1.This Act may be cited as
the Encore Service Act of
2009
.
2.Congress finds the following:
(1)Programs funded
under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.)
have the potential to dramatically increase the number of individuals age 50 or
older engaged in national service, applying decades of experience to solving
community problems.
(2)The potential
pool of older individuals who could provide national service is enormous and
rapidly growing. The population of people age 50 or older, which today is more
than 94,000,000 individuals, is expected to grow by over 22 percent in the next
10 years, to almost 115,000,000 individuals.
(3)Studies show that
over half of the 78,000,000 individuals considered part of the Baby Boomer
generation, those turning 50 between 1996 and 2014, are interested in providing
meaningful service to their communities.
(4)Research further
shows that older individuals are not adequately connected to national service
or work opportunities in the public sector.
(5)For some
individuals age 50 or older, participation in national service can serve as an
important pathway and transition experience, leading them into second careers
in the public or nonprofit sector.
(6)Today's Retired
and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) helps baby boomers anxious to make use of
their education, skills, and expertise to protect seniors against fraud, work
on a national falls prevention campaign, and volunteer to green the economy.
Research shows that individuals enrolled in the program volunteer more hours of
service per year than those not in the program.
(7)The National
Senior Volunteer Corps programs, which are national service programs that
currently engage older individuals, have deployed millions of individuals in
the United States in service to their communities but are currently at capacity
and in need of resources to grow.
3.Except as otherwise expressly provided,
wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).
<enum>I</enum><header>Encore Service
Program</header>
<section id="IDfd9975557ec54d1db8d62a1479faedbf"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C70DC19D9DC45E4A08C3F116282808D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDbbfce190c10f4e83a79d54384b4b3ad7"><enum>(30)</enum><header>Encore Service
Program</header><text>The term <term>Encore Service Program</term> means a
national service program authorized under section 122(a)(15).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb363d1d8d5f7476da25b2335085cbb01"><enum>(31)</enum><header>Encore Service
Participant</header><text>The term <term>Encore Service Participant</term>
means an individual age 50 or older who is a participant in an approved Encore
Service
Program.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDda3163ae08914df0a7f92efb5eb44ef4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122(a) (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID22293f8728944e0692ebb9f264497c9b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID162c52e536ec436791b83c6d52930c57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (14) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA9EFB01064746F59EDCB7E5EBBC3616" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1bbb03c3c0974ace933d30e39b8b2cac"><enum>(15)</enum><text>A service
program that engages only individuals age 50 or older, or individuals age 50 or
older and other individuals in intergenerational service activities, serving in
service positions to address a specific community
need.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID99b106688e314b6fbe33fa60fb8a74d7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572), as amended by
section 102, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBE5FBB727FF24175B212C4F0BD155484"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27E90C243CDF4EE58D743DC6EBAC523A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA9FA0DD755EE405A8C61C4B434E02434"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Encouragement
of Encore Service Programs</header><text>The Corporation shall encourage
national service programs, in appropriate cases, to establish, using
evidence-based approaches, Encore Service Programs, and to apply for assistance
under subsection (a) for such programs.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC286F54E1D0A427BA465ECAED65F7C6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D7A7BC854544C8D9010526F36FEC88D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID9030ba0f21d846bea85f665ed1a49208"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority for
certain Encore Service Programs</header><text>In establishing priorities
regarding the types of national service programs to be assisted under
subsection (b) or (d) of section 129, the Corporation shall give priority to an
Encore Service Program that has—</text>
<paragraph id="IDde72bbf9945649bca795731de2b39e5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>proven success in
engaging, or detailed plans to begin engaging, individuals who are age 50 or
older in service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID753295b74cf147efb5ef6fb78fa03887"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a strong focus on
pre-service and in-service training for participants in order to obtain
measurable results that meet the needs of the community served; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54230aff4f4a4bdd8bc020ad5e54f073"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conducted a
thorough evaluation of the benefits of the Encore Service Program to both the
participants and the community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1775b1835c784c40bb2358e5d2a3547b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
awarding assistance or approved national service positions for Encore Service
Programs, the Corporation shall consult with organizations and individuals with
extensive experience in developing and administering robust national service
programs that are producing measurable results and outstanding experiences for
participants.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf1bcb77442c0444c97e59e3ccfdff349"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that, by 2019, 25 percent of
individuals participating in national service programs specified in this
subtitle should be older individuals who are age 50 or
older.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDa0afa705a7334049b3941465633ad241"><enum>104.</enum><header>Terms of
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 139(b) (42
U.S.C. 12593(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id669572671F8A4CB8AB68C9581A014792" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9d20468ef5d94139a207fd3840209ed3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms of
service for Encore Service Programs</header>
<subparagraph id="idAA9CB12A4A0A45FB907088B8CB4C594D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an
individual age 50 or older performing national service in an approved national
service position in an Encore Service Program shall agree to participate in the
program for a term of service described in 1 of clauses (i) through (v) of
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04180F4AE6D7460ABD84B324BCF13C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms of
service</header>
<clause id="IDbc9ebdb4ed544b6c9aa31063668976ed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Full-time
service</header><text>If such an individual is performing full-time service,
the individual shall agree to participate in the program for the term described
in paragraph (1).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID35a3f936020241e295783a96d92471b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Half-time
service</header><text>If such an individual is performing half-time service,
the individual shall agree to participate in the program for not less than 900
hours during a period of not more than 1 year or not more than 2 years, as
indicated in the approved application for the program.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5eabefd105c247f4bf69562032adae60"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Reduced
half-time service</header><text>If such an individual is performing reduced
half-time service, the individual shall agree to participate in the program for
not less than 675 hours during a period of not more than 1 year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0fb591cda01b4db5b66cf63b7f1219fb"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Quarter-time
service</header><text>If such an individual is performing quarter-time service,
the individual shall agree to participate in the program for not less than 450
hours during a period of not more than 1 year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0b6ae58ef3de4f88b39c4b0c78f00e3d"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Minimum time
service</header><text>If such an individual is performing minimum time service,
the individual shall agree to participate in the program for not less than 300
hours during a period of not more than 1
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID55fd2eeaa68f497891c86a158108f585"><enum>105.</enum><header>Living
allowance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 140(h) (42
U.S.C. 12594(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the
case of an individual who began the individual's first term of service in a
national service program under this subtitle after the individual attained the
age of 50, and who is or has been an Encore Service Participant, the individual
may not receive, through such assistance or funds, an aggregate amount that is
more than twice the maximum amount available under subsections (a), (d), and
(e) for a term of full-time service described in section
139(b)(1).</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDeb67250620bd4f429d51f3a4684b99a1"><enum>106.</enum><header>Educational
award limit and term of transferred awards</header>
<subsection id="id4E2E7089401640DEB95848BB4F2BE03A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Educational
award limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 146 (42
U.S.C. 12602) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id780FF83A90ED47B6AB1A9E6D95E3C6DA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDe3b134c4122a449191958e0f14a4bba0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
receipt of national service educational awards</header><text>An individual may
not receive, through national service educational awards, an aggregate amount
that is more than the value of 2 such awards for terms of full-time service
described in section
139(b)(1).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idEA56663DDAA74006AC93BD6BCA0EE395"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Term for
transferred educational awards</header><text>Section 146(d) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAFDE58A2DCC406F90B1CD8D09EB7081" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id36CB0A405D72429AB436E53110A4E84E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Term for
transferred educational awards</header><text>For purposes of applying
paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible to receive an
educational award as a designated individual (as defined in section 148(f)(3)),
references to a seven-year period shall be considered to be references to a
20-year period that begins on the date the individual who transferred the
educational award to the designated individual completed the term of service in
the approved national service position that is the basis of the
award.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id2521D36F1993425A9B00C9224B3AC0D6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Determination
of the amount of the national service educational award</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB42EE1628D3244CA9388BEBC3D15C9FC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id25E91228FA0C404EAB081B038BB7B978"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Award for
Encore Service Participants</header><text>An individual who is an Encore
Service Participant and who successfully completes the term of service
described in section 139(b)(4) that is specified in the individual's agreement
under such section, shall be provided with a national service educational award
in an amount that bears the same relation to the amount of a full-time national
service educational award as the number of hours of service provided in the
position under the agreement bears to the number of hours of service required
to be provided under section 139(b)(1) to receive a full-time national service
educational
award.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idD306A48E2D6A4D8B8A7E959AEDDDCF66"><enum>108.</enum><header>Transfer of
the awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 148 (42
U.S.C. 12604) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7E82653078CF471DA8877CE6B6C3B579"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id584DF933E05044A3ACE5C79BDFAE6127"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B2A3933E2064E61A3BDBA2FF130B355" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="id64732E0D68C14D3D83DA842CBFC22299"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transfer of
educational awards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAA3651AB552B4A8C9B3B114A5B9CC8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An individual who is eligible to receive a national
service educational award under a program described in paragraph (2) may
transfer the award to a designated individual, and subsections (b), (c), (d),
and (e) shall apply to the designated individual in lieu of the individual who
is eligible to receive the national service educational award, except
that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idBE211B35D9024C22933AF0895E8D335E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amounts refunded
to the account under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a designated individual may
be used by the Corporation to fund additional placements in the national
service program in which the eligible individual who transferred the national
service educational award participated for such award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8DBC548199AE4A8DB9134DABBEA3ED17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a borrower of a
qualified student loan (as defined in subsection (b)(7)) shall be eligible to
have the Corporation pay, on behalf of the borrower, the interest that accrues
during a period for which the borrower has obtained forbearance in accordance
with subsection (e), if the eligible individual successfully completes the
eligible individual's required term of service for a national service
educational award and transfers the award to the borrower as a designated
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9E1A6C0D4B174FE9A2925E6A5405E6AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
transfer</header><text>A national service educational award may be transferred
under this subsection if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id98A5FC9E093A4F42BB2927406D0A3575"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the educational
award is for service in a national service program that is an Encore Service
Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA3A17B7AAC9149608F49936FFA34D7D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the eligible
individual began the individual's first term of service in the Encore Service
Program after the individual attained the age of 50.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCDA8C79C1AD143FEAC9A5FFD97C538FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of a
designated individual</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>designated individual</term> is an individual—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idBE6EB911BB7444B3B81B5E5524CDAA67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whom an
individual who is eligible to receive a national service educational award
under a program described in paragraph (2) designates to receive the
educational award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA1CF6B7E5D974E3B8647E76BC342DD29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who meets the
eligibility requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), and
subsection (e), of section
146.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDbeded29acb41438aa1af39b5b9b0bc88"><enum>109.</enum><header>Corporation
requirements</header>
<subsection id="ID8ee26ddfd6eb4d21a92aac1c66f786f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Planning for
implementation</header><text>In order to carry out the objectives of section
122(f) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(f)),
the Corporation shall examine national service programs carried out under
subtitle C of title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) and identify and
address the barriers to engaging individuals age 50 or older in national
service, including examining—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbe2f0bee90154dd396acde9debbeefe9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how the programs
are marketed to individuals age 50 or older versus young adults;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID971ecf7fc61f485da05aedb7e4c5818f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to
which the living allowance described in section 140 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
12594) is a factor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID12b111bf43544f0a98385688fe7fafda"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to
which the educational award described in subtitle D of that Act (42 U.S.C.
12601 et seq.) is a factor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa165a4bb90504b74990e894d3ad4702e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the correlation
between the extent of the pre-service and in-service training provided and the
perceived investment by the participants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7540f5feae4d4a98b4e70145e0a51d49"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the correlation
between the extent of the pre-service and in-service training provided and
program impact;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc7e15e23ab4e4672bd3f623bf2549ee0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the extent to
which job transition resources and training are provided; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb01c86f7195f4022a5002857e3c18c09"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the outreach
efforts required to carry out the objectives of section 122(f) of that Act (42
U.S.C. 12572(f)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID84f59e1516634c468f71c04c024c7d79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="IDf85f715df8924643a3c39a7881fb5934"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on
implementation</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Corporation shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on
implementation of this subtitle, including addressing barriers described in
subsection (a) and any necessary recommendations on how to enhance programming
to carry out the objectives of section 122(f) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(f)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c1262d2dffc431eb669c11977ea0f96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual
reporting</header><text>The Corporation shall include, in its annual report to
Congress under section 172(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12632(b)), a detailed description of the Encore Service Programs
that have been carried out and the progress of the Corporation in carrying out
those objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4EE44123997743F1B334FF186F6737AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>Encore Service Programs</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12511).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Encore
Fellows</header>
<section id="ID6f390fca4d53416c81ea7d59fbbd6dd2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511), as amended by
section 101 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1141DDDC8591487F917FEF635314DBCB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID2d5cd8f1f03a4d708f5e9f72bf7547e6"><enum>(32)</enum><header>Encore
Fellow</header><text>The term <term>Encore Fellow</term> means an individual
who is age 50 or older and who is a participant in an approved Encore
Fellowship Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01709a57eda04ec5a80e0c4632eaefae"><enum>(33)</enum><header>Encore
Fellowship Program</header><text>The term <term>Encore Fellowship
Program</term> means a program authorized under section
198E.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDd1a7697dbb394b3ca8ce285124cf03b9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Support</header>
<subsection id="id60038028D2A34DA7B9D567D726D7F2FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle H (42 U.S.C.
12653 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id402A0CA3560C4E02807DA0A104BEC5DC" style="OLC">
<section id="IDe29bb22037f6414098bb3adcdd4be3f8"><enum>198E.</enum><header>Encore
Fellowship Programs</header>
<subsection id="ID6b4eccd54fcd457b8a27c663dde0bc5a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to provide for Encore
Fellowship Programs, in order to—</text>
<paragraph id="idDEBE9EC66F99487E83D5D9FB54295382"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the need
for increased professional capacity in public agencies and nonprofit private
organizations that are engaged in meeting unmet human, educational,
environmental, or public safety needs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id98321A61282F4ECCA04AAB996D89A496"><enum>(2)</enum><text>address the need
for compelling learning and service opportunities to assist experienced
individuals age 50 and older in shifting from their mid-life careers to
suitable and rewarding careers in the public or nonprofit sector that benefit
society and provide continued income to the individuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID49bdad9b4e7e4e4d941e8be7d2866823"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="id71CCFF4CCFAC4531910613E667A73E78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Corporation may make grants under this section to
eligible entities to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out
Encore Fellowship Programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id819EFB7AD006423D987D79E0CB14E07E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The
Encore Fellowship Programs shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2B31046262A44B60BBA063FC15DFFFEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruit
individuals age 50 or older who meet the requirements of subsection (f)(2) to
serve as Encore Fellows;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61F558594B4245F3A1BDC1E3F2AA4AF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
specialized preplacement training and additional training for the Encore
Fellows;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E32B57238A74422AF69420BA843BF71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide other
activities designed to foster transitions to second careers in the public or
nonprofit sector by the Encore Fellows; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01679DAD424642D8929C9D4EE403B665"><enum>(D)</enum><text>place the Encore
Fellows in professional positions with employers that will serve as sponsoring
organizations for the programs, and that meet the requirements of subsection
(f)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF88877C90D1140A5A5FD65921FFE3B13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permissible
subgrants</header><text>The entities may carry out the programs directly or
through subgrants to other eligible entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB49119896CF04EEE9942A765B216114B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id30BA10AE1DF64EAD97040A5EDCA4FFAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a State
Commission, or national nonprofit organization, with demonstrated experience in
establishing and carrying out a project to recruit, train, and place
participants or volunteers, and that is qualified to receive assistance under
section 121;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDccbaa9221c07473b9cbb2112c728e9e7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrate the
ability to disseminate information about the Encore Fellowship Program that
promotes the concept of mid-life transitions to public or nonprofit sector
work;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcd97b18023364f1581abfc1b014d5495"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate the
expertise and capacity to provide meaningful management and leadership training
opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb22d13736d244ba6b8a09cf9e34ac10f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>demonstrate
knowledge of public or nonprofit sector professional needs and capacity to help
meet the needs through an Encore Fellowship Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id870E25851D9C4CEFB8B6069C8ABBC748"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall submit an
application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Corporation may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id55689A6A48FC4D2C994890D69EED4ACB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>An entity that receives a grant (or, as applicable, a
subgrant) under this section may use the assistance made available through the
grant (or subgrant) to assist with the activities described in subsection
(b)(2). The entity may use the assistance for the allowances described in
subsection (g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7e36188ce47d484bb703fa3dc152e903"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<paragraph id="ID8c4fd8732684430882041cf384701a97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsoring
organization</header><text>The recipient of a grant under subsection (b) shall
develop criteria for the selection of sponsoring organizations, who
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3f50e00ba8a14c618d2deb8942e981e7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be public
agencies or private nonprofit organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff1ff7c0384543d9920fb4d0c1e0fba9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be engaged in
meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f77cf561e134f61b3d5ea30c68a61d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstrate need
and capacity for the professional skills of Encore Fellows;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd53793902cd149b1b0e31b49887655fb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>agree to sponsor
Encore Fellows in full-time professional positions for a period of not less
than 9 months and not more than 1 year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe44471526a1e4d69baa99a0ed08365bd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>demonstrate
experience in establishing and implementing, or detailed plans to begin
establishing and implementing, meaningful professional development
opportunities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98107dc55dde4f87ba465d80634b51bc"><enum>(F)</enum><text>agree to
collaborate on, and participate in, the provision of specialized preplacement
training and additional training for the participants, and provision of other
activities designed to foster transitions to second careers in the public or
nonprofit sector by participants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3a7198b9a50c42acac85056f4e0dd510"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>The
recipient of a grant under subsection (b) shall develop criteria for the
selection of participants, who shall be individuals age 50 or older who—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb7a595fce90c4bfbaafe91182adaca1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>intend to engage
in work that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety
needs upon completion of their fellowships;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID96e18c696012482db8a418c864e1fbc8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrate
professional qualifications or experience; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3fc2d479fd594488a9ffd77297d0678e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>agree to
participate in the Encore Fellowship Program involved on a full-time basis for
not less than 9 months and not more than 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf19c892b38864f68afb190f89c850934"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Provision of
living allowance and related matters</header>
<paragraph id="IDaa2511555f154071a5f5f53c94b60fb5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Living
allowance</header><text>An entity that receives a grant (or, as applicable, a
subgrant) under this section for an Encore Fellowship Program shall provide to
each Encore Fellow in the program a living allowance for a fiscal year in an
amount equal to 200 percent of the average subsistence allowance provided to
VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955) for that fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52131533f79b448f931e9b89579bcc22"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permissible
salary and benefits</header>
<subparagraph id="idA909B918AEB94C50BC32FFA55F056945"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Encore Fellow may receive a salary in excess of the
maximum living allowance authorized in paragraph (1), and employment benefits,
subject to subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID71a20524c6744a1c8eddf5e90a6cb0c8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Provision by
sponsoring organization</header><text>The sponsoring organization shall pay 100
percent of the amount of the salary that exceeds the amount of the maximum
living allowance, and 100 percent of the cost of the benefits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7665c263a3d74d3196fdb582b0e0ce08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for national service educational award</header><text>An Encore Fellow shall be
ineligible for a national service educational award under subtitle D.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID37247df52a814466a2eedcd03c5e4c82"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Matching funds
requirements</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out an
Encore Fellowship Program that receives assistance under this section, whether
the assistance is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original
recipient of the assistance, may not exceed 70 percent of such cost. The
provisions of section 121(e)(2) shall apply to the program, for purpose of
providing for the remaining share of the cost.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID305ccd51377e4498baf1737a6cdc36ab"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Limit on
administrative cost</header><text>Not more than 6 percent of the amount of
assistance provided to the recipient of a grant (or, as applicable, a subgrant)
under this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative
costs incurred by—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf5d72a2b6617404e957facb6e1d28c6c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the recipient of
the grant (or, as applicable, a subgrant); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID491a99caf2ed437291e60cd4bfaca121"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sponsoring
organizations for Encore Fellowship Programs carried out or supported by the
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60DF3011540243F68C1A947B16FBEA63"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The
Corporation shall evaluate the programs carried out under this section, and
include the results of the evaluations in the Corporation's annual report to
Congress under section
172(b).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id683F29A747BF4B4A89B35BA7862E424C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 501(a)(2) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id21455F56903E4186B440EE0C28A04D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(other than section 198E)</quote> after <quote>H of title I</quote> each
place it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC08CBB6B47484E3CA688A613518919DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F59E8E32EED48BAA143EB1DB750F545" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idA7FEBDE913C94413AA5B63F4627138C8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Encore
Fellowship programs</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 198E, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may
be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D03B2DED41C4EDA9218570946E7F1D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 is amended in the items relating to subtitle H of
title I, by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id67cc7eb4-8191-4bd5-acc6-bca2e6f1650b" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDe29bb22037f6414098bb3adcdd4be3f8" level="section">Sec. 198E. Encore Fellowship
Programs.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Silver
Scholars</header>
<section id="id9B5A6A6784C04545A53C5ADC5951E4FA"><enum>301.</enum><header>Silver
scholarship programs</header>
<subsection id="idC06B0FAB3EC6419B855212DD483C4FC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle H of title I
(42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 202 of this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74B70687055C412A9076EF0B4D38A800" style="OLC">
<section id="IDd06ff914b6e7415aa8beee6ecca8d0ee"><enum>198F.</enum><header>Silver
scholarship programs</header>
<subsection id="ID1c710e8e182e4045be00ccb096adccb7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Corporation is authorized to award grants to eligible entities, to enable the
eligible entities to provide volunteers participating in service projects in
accordance with this section with scholarships that may be used by the
volunteers or by individuals designated by the volunteers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id64FDA1561C0A49AB8CCB986D725DF556"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
entity shall be a public agency or private nonprofit organization with
experience in administering service programs (including the programs described
in or administered under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe50c3c31300846c982caf0ab57023171"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall submit to
the Corporation an application at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Corporation may reasonably require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id051EF2DF9AED4DD39710B236C44D7772"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria and
priorities for grants</header><text>The Corporation shall establish criteria
and priorities for awarding grants under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc15cd690adbb4a6cb7b777ad2ad93e4e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirements
for scholarship</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under subsection
(a) shall use the funds made available through the grant to award a scholarship
described in subsection (a) to recipients, each of whom—</text>
<paragraph id="id6A04FF41CE7E4520811405F15523664C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is, or has been
designated for the scholarship by, a volunteer who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3cf9a662d9624d0b828b56e45efa891f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has performed not
less than 500 hours of volunteer service, of a type specified by the
Corporation under subsection (f)(1), during a 12-month period that is—</text>
<clause id="ID388e11df0d444c7ea134e8e8520dc9aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>after the
volunteer at issue has attained age 55; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5b77a255110648d0821a59371340be0c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after the date
of the enactment of this section; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92BEFB5A5100429391996A6798ABDE20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has performed not
less than 250 hours but less than 500 hours of volunteer service of that type
during such a 12-month period, based on compelling personal circumstances;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDaf5ac48af2784248a64996403257cc0e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has received,
during the 5-year period preceding the date that the scholarship is awarded,
fewer than 2 scholarships under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa12a3890cd174d3684e9522160702bce"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Services,
criteria, and priorities for scholarships</header><text>The Corporation
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4c5fade8ac9a46ed862b4b1655214234"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify the types
of volunteer service a volunteer may engage in to meet the term of service
requirements for a scholarship under this section, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF414E5FFEF57442E8D57B2239EB7FBB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tutoring or
mentoring in a school, after-school program, or other community-based
educational setting; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA3CE556C5FE4DA38F846AEA764AC6A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assisting persons
with special needs, including persons who are homebound, to continue living
independently; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID50309a33467743b984ae04220f3d6723"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish
criteria and priorities for eligible entities to use in awarding scholarships
under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA2F57174CE24458C9871D2FFBA9BDD44"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Amount of
scholarship</header><text>The entities shall award the scholarships—</text>
<paragraph id="id116CDFF4822C42969A42426D75D8D619"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in an amount of
not more than $1,000; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id00D2DA2A877640F6B7019F6316729241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual who meets the requirements of subsection (e) with a term of service
described in subsection (e)(1)(B), in an amount that is prorated based on the
individual's hours of service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4176f2b469d94453ae9d939d87954be6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Use of
scholarships</header><text>A scholarship awarded under this section may be
used—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf61593951c7e418585c26607e74b0ed6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by the volunteer
or the person designated by the volunteer, in accordance with subsection
(e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf74adf62b0db4829920efc524409eaa8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>only for
qualified tuition and related expenses, as defined in section 117 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and only under such conditions as are set forth
by the Corporation through regulation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b6bb3f81a2c42ddafef4bd183aa8bae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not later than 20
years after the date of the award of the scholarship, to allow time for an
individual designated under subsection (e)(1) to use the scholarship.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE48CCABA8EDF4E78850217658C211120"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Of the funds appropriated to carry out this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4dd7d8368128459e83359c80a41e5b6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 15
percent shall be used for administrative purposes by the Corporation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4485724e294c4823817377455cc53e8a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 50
percent shall be made available for grants under subsection (a) and used to
award scholarships to volunteers who have met the term of service requirements
for the scholarships by providing tutoring or mentoring described in subsection
(f)(1)(A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb379cb9f0bae471b98b210f3f7ba16e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not less than 10
percent shall be made available for grants under subsection (a) and used to
award scholarships to volunteers who have met the requirements by providing
assistance described in subsection (f)(1)(B); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID47bc98a0f41b46978a3a68a7c0376bb2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not more than 10
percent shall be made available for such grants and used for administrative
purposes by the eligible entities receiving the
grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idFF17912850DD4D80AE8FD8350164E073"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 501(a)(2), as amended by section 202(b)
of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1CA59BD58C1F4E2FB4931CA96626018B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 198E</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>sections
198E and 198F</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id200F9C91088D4D6C9FAF83E900504812"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id189A3EC8D1C642AF8C6D356D8353DF5B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id0EB8E35854F043F99D5E2A3C4A2D891A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Silver
scholarship program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 198F, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may
be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE246A0B007344B478D1720B1F035393D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 is further amended in the items relating to subtitle H of
title I, by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="idfb2b8731-9ad5-4250-914a-d84b8d53f5e7" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDd06ff914b6e7415aa8beee6ecca8d0ee" level="section">Sec. 198F. Silver Scholarship
Programs.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Expansion of
Senior Corps</header>
<section id="id26F09F0E753B4308A4B5FF15C7117BDD"><enum>401.</enum><header>Expanded
eligibility criteria</header>
<subsection id="idB77833322DB74484974DAE5AE7A789DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foster
grandparent program</header><text>Section 211 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE1180F2E0D6B49D1BA1B6233CD964165"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>sixty</quote> and inserting <quote>55</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6623A4ED96F4187B3EE03149C283435"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by striking <quote>125</quote> and inserting <quote>200</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEDAC4CD528714D7ABA18804869A6CBD0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Senior
companion program</header><text>Section 213(a) of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by striking
<quote>60</quote> and inserting <quote>55</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7F26F5CC54A14EDCBCEAFA2A54D14C7F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>General
provisions</header><text>Section 223 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by striking <quote>sixty</quote> and inserting
<quote>55</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id479C246491BD43E5ACA17A1BB7943527"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD9AA4217432D46779CD50ECE268E9C3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking
<quote>$45,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting <quote>$136,700,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be
necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF09850D5BCB4044B33AE6FDD216C757"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>$85,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>$228,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and
such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9F249EF3CEAB4C54885B7A26C99ADA4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>$40,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>$92,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and
such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section>