[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 606 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 606

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a 
                        Veterans Corps program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2009

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a 
                        Veterans Corps program.

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

SECTION 1. VETERANS CORPS.

    Section 122(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
            ``(15) A Veterans Corps program that--
                    ``(A) identifies unmet needs of veterans through 
                activities such as--
                            ``(i) 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;
                            ``(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 
                        returning veterans, into service opportunities;
                            ``(iii) working to assist veterans in 
                        developing their educational opportunities, 
                        including opportunities for professional 
                        certification;
                            ``(iv) promoting efforts within the 
                        community to serve the needs of veterans and 
                        active duty military members;
                            ``(v) assisting veterans in developing 
                        mentoring relationships with economically 
                        disadvantaged students; and
                            ``(vi) developing projects to assist 
                        disabled and older veterans; and
                    ``(B) establishes, and meets or exceeds, 
                performance indicators relating to the activities 
                described in subparagraph (A), including--
                            ``(i) the number of housing units created 
                        for veterans;
                            ``(ii) the number of veterans who pursue 
                        educational opportunities;
                            ``(iii) the number of veterans receiving 
                        professional certification;
                            ``(iv) outreach efforts to service 
                        organizations serving the needs to veterans;
                            ``(v) the number of veterans engaged in 
                        service opportunities;
                            ``(vi) the number of military families 
                        assisted by organizations while the family 
                        member is deployed and when the family member 
                        returns from deployment;
                            ``(vii) the number of economically 
                        disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring 
                        relationships with veterans;
                            ``(viii) projects designed to meet 
                        identifiable public needs with a specific 
                        emphasis on projects in support of veterans, 
                        especially disabled and older veterans;
                            ``(ix) 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
                            ``(x) 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.''.
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