murder, as described in section 1111 of title 18, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC80DF1BAF1AF4A858D624F7A12DC318B"><enum>G</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>G</enum-in-header> (Corporation for National and
Community Service)</header>
<section id="H10977745F46242DEBDA870A5CEACAC2D"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Terms of
office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 192 (42 U.S.C.
12651a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H57AF90DBEAB64D0990EEA408571ADABD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H47F0342381744AB5AE9EB56EBA24CC82" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA363728EC5EE483792107B6F44A8BF4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Subject
to subsection (e), each appointed member shall serve for a term of 5
years.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD61EB3B9E4B641BEBFE3B1FC4D82DF5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0CD74819EF204A91B0E3C79FA5C9010D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1A75D464283B49CB831C39866BBC0FE1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Service Until
Appointment of Successor</header><text>A voting member of the Board whose term
has expired may continue to serve for one year beyond expiration of the term if
no successor is appointed or until the date on which a successor has taken
office.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB9FCE0D29A144946944B63AF83DA89DE"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Board of
Directors authorities and duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H499A89888947466893F06E4710E93C9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>shall—</quote> and inserting
<quote>shall have responsibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation
and shall—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1BAF628143BD4CAD8FC727E9A010D496"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, and review
the budget proposal in advance of submission to the Office of Management and
Budget and to Congress</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7565A88ECF041D1A9776227C458D8F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23BCC43826BD451893DE0246271E2EA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF68C71F2595047BF966DE16F9276E3E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC606C715F7B446049ECCF10260948F68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H435B2055DAAD48B7991AB3E317DBEC62" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE21C786406CB4CBE852A8FBEBD40E7EB"><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="HB4C47587A11B479894E4D50D89BDC694"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>Corporation;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11B9614DDA574832AE85F023BDDE9F4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (10),
by striking <quote>program; and</quote> and inserting <quote>program under a
cost share agreement, as determined by the Corporation, in which the funds
advanced or received as reimbursement shall be credited directly to a current
appropriation; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF0D72D3762941FB954774B08AF09D72"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (11),
by striking <quote>September 30, 1995</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD405CF3420244EE3AEEB39E4220B88AB"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Chief
executive officer compensation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is
amended by striking the period and inserting <quote>, plus 3
percent.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H03892AD910884B7CA78A972DA5E235A1"><enum>1704.</enum><header>Authorities
and duties of the Chief Executive Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H793EA35E4FAE409B9D91002E16E8AF57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8182034DDE1D44FB9636F15C28338556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>shall—</quote> and inserting
<quote>, in collaboration with State Commissions, shall—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA87B4CC40FE4591911CDEE4E64AA268"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting after <quote>a strategic plan</quote> the following: <quote>,
including a plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved national service
positions by 2012,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7925417A3D424A68AFFC3678724BB901"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2057451E54B42F28BD5D0EB69E67F7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFC4A4C242DA746999DF3255970212C6D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8393A1E0C5664815AD8B9B7BAFD8A573"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, prepare and submit to Congress a report containing
information on the actions taken to modify the application procedures and
reporting requirements for programs and activities funded under the national
service laws, including a description of the consultation procedures with
grantees;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF735B3363FAA467BB93E061304B3B445"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)
(as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="H9F62A4AD959D4DB9889B36371BC2C862"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>June 30,
1995,</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30 of each even-numbered year,</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H858FE30BAA934F838EEF6D5FB30A5163"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>section 122(c)(1)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 122(d)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ABBC73B1D53470EA6FF1DD1D1DF2EF0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27DF8B04E6F24B0A96F06D3D906A908E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC89702C2398042829FFD9683B722A661"><enum>(13)</enum><text>bolster the
public awareness of and recruitment efforts for the wide range of service
opportunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or
geographic location, through a variety of methods, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE1AFDA71B2D4A51B093F35832690A00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>print
media;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H055E07A348DC44BEB0E9D0DEBB33B32F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Internet and
related emerging technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38989B2BA40541AEB940E775F9281B01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>television;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0FBF546024A47EAAED9731D9E64AC95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>radio;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3DB3C2A276E4F1396078073826F0EF9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>presentations at
public or private forums;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77B7DB9BDC8447B69AF46AE20FD7FCFD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other innovative
methods of communication; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H399B5A993F56488CBBF4D1C46C5B197B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>outreach to
offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, labor
unions and trade associations, local education agencies, institutions of higher
education, agencies and organizations serving veterans and people with
disabilities, and other institutions or organizations from which participants
for programs receiving assistance from the national service laws can be
recruited;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC76B2EFB550E49B7AB1BD76FC02CD839"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and implement methods of
recruitment to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DD21A679C864F028EEE60D18FE2CA69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the
diversity of participants in the programs receiving assistance under the
national service laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD371C9C9894C4FED9C4D88FDCF4EB02E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the
diversity of service sponsors of programs desiring to receive assistance under
the national service laws;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C83154475844548BD18431AA93EA66A"><enum>(15)</enum><text>coordinate with
organizations of former participants of national service programs for service
opportunities that may include capacity building, outreach, and recruitment for
programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AFC1172EF5F452BA611DBF3DC16EC21"><enum>(16)</enum><text>collaborate with
organizations with demonstrated expertise in supporting and accommodating
individuals with disabilities, including institutions of higher education, to
identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the number of
participants with disabilities in the programs receiving assistance under the
national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6AF58850DE44E48315389D741BE525"><enum>(17)</enum><text>identify and
implement recruitment strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers
in the National Senior Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73C078D9E473424CB4AD973732C4E9D4"><enum>(18)</enum><text>collaborate with
organizations which have established volunteer recruitment programs, including
those on the Internet, to increase the recruitment capacity of the
Corporation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H379A5E662CCA4A5AB161B58FBB992C89"><enum>(19)</enum><text>where
practicable, provide application materials in languages other than English for
those with limited English proficiency who wish to participate in a national
service program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C313EE34524ED4A1AD7BDB4DD1E11E"><enum>(20)</enum><text>collaborate with
the training and technical assistance programs described in subtitle J and in
appropriate paragraphs of section 199N(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA49EDDD4DC414C6D93A5174D3A20847C"><enum>(21)</enum><text>coordinate the
clearinghouses described in section 198F; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27EE935DD5544FBF9534F0B9BF2119DD"><enum>(22)</enum><text>coordinate with
entities receiving funds under Subtitle Establishing the Reserve Corps for
alumni of the national service programs to serve in emergencies, disasters, and
other times of national need;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCA0CDEE5BCF4546B22D8EA7B7F106A7"><enum>(23)</enum><text>identify and
implement strategies to increase awareness among Indian tribes of the types and
availability of assistance under the national service laws, increase Native
American participation in national service, and collect information on
challenges facing Native American communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H065E442A9F5146FEBBD2738E21DFFB1F"><enum>(24)</enum><text>conduct outreach
to ensure the inclusion of low-income persons in national service programs and
activities authorized under the National Senior Service Corps; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C2026814DE04C5ABADCBCD4A3CF34D5"><enum>(25)</enum><text>ensure that
outreach, awareness, and recruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
794).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H017EEED54C594329B08290695AA52086"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3708B580C4874E6AA0848CBE664DAD61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8CF2751F9CB4F06977D9B96D3C4F735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED108527B3BC4C44B35BECEF13346F96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (9) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8F6A62B55ACB435CA39607ACE167515E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEB67925B08384C989BFFAA2CB475C6E2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>obtain the
opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the Corporation for
assistance under this title; and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54902ED4F93F47508E054F2F9B73648F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BD3BC97177643F3B4155951A61D5850" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAC6BDA35B65144E3A25824F2F56D9C22"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authority To
Contract With a Business</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 who have established expertise in the recruitment of
disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and members of the Baby Boom
generation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4B0E92A4ABB46E29C595C11E89091C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Campaign To
Solicit Funds</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may conduct a campaign
to solicit non-Federal funds to support outreach and recruitment of 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="H8C7BEE7CB6AD410BB322009CB1776B8E"><enum>1705.</enum><header>Delegation to
States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Consistent with section
193(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12651d(c)(1)), the Chief Executive Officer may delegate to
States specific programmatic authority upon a determination that such a
delegation will increase efficiency in the operation or oversight of a program
under the national service laws.</text>
</section><section id="H89551B029D904CB3A653AF46F9348E52"><enum>1706.</enum><header>Chief
financial officer compensation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 194(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)(2))
is amended by striking <quote>level IV of the Executive Schedule</quote> and
inserting <quote>level III of the Executive Schedule</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA27F8E24517644B58C7D9C0860F7C254"><enum>1707.</enum><header>Nonvoting
members; personal services contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA73C1ADC6D75443AA9823C7C2863E413"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42D628375DA54CA0B4C197189A765808"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by inserting after <quote>subdivision of a State,</quote> the
following: <quote>Territory,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8648156018E4405932FBACE88AD6D1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="H45A328E25CD843C9AB25EAE887A767D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Member</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">Non-voting
member</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H53F09F0885C64094B495D3A3CB1EE990"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>non-voting</quote> before <quote>member</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7788A1BA8D154978B8FE9670C565719C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H436526848BE34F7BB40BB576F15ED923" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0D0E4B7C8BD441F4A5A11277670DC8A4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Personal
Services Contracts</header><text>The Corporation may enter into personal
services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness
related to the national service
laws.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H138101B63C46434496A71A278F6FCCFF"><enum>1708.</enum><header>Donated
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196(a) (42
U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DBB2D545F55447D848C7031FCF16D1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3171F64692DC45C2B6F546F381196829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8E9AAB4D831A41C7B4CE095E5C4A3DD5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5F7CC5B673A24CFC88E1A1D16276D17F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Organizations
and individuals</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United
States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept the services of
organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist the
Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national
service laws, and may provide to such individuals the travel expenses described
in section
192A(d).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H097C67A590A549C59167B8F4929CA472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="HA9C3E73C5A694BE09255C56DC792C955"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>Such a volunteer</quote>
and inserting <quote>A person who is a member of an organization or is an
individual covered by subparagraph (A)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H13C77A8245594138A459A78C8936FCBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (i), by striking <quote>a volunteer</quote> and inserting <quote>such a
person</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6294E7D0D6B643C9BADDC463644C6C0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>volunteers</quote> and inserting <quote>such a
person</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3AB3FADA4C6641F2B0D653E721B59C4B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
clause (iii), by striking <quote>such a volunteer</quote> and inserting
<quote>such a person</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEF842ABC2474C36B7AE6FB9908DB773"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)(i), by striking <quote>Such a volunteer</quote> and inserting <quote>Such a
person</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC19BC5DB0C5D4CC48CF3AA06A12E8F5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H67FD981E93FD4E69BC328B893E57B1D8"><enum>1709.</enum><header>Study to
examine and increase service programs for displaced workers</header>
<subsection id="H172F8A0C29884ACBA9FC869DC14A235A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Planning
study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation for
National and Community Service shall conduct a study to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="H870C15263D994939BF91D1E330A687E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specific areas of
need for displaced workers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10C237A8616B4215AED92108E23B0EA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how existing
programs and activities carried out under the national service laws could
better serve displaced workers and communities that have been adversely
affected by plant closings and job losses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33E98344E3DD4DB4B38F4F0BC99398E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prospects for
better utilization of skilled workers as resources and volunteers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF370782EA6AF46CA9B0AF8C045161092"><enum>(4)</enum><text>methods for
ensuring the efficient financial organization of services directed towards
displaced workers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7892627D8F1849A6AD3758A7FF58F756"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
study shall be carried out in consultation with the Department of Labor, State
labor agencies, and other individuals and entities the Corporation considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB60F38D9BEB246E5877EDE14492CA3F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation
shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the planning study required
by subsection (a), together with a plan for implementation of a pilot program
using promising strategies and approaches for better targeting and serving
displaced workers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H226F011BB38D4F9A966776F13650E1AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this section,
the Corporation shall develop and carry out a pilot program based on the
findings in the report submitted under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H232E07B81BB24B4D9D477641E1475605"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DF0D13598B246A8AA93619EDA777C57"><enum>1710.</enum><header>Study to
evaluate the effectiveness of a centralized electronic citizenship verification
system</header>
<subsection id="H7E833FBD3B3049EF8810D37CA3FB3C69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation for National and Community
Service shall conduct a study to determine the effectiveness of a centralized
electronic citizenship verification system which would allow the Corporation to
share employment eligibility information with the Department of Education in
order to reduce administrative burden and lower costs for member programs. This
study shall identify—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BC416624AC5492F92BC3F6D885C27E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the costs
associated with establishing this program both for the Corporation and for the
Department of Education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H984639A6B0824446B3370998CD075AF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the benefits or
detriments of such a system both for the Corporation and for the Department of
Education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8CADD69F6844138B6FB5BEC9D46BFF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>strategies for
ensuring the privacy and security of member information that is shared between
agencies and member organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5456539EF7584B248FB4013E7C7AB440"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the information
that needs to be shared in order to fulfill employment eligibility
requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H498F814E1A05432F9336BDBC45146E51"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommendations
for implementation of such a program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92F8EAF35FE449149D2AB0E996F893B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
study shall be carried out in consultation with the Department of Education and
other individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12BEF7FB3CAF4F1681FAEA0D619B28DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Corporation shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study
required by subsection (a), together with a plan for implementation of a pilot
program using promising strategies and approaches identified in such study, if
the Corporation determines such program to be feasible.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H22F53469A79F4EB4BFCDF3C85007A57F"><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 in the report submitted under subsection (c), if Congress deems such a
program to be feasible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2BB2B7A715A34D9F838204859307E9FE"><enum>(e)</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></subtitle><subtitle id="HBCE4173A1A424FE3A184D74F502EB94E"><enum>H</enum><header>Amendments to
Subtitle <enum-in-header>H</enum-in-header></header>
<section id="H5DB69C8ED42746E5BA261794371AF757"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Technical
amendments to subtitle <enum-in-header>H</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="HDBA9B3859812490087C0B98A08C59649"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
Corporation activities To support national service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle
H is amended by inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF94E6E582CC4D9987AF3DCD1114331F" style="OLC">
<part id="H3CFF97F7A44346C4940661B1742D581A"><enum>I</enum><header>Additional
Corporation Activities to Support National
Service</header>
</part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H86FEA80981164B479C1E624B0C0FD32A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text>Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2FBA603A263D42AA99662BA9A7E4DA7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>subsection (r)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(g)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22C5DDCF17C64718BACA7F08AD49AB6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in 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>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79802067EF674DCEBE36D486C46B3F6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and
redesignating subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as subsections
(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBEF374CC79114993AA3CC7F53EA2D21E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Call to Service
Campaign and September 11th Day of Service</header><text>Section 198 (as
amended by subsection (b) (42 U.S.C. 12653) is further amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9453021376B448269E403D6ECC029ED4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB4F5977955CB467D8C0B757A3058EEB4"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Call to Service
Campaign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 180
days after enactment of this 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="H3AAC52C3718743709BB4312579B59F9E"><enum>(l)</enum><header>September 11th
Day of Service</header>
<paragraph id="H9629E4B767D24B059A979980CB7CF063"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation is authorized to issue a proclamation to
treat September 11th on a permanent basis as an annually observed National Day
of Service and Remembrance that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC9BA0DF02E94EAC8491827DB6AB4E7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides an
appropriate and meaningful way for Americans to pay everlasting tribute to the
victims of September 11th, recognize and honor the sacrifices and contributions
of the countless volunteers and rescue and recovery workers who gave urgent,
lasting aid in response to the September 11th attacks, and help rekindle the
vital spirit of unity and compassion that was evident and essential throughout
the nation following the terrorist attacks on the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1548C1BE4E3417688EDED566C1CB3EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is observed and
supported by the authority and activities of the Corporation, and, on a
voluntary basis, by other federal offices and agencies, non-profit and
faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education,
elementary and secondary schools, in order to promote innovative ways to engage
a broader range of Americans in national service timed to coincide with the
anniversary of September 11th each year and as part of the broader Call to
Service Campaign.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEAF2CD031A74678B4395B79019BF523"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
activities</header><text>In order to observe September 11th National Day of
Service and Remembrance at the Federal level, 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBE9E864161F4951A00392898E2F3625"><enum>(3)</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="HBE360A78402340AC8B88CB7BF07E4CB6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
devising and implementing programs to support the September 11th National Day
of Service and Remembrance, including making grants or providing other forms of
support under this subsection, the Corporation shall confer with and receive
assistance from nonprofit organizations with expertise in representing
September 11th family members and other impacted constituencies, and promoting
establishment of September 11th as an annually recognized National Day of
Service and
Remembrance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3ECE742D3DB846B48E80AF77D6EF0C5B"><enum>1802.</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<subsection id="H17D68CCA0A744CB5AB0CB00ECC0C1D54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions are
repealed:</text>
<paragraph id="H8BB3534C4DC64B45AC11C217A94BB53F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clearinghouses</header><text>Section
198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20CFB3C0E1AB4616BE3AA177718736B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military
installation conversion demonstration programs</header><text>Section 198C (42
U.S.C. 12653c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AEB35FB874E407F816633E899AAEB68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
demonstration project</header><text>Section 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD24CABED17647619370E9A7414D1588"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Section
198B is redesignated as section 198A.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0219F0E17C7B4AC5BB71FBC83EA90216"><enum>1803.</enum><header>New
Fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H is
further amended by adding at the end the following new sections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A60D24A44674F54851D2E960B090D48" style="OLC">
<section id="H31992C79766145549E22B4FDA0148493"><enum>198B.</enum><header>Serve America
Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="H33C6F0D81824409B9FEB1CD05BAF371F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HCA8188F16DA84B4BB840DCA900E2119B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Area of National
Need</header><text>The term <term>area of national need</term> means an area
involved in efforts to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5054F2C175ED45558B5DA8099C89F545"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve education
in schools for economically disadvantaged students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAEBF0280C89474D8FED84146E367CEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand and improve
access to health care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2EA1375BB524090879968D17EB2D909"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve energy
efficiency and conserve natural resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02474A45531545C2805079A2257A86F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve economic
opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0EA6E49A00A420D80D1E6341B2F57E4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improve disaster
preparedness and response.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H252C40DF918248D485FECD3B2E555D59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
Fellowship Recipient</header><text>The term <term>eligible fellowship
recipient</term> means an individual who is selected by a State Commission
under subsection (c), as a result of such selection, is eligible for a
ServeAmerica Fellowship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE1B1F57411284EA4BF3FB050DCE1414A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellow</header><text>The
term <term>fellow</term> means an eligible fellowship recipient who is awarded
a ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow under subsection
(e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FA0D68A698B4933B5A32CD7FDFD8D74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H9BA6E6F712594A1080AFDC0BDD9C6380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under section 501(a)(2)(C)
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, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with an
application approved under this section, to enable such State Commission to
award ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F8A9B6C79A740B19956AC6E14D2A204"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotment;
Administrative Costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H70A21B1711A746F79393874536B9EBD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allotment</header><text>The
amount allotted to a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be equal to an
amount that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated under section
501(a)(2)(C), 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="H4E1D3CE78B204C41BA09CCF1D16A1279"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>Of
the grants received by the State Commissions under subparagraph (A),
<fraction>1/3</fraction> of total grant funds received shall be awarded to
organizations that maintain not more than 10 full-time staff and not more than
10 part-time staff.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A82AA1E44AE45DA842B51DE1963FD06"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>If
a State Commission does not apply for an allotment under this subsection for
any fiscal year, or if the State Commission’s application is not approved, the
Corporation shall reallot the amount of the State Commission’s allotment to the
remaining State Commissions in accordance with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE3C028D57244CA6B4DAE85198EB3595"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Administrative
Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount allotted
to a State Commission under subparagraph (A), not more than 1.5 percent of such
amount may be used for administrative costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0B0A68FB81F43C68369766E39802705"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Number of
positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2799A91467E149B19D0A0918B8B98621"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish or
increase the number of approved national service positions under this
subsection during each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3782EC92C59347BEAA05904A206C3346"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the
number of approved positions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B3DF69929BB401FA23BCC6814FA756F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the
number of the approved positions to—</text>
<clause id="HDBCC50B2A37A4BF68D016807B8DB895E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>750 for fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E85EB6496A540F4A634B78B8A0DF369"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="H454DD8518D404F53B3E7C9EE7AB68C67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1,250 for fiscal
year 2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H294385A49A0D4E7E83698548B0F7CCBF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1,500 for fiscal
year 2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE78D8A5D916143718345ECCC6B45C664"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Uses of grant
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H701A53C00F924AAFAE9BE51624B8A3FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required
uses</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be used to
enable fellows to carry out service projects in areas of national need.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB39CECFF010641B8BB41E11F51B62A8B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permitted
uses</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection may be used
for—</text>
<clause id="H7C025D74BB2F4B478A204C42D33AC76C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>oversight
activities and mechanisms for the service sites as determined by the State
Commission or the Corporation, which may include site visits;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE545C24EC6FB41A9890CBF85CE962CC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>activities to
augment the experience of participants in approved national service positions
under this section, including activities to engage such participants in
networking opportunities with other national service participants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B5D334AC9AD41C09B613A5CEFB06E1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recruitment or
training activities for participants in approved national service positions
under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36D0627BEE914AFC9D022EAE4627F4CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a State Commission shall
submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Corporation may require, including
information on the criteria and procedures that the State Commission will use
for overseeing ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service projects, under
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5CC01B43CA1467AB8248EF77DCA1BD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
Fellowship recipients</header>
<paragraph id="H841832F6C8CB47C48250CBB7A17E76AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="H69DC47CBCB89435297D2B2E17E3AE553"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An applicant desiring to become an eligible fellowship
recipient shall submit an application to a State Commission or an institution
of higher education that has elected to participate in the program authorized
under this subsection, at such time and in such manner as the Commission or
institution may require, and containing the information described in
subparagraph (B) and such additional information as the Commission or
institution may require. An applicant may submit such application to only one
State Commission for a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC392424229544B2B1B37F52C33F39DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
Corporation shall specify information to be provided in an application
submitted under this subsection, which shall include—</text>
<clause id="H8895020747134804B7EB1DBADF5CB1E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the area of national need that the applicant intends to address
in the service project;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD399AEA545C46F1984C965EE4FC4C96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
description of the skills and experience the applicant has to address the area
of national need;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D29FFD421DE472183CCAB2505BC80BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of
the type of service the applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A7D1896950B459B872EFF3D4E99BE21"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information
identifying the State in which the applicant will serve (which, in the case of
an application submitted to a State Commission, shall be the State served by
the Commission) and the local area in which the applicant plans to serve, for
the service project.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA956620FAEF54DAFADD1CE2D4CAC4C6B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Nominations
Institutions</header><text>After reviewing the applications each institution of
higher education that is not a Campus of Service may nominate not fewer than 4
individuals for consideration by the State Commission as eligible fellowship
recipients.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EC54D12A27743949E54BE828493A229"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Each
State Commission shall select, from the applicants nominated by institutions of
higher education serving the State and the applicants 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 grant received by the State
Commission under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73CE46A754A64AACACFD3DADAF0AABA7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Service Sponsor
Organizations</header>
<paragraph id="HFB38002832B24E86A182242E507BCBF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F0A3C030BD24CA3BC1647E9A76D9B2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a nonprofit
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF36B3032B3064256B1BD71491F54D0EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfy
qualification criteria established by the Corporation or the State Commission,
including standards relating to organizational capacity, financial management,
and programmatic oversight;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FDE3F6B4E49491BB3D6EA6178AE4422"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not be a recipient
of other national service awards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4832546BE69D44C89B9C77FC608C418D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at the time of
registration with a State Commission, enter into an agreement providing that
the service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<clause id="H36A5E106286D47C38E52CA66EEDE5ADF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>abide by all
program requirements;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFF2B7C4C96E047BBA12C6E4B0677A0DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide an amount
described in subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving with the organization
through the ServeAmerica Fellowship;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF08EEB37DE74D25B34C78CBEC2A6BDA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be responsible
for certifying whether each fellow serving with the organization successfully
completed the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and certify in a manner
specified by the Corporation the number of hours served by a fellow for
purposes of determining the fellow's eligibility for benefits; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H022AF399644942BE973E9984708C9CBC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide timely
access to records relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State
Commission, the Corporation, and the Corporation's Inspector General.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62EFD50E53514F8FA24057034002873D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration</header>
<subparagraph id="H7AA51F419A944D4EA62970BE56FDC758"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>No
service sponsor organization may receive a fellow under this subsection until
the organization registers with the State Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF645EC0D7284710B28020A8B684BD96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clearinghouse</header><text>The
State Commission shall maintain a list of registered service sponsor
organizations on a public website;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF45F6F161450479BBDF781D238680712"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>If
a State Commission determines that a service sponsor organization is in
violation of any of the applicable provisions of this section—</text>
<clause id="HF3EF3EE6D0A649FE99CD119969337789"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State
Commission shall revoke the registration of the organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4558C5819BD649A1B2353269F608379D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the organization
shall not be eligible to receive a national service award under this title, for
not less than 5 years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEAFF02E9BCFB477AA47C192CFE133EC2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State
Commission shall have the right to remove a fellow from the organization and
relocate the fellow to another site.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H213F712ACD2949F6842414152E8C38CF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fellows</header>
<paragraph id="H9F03344B45E04FC9B4CACF3E9F5C8AD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to participate in a service project as a
fellow and receive a ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship recipient
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D8E6B64FD964F6E96F06752EDC0CD97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 3 months
after being selected as an eligible fellowship recipient, select a registered
service sponsor organization described in subsection (d) with which the
recipient is interested in serving under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25F1CAAB0F564C10A9F50E9954D35BD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an
agreement with the organization—</text>
<clause id="HFA923733041640689DF99C1B9FE7F06D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that specifies the service the recipient will provide if the placement is
approved;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8015DBB30ABE452C8A68CA55A0989756"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in which the
recipient agrees to serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time basis (as
determined by the Corporation); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4BC01ED1A59A4D4A9247BCCBCE06A709"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>submit such
agreement to the State Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD41A949DD93C402CB59337D2D1583EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Award</header><text>Upon
receiving the eligible fellowship recipient's agreement under paragraph (1),
the State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and
designate the recipient as a fellow.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB422B8B82A3044B7A5DF50787BF05E65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowship
Amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H2110F6186F9A420A940B1359AF70BD4E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts received under subsection (b), each State
Commission shall award each of the State’s fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship
amount that is equal to 50 percent of the amount of the 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><subparagraph id="H70FA0AB2DEDD435392A2A4622966150F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount from
service sponsor organization</header><text>Except as provided in subsection
(C), 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 subsistence allowance
provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60B7AD4A681048DBAECB009073C4AD26"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum living
allowance</header>
<clause id="H56C3AF9BD3494CCA9C237CC5811ABE69"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The total amount that may be provided to a fellow under
this subparagraph shall not exceed 100 percent of the average annual
subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF01CDB53311441FB753CA3CF181AD55"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Small
organizations</header><text>A service sponsor organization meeting the
requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B) 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 that amount and the
ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that fellows receive under clause (i) is equal
to or greater than 60 percent of the average annual subsistence allowance
provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteers
Service Act of 1973.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BA063F3EBDC4C16B5F5F0AB2AC02752"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Proration of
amount</header><text>In the case of a fellow who is authorized to serve a
part-time term of service under the agreement described in subparagraph
(1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to a fellow under this subparagraph shall be
prorated accordingly.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CB90834DD884D8AA7B0C79ADCA26A7A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Corporation may allow a State Commission to waive the amount required under
clause (B) from the service sponsor organization for a fellow serving the
organization if—</text>
<clause id="HC377B9B047064E2082DB0D55200AB1CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such requirement
is inconsistent with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C4F9D579B2945D9843D41094C193291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount provided to the fellow under clause (i) 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E6BAAD848EA460D9521B91041BA9E45"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance with
ineligible service categories</header><text>Service under a ServeAmerica
Fellowship shall comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that
section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be considered to be
a reference to assistance provided under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1B7E376B78543CAA4DFA129A5D23F7C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each
service sponsor organization that receives a fellow under this subsection
shall, on a biweekly basis, report to the State Commission on the number of
hours served and the services provided by that fellow. The Corporation shall
establish a web portal for the organizations to use in reporting the
information.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBBCB5899F71B4760A7A6302BBF0150F1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Educational
awards</header><text>A fellow who serves in a service project under this
section shall be considered to have served in an approved national service
position and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time or
part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national service
educational award described in such section. The Corporation shall transfer an
appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide for the
national service educational awards for such fellow.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA366831B0513476892D2755A0385F0B2"><enum>198C.</enum><header>Silver
Scholarships and Encore Fellowships</header>
<subsection id="HEC399A9DD04C46A0B2DD871907C0CF8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Silver
Scholarship</header>
<paragraph id="HBA5E8BB7FBB44666A9C20F5B3C1230EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Corporation may award grants, including fixed-amount grants (in accordance with
section 129(k)) to community-based organizations to carry out a Silver
Scholarship Grant Program for individuals age 55 and older to complete not less
than 500 hours of service in a year carrying out projects of national need and
to receive a Silver Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 education award. Under
such a program—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8A622F8D9C44025818E1E7DC8B22997"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Corporation
shall establish criteria for the types of the service required to be performed
to receive such award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H177E54D3365A49559A888C7D30A898A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual
receiving the award shall use such award in accordance with sections 146(c),
146(d), and 148(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF43090CD3E4C4B7D8E88C7AAC74C6A86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>Each
program funded under this subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3
years, including 1 planning year and 2 additional grant years, with a 1-year
extension possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in
accordance with section 179(a) and any other criteria determined by the
Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40084329D08A4E168F6062303909BEDB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to carry out a program under this subsection, a community-based
organization shall submit to the Corporation an application at such time and in
such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. A
community-based organization approved by the Corporation shall be a listed
organization as described in subsection (b)(2)(D).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55724371DD1040F3B01983AB0A6DD0F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collaboration
encouraged</header><text>A community-based organization awarded a grant under
this subsection is encouraged to collaborate with programs funded under title
II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act in carrying out this program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B47DC025A7C483EB81FE6B2DADC4C4E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility for
scholarship</header><text>An individual is eligible to receive a Silver
Scholarship if the community-based organization certifies to the Corporation
that the individual has completed not less than 500 hours of service under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58B0BF0584BC4767B415CF7094585433"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>A community-based organization receiving a grant under
this subsection may use a portion of the fixed-amount grant to provide
transportation services to an eligible individual to allow such individual to
participate in a service project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42B8CC7BEFE14320B718EEA084BB0918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Encore
Fellowships</header>
<paragraph id="H8B1E61D2B76E475BAAA26F74B2CEBC17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Corporation may award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individuals age 55 or
older to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF2D5D127DAD45928BBB4D596A3E502B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out service
projects in areas of national need; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AA51558826545A29BF80E9A50756C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to receive
training and development in order to transition to full- or part-time public
service in the nonprofit sector or government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26B7897093A944B383DD9CF4BEAA6967"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>In
carrying out the program, the Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21E5864CB6BE4507BBDB2178C71DAD05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain a list of
eligible organizations for which Encore Fellows may be placed to carry out
service projects through the program and shall provide the list to all
Fellowship recipients; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AE6CC38D0434518807137C0C6788718"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the request of
a Fellowship recipient—</text>
<clause id="H7DD3077BEB7C4465B45BDC30BF64CFF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether
the requesting recipient is able to meet the service needs of a listed
organization, or another organization that the recipient requests in accordance
with subparagraph (E), for a service project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF31C90204F5E4437A7EAD58FDC13175D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upon making a
favorable determination under clause (i), award the recipient with an Encore
Fellowship, and place the recipient with the organization as an Encore Fellow
under subparagraph (E).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB69E45B0000482C8A627E3F397DA032"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible
recipients</header>
<clause id="HDC12D87FD69D48E89F058231F72E1C6A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual
desiring to be selected as a Fellowship recipient shall—</text>
<subclause id="HC9A09CCFDD644C66A11C7C2489CDD823"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be an individual
who—</text>
<item id="H18232D48301B4B17BDC0BE090A0B23ED"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is
at least 55 years of age as of the time the individual applies for the program;
and</text>
</item><item id="HBF8AECB321A548509E4F1FD265F06424"><enum>(bb)</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>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HE1B32944C10742A5A5EED2205F3BA202"><enum>(II)</enum><text>submit an
application to the Corporation, at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Corporation may require, including—</text>
<item id="H26F815D45E92465888ED4F1103F4E3A0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a
description of the area of national need that the applicant hopes to address
through the service project;</text>
</item><item id="HF7AAF59C52E042009E76A19C17E30D61"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a
description of the skills and experience the applicant has to address an area
of national need; and</text>
</item><item id="H7CBF023B66064C7E8C016CF0DFDF2E9C"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>information
identifying the region of the United States in which the applicant wishes to
serve.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H124CBC103CF545BDBB773CF2AE9328DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection
basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining which
individuals to select as Fellowship recipients, the Corporation shall—</text>
<subclause id="HC2B98B96DAFD4E4BBD37196B4AADB6D2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>select not more
than 10 individuals from each State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8586AD1194EC40568C62F375D3F2699E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>give priority to
individuals with skills and experience for which there is an ongoing high
demand in the nonprofit sector and government.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97A154DB49E1462CA32EF8A91E597A63"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Listed
organizations</header><text>To be listed under subparagraph (A), an
organization shall—</text>
<clause id="HE08089879A3A4B45B0D1B1E8900BBC31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be
a nonprofit organization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB5F3A17C67B04E73B426B8B756C852AD"><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="H36AD91D87B414D26AFEC37CEBF111111"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description
of—</text>
<item id="H043B6D9A8653487D92E9AA58EF2C6FDF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
services and activities the organization carries out generally;</text>
</item><item id="HF4A07B3CD0104019B661ADA59D342477"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
area of national need that the organization seeks to address through a service
project; and</text>
</item><item id="H302AC98799DB487D8BEBFE83CE8E5526"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the
services and activities the organization seeks to carry out through the
proposed service project;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H52AA58A72A844686A372CD8AA67C91EF"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the skills and experience
that an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient needs to be placed with the
organization as an Encore Fellow for the service project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7D627C5A7C9244F9A7AFE11D4510D840"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a description of
the training and leadership development the organization shall provide an
Encore Fellow placed with the organization to assist the Encore Fellow in
obtaining a public service job in the nonprofit sector or government after the
period of the Encore Fellowship; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0677070E8B8647FC8956B8D7670A4BA3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>evidence of the
organization’s financial stability.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC56365F0A324CE49AE19426349CFC4B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Placement</header>
<clause id="H597572E6FA834E7E82CC37F4FA939A8D"><enum>(i)</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 subparagraph (B)(ii) 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>
</clause><clause id="HF97C9C89B353436CB7459A43BFBE1DBC"><enum>(ii)</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>
<subclause id="HA472040E06014EE7BA4D541D8288DF15"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an identification
and description of—</text>
<item id="HEFBF6D553B584D4882BC8A8F96981A8F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
organization;</text>
</item><item id="HD28E3199BDE24835913980E872B99D72"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
area of national need the organization seeks to address; and</text>
</item><item id="H1B369456D5D34CBCA94E584681B0A162"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the services or activities the organization
carries out to address such area of national need;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H09A1A91ACB8C4DFF9989B2CA4F4EA270"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of
the services the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall provide for the
organization as an Encore Fellow; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBAABABD6D80C4838BCE6A4F32B6071CE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a letter of
support from the leader of the organization, including—</text>
<item id="H1929E4D0C6EC4295B62FEEFA01299712"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the organization’s need
for the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient's services;</text>
</item><item id="H61FBB0F9263C49CD9600D1FD5FAAB622"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>evidence that the
organization is financially sound;</text>
</item><item id="HE3BE48DC52104E63AC186F257A386FF7"><enum>(cc)</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>
</item><item id="HBB18BB1F854F4F40810404E71FDA68E8"><enum>(dd)</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>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HE09F7BA9A8C24EF9BDE9C902633D789E"><enum>(iii)</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 clause (ii) or (iii), the Corporation shall—</text>
<subclause id="H5865DE7749AC4C0C9432AD12C6B872E0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve the placement of the eligible
Encore Fellowship recipient with the organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H361E0B5C391043C4B5D9352FC56E345B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>award the
eligible Encore Fellowship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a period of 1
year and designate the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore
Fellow; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H45A0FDD718B543C4B7EE4AB3B8678D09"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in awarding the Encore Fellowship, make a
payment, in the amount of $11,000, to the organization to enable the
organization to provide living expenses to the Encore Fellow for the year in
which the Encore Fellow agrees to serve.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3AC86266BA04C7C959BED25CB964490"><enum>(F)</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
fellowship.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F981C56ABDA4664879752148D8A26F2"><enum>(G)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53E80E8EE3CC4B37AFD6944C8BFD73BF"><enum>(H)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC70903CB6984901BF2D220F9A3386DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall conduct an
independent evaluation of the programs authorized under subsections (a) and (b)
and widely disseminate the results, including recommendations for improvement,
to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s
Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective
strategies.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H72D5B5CB41DA4BB0B30DAE2A8019CF6B"><enum>1804.</enum><header>Innovative and
model program support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle
H is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF760A394FB3E4E31A207C5D84BDE1477" style="OLC">
<part id="HC691FE429CB347BCA92A23DDB1359921"><enum>II</enum><header>Innovative and
model program support</header>
<section commented="no" id="H97440B3697FD4A168D052C2D5CF6FE97"><enum>198D.</enum><header>Innovative and
model program support</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9A4A9D107880425292BC44FF949F41DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Methods of
Conducting Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Corporation may, through grants and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with
section 129(k)), carry out the following programs:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E672C553EC8424BB9FA4BD5FD36D5FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs for
disadvantaged youth</header><text>A program selected from among those listed in
122(a) where no less than 75 percent of the participants are disadvantaged
youth.</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H81A74FE853C4428C801598A7E4C38684"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Components of
programs</header><text>Such programs may include life skills training,
employment training, educational counseling, program to complete a high-school
diploma or GED, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an adult
volunteer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CC1245B5C594B2FB7541F084F23444B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Priority
shall be given to programs that engage retirees to serve as mentors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H74375DF5103A481487D98244E3E9D800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs that
engage youth under the age of 17</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that engage youth under the age of
17 in service to the community to meet unmet human, educational, environmental,
emergency and disaster preparedness, or public safety needs and may be a summer
program or a year-round program. Priority shall be given to programs that
collaborate with the RSVP Program and the AmeriCorps programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AD424BA4457411BAE475E0F4403DCC4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Programs that
reduce recidivism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs
that re-engage court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing
recidivism. Priority shall be given to such programs that create support
systems beginning in corrections facilities, and programs that have life skills
training, employment training, an education program, including a program to
complete a high-school diploma or GED, educational and career counseling, post
program placement, and support services, which could begin in corrections
facilities. The program may include health and wellness programs, including but
not limited to drug and alcohol treatment, mental health counseling, and
smoking cessation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3B8E6DF73A4469ABDDC7B0B4866226E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Programs that
recruit certain individuals</header><text>Demonstration projects for programs
that have as one of their primary purposes the recruitment and acceptance of
court-involved youth and adults as participants, volunteers, or members. Such a
program may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCD62274916847B9B11594B4EC150EC5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other innovative
and model programs</header><text>Any other innovative and model programs that
the Corporation considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5FD4B2AE97E044C6A81089D442994760"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4DA5B7EEC0154416AB0F7B13C77E7665"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Three-year
term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each program funded
under this part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including
one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1-year extension
possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance
with section 179(a) and any other criteria determined by the
Corporation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAECDA11BFD944B58F5770552D3D8B82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H15D7117BCADF460BA7331D93EE69A500"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program
for which a grant is made under this part may not exceed 76 percent of the
total cost of the program in the first year and may not exceed 50 percent of
the total cost of the program for the remaining years of the grant, including
if the grant is extended for 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3192A6937134D40A5EDF06E9CD4F3AA"><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 under this part—</text>
<clause id="HBDB3D90208FD4916B4C83FB77FB0E94B"><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="H3BE149E5888C41B0A4CE30BAB5C28DF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may provide for
such share through State sources or local sources, including private funds or
donated services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC08B39560D534F438C2EEE2948EF2276"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collaboration
encouraged</header><text>Each program funded under this part is encouraged to
collaborate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior
Service Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD82878817C624B07A4B077B5425A0DC7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the program, the
Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the program 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H281AB6914D5F4C7A80294FB4F8D74880"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to carry out a program under this part, an entity shall prepare,
submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such time
and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably
require.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB4D955A4116843638FB1E51DFA1CAF26"><enum>1805.</enum><header>Clearinghouses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle H is further amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91F18CB55D4E458CA011912B68B80682" style="OLC">
<part id="H628C67008F5D402880D5E47C16D75944"><enum>IV</enum><header>National Service
Programs Clearinghouse</header>
<section id="HC45152E3098044CDB8CE472768D59447"><enum>198F.</enum><header>National
Service Programs Clearinghouse</header>
<subsection id="H2F6ACD8A1A5742B0A05D9B359934A7A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall
provide assistance, either by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to
entities with expertise in the dissemination of information through
clearinghouses to establish one or more clearinghouses for the national service
laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H165D67C7759F469F9B37322DDBFA5D31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Function of
clearinghouse</header><text>Such a clearinghouse may—</text>
<paragraph id="H8A4AFF5DA1B0410A9B13C3A38257EC9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist entities
carrying out State or local service-learning and national service programs with
needs assessments and planning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E63D45A0A554567844783DE904DF4F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and evaluations concerning
service-learning or programs receiving assistance under the national service
laws unless the recipient is receiving funds for such purpose under part III of
subtitle B and under subtitle H;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A87EC6FCB234401AE59394E8EE2C745"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8A7E9D52BF2C4B01B43A3A4DC43A6D5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide leadership
development and training to State and local service-learning program
administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and participants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2334484840E4D778CEDE251F1F0CEE5" 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 id="H986F3ABF7F064F879ECE591B957635BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate communication among entities
carrying out service-learning programs and programs offered under the national
service laws and participants in such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1EC65A3ED714185A655976C139B3BA3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide and disseminate information and
curriculum materials relating to planning and operating service-learning
programs and programs offered under the national service laws, to States,
Territories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to receive financial
assistance under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1B5BF57EB194CBCA8A3373060EC16C8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide and
disseminate information regarding methods to make service-learning programs and
programs offered under the national service laws accessible to individuals with
disabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A5152917D4B4F97B303586E7632CDBD"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate applications in languages other
than English;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF63EEC918B834FAABF0721AE8593515D"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5B63C01D9B764EF0A9D271438D100C7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gather and disseminate information on
successful service-learning programs and programs offered under the national
service laws, components of such successful programs, innovative curricula
related to service-learning, and service-learning projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H068602AD35AF40C9A5E10009F6F6C555" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate the activities of the
Clearinghouse with appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8484977EF2724A60B901066DE4580520"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations to State and local
entities on quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning
programs and programs offered under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC6463012AB642FDB685A64653C8D996"><enum>(10)</enum><text>assist
organizations in recruiting, screening, and placing a diverse population of
service-learning coordinators and program sponsors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5242AA48037C47C4B42D256C3FE91DB3"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate effective strategies for
working with disadvantaged youth in national service programs as determined by
organizations with an established expertise working with such youth; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A496BB2C0BA42BABD32B69DFA3848A3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>carry out such
other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H314CC5E3728C4D46B1924DE8BCF35ADD"><enum>I</enum><header>Training and
Technical Assistance</header>
<section id="HA818D840AABF46EFAB04C5F72886A0B1"><enum>1821.</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF5C52D9971844258A0CDF3275C4DB23" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H20FED1B084A843A29ED4FA7219C5955C"><enum>J</enum><header>Training and
Technical Assistance</header>
<section id="HC83E89CA2BA54DA691D3C92A5D2EADBC"><enum>199N.</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H7977EC00BD9146D9AA162586F592B3C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation shall conduct, either directly or through
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, including through State
Commissions on National and Community Service, appropriate training and
technical assistance to—</text>
<paragraph id="H620539DC2FEE44BE8E2A3C23C028E33E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs receiving assistance under the
national service laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0CA2367EA54985B89E77B704A3A961"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entities
(particularly those in rural areas and underserved communities)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63A4AE5C58FE4B7197209041D20A79C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that desire to
carry out or establish national service programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H829E851A76394E0C842C337549390AE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that desire to
apply for assistance under the national service laws; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3E25BAABB114F0994029CA58D5AA18C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that desire to
apply for a subgrant under the national service laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31F800776F4F41A8A8330CA3F3759267"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities
included</header><text>Such training and technical assistance activities may
include—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE3C753AB6B547CDA6AB84753E90DDB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance to those applying to carry out national service programs
or those carrying out national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9F5E004DBB545D384B9BD2173B95DEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting leadership development in
national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFFEA972C9E148DCA67D3269D57796F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improving the
instructional and programmatic quality of national service programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD656D8F663774F07A54D665E88FC014D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>developing the
management and budgetary skills of those operating or overseeing national
service programs, including to increase the cost effectiveness of the programs
under the national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9134CB2FC9084DDB9E7CF88CDC6D38C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>providing for or
improving the training provided to the participants in programs under the
national service laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91C890E4B34E4E229E41D2B1DD6127CB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>facilitating the
education of national service programs in risk management procedures, including
the training of participants in appropriate risk management practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9173C274F04171B1ABD45E3A0C28A2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training of those operating or overseeing
national service programs in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention
to improve the abilities of such individuals to use participants and other
volunteers in an effective manner which results in high quality service and the
desire of participants or volunteers to continue to serve in other capacities
after the program is completed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C6BCAD916BA417CA0BFE8ED716A0331"><enum>(8)</enum><text>training of those
operating or overseeing national service programs in program evaluation and
performance measures to inform practices to augment the capacity and
sustainability of the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H727FAF5665DE4127B8B33C5F8B2FD61D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>training of those
operating or overseeing national service programs to effectively accommodate
people with disabilities to increase the participation of people with
disabilities in national service programs. Such activities may utilize funding
from the reservation of funds to increase the participation of individuals with
disabilities as described in section 129(j);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AAB6AD2378F4E0587B5BAE2E1CFD26D"><enum>(10)</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 and to coordinate
community-wide planning and service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1DFC3C61CF34F48AE15122F46703E70"><enum>(11)</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; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD078242016C84733B530A2FF48954E3D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>carrying out such
other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE35B00234D3C4616BDABD67E285200E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall give priority to
programs under the national service laws and those entities eligible to
establish programs under the national service laws seeking training or
technical assistance that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2B33D9440664DDAB21D18EA86A89F22"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high quality programs
where the services are needed most;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9A7B71B212C47DDB1CFF3444DB0C27E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high quality programs
where national service programs do not currently exist or where the programs
are too limited to meet community needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40FB2A85DF6F426E89F1A43971169D49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to carry out high quality programs
that focus on and provide service opportunities for underserved rural and urban
areas and populations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H965A17D0EB914253A2C87096F6FDC7F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist programs in developing a service
component that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as
participants to provide needed community
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HF2D1A632E766436091276A7D2D0D6C54"><enum>J</enum><header>Repeal of Title
<enum-in-header>III</enum-in-header> (Points of Light Foundation)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H67C1BF2DD1D64B50B5175CB3B7B91AA3"><enum>1831.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is
repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H35F39638EED54B64BB4D895E4DA5C00D"><enum>K</enum><header>Amendments to
Title <enum-in-header>V</enum-in-header> (Authorization of
Appropriations)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H8557EF71EF934C21B423A8128DE3E959"><enum>1841.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501
(42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCB2282E5099541AEBA24D6FEA9E68882" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H693A29D25D4443BC86DC65AD75D67F4B"><enum>501.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB28AA170DBA147EF86C4491840B93139"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title
<enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H999325492F89482CBCE38E770E854089"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subtitle
b</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H231D013FA5CE4D44A5D85010C715A867"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide
financial assistance under subtitle B of title I—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H25A372B272814B1D9A2C20CF67216A22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$97,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7350E67945244BE6AFB9A59291D6F989"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8D9999B51E2A491293B396F019C5EAC1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>Of
the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H78911212AA9A43929FA058A0E5DA4AD0"><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="HEF7A9520C1134F69AAD59234E61508FB"><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="H942E87FC63F8475AA11F8A4F2AAA6477"><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><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF21F53FEC7FA41CAA5DD4ED252D6254C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special
allocations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to $10,000,000 shall
be for summer of service grants, $10,000,000 for youth engagement zones,
$7,000,000 for Campus of Service, and up to $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></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBFFD7327BEAC42E0B65F73E1EA7AC6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subtitles c, d,
and h</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H56EB23920C4A4E33A8112888EECFCA61"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide
financial assistance under subtitles C and H of title I, to administer the
National Service Trust and disburse national service educational awards and
scholarships under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out such audits and
evaluations as the Chief Executive Officer or the Inspector General of the
Corporation may determine to be necessary, such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FFBCC83A5A242E6ACE044621766C97F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, in obligating the amounts made available pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations in subparagraph (C), priority shall be given to programs carried
out 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), as a consequence of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8C1A7DD55F6A4034920D7F0EF7CA401F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subtitle
e</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, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE44700C9063B42E18C022495A343E2F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCE1277A7D7F746BE8C4DE40317F0EEE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Corporation</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated for the Corporation’s administration of the
national service laws such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2010 through 2014.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B1A3252AFD74F83997AF3410F2C635A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
Commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for assistance to State Commissions under section
126(a), such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7937C34D2781442DA0F197D1F3F47134"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 up to 2.5 percent to carry out subtitle J
of this Act. Notwithstanding subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be
available only for the fiscal year for which they are reserved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF0C0E7BE3E7B4D6E9A139077BE23380C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
Appropriations</header><text>Funds appropriated under this section shall remain
available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO THE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973</header>
<section id="HE08A6590F2A64B23825C060F8EA5FDEB"><enum>2001.</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 reference shall be considered to be
made to a provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.).</text>
</section><subtitle id="H165B36E5370D451697CCE3A510B74A8F"><enum>A</enum><header>Amendments to
Title <enum-in-header>I</enum-in-header> (National Volunteer Antipoverty
Programs)</header>
<section id="H371D67DD19F947AD9CB155855FAA398E"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H523D9031A3C944A5A2315D98C2B3DDE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>both young and older citizens</quote> and inserting
<quote>citizens of all ages and backgrounds</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF1B2F2306B429FAE3AF0C2840C31D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>local agencies</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>local agencies, expand relationships
with, and support for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational
organizations, and utilize the energy, innovative spirit, experience, and
skills of all Americans.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFC4C888926CC48369A56F89F870E03CB"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Purpose of the
VISTA program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (42
U.S.C. 4951) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F826867CCDA46D290418FEE7B525A01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>afflicted with</quote> and inserting
<quote>affected by</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A120F15387B4EC59CF696985C9DC131"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third
sentence, by striking <quote>local level</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting <quote>local level, to support efforts by
local agencies and organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of
projects, consistent with section 186 of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990, initiated or expanded under the VISTA program activities, and to
strengthen local agencies and community organizations to carry out the purpose
of this part.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0DC8502A0DB947FCA4D3C629E798DB2C"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H10F8C5A57A374F85A5C3A5192C112967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H355968E75BF546AFBF8791E71EE8D94D"><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="HE7AA706BC9AB44919AF83D268CC3DE9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HD42C37A506414D65BE38E5BD8A4A1382"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>handicapped</quote> and inserting <quote>disabled</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H13DEF083A10D4222AB2ABF1D1421A682"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>handicaps</quote> and inserting
<quote>disabilities</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D156B7DB7BA49928E50488F435644BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>jobless, the hungry, and low-income</quote> and inserting
<quote>unemployed, the hungry, and low-income</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9094949DF56499792B7119746DCD1C2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>prevention, education,</quote> and inserting <quote>through
prevention, education, rehabilitation, and treatment,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H28BF2F388C354D96877477F777BB70C3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>, mental illness,</quote> after
<quote>including</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63AD2EEC172D491890992A70B009BEE7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA797C03D70FA43439FB893581EA34705"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB2FA720B373486BB1D49268FB2D209D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C27981D61894D4BAB34197B0EF9B071" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA8F94C2F14164AF387FE41D4B22F897A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the re-entry and re-integration of
formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society, including life skills
training, employment training, counseling, educational training, and
educational counseling;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3178435792E048C5A4897D8AE640D14D"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in developing and carrying out financial
literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and reputable credit
accessibility programs in low-income communities, including those programs
which educate on financing home ownership and higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46F9AD807821420AB0515B15D115C4E0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in initiating and
supporting before-school and after-school programs servicing children in
low-income communities that may engage participants in mentoring relationships,
tutoring, life skills, or study skills programs, service-learning, physical,
nutrition, and health education programs, including programs aimed at fighting
childhood obesity, and other activities addressing the needs of the community’s
children;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0C5F18FE52042579551BBE36D37A59A"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in establishing
and supporting community economic development initiatives, including
micro-enterprises, with a priority on such programs in rural areas and other
areas where such programs are needed most;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E48107ECF434800857D6884DED9777F"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in assisting
veterans and their families through establishing or augmenting programs which
assist such persons with access to legal assistance, health care (including
mental health), employment counseling or training, education counseling or
training, affordable housing, and other support services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE971D61B054AFB9F834FE9829F2D98"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in addressing the
health and wellness of low-income and underserved communities, including
programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, and health
care.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FA5DA2340854F01956084AEBA11DC8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E92FD4A8E894BCD83BB0DCB9B96AAA8"><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="H4D69CCA03A5E42228FFF7B8A12FC6C8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H884620E8F6A842519D9E9872661FC1E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H61A268AE75394813A10FC086FF58D10F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>strike
<quote>related to the recruitment and</quote> and insert <quote>related to
the</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC0B8E77B11F148FB80F9D57530F3E07F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>strike <quote>in
conjunction with the recruitment and</quote> and insert <quote>in conjunction
with the</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H006FF80252414EDC8DD7043F0F51BE2E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>strike
<quote>1993. Upon</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end
and insert <quote>1993.</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4725950E88B744F9AD29C0231DA7E77B"><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="H28EFDB32FE3A48618AFCAA339B190E7D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="HE07A45CE79924F64A929A891E72EB0D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>timely and effective</quote> and inserting <quote>timely and
cost-effective</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HECDD5FE93AE74BB5A24D286DA7A3BEA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the recruitment of volunteers</quote> and inserting <quote>recruitment
and management of volunteers</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3434BBA0AEE942F784601ACA19065475"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB1D4CC65574642C28FC09E4817DB7E81" style="OLC">
<text>The
Director shall give priority to—</text><subparagraph id="H7FD9D3BFA6E2457BB79E9B269B97C027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disadvantaged
youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of
1990) and low-income adults; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C7240B202E94451A0A345ED96F7F82E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retired adults of any profession, but with
an emphasis on those professions whose services and training are most needed in
a community, such as the health care professions, teaching, counseling, and
engineering and other professions requiring a high level of technical and
project management skills, to utilize their experience, including professional
skills, in the VISTA program.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98422F9FD7C040779793AE4DE6B69CAA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(B), by striking <quote>information system</quote> and inserting
<quote>database</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C23B7C0C6754ADF86EA405A0363C8DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F4B7BE0884B46C9A100D7C98AF836CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H68019A34A8254A188BEC299BE72D51B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>personnel described
in subsection (b)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>personnel described in
subsection (b)(2)(C) and sponsoring organizations</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HADB6FECE048540E186788B016CF250BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the Internet and related
technologies,</quote> after <quote>television,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CD0DACFA1994A3D93C4210910036378"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>Internet and related
technologies,</quote> after <quote>through the</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4DDE737BE4914B47A684647E625803D3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by inserting after <quote>senior citizens
organizations,</quote> the following: <quote>offices of economic development,
State employment security agencies, employment offices,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9D08390BFBC4BC3AC1B46E905739806"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>National and Community Service Trust Act
of 1993</quote> and inserting <quote>National and Community Service Act of
1990</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD5D66198E88D4FAC8E11C06160C91143"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>, on request,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA12F61A51FCC4C4EA5217CB46A7CAB85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection
and related public awareness and recruitment activities under the national
service laws</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B28D25AAC7F4EA0AB92A6AB92B70E04"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H10C8620F8FD54F35AFCAA0C059D75E35"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Beginning</quote> and all that follows through <quote>for the
purpose</quote> and inserting <quote>For the purpose</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H127AA5488048421DACED0726C79376B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>1.5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>2
percent</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H331465A640814BE7BC26360BA2449E14"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending the
second sentence of subsection (d) to read as follows: <quote>Whenever feasible,
such efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate local workforce
investment board established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA7CC4022B734861AE36EB3A66494D99"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)
by striking <quote>and has been submitted to the Governor</quote> and all that
follows and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB77B02C75371493CAE2E4C5534A5FFB6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0ED813EE26D246669FEBF6C8A9278BC8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8EC8FB6391CB487FA33210A1C5C66462"><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 title, consistent with
the provisions of section 186 of the National and Community Service Act of
1990.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4CB93A7627C44B2DB042A42FEB072D4A"><enum>2104.</enum><header>VISTA programs
of national significance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part
A of title I is amended by inserting after section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91FE483909F8408CB28EA42DBE46531B" style="OLC">
<section id="H562350EE5ED54D3B940C84C66943EE63"><enum>103A.</enum><header>VISTA programs
of national significance</header>
<subsection id="HD031204246D94475931586380054F073"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With not less than
one-third of the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fiscal year,
the Director shall make grants for VISTA positions to support programs of
national significance. Each program for which a grant is received under this
subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable
to that program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0ABB026A0C04A5B84FC42518AD87205"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities
supported</header><text>The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) to
support one or more of the following programs to address problems that concern
low-income and rural communities in the Nation:</text>
<paragraph id="H410B74A67E79409CB7F72BAF399AAB42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the re-entry
and re-integration of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society,
including life skills training, employment training, counseling, educational
training, and educational counseling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E3BF5C2C5874D879A97BB70D58DE5FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In developing and
carrying-out financial literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and
reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income communities, including
those programs which educate on financing home ownership and higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H578DB0DA074049F4926C882B796730F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In initiating and
supporting before-school and after-school programs in low-income communities
that may include such activities as establishing mentoring relationships,
physical education, tutoring, instruction in 21st century thinking skills, life
skills, and study skills, community service, service-learning, nutrition and
health education, and other activities aimed at keeping children, safe,
educated, and healthy, which serve the children in such community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H279FB36B92B34F69BBB0263867BB7622"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In establishing
and supporting community economic development initiatives, including
micro-enterprises, with a priority on such programs in rural areas and areas
where such programs are needed most.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C7136041C5644E384257B101874CA68"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In assisting
veterans and their families through establishing or augmenting programs which
assist such persons with access to legal assistance, health care (including
mental health), employment counseling or training, education counseling or
training, affordable housing, and other support services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1DBEE8CA49E41F18D0A5284989DD1D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In addressing the
health and wellness of low-income and underserved communities across our
Nation, including programs to fight childhood obesity through nutrition,
physical fitness, and other associated life skills education programs and
programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, and health
care.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB71AACFB39B4DEFB38CAF0BFB3461A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H3153CCC642C948879C7A839CB32F706E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>In
order to receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall submit an
application to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director
requires and receive approval of the application. Such application shall, at a
minimum, demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise in carrying out such
a program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C92966F5D8540DEA3A489A3587EDE10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Funds made available under subsection (d) shall be used
to supplement and not supplant the number of VISTA volunteers engaged in
programs addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded unless such
sums are an extension of funds previously provided under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB19E31628FC64371B83331937F5F1B1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H1E415DEC43A24468BA65DB411918C007"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the amounts appropriate under section 501 for each
fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as may be
necessary to make grants under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56A81775F7FC4BF3B0DE89106F98B1B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
funds shall be made available to the Director to make grants under subsection
(a) unless the amounts appropriated under section 501 available for such fiscal
year to carry out part A are sufficient to maintain the number of projects and
volunteers funded under part A in the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF26A417B1D064B1FA984B757A0ABCEA3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
Director shall widely disseminate information on grants that may be made under
this section, including through volunteer recruitment programs being carried
out by public or private non-profit
organizations.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA0706678FD114103AAD67C146186A9A4"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Terms and
periods of service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4954(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA37FE8B906F84577B8484D231B6BA284"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>with the terms and conditions of their
service.</quote> and inserting <quote>with the terms and conditions of their
service or any adverse action, such as termination, proposed by the sponsoring
organization. The procedure shall provide for an appeal to the Director of any
proposed termination.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H903557223D994E9091382ABCFDA4C0CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third
sentence (as amended by this section), by striking <quote>and the terms and
conditions of their service</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC9189B1B017140DABB7C4B084275CDF2"><enum>2106.</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 by striking <quote>Such stipend</quote>
and all that follows through <quote>in the case of persons</quote> and
inserting <quote>Such stipend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and a
maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability of funds to accomplish
such a maximum. The Director may provide a stipend of $250 per month in the
case of persons</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2B2E42F7D0364667ACE86AC4ECB2AE56"><enum>2107.</enum><header>Sections
repealed</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following
provisions are repealed:</text>
<paragraph id="HB3CE43601AB94F7FB542A2526D1F55BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>VISTA literacy
corps</header><text>Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D78D0AA4518429FB3B6CE939868978D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>University year
for VISTA</header><text>Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDABC67602D23473E87735C77ADEFA780"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Literacy
challenge grants</header><text>Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBDC77BACBC214500BEDC6FC156171D4B"><enum>2108.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</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="HFAD1EDF7CF0140C484A38E96652ADFC0"><enum>2109.</enum><header>Financial
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 123 (42
U.S.C. 4993) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9B3A35B05064FF7A72CC172B6F02004"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">TECHNICAL AND</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B1721BCC8A941CE8998D0B3B93A43CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>technical and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2A39A712B5614999896BB21B38AC1817"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to
Title <enum-in-header>II</enum-in-header> (National Senior Volunteer
Corps)</header>
<section id="HEBAEC87538414BE8BB8D67A766782C9D"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Change in
name</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000
et seq.) is amended in the title heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER
CORPS</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE
CORPS</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3FB578DAF3474277879182A986601CEA"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7358100645B34246A4FF21D15B5E1FD9" style="OLC">
<section id="H288DAF20A8E840ACBD60990A65CBFA22"><enum>200.</enum><header>Statement of
purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of
this title to provide—</text>
<paragraph id="H51E0217F5C1C4568B715949BB8B23EBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D5C483544184E63A3F14A036FDC3B56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BE68FA1F63C447CAD7B162AC1F8E16A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63DDF6F99FB4458EA5A816F44A4D454D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44BAD7BD6DDA4F9C82EB400B6B084A2A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>opportunities for
low-income people 55 years of age or older, through the Senior Companion
Program, to provide critical support services and companionship to adults at
risk of institutionalization and who are struggling to maintain a dignified
independent life; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA4B2CD386144D819DD4E1C6F1EE7F36"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for research, training, demonstration, and
other program activities to increase and improve opportunities for people 55
years of age or older to meet unmet needs, including those related to public
safety, public health, and emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and
recovery, in their
communities.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE042A482407E4161A24079DD7940FC7D"><enum>2203.</enum><header>Grants and
contracts for volunteer service projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EEFC50CCCED4D8FBEB5A8F1B3795E3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H95FF5188CD364FF09F2C2C985F070BE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>avail themselves of opportunities
for volunteer service in their community</quote> and inserting <quote>share
their experiences, abilities, and skills for the betterment of their
communities and themselves through service</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5553B9B3006B44B98111CEB23D21A12B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>, and individuals 60 years of age or older will be given
priority for enrollment,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE042AB73A84243B894425D40A48ABA70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
by inserting <quote>either prior to or during the volunteer service</quote>
after <quote>may be necessary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54EC27EE3F7A449ABDC8AD855A6BC71D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51AF087ABB0D4C529EE8AAD6EAF12EAC" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HD0A1376409F5466F8E026E45AE3AEE40"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project is being designed and
implemented with the advice of experts in the field of service to be delivered
as well as with those who have expertise in the recruitment and management of
volunteers, particularly those of the Baby Boom
generation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6F88F943F394285834CC1B2A8DD9108"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3303A802E6A4634A23A8C0280E71790" style="traditional">
<subsection id="HFBC0DF538DA548258FEE00D4F1EF8881"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall give priority to
projects—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE19C20DE4DC43BEA275F552DC45798D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilizing retired scientists, technicians,
engineers, and mathematicians (the STEM professionals) to improve Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education through activities
such as assisting teachers in classroom demonstrations or laboratory
experiences, running after-school, weekend, or summer programs designed to
engage disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990) or low-income, minority youth in the STEM fields
and to improve mastery of the STEM content, providing field trips to
businesses, institutions of higher education, museums, and other locations
where the STEM professions are practiced or illuminated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3754155BE354650899465B77FAF0521"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilizing retired
health care professionals to improve the health and wellness of low income or
rural communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H143C7A143A4A47B993C233A8A53A2B9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilizing retired criminal justice
professionals for programs designed to prevent disadvantaged youth (as defined
in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) from joining
gangs or committing crimes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEF4663F588144949ED811FA6F4FFE6C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>utilizing retired
military and emergency professionals for programs to improve public safety,
emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, search and rescue,
and homeland security efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88638264E9EB4611AC499D06557D958D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilizing retired computer science
professionals, technicians of related technologies, business professionals, and
others with relevant knowledge to increase, for low income individuals and
families, access to and obtaining the benefits from computers and other
existing and emerging technologies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DCCE20AC505455F93D25D28B8954661"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5964A558CF5D422382EBC1027BF138D5" style="OLC">
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E150B2510C943B5B186B74C9E54ED5F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Competitive
grant awards required</header>
<paragraph id="H5BD14516D5A34A1C8ED4F6E58D15DD32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter, each grant or contract awarded under this section in such a year
shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB278A2A1A84913A3E2FDA29A5DB4B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>awarded for a
period of 3 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22A58BA0E8444F32A078EB0925A5B2AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>awarded through a
competitive process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F09FE583E6F412FBEAD95A412F4480D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements of
competitive process</header><text>The competitive process required by paragraph
(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC2DACB335F340D5A04B1018E1255E34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include the
use of a peer review panel, including members with expertise in senior service
and aging;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAB4384D961F4EED9BE83400DCCC84F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall ensure
that—</text>
<clause id="H1468089DDA30424684D0D543A8E811CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the resulting
grants (or contracts) support no less than the volunteer service years of the
previous grant (or contract) cycle in a given geographic service area;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7FA67E863DAE420F9E86AA7C589025D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the resulting
grants (or contracts) maintain a similar program distribution; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H04D7EDD1B0124F87B8B96482FEF417C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>every effort is
made to minimize the disruption to volunteers; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB694E9B105B949619387BDC55622C067"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall include the
performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under subsection
(f).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FE4E050BDD4486285B6FEB8A454883E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment of
competitive process</header><text>The Corporation shall establish and make
available the competitive process required by paragraph (1)(B) no later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this subsection. The Corporation
shall consult with the program directors of the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program during development and implementation of the competitive
process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F6E681D8DE246DF935398D76151FD06"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Evaluation
process required</header>
<paragraph id="H24D79A3AE13A4698919D2A94BA742D2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 412, and effective beginning 180
days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, each grant or contract
under this section that expires in fiscal year 2011, 2012, and 2013 shall be
subject to an evaluation process. The evaluation process shall be carried out,
to the maximum extent practicable, in fiscal year 2010, 2011, and 2012,
respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9492B5E8CEC648C1A879C759B645FB93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements of
evaluation process</header><text>The evaluation process required by paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35E3E544079A4A5B8C95840629214A55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include
performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7855332C1AAE4AA992FCC08D7E4AFB00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall evaluate the
extent to which the recipient of the grant or contract meets or exceeds such
performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68B997745F3B41C6A213EAD74740D3EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment of
evaluation process</header><text>The Corporation shall, in collaboration and
consultation with program directors of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program,
establish and make available the evaluation process required by paragraph (1),
including the performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria required by
paragraph (2)(A), with particular attention to the different needs of rural and
urban programs. The processes shall be established and made available,
including notification of the available training and technical assistance, no
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C4345915F4D4090B55651A646DA738F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect of
failing to meet performance measures</header><text>If the evaluation process
determines that the recipient has failed to meet or exceed the performance
measures, outcomes, and other criteria established under this subsection, the
grant or contract shall not be renewed. Any successor grant or contract shall
be awarded through the competitive process described in subsection
(e)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83235213DDFC4BDEB2B33130B21D596C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>The Corporation may continue to fund a program which has
failed to meet or exceed the performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria
established under this subsection for up to 12 months if competition does not
result in a successor grant or contract for such program, in order to minimize
the disruption to volunteers and disruption of services. In such a case,
outreach shall be conducted and a new competition shall be established. The
previous recipient shall remain eligible for the new competition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDE36918F90D4CCDBF82CA988B73F4B4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Performance
measures</header>
<subparagraph id="H438A909D93FD415E89E867A0A0512305"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria
established under this subsection may be updated or modified as necessary, in
consultation with program directors for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program,
but no earlier than fiscal year 2014.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE57D11A5C6BE4E7C987C08E14119CD2D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operational
problems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective for fiscal
years before fiscal year 2014, the Corporation may, after consulting with
program directors of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, determine that a
performance measure, outcome, or criterion established under this subsection is
operationally problematic, and may, in consultation with program directors of
the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and after notifying Congress—</text>
<clause id="H77B4CBF09D9C4CC0A7179E0D9FBD17C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eliminate the use
of that performance measure, outcome, or criterion; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H12592F7518C94C78B9A24115F90B927C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>modify that
performance measure, outcome, or criterion as necessary to render it no longer
operationally problematic.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49351E917B2C45BDB5E9C89070A09509"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Online resource
guide</header><text>The Corporation shall develop and disseminate an online
resource guide for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program within 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this subsection, which shall include, but not be
limited to—</text>
<paragraph id="HD302E70398C647A998167358274C909B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examples of high
performing programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA82EEB7639634FE18FF4DF816FF3C444"><enum>(2)</enum><text>corrective actions
for underperforming programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3720B071CFCD47F7B4365D687D2350FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examples of
meaningful outcome-based performance measures that capture a program’s mission
and priorities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF92119E20F143B2B037AC182EF25916"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2013, the Corporation shall
submit to Congress a report on—</text>
<paragraph id="HE601B37484754FE4A215BFF0B152A2C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of
programs that did not meet or exceed the established performance measures,
outcomes, and other criteria established under subsection (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H941068F4626E4E6DBBB99F4D04DD378D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of new
grants awarded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H794A675C9D2F47E2A046B3153E76392B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the challenges to
the implementation of evaluation and competition, including but not limited to
geographic distribution and the minimization of disruption to volunteers;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3A6568602384D0182FB1E0C50602A07"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how the current
program geographic distribution affects recruitment for the Retired Senior
Volunteer
Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC169FBF9B4ED46F8A05F1F640BB2A883"><enum>2204.</enum><header>Foster
Grandparent Program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B90B0328284481C82F6D5C37301CEAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBA11A3A0D024DE99FB95F14D17E7D15"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>low-income persons aged
sixty or over</quote> and inserting <quote>low-income and other persons aged 55
or over</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DED065A457F4839A1F4A11654B5FA80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>children having
exceptional needs</quote> and inserting <quote>children having special or
exceptional needs or with conditions or circumstances identified as limiting
their academic, social, or emotional development</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5124C0423484F8086E9B14CC3897032"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47982509E8634556B69931CEFD517238"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H545FDFBE0AF44BC18A7853715589D620"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>shall have the
exclusive authority to determine, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)
of this subsection—</quote> and inserting <quote>may determine—</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H68F9DA4FAA4742D39DF68FC2A7CEFD66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC154E2AA63B7406CB9DCEE610606794F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FE77DABACEF485FA7AF311F7D4A732D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
adding after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCF858EDBA93740B29A958F40D4C46445" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H46607A9624784061818276F829E0EAFE" indent="up3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether it is in the best interests of
a child receiving, and of a particular foster grandparent providing, services
in such a project, to continue such relationship after the child reaches the
age of 21, if such child was receiving such services prior to attaining the age
of 21.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA5154CDDE4B40EBA218F6CCED29299C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9397C88195BF49C19DE65E55CF47ADAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC69B40D332284B0F823EBA5D81A7D11B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as redesignated by this section), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and
(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08DF4F8456BE4E92B33A8BBA6876C268"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (2) (as redesignated by this section) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8EA58336A1734895A259B204383B761E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6414DC85B5C847DA94D1E6FF8F9E7E5F" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If an assignment of a foster
grandparent is suspended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster
grandparent shall be determined through the mutual agreement of all parties
involved in the provision of services to the
child.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9798550EA2494CEC937CE3F6C4D26E1A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Any stipend</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>inflation,</quote> and inserting <quote>Any stipend or
allowance provided under this part shall not exceed 75 percent of the minimum
wage under section 6 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), and
the Federal share shall not be less than $2.65 per hour, provided that the
Director shall adjust the Federal share once prior to December 31, 2012, to
account for inflation,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD77580E676BC4653AE78C77DCDADB04B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B0F4EFF3C11494D847F358B4D1C3A55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>125</quote> and inserting <quote>200</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB332145FD482425B92E5613AD83944CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>, as so adjusted</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>local situations</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC83DC81B5B1B4586ACB7D511435DD678"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting:</text>
<quoted-block id="H57653550056F48F2A576CDBEA35F844E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCD912E148B7E4F50A5A0E5021CF8BAEF"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE018D17E4B1C4E8EB02A79BB9F745DA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to the
restrictions in paragraph (3), individuals who are not low-income persons may
serve as volunteers under this part. The regulations issued by the Director to
carry out this part (other than regulations relating to stipends or allowances
to individuals authorized by subsection (d)) shall apply to all volunteers
under this part, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to
receive a stipend or allowance under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H386C316FE96C40DC958C71F935006659" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Except as provided under paragraph
(1), each recipient of a grant or contract to carry out a project under this
part shall give equal treatment to all volunteers who participate in such
project, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a
stipend or allowance under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8688001449E4BC3A8CE7331278A2A79" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An individual who is not a low-income
person may not become a volunteer under this part if allowing that individual
to become a volunteer under this part would prevent a low-income person from
becoming a volunteer under this part or would displace a low-income person from
being a volunteer under this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69965BE125354331A824D7E988273D97"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0A22CCDAF7074DC3B3C88C0C4EF3F27E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H992C87AC4C784B87ABCFD5FB8449D209"><enum>(g)</enum><text>The Director may
also provide a stipend or allowance in an amount not to exceed 10 percent more
than the amount established under subsection (d) to leaders who, on the basis
of past experience as volunteers, special skills, and demonstrated leadership
abilities, may coordinate activities, including training, and otherwise support
the service of volunteers under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFD8ED814BCF3486F8A33C650BA7BEBF0"><enum>(h)</enum><text>The program may
accept up to 15 percent of volunteers serving in a project under this part for
a fiscal year who do not meet the definition of <quote>low-income</quote> under
subsection (e), upon certification by the recipient of a grant or contract that
it is unable to effectively recruit and place low-income volunteers in the
number of placements approved for the
project.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCBE57ADD853C4439B4DB72C2FAC78F99"><enum>2205.</enum><header>Senior
Companion Program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 213 (42 U.S.C. 5013) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H420D3024C59D4A02844BA523A1D88C45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>low-income persons aged 60 or over</quote> and inserting
<quote>low-income and other persons aged 55 or over</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EAAA37B33664B62B29842E1B6F7A8EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>Subsections (d), (e), and (f)</quote> and inserting
<quote>Subsections (d) through (h)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H142D7632A1494974A66EED5B4BEA5F57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c)(2)(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC331EC736EE24C2FA6544E8BCCF50071" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1CE0D54E120940BC9293529829C1C1AC" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Senior companion volunteer trainers
and leaders may receive a stipend or allowance consistent with subsection (g)
authorized under subsection (d) of section 211, as approved by the
Director.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H45A2DC13D48445B4BBC69E5F7CC97772"><enum>2206.</enum><header>Promotion of
National Senior Service Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C3E2B19C28747349EEB023C3E884B09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">volunteer</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">service</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25BD6B3151514F5F9A73F4C601F42FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by inserting <quote>of all ages and backgrounds living in rural,
suburban, and urban localities</quote> after <quote>greater participation of
volunteers</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA368BC068C2A47EFB9FD3A63F13203A9"><enum>2207.</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<subsection id="H3236DFDAB0A94116AA2E72ED0A4EF191"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Change in Age
Eligibility</header><text>Section 223 (42 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by striking
<quote>sixty years and older from minority groups</quote> and inserting
<quote>55 years and older from minority and underserved
populations</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC153F6537BFF490784735C0DCC5900F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Name
Change</header><text>Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended in the heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">volunteer</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">service</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H88323167049B4539A9579D439D044CAC"><enum>2208.</enum><header>Programs of
national significance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9917D7F519B649AB9B5D46AD17635A2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF013D832CA114B5B97053F5196D438DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F6E4D43D837443FA16259CDC0656396" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA748F52B1B0642F4A0EB9C992B35A1DE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicants for grants under paragraph (1)
shall determine which program under part A, B, or C the program shall be
carried out and submit an application as required for programs under part A, B,
or C.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0863B18955964543A28F000D93FEA6AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4632C4D6EE194386B3C51BD733894FC7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H08A78F44390047F79A6F50C9150076A0" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall ensure that at least 25
percent of the grants made under this section are from applicants currently not
receiving assistance from the Corporation and when possible in locations where
there are no current programs under part A, B, C in
existence.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3157BFA5119C45F49A638BEA44EF012B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16687540EAEF4A0ABDF2601E2D06668E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or Alzheimer’s
disease, with an intent of allowing those served to age in
place</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF64F2C0FD8CB4030A29E0705CDC94565"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>through
education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2379336362B45DCABBB25129B825E43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including
programs that teach parenting skills, life skills, and family management
skills</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA813DBCE2F6C46DC901378FF46735772"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (4) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6C2A964ADA74B649DA66E27DDEA36B6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8ADAAF8F7A754612B25C1006A2BCA895"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that establish and support
mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990), including those mentoring programs
that match youth with volunteer mentors leading to apprenticeship programs and
employment
training.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF406D61DD1FB497D80C86F4616690D13"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including
those programs that serve youth and adults with limited English
proficiency</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E910B5E5B32400BA5E3FC2B07ADD653"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> and all that follows through the period and
insert <quote>and for individuals and children with disabilities or chronic
illnesses living at home.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A5ABC6582F240DFB800781F0033434F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>after-school activities</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting <quote>after-school programs serving
children in low-income communities that may engage participants in mentoring
relationships, tutoring, life skills or study skills programs,
service-learning, physical, nutrition, and health education programs, including
programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activities addressing
the needs of the community’s children, including those of working
parents.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93D02DD534AE425E80E3753161DDD46C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (8), (9), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), and (18);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C79C12452EB416DAF5DE2E1FE5DE7E5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4F571B7FF904366BDF602744EA3FF5F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B0ECDBEFC434683815E038783D0AD6B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9A130B4D74C946ECA9CC5991DBF7A149"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that engage older adults with
children and youth to complete service in energy conservation, environmental
stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H812BE74101E64C1AB7F7D29E32C0B1D5"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that collaborate with criminal
justice professionals and organizations in prevention programs aimed at
disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990) or youth re-entering society after incarceration and their
families, which may include mentoring and counseling, which many include
employment counseling.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18251C46C8B34B0C96070CDBD4C3CB85"><enum>(K)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (17) as paragraph (12); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA03D2801901444DC8009B5B76DD0D6FA"><enum>(L)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H093C352A20154CD6BA3226E079C82C53" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4747C6AF0A9D4C53A0299B6295CE82AB"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs that strengthen community efforts
in support of homeland security.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E6F163E9614451A9F32CAA68C3FA7A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking <quote>shall demonstrate to the Director</quote> and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>shall
demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise in carrying out such a
program.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED32C01080E64073BEABC40B8E3C691D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2DE978FDFD948D48B66A560E5E5E5A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>widely</quote> before <quote>disseminate</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4B4ECFEF2934B619B7098D2C255E033"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>to field personnel</quote> and all that follows through the period at
the end and inserting <quote>, including through volunteer recruitment programs
being carried out by public or private non-profit
organizations.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H51CBC78E7EF34722B0A9706E5DC8A1EC"><enum>2209.</enum><header>Additional
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title II
(42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 227 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H28FBC23207F9482B8956AFE08648C276" style="OLC">
<section id="H3BCF5BFC3DBB46019BF7C828116A23FB"><enum>228.</enum><header>Continuity of
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure the
continued service of individuals in communities served by the Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program prior to enactment of this section, in making grants
under this title the Corporation shall take actions it considers necessary to
maintain service assignments for such seniors and to ensure continuity of
service for communities.</text>
</section><section id="H21564EB29E164E11A0E08D7AE8DDFD04"><enum>229.</enum><header>Acceptance of
donations</header>
<subsection id="H22E18DB7DDBA442AB6E8BA961315798E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a program receiving
assistance under this title may accept donations, including donations in cash
or in kind.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3639E95724A647B988B3ECFD4462D831"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
subsection (a), a program receiving assistance under this title shall not
accept donations from the beneficiaries of the
program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H74C517875B6C41F1A32FBC931C209A4A"><enum>2210.</enum><header>Authority of
Director</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 231 (42
U.S.C. 5028) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7AC4C36F0A848A487056CB3E66B74D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA22B4AB847374281862F33D9D5CE347A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9F22D33C4B504187881F0AEF788B7ECD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H777E8779A4D348048F2FCE46DA8A9A0D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Activities
authorized</header><text>The Director is authorized to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8897FF38FF4D434986B3F38D841BFD6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make grants to or
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, including
organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of demonstrating
innovative activities involving older Americans as volunteers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98200C705C5F487C94D9BC504D107471"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make incentive grants under subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C9622CF1B10497B9FC16175668C71C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Support of
volunteers</header><text>The Director may support under this part both
volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving
stipends.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA214BF9A968E4E37AB3424C3F441A429"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H900A43CF82924A85B22EFB8B81AEAC7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(1)(A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B0576AC08F446DAA0DCB50DAC6EED50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>activities;</quote> and inserting <quote>activities
described in section 225(b) and carried out through programs described in parts
A, B, and C;</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0955C80E1EB6475682D08A5CA65C91CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2D6B92B585C04CDAB103E0A77CBF54B7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDC8CB8C2CBA8454299A4BEAFBD71E154"><enum>(2)</enum><text>programs that
support older Americans in aging in place while augmenting the capacity of
members of a community to serve each other through reciprocal service centers,
service credit banking, community economic scripts, barter services,
timebanking, and other similar programs where services are exchanged and not
paid for; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA5E6FB845EA4CAF9BA70137F9332438"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grants to
non-profit organizations to establish sites or programs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6BE5735D8AF4AC29B44355C63B348DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist retiring or
retired individuals in locating opportunities for—</text>
<clause id="HCDE7EA745E874D86B8CEDA9A54D21BA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public service
roles, including through paid or volunteer service;</text>
</clause><clause id="H989AAD5B506E41D6B39A65EBA3DC9F07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participating in
life-planning programs, including financial planning and issues revolving
around health and wellness; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H38A40226A35A4B68AD65E24610FA5DFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>continuing
education, including leadership development, health and wellness, and
technological literacy; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CFA6161A8F44C1094FAB5CFEAAB1383"><enum>(B)</enum><text>connect retiring
or retired individuals with members of the community to serve as leaders and
mentors in life planning, relationships, employment counseling, education
counseling, and other areas of expertise as developed by the retiring or
retired adults.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF49B17D8AD3746DAA6E1F07C36631B8B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4C110A5B1FC545FDABCA066A31B81FDB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAE88055B387F4644AD58FAF9F4987D98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>For
purposes of subsection (b)(2), priority shall be given to—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BE7C973C39749418DF31112A65E8861"><enum>(1)</enum><text>programs with
established experience in carrying out such a program and engaging the entire
community in service exchange;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55E841D2BC4948E2A8FE467A64D14CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>programs with the
capacity to connect to similar programs throughout a city or region to augment
the available services to older Americans and for members of the community to
serve each other;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5AACEB3D3EF444E931130EF984A94D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>programs seeking
to establish in an area where needs of older Americans are left unmet and older
Americans are unable to consider aging in place without such service exchange
in place; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB77D2F2B58E4F0CA831BC4F3184DA40"><enum>(4)</enum><text>programs that
integrate participants in or collaborate with service-learning programs,
AmeriCorps State and National programs, the VISTA program, the Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparents program, and the Senior Companion
programs, and programs described in section 411 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H378D6D412BE84353AEA64945C35F51A1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The incentive grants
referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B) are incentive grants to programs receiving
assistance under this title, subject to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8B45C965542F46FF8465D64B1790B88B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Such grants (which
may be fixed-amount grants) shall be grants in an amount equal to $300 per
volunteer enrolled in the program, except that such amount shall be reduced as
necessary to meet the goals of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB5BBD74FBD54D0A8D728BA9BFA304C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such a grant shall
be awarded to a program only if the program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H137762C848914158B4814842C0F40DF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exceeds
performance measures established under section 179 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19EB38EE70D54B9C88F957DAFDA66857"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides
non-Federal matching funds in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the
amount received by the program under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H120B8CCA93EF426AA60C12AB77D5F943"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enrolls more than
50 percent of the volunteers in outcome-based service programs with measurable
objectives meeting community needs, as determined by the Corporation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A2B2FD83EEB4C6280D71227D5115677"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enrolls more
volunteers from among members of the Baby Boom generation, as defined in
section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, than were
enrolled in the program during the previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7466A98496CD4E7F9F22B3E130AD8999"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For each such
grant, the Corporation shall require the recipient to provide matching funds of
70 cents from non-Federal sources for every $1 provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAC39A87A024484490D5D8D9F645F210"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Such a grant shall
be awarded to a program only if the program submits, at such time and in such
manner as the Corporation may reasonably require, an application that
contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDD7C6F632564D84B40E68EE608B0030"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a demonstration
that the program has met the requirements of paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22BD18B6BFC3456C96E1F76A0BCE6587"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if applicable, a
plan for innovative programs as described in paragraph (6)(B)(ii);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A1FAA52C32440FA8747AEC4A12B6D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a sustainability
plan that describes how the program will maintain the activities described in
paragraph (6) when the grant terminates; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H895393979690482B88C9A4AC3D03BB35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other information
that the Corporation may require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13F1817C5DC048D1BF09F16849A99F6F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Such grants shall
be awarded for a period of 3 years, except that the grant shall be reviewed by
the Corporation at the end of the first and second fiscal years and revoked if
the Corporation finds that the program has failed to continue to meet the
requirements of paragraph (2) for those fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1B9AEE51886407DB0FB2A852688AD18"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Such
grants—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60E3257B2BEA4B278280EBABA3545C20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be used to
increase the number of volunteers in outcome-based service with measurable
objectives meeting community needs as determined by the Corporation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F2C9571F84846229E497974CCD1DF5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be
used—</text>
<clause id="HD44DABB1E11C4BEBA3137373673BFFA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for activities for
which the program is authorized to receive assistance under this title;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H39A3B26ED2A6452FA9D6CD661AB9F761"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for innovative programs focused on the Baby
Boom generation, as defined in section 101 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990, that have been accepted by the Corporation through the
application process in paragraph (4) and are outcome-based programs with
measurable objectives meeting community needs as determined by the
Corporation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H92E4B627998A44068D1A0FA1CB64F5D3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Director
shall, in making such grants, give high priority to programs receiving
assistance under section
201.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HAE5FC7EB5D3742678EF2E06F096B8A50"><enum>C</enum><header>Amendments to
Title <enum-in-header>IV</enum-in-header> (Administration and
Coordination)</header>
<section id="H56ECDF463FDB4C86B7FBD2944AFA3196"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Nondisplacement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>displacement of employed workers</quote> and
inserting <quote>displacement of employed workers or volunteers (other than
participants under the national service laws)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD5992A45D58447D6AAB207772C2ACF3B"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Notice and
hearing procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
412(a) (42 U.S.C. 5052(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC4F3D956F84C4E83B6ABC156E8C559FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C473026167541188089BD77522F1086"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>60</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7FF3044EEE343FD8791260D3B0F77F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0EB8635425814E4B9F3B26956B6201E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07CD98A4C095494E97A5B74B46A7EB40"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as (3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H85A79913F6D648328893B6256AE3DC16"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5EE6D73FC9B471D9F2846ACB941DCB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,</quote>
after <quote>American Samoa,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19C7E1AA0DF141CA8931932D21B5EAC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13),
by striking <quote>National Senior Volunteer Corps</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Senior Service Corps</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DC071B98E594AA19D976E1584957539"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(14)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27CC12F8171A46F8AD3B9E9592B7831F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>National Senior Volunteer Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>National
Senior Service Corps</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5D8E7393D5E4505B80B43E4738AB329"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>parts A, B, C, and E of</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H4DA79AB5EA67439D951B25A5C23E61DB"><enum>2304.</enum><header>Protection
against improper use</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended by striking <quote>National Senior Volunteer
Corps</quote> and inserting <quote>National Senior Service
Corps</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H864277CBD01F42CDBA7AC648B36B85F8"><enum>D</enum><header>Amendments to
Title <enum-in-header>V</enum-in-header> (Authorization of
Appropriations)</header>
<section commented="no" id="H5EA5A2F2838446A8813D30EBF3861763"><enum>2401.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for VISTA and other purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCCF9A2D888784099AF67ECEC31A47D16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3EA45DC2ADCD4F368BAC2FDD42471A3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>, excluding section 109</quote> and all that follows and
inserting <quote>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H459E3D1AD3864095883AFF5953A66AC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) and (4) and redesignating paragraphs (3) and (5) as paragraphs
(2) and (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6133114FFD4642E59AA40CF3CF3DABCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as redesignated by this section), by striking <quote>, excluding section
125</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFF73B6D9B26048169B17E36DEF4E82C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H534359E56ED54148A51F23F9A8881B23"><enum>2402.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for National Senior Service Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H563BA6F911614272AA8D7538ED64E29C" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H3CC8B146F3F541D986B6E03211825647"><enum>502.</enum><header>National Senior
Service Corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDB09CD92FE604B198705CADDC78EB0CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program</header><text>There 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 fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAD145ACA78EB4D328205FC302C0207B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foster
Grandparent Program</header><text>There 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 fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3C31347A3A8D47428FB3ABFC8B455745"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Senior Companion
Program</header><text>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 fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H894A49836392470DB294C1CB205DEA59"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Demonstration
Programs</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
part E of title II such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011
through
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO
OTHER LAWS</header>
<section id="H240F62A13E4F4D7483CB3D099D703739"><enum>3101.</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>IV</enum><header>TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69F1A8DA04C54A5DA4430F102C5BE37B"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Table of
contents for 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 (42 U.S.C. 12501 note) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H848C2C47109F4C41BDDD1CAD92605334" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H1689983D1D694411B6D6B0DB3FC08AED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
Contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text>
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<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="section">Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.</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 Students</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 111. Assistance to States,
Territories, and Indian tribes.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. 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. Limitation on uses of
funds.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part II—Higher Education and Campuses of
Service</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 118. Higher education
provisions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 119. Campuses of
Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part III—Innovative Demonstration
Service-Learning Programs and Research</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 120. Innovative demonstration
service-learning programs and research.</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. 125. [Repealed]</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 level="section">Sec. 129A. Education 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 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 National Service 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 a national service educational award from the Trust.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of
the national service educational award.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 148. Disbursement of national
service educational awards.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 149. Process of approval of
national service 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 other
departments.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 163. Advisory board.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 164. Evaluation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 165. Funding
limitation.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 166. 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 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 level="section">Sec. 185. Sustainability.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 186. Grant periods.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 187. Generation of
volunteers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 188. Limitation on program grant
costs.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 189. Audits and
reports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 190. 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 level="subtitle">Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and
Innovation</toc-entry>
<toc-entry 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 level="section">Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica
Fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and
Encore fellowships.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="part">Part II—Innovative and Model Program
Support</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 198D. Innovative and model program
support.</toc-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 level="subtitle">Subtitle J—Training and Technical
Assistance</toc-entry>
<toc-entry 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><enum>V</enum><header>EFFECTIVE
DATE</header>
<section id="H69B64FB58E0B489B8B26C546DF4D83EC"><enum>5101.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless specifically
provided otherwise, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H12A1CDE8A3B644D180837E0B8B1B1707"><enum>5102.</enum><header>Service
assignments and agreements</header>
<subsection id="HF4ACE25D6D4F41F19EFD2A73FD55337C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Service
Assignments</header><text>Changes pursuant to this Act in the terms and
conditions of terms of service and other service assignments under the national
service laws (including the amount of the education award) shall apply only to
individuals who enroll or otherwise begin service assignments after 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, except when agreed upon by all
interested parties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H271F1D3BC4B34874B1B56D60E9AC4A42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>Changes
pursuant to this Act in the terms and conditions of grants, contracts, or other
agreements under the national service laws shall apply only to such agreements
entered into after 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, except when
agreed upon by the parties to such agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3960C57B7B70476D98CD4647CE63C229"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to the
amendments made by this Act to section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001). Any changes pursuant to those amendments apply as
specified in those amendments.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Congressional
Commission on Civic Service</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35E1F85141B94F0EAA4C7CA5B289460F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H8803C94E679C4F5C84E4C06D0C439099"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB58357964AB24CE6A319A8F19B952A04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The social fabric
of the United States is stronger if individuals in the United States are
committed to protecting and serving our Nation by utilizing national service
and volunteerism to overcome our civic challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39BCC0A3BF584477B459B0F2F57E6D32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
more engaged civic society will strengthen the Nation by bringing together
people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to work on solutions to some of
our Nation’s major challenges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA00EFC3772F847F2957780C1D90F7ABE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Despite declines
in civic health in the past 30 years, national service and volunteerism among
the Nation’s youth are increasing, and existing national service and volunteer
programs greatly enhance opportunities for youth to engage in civic
activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC558B0088AA54BC2974458F2CAB7094E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In addition to the
benefits received by nonprofit organizations and society as a whole,
volunteering and national service provide a variety of personal benefits and
satisfaction and can lead to new paths of civic engagement, responsibility, and
upward mobility.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9D1F7B8DB84045078EBECA2CC0BFD13D"><enum>6103.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is established in the legislative
branch a commission to be known as the <quote>Congressional Commission on Civic
Service</quote> (in this title referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="HB8B3FC2A2BE0423389D44094470EB802"><enum>6104.</enum><header>Duties</header>
<subsection id="HD80E3781051241E7BFD6CE98455B5B59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the
Commission is to gather and analyze information in order to make
recommendations to Congress to—</text>
<paragraph id="H403A6A757CFD4E93B91DD48A0D416D6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve the
ability of individuals in the United States to serve others and, by doing so,
to enhance our Nation and the global community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA732BB0169E745E3B728783C2831E77E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>train leaders in
public service organizations to better utilize individuals committed to
national service and volunteerism as they manage human and fiscal
resources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H097197ABCF9040C28B74EEF4243B93F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify and offer
solutions to the barriers that make it difficult for some individuals in the
United States to volunteer or perform national service; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8898010A00814E6AA9E9B5AA86062BAD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>build on the
foundation of service and volunteer opportunities that are currently
available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44385E9B9DE8458EBC9B1A85784C1277"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
Topics</header><text>In carrying out its general purpose under subsection (a),
the Commission shall address and analyze the following specific topics:</text>
<paragraph id="HFC450C8EF46B4FFA9854D1FC4121A493"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The level of
understanding about the current Federal, State, and local volunteer programs
and opportunities for service among individuals in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D0DF9121D1F47C087F94D9E58DE757F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The issues that
deter volunteerism and national service, particularly among young people, and
how the identified issues can be overcome.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15DDE3129F0C4195B1E84E8D84A46F2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whether there is
an appropriate role for Federal, State, and local governments in overcoming the
issues that deter volunteerism and national service and, if appropriate, how to
expand the relationships and partnerships between different levels of
government in promoting volunteerism and national service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD9F322E165344A6AA318334D0301ECD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Whether existing
databases are effective in matching community needs to would-be volunteers and
service providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BDB90C671EA49C8914CACD17293CE99"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The effect on the
Nation, on those who serve, and on the families of those who serve, if all
individuals in the United States were expected to perform national service or
were required to perform a certain amount of national service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H583CE0D792AA4EB4A0B3A1514903D37D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable
mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and
how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen
the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing
together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational
backgrounds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CE2DABEA3F049AFBB68CF0AF1F4D354"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The need for a
public service academy, a 4-year institution that offers a federally funded
undergraduate education with a focus on training future public sector
leaders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33C26925D3DC40B1A9751B0C131A0BE7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The means to develop awareness of national
service and volunteer opportunities at a young age by creating, expanding, and
promoting service options for elementary and secondary school students, through
service learning or other means, and by raising awareness of existing
incentives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FD67DAC7C8449829843559AEC0F8EA9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The effectiveness
of establishing a training program on college campuses to recruit and educate
college students for national service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H936A316260DB4836B141247018F08349"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The effect on
United States diplomacy and foreign policy interests of expanding service
opportunities abroad, such as the Peace Corps, and the degree of need and
capacity abroad for an expansion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2097EF8BD904BD49D500A9593C5C05B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The constraints
that service providers, nonprofit organizations, and State and local agencies
face in utilizing federally funded volunteer programs, and how these
constraints can be overcome.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC300A403ECCC4BC7B66552D7A67080EB"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Whether current
Federal volunteer programs are suited to address the special skills and needs
of senior volunteers, and if not, how these programs can be improved such that
the Federal Government can effectively promote service among the <quote>baby
boomer</quote> generation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD4B5D8D4CCC4BE3B37ED14B1646C7D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Methodology</header>
<paragraph id="H263795DCA57848AF8529BD8456A972A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
conduct public hearings in various locations around the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E5BA9F39AC84CC49FD0520AB66F6A75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regular and
frequent consultation</header><text>The Commission shall regularly and
frequently consult with an advisory panel of Members of Congress appointed for
such purpose by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the majority
leader of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD9B508D85A844350A1A5CB32A1FDF74A"><enum>6105.</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subsection id="H384D4CBC45724311A8786981EB7AE87E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Number and
appointment</header>
<paragraph id="HD08B20BA6CE74442993019519C6ADD1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
be composed of 8 members appointed as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H74B367A668384381ADA4D198619B852B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>2 members
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B9A546F138C488FBF91714F2DB65884"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 members
appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03ED7AB71112416C9717570441212AF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2 members
appointed by the majority leader of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H229079C0EF994734BC367E996F43C2B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>2 members
appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H854A922419DF43AB9B7BD3D1F6AF376E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
members of the Commission shall consist of individuals who are of recognized
standing and distinction in the areas of international public service, national
public service, service-learning, local service, business, or academia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EF32BE4ACB7441794D16E5A65C6B12E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment</header><text>The members of the Commission shall be appointed not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H645B9BD6BD7C429FA6E38341E45D9315"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Chairperson of the Commission shall be designated by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives at the time of the appointment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BFA3FB5488D4F4AA2BA146BC2925E37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<paragraph id="H4EF2CC5DE2434B1B859587749D242CAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The members of the Commission shall serve for the life of
the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDACB3A5987645A1BFA38B828A5FB155"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect the power of the remaining members
to execute the duties of the Commission but any such vacancy shall be filled in
the same manner in which the original appointment was made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F906F1D69744A83B2E8104E0CEA16D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<paragraph id="H558338DA117546128929D6E4345ED267"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rates of pay;
travel expenses</header><text>Each member shall serve without pay, except that
each member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD15B216A5B74F1588437650F9758C70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition of
compensation of federal employees</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1),
any member of the Commission who is a full-time officer or employee of the
United States may not receive additional pay, allowances, or benefits because
of service on the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0961D823E59A4166A0DA0CBB27146535"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meeting
Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HBDA928B36AF64ECC84376CBD0DF0C2F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Frequency</header>
<subparagraph id="H04BD353F4E294D21945C9512D74F10A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Quarterly
meetings</header><text>The Commission shall meet at least quarterly.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A3D63B742E34FCABA05159588C5D792"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
meetings</header><text>In addition to quarterly meetings, the Commission shall
meet at the call of the Chairperson or a majority of its members.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8EE42B67F7BF45668187C2372D66BC7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>5
members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may
hold hearings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B8DA0A2D15449E1AC8CE03728609AF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meeting by
telephone or other appropriate technology</header><text>Members of the
Commission are permitted to meet using telephones or other suitable
telecommunications technologies provided that all members of the Commission can
fully communicate with all other members simultaneously.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFF30C2A805974EC587414232FDBBB028"><enum>6106.</enum><header>Director and
Staff of Commission; Experts and Consultants</header>
<subsection id="HA58EB6D1F695422CA57F4AA58E3B4456"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Director</header>
<paragraph id="H0B60BBD95F19483E965103FE5AFEAEF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Commission shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the Chairperson with
the approval of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D14496C4DD745FEB186533D25B01BB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credentials</header><text>The
Director shall have credentials related to international public service,
national public service, service-learning, or local service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40BBD9BE38264C719D971347D3C1CE26"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Salary</header><text>The
Director shall be paid at a rate determined by the Chairperson with the
approval of the Commission, except that the rate may not exceed the rate of
basic pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAFF154A742F1418A98EB4AB20947FF15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>With
the approval of the Chairperson, the Director may appoint and fix the pay of
additional qualified personnel as the Director considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C9D19759D6246EDB22061F1D74AFA92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Experts and
Consultants</header><text>With the approval of the Commission, the Director may
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily
equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General
Schedule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50539426E09F4518818BC698E066F92B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Staff of Federal
Agencies</header><text>Upon request of the Commission, Chairperson, or
Director, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a
reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the
Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6D9C385FD0774D37AD1EEAA1557EF643"><enum>6107.</enum><header>Powers of
Commission</header>
<subsection id="H9244A4724FE0418C90AA05F63DBADBE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings and
Sessions</header><text>The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out this
title, hold public hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony,
and receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6195D65858864388B2411CACDA5187C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers of
Members and Agents</header><text>Any member or agent of the Commission may, if
authorized by the Commission, take any action which the Commission is
authorized to take by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H218C2135D0FC4EA7839E6E7D07C87F4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obtaining
Official Data</header><text>Upon request of the Chairperson, the head of any
department or agency shall furnish information to the Commission that the
Commission deems necessary to enable it to carry out this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF2E35D046DB4D22BD60596C5B3631F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Physical
Facilities and Equipment</header><text>The Architect of the Capitol, in
consultation with the appropriate entities in the legislative branch, shall
locate and provide suitable facilities and equipment for the operation of the
Commission on a nonreimbursable basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42C4D6C690D24D17AB9CB37F6CF5BDC9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
Support Services</header><text>Upon the request of the Commission, the
Architect of the Capitol and the Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission on a nonreimbursable basis such administrative
support services as the Commission may request in order for the Commission to
carry out its responsibilities under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9C502DC4E50147DB9F91ADD0D2B06F90"><enum>6108.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="H7D091B8C5776474C86D2CA1C1D85ABE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim
Report</header><text>The Commission shall submit an interim report on its
activities to Congress not later than 20 months after the date of the enactment
of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDDB57D7E844A4AB185E2B6294F3A9B69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
Report</header>
<paragraph id="HF8B64CC98B064544A3A1419210C1E44F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
Commission shall submit a final report on its activities to Congress not later
than 120 days after the submission of the interim report under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4CA689236FA42D1862C0DF958B96CAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
final report shall contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions
of the Commission, together with its recommendations for proposed
legislation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB5AFB66022C546C8BDC14D2648264997"><enum>6109.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall terminate not later
than 30 days after submitting its final report under section 6108(b)(1).</text>
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