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H.R.2010
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a
Corporation for National Service, enhance opportunities for national
service, and provide national service educational awards to persons
participating in such service, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National and
Community Service Trust Act of 1993''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

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TITLE I

-PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS

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TITLE II

-ORGANIZATION

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availability of appropriations.
Subtitle A--National and Community Service Act of 1990

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Subtitle B--Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

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TITLE III

-REAUTHORIZATION

Chapter 1--VISTA and Other Anti-poverty Programs

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Chapter 2--National Senior Volunteer Corps

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Chapter 4--Authorization of Appropriations and Other Amendments

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TITLE IV

-TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

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TITLE V

-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) In General.--Section 2 of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
``(1) Throughout the United States, there are pressing unmet
human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs.
``(2) Americans desire to affirm common responsibilities and
shared values, and join together in positive experiences, that
transcend race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, income,
and education.
``(3) The rising costs of postsecondary education are putting
higher education out of reach for an increasing number of citizens.
``(4) Americans of all ages can improve their communities and
become better citizens through service to the United States.
``(5) Nonprofit organizations, local governments, States, and
the Federal Government are already supporting a wide variety of
national service programs that deliver needed services in a cost-
effective manner.
``(6) Residents of low-income communities, especially youth and
young adults, can be empowered through their service, and can help
provide future community leadership.
``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
``(1) meet the unmet human, educational, environmental, and
public safety needs of the United States, without displacing
existing workers;
``(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of
community throughout the United States;
``(3) expand educational opportunity by rewarding individuals
who participate in national service with an increased ability to
pursue higher education or job training;
``(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless of
age, income, or disability, to engage in full-time or part-time
national service;
``(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplication, support
locally established initiatives, require measurable goals for
performance, and offer flexibility in meeting those goals;
``(6) expand and strengthen existing service programs with
demonstrated experience in providing structured service
opportunities with visible benefits to the participants and
community;
``(7) build on the existing organizational service
infrastructure of Federal, State, and local programs and agencies to
expand full-time and part-time service opportunities for all
citizens; and
``(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which
national service is performed.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2 and inserting the following new
item:
``Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.''.
Subtitle A--Programs

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Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly known as the Youth
Conservation Corps Act of 1970) is amended--
(1) by inserting before section 1 the following:
``TITLE I--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS'';
(2) by striking ``Act'' each place it appears and inserting
``title'';
(3) by redesignating sections 1 through 6 as sections 101
through 106, respectively;
(4) in section 102 (as so redesignated), by inserting ``in this
title'' after ``hereinafter'' in subsection (a);
(5) in section 104 (as so redesignated), by striking ``section
6'' in subsection (d) and inserting ``section 106''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new title:
``TITLE II--PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
``SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
``This title may be cited as the `Public Lands Corps Act of 1993'.
``SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
``(1) Conserving or developing natural and cultural resources
and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and
waters through the use of the Nation's young men and women in a
Public Lands Corps can benefit those men and women by providing them
with education and work opportunities, furthering their
understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural
resources, and providing a means to pay for higher education or to
repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education
while at the same time benefiting the Nation's economy and its
environment.
``(2) Many facilities and natural resources located on eligible
service lands are in disrepair or degraded and in need of labor
intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement work which
cannot be carried out by Federal agencies at existing personnel
levels.
``(3) Youth conservation corps have established a good record of
restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities and resources in
a cost effective and efficient manner, especially when they have
worked in partnership arrangements with government land management
agencies.
``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to--
``(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate
conservation projects on eligible service lands where such projects
will not be performed by existing employees;
``(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in performing
research and public education tasks associated with natural and
cultural resources on eligible service lands;
``(3) expose young men and women to public service while
furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation's
natural and cultural resources;
``(4) expand educational opportunities by rewarding individuals
who participate in national service with an increased ability to
pursue higher education or job training; and
``(5) stimulate interest among the Nation's young men and women
in conservation careers by exposing them to conservation
professionals in land managing agencies.
``SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
``For purposes of this title:
``(1) Appropriate conservation project.--The term `appropriate
conservation project' means any project for the conservation,
restoration, construction or rehabilitation of natural, cultural,
historic, archaeological, recreational, or scenic resources.
``(2) Corps and public lands corps.--The terms `Corps' and
`Public Lands Corps' mean the Public Lands Corps established under
section 204.
``(3) Eligible service lands.--The term `eligible service lands'
means public lands, Indian lands, and Hawaiian home lands.
``(4) Hawaiian home lands.--The term `Hawaiian home lands' means
all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204
of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under
the corresponding provision of the Constitution of the State of
Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled `An Act to
provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union',
approved March 18, 1959 (Public Law 86-3; 73 Stat. 5).
``(5) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a person who--
``(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or
``(B) is a `Native', as defined in section 3(b) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
``(6) Indian lands.--The term `Indian lands' means--
``(A) any Indian reservation;
``(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
``(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of
Oklahoma;
``(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, regional
corporations, and village corporations under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
``(E) any land held by dependent Indian communities within
the borders of the United States whether within the original or
subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or
without the limits of a State.
``(7) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means an Indian
tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community,
including any Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village
Corporation, as defined in subsection (c), (g), or (j),
respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (c), (g), or (j)), that is recognized as
eligible for the special programs and services provided by the
United States under Federal law to Indians because of their status
as Indians.
``(8) Public lands.--The term `public lands' means any lands or
waters (or interest therein) owned or administered by the United
States, except that such term does not include any Indian lands.
``(9) Qualified youth or conservation corps.--The term
`qualified youth or conservation corps' means any program
established by a State or local government, by the governing body of
any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that--
``(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time,
productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25,
inclusive, in a natural or cultural resource setting;
``(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and
life skills, education, training, and support services; and
``(C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop
citizenship values and skills through service to their community
and the United States.
``(10) Resource assistant.--The term `resource assistant' means
a resource assistant selected under section 206.
``(11) State.--The term `State' means any State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
``SEC. 204. PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM.
``(a) Establishment of Public Lands Corps.--There is hereby
established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture a Public Lands Corps.
``(b) Participants.--The Corps shall consist of individuals between
the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are enrolled as participants in
the Corps by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture. To be eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual
shall satisfy the criteria specified in section 137(b) of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries may enroll such
individuals in the Corps without regard to the civil service and
classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The
Secretaries may establish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps
of individuals who are economically, physically, or educationally
disadvantaged.
``(c) Qualified Youth or Conservation Corps.--The Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to enter into
contracts and cooperative agreements with any qualified youth or
conservation corps to perform appropriate conservation projects referred
to in subsection (d).
``(d) Projects To Be Carried Out.--The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture may each utilize the Corps or any qualified
youth or conservation corps to carry out appropriate conservation
projects which such Secretary is authorized to carry out under other
authority of law on public lands. Appropriate conservation projects may
also be carried out under this title on Indian lands with the approval
of the Indian tribe involved and on Hawaiian home lands with the
approval of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State of
Hawaii. The Secretaries may also authorize appropriate conservation
projects and other appropriate projects to be carried out on Federal,
State, local, or private lands as part of disaster prevention or relief
efforts in response to an emergency or major disaster declared by the
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
``(e) Preference for Certain Projects.--In selecting appropriate
conservation projects to be carried out under this title, the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall give preference
to those projects which--
``(1) will provide long-term benefits to the public;
``(2) will instill in the enrollee involved a work ethic and a
sense of public service;
``(3) will be labor intensive;
``(4) can be planned and initiated promptly; and
``(5) will provide academic, experiential, or environmental
education opportunities.
``(f) Consistency.--Each appropriate conservation project carried
out under this title on eligible service lands shall be consistent with
the provisions of law and policies relating to the management and
administration of such lands, with all other applicable provisions of
law, and with all management, operational, and other plans and documents
which govern the administration of the area.
``SEC. 205. CONSERVATION CENTERS.
``(a) Establishment and Use.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide such quarters,
board, medical care, transportation, and other services, facilities,
supplies, and equipment as such Secretary deems necessary in connection
with the Public Lands Corps and appropriate conservation projects
carried out under this title and to establish and use conservation
centers owned and operated by such Secretary for purposes of the Corps
and such projects. The Secretaries shall establish basic standards of
health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all conservation centers
established under this section and shall assure that such standards are
enforced. Where necessary or appropriate, the Secretaries may enter into
contracts and other appropriate arrangements with State and local
government agencies and private organizations for the management of such
conservation centers.
``(b) Logistical Support.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements with the Secretary of
Defense to have logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the
Corps and any conservation center established under this section, where
feasible. Logistical support may include the provision of temporary tent
shelters where needed, transportation, and residential supervision.
``(c) Use of Military Installations.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements with the
Secretary of Defense to identify military installations and other
facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the
adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard
facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the Corps for
training or housing Corps participants.
``SEC. 206. RESOURCE ASSISTANTS.
``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide individual
placements of resource assistants with any Federal land managing agency
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary to carry out research or
resource protection activities on behalf of the agency. To be eligible
for selection as a resource assistant, an individual must be at least 17
years of age. The Secretaries may select resource assistants without
regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or
regulations of the United States. The Secretaries shall give a
preference to the selection of individuals who are enrolled in an
institution of higher education or are recent graduates from an
institution of higher education, with particular attention given to
ensure full representation of women and participants from historically
black, Hispanic, and Native American schools.
``(b) Use of Existing Nonprofit Organizations.--Whenever one or more
existing nonprofit organizations can provide, in the judgment of the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, appropriate
recruitment and placement services to fulfill the requirements of this
section, the Secretary may implement this section through such existing
organizations. Participating nonprofit organizations shall contribute to
the expenses of providing and supporting the resource assistants,
through private sources of funding, at a level equal to 25 percent of
the total costs of each participant in the Resource Assistant program
who has been recruited and placed through that organization. Any such
participating nonprofit conservation service organization shall be
required, by the respective land managing agency, to submit an annual
report evaluating the scope, size, and quality of the program, including
the value of work contributed by the Resource Assistants, to the mission
of the agency.
``SEC. 207. LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
``(a) Living Allowances.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide each participant in the Public
Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance in an
amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance authorized by section
140(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for
participants in a national service program assisted under subtitle C of
title I of such Act.
``(b) Terms of Service.--Each participant in the Corps and each
resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as a
resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as may
be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individual.
``SEC. 208. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
``(a) Educational Benefits and Awards.--If a participant in the
Public Lands Corps or a resource assistant also serves in an approved
national service position designated under subtitle C of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990, the participant or resource
assistant shall be eligible for a national service educational award in
the manner prescribed in subtitle D of such title upon successfully
complying with the requirements for the award. The period during which
the national service educational award may be used, the purposes for
which the award may be used, and the amount of the award shall be
determined as provided under such subtitle.
``(b) Forbearance in the Collection of Stafford Loans.--For purposes
of section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in the case of
borrowers who are either participants in the Corps or resource
assistants, upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower
forbearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent with the
regulations of the Secretary of Education, during periods in which the
borrower is serving as such a participant or a resource assistant.
``SEC. 209. NONDISPLACEMENT.
``The nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable to all activities
carried out by the Public Lands Corps, to all activities carried out
under this title by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and to the
selection and service of resource assistants.
``SEC. 210. FUNDING.
``(a) Cost Sharing.--
``(1) Projects by qualified youth or conservation corps.--The
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each
authorized to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of any
appropriate conservation project carried out pursuant to this title
on public lands by a qualified youth or conservation corps. The
remaining 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be provided
from nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, facilities,
materials, equipment, or any combination of the foregoing. No cost
sharing shall be required in the case of any appropriate
conservation project carried out on Indian lands or Hawaiian home
lands under this title.
``(2) Public lands corps projects.--The Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to
accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or
equipment for the purposes of operating the Public Lands Corps and
carrying out appropriate conservation projects by the Corps.
However, nothing in this title shall be construed to require any
cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the Corps.
``(b) Funds Available Under National and Community Service Act.--In
order to carry out the Public Lands Corps or to support resource
assistants and qualified youth or conservation corps under this title,
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be
eligible to apply for and receive assistance under section 121(b) of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990.''.

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(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautification of urban
public housing, recreational sites, youth and senior centers, and
public roads and public works facilities through the efforts of
young people in the United States in an Urban Youth Corps can
benefit these youths, while also benefiting their communities, by--
(A) providing them with education and work opportunities;
(B) furthering their understanding and appreciation of the
challenges faced by individuals residing in urban communities;
and
(C) providing them with a means to pay for higher education
or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher
education.
(2) A significant number of housing units for low-income
individuals in urban areas has become substandard and unsafe and the
deterioration of urban roadways, mass transit systems, and
transportation facilities in the United States have contributed to
the blight encountered in many cities in the United States.
(3) As a result, urban housing, public works, and transportation
resources are in need of labor intensive rehabilitation,
reclamation, and beautification work that has been neglected in the
past and cannot be adequately carried out by Federal, State, and
local government at existing personnel levels.
(4) Urban youth corps have established a good record of
rehabilitating, reclaiming, and beautifying these kinds of resources
in a cost-efficient manner, especially when they have worked in
partnership with government housing, public works, and
transportation authorities and agencies.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section--
(1) to perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate service
projects to rehabilitate, reclaim, beautify, and improve public
housing and public works and transportation facilities and resources
in urban areas suffering from high rates of poverty where work will
not be performed by existing employees;
(2) to assist government housing, public works, and
transportation authorities and agencies;
(3) to expose young people in the United States to public
service while furthering their understanding and appreciation of
their community;
(4) to expand educational opportunity for individuals who
participate in the Urban Youth Corps established by this section by
providing them with an increased ability to pursue postsecondary
education or job training; and
(5) to stimulate interest among young people in the United
States in lifelong service to their communities and the United
States.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Appropriate service project.--The term ``appropriate service
project'' means any project for the rehabilitation, reclamation, or
beautification of urban public housing and public works and
transportation resources or facilities.
(2) Corps and urban youth corps.--The term ``Corps'' and ``Urban
Youth Corps'' mean the Urban Youth Corps established under
subsection (d)(1).
(3) Qualified urban youth corps.--The term ``qualified urban
youth corps'' means any program established by a State or local
government or by a nonprofit organization that--
(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive
work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive,
in an urban or public works or transportation setting;
(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and
life skills, education, training, and support services; and
(C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop
citizenship values and skills through service to their
communities and the United States.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Transportation.
(5) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(d) Establishment of Urban Youth Corps.--
(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of
Transportation an Urban Youth Corps. The Corps shall consist of
individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are
enrolled as participants in the Corps by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development and the Secretary of Transportation. To be
eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy
the criteria specified in section 139(b) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries may enroll such
individuals in the Corps without regard to the civil service and
classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The
Secretaries may establish a preference for the enrollment in the
Corps of individuals who are economically, physically, or
educationally disadvantaged.
(2) Use of qualified urban youth corps.--The Secretaries are
authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with
any qualified urban youth corps to perform appropriate service
projects described in paragraph (3). As part of the Urban Youth
Corps established in the Department of Transportation, the Secretary
of Transportation may make grants to States (and through States to
local governments) for the purpose of establishing, operating, or
supporting qualified urban youth corps that will perform appropriate
service projects relating to transportation resources or facilities.
(3) Service projects.--The Secretaries may each utilize the
Corps or any qualified urban youth corps to carry out appropriate
service projects that the Secretary involved is authorized to carry
out under other authority of law involving public housing projects
or public works resources or facilities.
(4) Preference for certain projects.--In selecting an
appropriate service project to be carried out under this section,
the Secretaries shall give a preference to those projects which--
(A) will provide long-term benefits to the public;
(B) will instill in the participant a work ethic and a sense
of public service;
(C) will be labor intensive;
(D) can be planned and initiated promptly; and
(E) will provide academic, experiential, or community
education opportunities.
(5) Consistency.--Each appropriate service project carried out
under this section in any public housing project or public works
resource or facility shall be consistent with the provisions of law
and policies relating to the management and administration of such
projects, facilities, or resources, with all other applicable
provisions of law, and with all management, operational, and other
plans and documents which govern the administration of such
projects, facilities, or resources.
(e) Living Allowances.--The Secretaries shall provide each
participant in the Urban Youth Corps with a living allowance in an
amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance authorized by section
140(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for
participants in a national service program assisted under subtitle C of
title I of such Act.
(f) Terms of Service.--Each participant in the Urban Youth Corps
shall agree to participate in the Corps for a term of service
established by the Secretary involved, consistent with the terms of
service required under section 139(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 for participants in a national service program
assisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act.
(g) Educational Awards.--
(1) Eligibility.--Each participant in the Urban Youth Corps
shall be eligible for a national service educational award in the
manner prescribed in subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 if such participant complies with such
requirements as may be established under this subtitle by the
Secretary involved respecting eligibility for the award. The period
during which the award may be used, the purposes for which the award
may be used, and the amount of the award shall be determined as
provided under such subtitle.
(2) Forbearance in the collection of stafford loans.--For
purposes of section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in the
case of borrowers who are participants in the Urban Youth Corps,
upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower forbearance on
such terms as are otherwise consistent with the regulations of the
Secretary of Education, during periods in which the borrower is
serving as such a participant and eligible for a national service
educational award under paragraph (1).
(h) Nondisplacement.--The nondisplacement requirements of section
177 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be
applicable to all activities carried out by the Urban Youth Corps and to
all activities carried out under this section by a qualified urban youth
corps.
(i) Cost Sharing.--
(1) Projects by qualified urban youth corps.--The Secretaries
are each authorized to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of
any appropriate service project carried out pursuant to this section
by a qualified urban youth corps. The remaining 25 percent of the
costs of such a project may be provided from nonfederal sources in
the form of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, or
any combination of the foregoing.
(2) Donations.--The Secretaries are each authorized to accept
donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment
for the purposes of operating the Urban Youth Corps and carrying out
appropriate service projects by the Corps. However, nothing in this
section shall be construed to require any cost sharing for any
project carried out directly by the Corps.
(3) Funds available under national and community service act.--
In order to carry out the Urban Youth Corps or to support qualified
urban youth corps under this section, the Secretaries shall be
eligible to apply for and receive assistance under section 121(b) of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Subtitle B--Related Provisions

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(a) In General.--Section 101 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
``For purposes of this title:
``(1) Adult volunteer.--The term `adult volunteer' means an
individual, such as an older adult, an individual with a disability,
a parent, or an employee of a business or public or private
nonprofit organization, who--
``(A) works without financial remuneration in an educational
institution to assist students or out-of-school youth; and
``(B) is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in
the State in which the educational institution is located.
``(2) Approved national service position.--The term `approved
national service position' means a national service position for
which the Corporation has approved the provision of a national
service educational award described in section 147 as one of the
benefits to be provided for successful service in the position.
``(3) Carry out.--The term `carry out', when used in connection
with a national service program described in section 122, means the
planning, establishment, operation, expansion, or replication of the
program.
``(4) Chief executive officer.--The term `Chief Executive
Officer', except when used to refer to the chief executive officer
of a State, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
appointed under section 193.
``(5) Community-based agency.--The term `community-based agency'
means a private nonprofit organization (including a church or other
religious entity) that--
``(A) is representative of a community or a significant
segment of a community; and
``(B) is engaged in meeting human, educational,
environmental, or public safety community needs.
``(6) Corporation.--The term `Corporation' means the Corporation
for National and Community Service established under section 191.
``(7) Economically disadvantaged.--The term `economically
disadvantaged' means, with respect to an individual, an individual
who is determined by the Chief Executive Officer to be low-income
according to the latest available data from the Department of
Commerce.
``(8) Elementary school.--The term `elementary school' has the
same meaning given such term in section 1471(8) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(8)).
``(9) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a person who is a member
of an Indian tribe, or is a `Native', as defined in section 3(b) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
``(10) Indian lands.--The term `Indian lands' means any real
property owned by an Indian tribe, any real property held in trust
by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe, and any real
property held by an Indian or Indian tribe that is subject to
restrictions on alienation imposed by the United States.
``(11) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means--
``(A) an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized
group or community, including--
``(i) any Native village, as defined in section 3(c) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)),
whether organized traditionally or pursuant to the Act of
June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the `Indian Reorganization
Act'; 48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C 461 et seq.); and
``(ii) any Regional Corporation or Village Corporation,
as defined in subsection (g) or (j), respectively, of
section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1602 (g) or (j)),
that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States under Federal law to
Indians because of their status as Indians; and
``(B) any tribal organization controlled, sanctioned, or
chartered by an entity described in subparagraph (A).
``(12) Individual with a disability.--Except as provided in
section 175(a), the term `individual with a disability' has the
meaning given the term in section 7(8)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8)(B)).
``(13) Institution of higher education.--The term `institution
of higher education' has the same meaning given such term in section
1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).
``(14) Local educational agency.--The term `local educational
agency' has the same meaning given such term in section 1471(12) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
2891(12)).
``(15) National service laws.--The term `national service laws'
means this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
``(16) Out-of-school youth.--The term `out-of-school youth'
means an individual who--
``(A) has not attained the age of 27;
``(B) has not completed college or the equivalent thereof;
and
``(C) is not enrolled in an elementary or secondary school
or institution of higher education.
``(17) Participant.--
``(A) In general.--The term `participant' means--
``(i) for purposes of subtitle C, an individual in an
approved national service position; and
``(ii) for purposes of any other provision of this Act,
an individual enrolled in a program that receives assistance
under this title.
``(B) Rule.--A participant shall not be considered to be an
employee of the program in which the participant is enrolled.
``(18) Partnership program.--The term `partnership program'
means a program through which an adult volunteer, a public or
private nonprofit organization, an institution of higher education,
or a business assists a local educational agency.
``(19) Program.--The term `program', unless the context
otherwise requires, and except when used as part of the term
`academic program', means a program described in section 111(a)
(other than a program referred to in paragraph (3)(B) of such
section), 117A(a), 119(b)(1), or 122(a), or in paragraph (1) or (2)
of section 152(b), or an activity that could be funded under section
198, 198C, or 198D.
``(20) Project.--The term `project' means an activity, carried
out through a program that receives assistance under this title,
that results in a specific identifiable service or improvement that
otherwise would not be done with existing funds, and that does not
duplicate the routine services or functions of the employer to whom
participants are assigned.
``(21) School-age youth.--The term `school-age youth' means--
``(A) individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, inclusive;
and
``(B) children with disabilities, as defined in section
602(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)), who receive services under part B of such
Act.
``(22) Secondary school.--The term `secondary school' has the
same meaning given such term in section 1471(21) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(21)).
``(23) Service-learning.--The term `service-learning' means a
method--
``(A) under which students or participants learn and develop
through active participation in thoughtfully organized service
that--
``(i) is conducted in and meets the needs of a
community;
``(ii) is coordinated with an elementary school,
secondary school, institution of higher education, or
community service program, and with the community; and
``(iii) helps foster civic responsibility; and
``(B) that--
``(i) is integrated into and enhances the academic
curriculum of the students, or the educational components of
the community service program in which the participants are
enrolled; and
``(ii) provides structured time for the students or
participants to reflect on the service experience.
``(24) Service-learning coordinator.--The term `service-learning
coordinator' means an individual who provides services as described
in subsection (a)(3) or (b) of section 111.
``(25) Service sponsor.--The term `service sponsor' means an
organization, or other entity, that has been selected to provide a
placement for a participant.
``(26) State.--The term `State' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The term also includes
Palau, until such time as the Compact of Free Association is
ratified.
``(27) State commission.--The term `State Commission' means a
State Commission on National and Community Service maintained by a
State pursuant to section 178. Except when used in section 178, the
term includes an alternative administrative entity for a State
approved by the Corporation under such section to act in lieu of a
State Commission.
``(28) State educational agency.--The term `State educational
agency' has the same meaning given such term in section 1471(23) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
2891(23)).
``(29) Student.--The term `student' means an individual who is
enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or institution of
higher education on a full- or part-time basis.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 182(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``adult
volunteer and partnership'' each place the term appears and
inserting ``partnership''.
(2) Section 182(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``adult
volunteer and partnership'' and inserting ``partnership''.
(3) Section 441(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 2751(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``service opportunities or
youth corps as defined in section 101 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990, and service in the agencies, institutions and
activities designated in section 124(a) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting ``a project, as
defined in section 101(20) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(20))''.
(4) Section 1122(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1137a(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``youth corps as
defined in section 101(30) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990'' and inserting ``youth corps programs, as described in
section 122(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of
1990''.
(5) Section 1201(p) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1141(p)) is amended by striking ``section 101(22) of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting ``section
101(23) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12511(21))''.

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Section 102 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12512) is repealed.

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(a) In General.--Section 171 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 171. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
``(a) Participants in Private, State, and Local Projects.--For
purposes of title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), if--
``(1) a participant has provided service for the period required
by section 101(2)(A)(i) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(A)(i)), and has met the
hours of service requirement of section 101(2)(A)(ii), of such Act
with respect to a project; and
``(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employer
described in section 101(4) of such Act (other than an employing
agency within the meaning of subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5,
United States Code),
the participant shall be considered to be an eligible employee of the
service sponsor.
``(b) Participants in Federal Projects.--For purposes of subchapter
V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, if--
``(1) a participant has provided service for the period required
by section 6381(1)(B) of such title with respect to a project; and
``(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employing agency
within the meaning of such subchapter,
the participant shall be considered to be an employee of the service
sponsor.
``(c) Treatment of Absence.--The period of any absence of a
participant from a service position pursuant to title I of the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5,
United States Code, shall not be counted toward the completion of the
term of service of the participant under section 139 of this Act.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 171 of such Act and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.''.

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Section 172 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12632) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking ``sections 177 and
113(9)'' and inserting ``section 177'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``Report to Congress''; and inserting
``Report to Congress by Corporation''; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this title'' and
inserting ``the national service laws''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Report to Congress by Secretary of Defense.--
``(1) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually conduct a
study of the effect of the programs carried out under this title on
recruitment for the Armed Forces.
``(2) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit a
report to the appropriate committees of Congress containing the
findings of the study described in paragraph (1) and such
recommendations for legislative and administrative reform as the
Secretary may determine to be appropriate.''.

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Section 175 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12635) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 175. NONDISCRIMINATION.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Basis.--An individual with responsibility for the
operation of a project that receives assistance under this title
shall not discriminate against a participant in, or member of the
staff of, such project on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, age, or political affiliation of such participant or member, or
on the basis of disability, if the participant or member is a
qualified individual with a disability.
``(2) Definition.--As used in paragraph (1), the term `qualified
individual with a disability' has the meaning given the term in
section 101(8) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12111(8)).
``(b) Federal Financial Assistance.--Any assistance provided under
this title shall constitute Federal financial assistance for purposes of
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.),
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.),
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and shall
constitute Federal financial assistance to an education program or
activity for purposes of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C.
1681 et seq.).
``(c) Religious Discrimination.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an
individual with responsibility for the operation of a project that
receives assistance under this title shall not discriminate on the
basis of religion against a participant in such project or a member
of the staff of such project who is paid with funds received under
this title.
``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the
employment, with assistance provided under this title, of any member
of the staff, of a project that receives assistance under this
title, who was employed with the organization operating the project
on the date the grant under this title was awarded.
``(d) Rules and Regulations.--The Chief Executive Officer shall
promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the enforcement of this
section that shall include provisions for summary suspension of
assistance for not more than 30 days, on an emergency basis, until
notice and an opportunity to be heard can be provided.''.

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(a) Decertification of Positions.--Section 176(a) of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12636(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or revoke the designation
of positions, related to the grant or contract, as approved national
service positions,'' before ``whenever the Commission''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``or revoked'' after
``terminated''.
(b) Construction.--Section 176(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12636(e))
is amended by adding before the period the following ``, other than
assistance provided pursuant to this Act''.
(c) Grievance Procedure.--Section 176(f) of such Act is amended to
read as follows:
``(f) Grievance Procedure.--
``(1) In general.--A State or local applicant that receives
assistance under this title shall establish and maintain a procedure
for the filing and adjudication of grievances from participants,
labor organizations, and other interested individuals concerning
projects that receive assistance under this title, including
grievances regarding proposed placements of such participants in
such projects.
``(2) Deadline for grievances.--Except for a grievance that
alleges fraud or criminal activity, a grievance shall be made not
later than 1 year after the date of the alleged occurrence of the
event that is the subject of the grievance.
``(3) Deadline for hearing and decision.--
``(A) Hearing.--A hearing on any grievance conducted under
this subsection shall be conducted not later than 30 days after
the filing of such grievance.
``(B) Decision.--A decision on any such grievance shall be
made not later than 60 days after the filing of such grievance.
``(4) Arbitration.--
``(A) In general.--
``(i) Jointly selected arbitrator.--In the event of a
decision on a grievance that is adverse to the party who
filed such grievance, or 60 days after the filing of such
grievance if no decision has been reached, such party shall
be permitted to submit such grievance to binding arbitration
before a qualified arbitrator who is jointly selected and
independent of the interested parties.
``(ii) Appointed arbitrator.--If the parties cannot
agree on an arbitrator, the Chief Executive Officer shall
appoint an arbitrator from a list of qualified arbitrators
within 15 days after receiving a request for such
appointment from one of the parties to the grievance.
``(B) Deadline for proceeding.--An arbitration proceeding
shall be held not later than 45 days after the request for such
arbitration proceeding, or, if the arbitrator is appointed by
the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with subparagraph
(A)(ii), not later than 30 days after the appointment of such
arbitrator.
``(C) Deadline for decision.--A decision concerning a
grievance shall be made not later than 30 days after the date
such arbitration proceeding begins.
``(D) Cost.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii),
the cost of an arbitration proceeding shall be divided
evenly between the parties to the arbitration.
``(ii) Exception.--If a participant, labor organization,
or other interested individual described in paragraph (1)
prevails under a binding arbitration proceeding, the State
or local applicant described in paragraph (1) that is a
party to such grievance shall pay the total cost of such
proceeding and the attorneys' fees of such participant,
labor organization, or individual, as the case may be.
``(5) Proposed placement.--If a grievance is filed regarding a
proposed placement of a participant in a project that receives
assistance under this title, such placement shall not be made unless
the placement is consistent with the resolution of the grievance
pursuant to this subsection.
``(6) Remedies.--Remedies for a grievance filed under this
subsection include--
``(A) suspension of payments for assistance under this
title;
``(B) termination of such payments;
``(C) prohibition of the placement described in paragraph
(5); and
``(D) in a case in which the grievance involves a violation
of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 and the employer of the
displaced employee is the recipient of assistance under this
title--
``(i) reinstatement of the displaced employee to the
position held by such employee prior to displacement;
``(ii) payment of lost wages and benefits of the
displaced employee;
``(iii) reestablishment of other relevant terms,
conditions, and privileges of employment of the displaced
employee; and
``(iv) such equitable relief as is necessary to correct
any violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 or to
make the displaced employee whole.
``(7) Enforcement.--Suits to enforce arbitration awards under
this section may be brought in any district court of the United
States having jurisdiction of the parties, without regard to the
amount in controversy and without regard to the citizenship of the
parties.''.

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Section 177(b)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12637(b)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), to read as follows:
``(B) Supplantation of hiring.--A participant in any program
receiving assistance under this title shall not perform any
services or duties, or engage in activities, that--
``(i) will supplant the hiring of employed workers; or
``(ii) are services, duties, or activities with respect
to which an individual has recall rights pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement or applicable personnel
procedures.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), to read as follows:
``(iii) employee who--
``(I) is subject to a reduction in force; or
``(II) has recall rights pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or applicable personnel
procedures;''.

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Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12639) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``for purposes of the reports required by subsection (j),'' and
inserting ``with respect to the programs authorized under
subtitle C,''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``older American
volunteer programs'' and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer
Corps programs'';
(2) in subsection (g)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``subtitle D'' and inserting ``subtitle C''; and
(B) in paragraphs (3) and (9), by striking ``older American
volunteer programs'' and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer
Corps programs'';
(3) by striking subsections (i) and (j); and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Independent Evaluation and Report of Demographics of National
Service Participants and Communities.--
``(1) Independent evaluation.--
``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall, on an annual
basis, arrange for an independent evaluation of the programs
assisted under subtitle C.
``(B) Participants.--
``(i) In general.--The entity conducting such evaluation
shall determine the demographic characteristics of the
participants in such programs.
``(ii) Characteristics.--The entity shall determine, for
the year covered by the evaluation, the total number of
participants in the programs, and the number of participants
within the programs in each State, by sex, age, economic
background, education level, ethnic group, disability
classification, and geographic region.
``(iii) Categories.--The Corporation shall determine
appropriate categories for analysis of each of the
characteristics referred to in clause (ii) for purposes of
such an evaluation.
``(C) Communities.--In conducting the evaluation, the entity
shall determine the amount of assistance provided under section
121 during the year that has been expended for projects
conducted under the programs in areas described in section
133(c)(6).
``(2) Report.--The entity conducting the evaluation shall submit
a report to the President, Congress, the Corporation, and each State
Commission containing the results of the evaluation--
``(A) with respect to the evaluation covering the year
beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, not later
than 18 months after such date; and
``(B) with respect to the evaluation covering each
subsequent year, not later than 18 months after the first day of
each such year.''.

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Section 180 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12640) is amended by striking ``post-service benefits'' and
inserting ``national service educational awards''.

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(a) In General.--Section 181 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 181. CONTINGENT EXTENSION.
``Section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.
1226a) shall apply to this Act.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 181 of such Act and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 181. Contingent extension.''.

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(a) In General.--Section 183 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 183. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING.
``(a) Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General, or any of the
duly authorized representatives of the Comptroller General, shall have
access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents,
papers, records, and other recorded information in any form--
``(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any
State or local government, Indian tribe, or public or private
nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or indirectly
under this Act; and
``(2) that the Comptroller General, or his representative,
considers necessary to the performance of an evaluation, audit, or
review.
``(b) Chief Financial Officer.--The Chief Financial Officer 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--
``(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any
State or local government, Indian tribe, or public or private
nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or indirectly
under this Act; and
``(2) that relates to the duties of the Chief Financial
Officer.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 183 of such Act and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying.''.

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(a) In General.--Subtitle F of title I of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended by repealing
sections 185 and 186.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 185 of such Act.

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This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take effect
on October 1, 1993.

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(a) Composition and Duties of State Commissions.--Subtitle F of
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by
striking section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) and inserting the following new
section:
``SEC. 178. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
``(a) Existence Required.--
``(1) State commission.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), to
be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or
to receive a distribution of approved national service positions
under subtitle C, a State shall maintain a State Commission on
National and Community Service that satisfies the requirements of
this section.
``(2) Alternative administrative entity.--The chief executive
officer of a State may apply to the Corporation for approval to use
an alternative administrative entity to carry out the duties
otherwise entrusted to a State Commission under this Act. The chief
executive officer shall ensure that any alternative administrative
entity used in lieu of a State Commission provides for the
individuals described in paragraph (1), and some of the individuals
described in paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant
policymaking role in carrying out the duties otherwise entrusted to
a State Commission, including the submission of applications on
behalf of the State under sections 117B and 130.
``(b) Appointment and Size.--Except as provided in subsection
(c)(3), the members of a State Commission for a State shall be appointed
by the chief executive officer of the State. A State Commission shall
consist of not fewer than 15, and not more than 25, voting members, and
any ex officio nonvoting members, as described in paragraph (3) or (4)
of subsection (c).
``(c) Composition and Membership.--
``(1) Required members.--The State Commission for a State shall
include as voting members at least one of each of the following
individuals:
``(A) An individual with expertise in the educational,
training, and development needs of youth, particularly
disadvantaged youth.
``(B) An individual with experience in promoting the
involvement of older adults in service and voluntarism.
``(C) A representative of community-based agencies or
community-based organizations within the State.
``(D) The head of the State educational agency.
``(E) A representative of local governments in the State.
``(F) A representative of local labor organizations in the
State.
``(G) A representative of business.
``(H) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a
participant or supervisor in a program.
``(I) A representative of a national service program
described in section 122(a), such as a youth corps program
described in section 122(a)(2).
``(2) Sources of other members.--The State Commission for a
State may include as voting members the following individuals:
``(A) Members selected from among local educators.
``(B) Members selected from among experts in the delivery of
human, educational, environmental, or public safety services to
communities and persons.
``(C) Representatives of Indian tribes.
``(D) Members selected from among out-of-school youth or
other at-risk youth.
``(E) Representatives of entities that receive assistance
under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950
et seq.).
``(3) Corporation representative.--The representative of the
Corporation designated under section 195(c) for a State shall be an
ex officio nonvoting member of the State Commission or alternative
administrative entity for that State, unless the State permits the
representative to serve as a voting member of the State Commission
or alternative administrative entity.
``(4) Ex officio state representatives.--The chief executive
officer of a State may appoint, as ex officio nonvoting members of
the State Commission for the State, representatives selected from
among officers and employees of State agencies operating community
service, youth service, education, social service, senior service,
and job training programs.
``(5) Limitation on number of state employees as members.--The
number of voting members of a State Commission selected under
paragraph (1) or (2) who are officers or employees of the State may
not exceed 25 percent (reduced to the nearest whole number) of the
total membership of the State Commission.
``(d) Miscellaneous Matters.--
``(1) Membership balance.--The chief executive officer of a
State shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the
membership of the State Commission for the State is diverse with
respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability
characteristics. Not more than 50 percent of the voting members of a
State Commission, plus one additional member, may be from the same
political party.
``(2) Terms.--Each member of the State Commission for a State
shall serve for a term of 3 years, except that the chief executive
officer of a State shall initially appoint a portion of the members
to terms of 1 year and 2 years.
``(3) Vacancies.--If a vacancy occurs on a State Commission, a
new member shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the
State and serve for the remainder of the term for which the
predecessor of such member was appointed. The vacancy shall not
affect the power of the remaining members to execute the duties of
the State Commission.
``(4) Compensation.--A member of a State Commission or
alternative administrative entity shall not receive any additional
compensation by reason of service on the State Commission or
alternative administrative entity, except that the State may
authorize the reimbursement of travel expenses, including a per diem
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as other employees
serving intermittently in the service of the State.
``(5) Chairperson.--The voting members of a State Commission
shall elect one of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the
State Commission.
``(6) Limitation on member participation.--
``(A) General limitation.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), a voting member of the State Commission (or of
an alternative administrative entity) shall not participate in
the administration of the grant program (including any
discussion or decision regarding the provision of assistance or
approved national service positions, or the continuation,
suspension, or termination of such assistance or such positions,
to any program or entity) described in subsection (e)(9) if--
``(i) a grant application relating to such program is
pending before the Commission (or such entity); and
``(ii) the application was submitted by a program or
entity of which such member is, or in the 1-year period
before the submission of such application was, an officer,
director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee.
``(B) Exception.--If, as a result of the operation of
subparagraph (A), the number of voting members of the Commission
(or of such entity) is insufficient to establish a quorum for
the purpose of administering such program, then voting members
excluded from participation by subparagraph (A) may participate
in the administration of such program, notwithstanding the
limitation in subparagraph (A), to the extent permitted by
regulations issued under section 193A(b)(11) by the Corporation.
``(C) Rule of construction.--Subparagraph (A) shall not be
construed to limit the authority of any voting member of the
Commission (or of such entity) to participate in--
``(i) discussion of, and hearing and forums on--
``(I) the general duties, policies, and operations
of the Commission (or of such entity); or
``(II) the general administration of such program;
or
``(ii) similar general matters relating to the
Commission (or such entity).
``(e) Duties of a State Commission.--The State Commission or
alternative administrative entity for a State shall be responsible for
the following duties:
``(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State
that--
``(A) 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 national
service programs within the State and other interested members
of the public;
``(B) covers a 3-year period;
``(C) is updated annually;
``(D) ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies
that serve underrepresented populations, by--
``(i) using established networks, and registries, at the
State level; or
``(ii) establishing such networks and registries; and
``(E) contains such information as the State Commission
considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may require.
``(2) Preparation of the applications of the State under
sections 117B and 130 for financial assistance.
``(3) Assistance in the preparation of the application of the
State educational agency for assistance under section 113.
``(4) Preparation of the application of the State under section
130 for the approval of service positions that include the national
service educational award described in subtitle D.
``(5) Make recommendations to the Corporation with respect to
priorities for programs receiving assistance under the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
``(6) Make technical assistance available to enable applicants
for assistance under section 121--
``(A) to plan and implement service programs; and
``(B) to apply for assistance under the national service
laws using, if appropriate, information and materials available
through a clearinghouse established under section 198A.
``(7) Assistance in the provision of health care and child care
benefits under section 140 to participants in national service
programs that receive assistance under section 121.
``(8) Development of a State system for the recruitment and
placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under
the national service laws and dissemination of information
concerning national service programs that receive such assistance or
approved national service positions.
``(9) Administration of the grant program in support of national
service programs that is conducted by the State using assistance
provided to the State under section 121, including selection,
oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients.
``(10) Development of projects, training methods, curriculum
materials, and other materials and activities related to national
service programs that receive assistance directly from the
Corporation (to be made available in a case in which such a program
requests such a project, method, material, or activity) or from the
State using assistance provided under section 121, for use by
programs that request such projects, methods, materials, and
activities.
``(f) Activity Ineligible for Assistance.--A State Commission or
alternative administrative entity may not directly carry out any
national service program that receives assistance under section 121.
``(g) Delegation.--Subject to such requirements as the Corporation
may prescribe, a State Commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties to
a State agency or public or private nonprofit organization.
``(h) Approval of State Commission or Alternative.--
``(1) Submission to corporation.--The chief executive officer
for a State shall notify the Corporation of the establishment or
designation of the State Commission or use of an alternative
administrative entity for the State. The notification shall include
a description of--
``(A) the composition and membership of the State Commission
or alternative administrative entity; and
``(B) the authority of the State Commission or alternative
administrative entity regarding national service activities
carried out by the State.
``(2) Approval of alternative administrative entity.--Any
designation of a State Commission or use of an alternative
administrative entity to carry out the duties of a State Commission
shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld. The Corporation shall approve an
alternative administrative entity if such entity provides for
individuals described in paragraph (1), and some of the individuals
described in paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant
policymaking role in carrying out the duties otherwise entrusted to
a State Commission, including the duties described in paragraphs (1)
through (4) of subsection (e).
``(3) Rejection.--The Corporation may reject a State Commission
if the Corporation determines that the composition, membership, or
duties of the State Commission do not comply with the requirements
of this section. The Corporation may reject a request to use an
alternative administrative entity in lieu of a State Commission if
the Corporation determines that the entity does not provide for the
individuals described in paragraph (1), and some of the individuals
described in paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant
policymaking role as described in paragraph (2). If the Corporation
rejects a State Commission or alternative administrative entity
under this paragraph, the Corporation shall promptly notify the
State of the reasons for the rejection.
``(4) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation shall
provide a State notified under paragraph (3) with a reasonable
opportunity to revise the rejected State Commission or alternative
administrative entity. At the request of the State, the Corporation
shall provide technical assistance to the State as part of the
revision process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider any
resubmission of a notification under paragraph (1) or application to
use an alternative administrative entity under paragraph (2).
``(5) Subsequent changes.--This subsection shall also apply to
any change in the composition or duties of a State Commission or an
alternative administrative entity made after approval of the State
Commission or the alternative administrative entity.
``(6) Rights.--An alternative administrative entity approved by
the Corporation under this subsection shall have the same rights as
a State Commission.
``(i) Coordination.--
``(1) Coordination with other state agencies.--The State
Commission or alternative administrative entity for a State shall
coordinate the activities of the Commission or entity under this Act
with the activities of other State agencies that administer Federal
financial assistance programs under the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) or other appropriate Federal
financial assistance programs.
``(2) Coordination with volunteer service programs.--
``(A) In general.--The State Commission or alternative
administrative entity for a State shall coordinate functions of
the Commission or entity (including recruitment, public
awareness, and training activities) with such functions of any
division of ACTION, or of the Corporation, that carries out
volunteer service programs in the State.
``(B) Agreement.--In coordinating functions under this
paragraph, such Commission or entity, and such division, may
enter into an agreement to--
``(i) carry out such a function jointly;
``(ii) to assign responsibility for such a function to
the Commission or entity; or
``(iii) to assign responsibility for such a function to
the division.
``(C) Information.--The State Commission or alternative
entity for a State, and the head of any such division, shall
exchange information about--
``(i) the programs carried out in the State by the
Commission, entity, or division, as appropriate; and
``(ii) opportunities to coordinate activities.
``(j) Liability.--
``(1) Liability of state.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2)(B), a State shall agree to assume liability with respect to any
claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission by a
member of the State Commission or alternative administrative entity
of the State, within the scope of the service of the member on the
State Commission or alternative administrative entity.
``(2) Other claims.--
``(A) In general.--A member of the State Commission or
alternative administrative entity shall have no personal
liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting
from any act or omission by such person, within the scope of the
service of the member on the State Commission or alternative
administrative entity.
``(B) Limitation.--This paragraph shall not be construed to
limit personal liability for criminal acts or omissions, willful
or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or
any other act or omission outside the scope of the service of
such member on the State Commission or alternative
administrative entity.
``(3) Effect on other law.--This subsection shall not be
construed--
``(A) to affect any other immunities and protections that
may be available to such member under applicable law with
respect to such service;
``(B) to affect any other right or remedy against the State
under applicable law, or against any person other than a member
of the State Commission or alternative administrative entity; or
``(C) to limit or alter in any way the immunities that are
available under applicable law for State officials and employees
not described in this subsection.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 178 and inserting the following
new item:
``Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1993.
(d) Transitional Provisions.--
(1) Use of alternatives to state commission.--If a State does
not have a State Commission on National and Community Service that
satisfies the requirements specified in section 178 of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended by subsection (a), the
Corporation for National and Community Service may authorize the
chief executive officer of the State to use an existing agency of
the State to perform the duties otherwise reserved to a State
Commission under subsection (e) of such section.
(2) Application of subsection.--This subsection shall apply only
during the 27-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE.
(a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
(1) Application.--
(A) Evaluation.--Subsections (a), (d), and (e) of section
179 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12639) are amended by striking ``this title'' and inserting
``the national service laws''.
(B) Corporation.--Subtitle I of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 202 of this Act) is
amended in section 191, paragraphs (5) and (10) of section
192A(g), section 193(c), subsections (b) (other than paragraph
(10)), (c) (other than paragraph (7)), and (d) of section 193A,
subsections (c) and (e) of section 195, and subsections (a) and
(b) of section 196, by striking ``this Act'' each place the term
appears and inserting ``the national service laws''.
(2) Grants.--Section 192A(g) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 202 of this Act) is
amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
``(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law, make grants
to or contracts with Federal or other public departments or agencies
and private nonprofit organizations for the assignment or referral
of volunteers under the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (except as provided in section 108 of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973), which may provide that the agency or
organization shall pay all or a part of the costs of the program;
and''.
(3) Recruitment and public awareness functions.--Section 193A of
the National and Community Service Act of 1993 (as added by section
202 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Recruitment and Public Awareness Functions.--
``(1) Effort.--The Chief Executive Officer shall ensure that the
Corporation, in carrying out the recruiting and public awareness
functions of the Corporation, shall expend at least the level of
effort on recruitment and public awareness activities related to the
programs carried out under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) as ACTION expended on recruitment and
public awareness activities related to programs under the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 during fiscal year 1993.
``(2) Personnel.--The Chief Executive Officer shall assign or
hire, as necessary, such additional national, regional, and State
personnel to carry out such recruiting and public awareness
functions as may be necessary to ensure that such functions are
carried out in a timely and effective manner. The Chief Executive
Officer shall give priority in the hiring of such additional
personnel to individuals who have formerly served as volunteers in
the programs carried out under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 or similar programs, and to individuals who have specialized
experience in the recruitment of volunteers.
``(3) Funds.--For the first fiscal year after the effective date
of this subsection, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for the
purpose of carrying out such recruiting and public awareness
functions, the Chief Executive Officer shall obligate not less than
1.5 percent of the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year under
section 501(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.''.
(b) Authorities of ACTION Agency.--Sections 401 and 402 of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041 and 5042) are
repealed.
(c) Transfer of Functions From ACTION Agency.--
(1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, unless
otherwise provided or indicated by the context--
(A) the term ``Chief Executive Officer'' means the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation;
(B) the term ``Corporation'' means the Corporation for
National and Community Service, established under section 191 of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990;
(C) the term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning given to the
term ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 5, United States
Code;
(D) the term ``function'' means any duty, obligation, power,
authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or
program; and
(E) the term ``office'' includes any office, administration,
agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component
thereof.
(2) Transfer of functions.--There are transferred to the
Corporation the functions that the Director of the ACTION Agency
exercised before the effective date of this subsection (including
all related functions of any officer or employee of the ACTION
Agency).
(3) Determinations of certain functions by the office of
management and budget.--If necessary, the Office of Management and
Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are
transferred under paragraph (2).
(4) Reorganization.--The Chief Executive Officer is authorized
to allocate or reallocate any function transferred under paragraph
(2) among the officers of the Corporation.
(5) Transfer and allocations of appropriations and personnel.--
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the personnel
employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts,
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held,
arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection
with the functions transferred by this subsection, subject to
section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be transferred
to the Corporation. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this
paragraph shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds
were originally authorized and appropriated.
(6) Incidental transfer.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, at such time or times as the Director shall
provide, is authorized to make such determinations as may be
necessary with regard to the functions transferred by this
subsection, and to make such additional incidental dispositions of
personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations,
allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, available to,
or to be made available in connection with such functions, as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for
the termination of the affairs of all entities terminated by this
subsection and for such further measures and dispositions as may be
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subsection.
(7) Effect on personnel.--
(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided by this
subsection, the transfer pursuant to this subsection of full-
time personnel (except special Government employees) and part-
time personnel holding permanent positions shall be to positions
in the Corporation subject to section 195(a) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 202(a) of
this Act, and shall not cause any such employee to be separated
or reduced in grade or compensation, or to have the benefits of
the employee reduced, for 1 year after the date of transfer of
such employee under this subsection, and such transfer shall be
deemed to be a transfer of functions for purposes of section
3503 of title 5, United States Code.
(B) Executive schedule positions.--Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, any person who, on the day
preceding the effective date of this subsection, held a position
compensated in accordance with the Executive Schedule prescribed
in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, and who, without a
break in service, is appointed in the Corporation to a position
having duties comparable to the duties performed immediately
preceding such appointment shall continue to be compensated in
such new position at not less than the rate provided for such
previous position, for the duration of the service of such
person in such new position.
(C) Termination of certain positions.--Positions whose
incumbents are appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, the functions of which are
transferred by this subsection, shall terminate on the effective
date of this subsection.
(8) Savings provisions.--
(A) Continuing effect of legal documents.--All orders,
determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants,
contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges,
and other administrative actions--
(i) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to
become effective by the President, any Federal agency or
official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction,
in the performance of functions that are transferred under
this subsection; and
(ii) that are in effect at the time this subsection
takes effect, or were final before the effective date of
this subsection and are to become effective on or after the
effective date of this subsection,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in
accordance with law by the President, the Chief Executive
Officer, or other authorized official, a court of competent
jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(B) Proceedings not affected.--The provisions of this
subsection shall not affect any proceedings, including notices
of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any license,
permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the
ACTION Agency at the time this subsection takes effect, with
respect to functions transferred by this subsection. Such
proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders shall be
issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom,
and payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this
subsection had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such
proceedings shall continue in effect until modified, terminated,
superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court
of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in
this subparagraph shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance
or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and
conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could
have been discontinued or modified if this subsection had not
been enacted.
(C) Suits not affected.--The provisions of this subsection
shall not affect suits commenced before the effective date of
this subsection, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be
had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner
and with the same effect as if this subsection had not been
enacted.
(D) Nonabatement of actions.--No suit, action, or other
proceeding commenced by or against the ACTION Agency, or by or
against any individual in the official capacity of such
individual as an officer of the ACTION Agency, shall abate by
reason of the enactment of this subsection.
(E) Administrative actions relating to promulgation of
regulations.--Any administrative action relating to the
preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the ACTION Agency
relating to a function transferred under this subsection may be
continued by the Corporation with the same effect as if this
subsection had not been enacted.
(9) Severability.--If a provision of this subsection or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, neither
the remainder of this subsection nor the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected.
(10) Transition.--Prior to, or after, any transfer of a function
under this subsection, the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to
utilize--
(A) the services of such officers, employees, and other
personnel of the ACTION Agency with respect to functions that
will be or have been transferred to the Corporation by this
subsection; and
(B) funds appropriated to such functions for such period of
time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly
implementation of this subsection.
(d) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take
effect--
(A) 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act; or
(B) on such earlier date as the President shall determine to
be appropriate and announce by proclamation published in the
Federal Register.
(2) Transition.--Subsection (c)(10) shall take effect on the
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(a) Business Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--The Corporation for National and Community
Service (referred to in this section as the ``Corporation'') shall
prepare and submit to Congress a business plan. The Corporation may
not provide assistance under section 121 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 before the twentieth day of continuous
session of Congress after the date on which the Corporation submits
the business plan to Congress.
(2) Computation.--For purposes of the computation of the 20-day
period referred to in paragraph (1), continuity of a session of the
Congress shall be considered to be broken only by--
(A) an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and
(B) the days on which either House is not in session because
of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date certain.
(b) Required Elements of Business Plan.--
(1) Allocation of funds.--The business plan shall contain--
(A) a description of the manner in which the Corporation
will allocate funds for programs carried out by the Corporation
after October 1, 1993;
(B) information on the principal offices and officers of the
Corporation that will allocate such funds; and
(C) information that indicates how accountability for such
funds can be determined, in terms of the office or officer
responsible for such funds.
(2) Investigative and audit functions.--The business plan shall
include a description of the plans of the Corporation--
(A) to ensure continuity, during the transition period, and
after the transition period, in the investigative and audit
functions carried out by the Inspector General of ACTION prior
to such period, consistent with the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and
(B) to carry out investigative and audit functions and
implement financial management controls regarding programs
carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993, consistent
with the Inspector General Act of 1978, including a specific
description of--
(i) the manner in which the Office of Inspector General
shall be established in the Corporation, in accordance with
section 194(b) of the National Community Service Act of
1990, as added by section 202 of this Act; and
(ii) the manner in which grants made by the Corporation
shall be audited by such Office and the financial management
controls that shall apply with regard to such grants and
programs.
(3) Accountability measures.--The business plan shall include a
detailed description of the accountability measures to be
established by the Corporation to ensure effective control of all
funds for programs carried out by the Corporation after October 1,
1993.
(4) Information resources.--The business plan shall include a
description of an information resource management program that will
support the program and financial management needs of the
Corporation.
(5) Corporation staffing and integration of action.--
(A) Transfers.--The business plan shall include a report on
the progress and plans of the President for transferring the
functions, programs, and related personnel of ACTION to the
Corporation, and shall include a timetable for the transfer.
(B) Details and assignments.--The report shall specify the
number of ACTION employees detailed or assigned to the
Corporation, and describe the hiring activity of the
Corporation, during the transition period.
(C) Structure.--The business plan shall include a
description of the organizational structure of the Corporation
during the transition period.
(D) Staffing.--The business plan shall include a description
of--
(i) measures to ensure adequate staffing during the
transition period with respect to programs carried out by
the Corporation after October 1, 1993; and
(ii) the responsibilities and authorities of the
Managing Directors and other key personnel of the
Corporation.
(E) Senior executive service.--The business plan shall
include--
(i) an explanation of the number of the employees of the
Corporation who will be paid at or above the rate of pay for
level 1 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule under
section 5382 of title 5, United States Code; and
(ii) information justifying such pay for such employees.
(6) Duplication of functions.--The business plan shall include a
description of the measures that the Corporation is taking or will
take to minimize duplication of functions in the Corporation caused
by the transfer of the functions of the Commission on National and
Community Service, and the transfer of the functions of ACTION, to
the Corporation. This description shall address functions at both
the national and State levels.
(c) Definition.--The term ``transition period'' means the period
beginning on October 1, 1993 and ending on the day before the effective
date of section 203(c)(2).

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THE AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
No action involving the obligation or expenditure of funds may be
taken under one of the national service laws (as defined in section
101(15) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12511(15))) unless and until the Corporation for National and Community
Service has sufficient appropriations available at the time such action
is taken to satisfy the obligation to be incurred or make the
expenditure to be made.
Subtitle A--National and Community Service Act of 1990

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(a) In General.--Section 501 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``(a) Title I.--
``(1) Subtitle b.--
``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to provide financial assistance under subtitle B of title I,
$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1996.
``(B) Programs.--Of the amount appropriated under
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year--
``(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be available to
provide financial assistance under subpart A of part I of
subtitle B of title I;
``(ii) not more than 11.25 percent shall be available to
provide financial assistance under subpart B of part I of
such subtitle; and
``(iii) not more than 25 percent shall be available to
provide financial assistance under part II of such subtitle.
``(2) Subtitles c, d, and h.--
``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to provide financial assistance under subtitles C and H of title
I, to provide national service educational awards 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, $300,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and
$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
``(B) Programs.--Of the amount appropriated under
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to 15 percent shall be
made available to provide financial assistance under section
125, under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126, and under
subtitle H of title I.
``(3) Subtitle e.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1996.
``(4) Administration.--
``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
for the administration of this Act $40,000,000 for fiscal year
1994, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $70,000,000 for
fiscal year 1996.
``(B) Corporation.--Of the amounts appropriated under
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year--
``(i) up to 60 percent shall be made available to the
Corporation for the administration of this Act; and
``(ii) the remainder shall be available to provide
financial assistance under section 126(a).
``(b) Title III.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out title III $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
``(c) Availability of Appropriations.--Funds appropriated under this
section shall remain available until expended.
``(d) Specification of Budget Function.--The authorizations of
appropriations contained in this section shall be considered to be a
component of budget function 500 as used by the Office of Management and
Budget to cover education, training, employment, and social services,
and, as such, shall be considered to be related to the programs of the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for
budgetary purposes.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1993.
Subtitle B--Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

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(a) Short Title.--This subtitle may be cited as the ``Domestic
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993''.
(b) References.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever
in this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
CHAPTER 1--VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS

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The last sentence of section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended to read
as follows: ``In addition, the objectives of this part are to generate
the commitment of private sector resources, to encourage volunteer
service at the local level, and to strengthen local agencies and
organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.''.

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(a) In General.--Section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4952) is amended by striking
``The Director'' and inserting ``This part shall be administered by one
of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 194(d)(1)(A) of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Such Director''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the effective date of section 203(b).

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(a) Volunteer Assignments.--Section 103(a) (42 U.S.C. 4953(a)) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``a
public'' and inserting ``public'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``illiterate or functionally
illiterate youth and other individuals,'';
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(5) in paragraph (6)--
(A) by striking ``or the Community Economic'' and inserting
``the Community Economic'';
(B) by inserting ``or other similar Acts,'' after ``1981,'';
and
(C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) in strengthening, supplementing, and expanding efforts to
address the problem of illiteracy throughout the United States.''.
(b) Recruitment Procedures.--Section 103(b) (42 U.S.C. 4953(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
``(2)(A) The Director shall establish and maintain within the
national headquarters of the ACTION Agency (or any successor entity of
such agency) a volunteer placement office which shall be responsible for
all functions related to the recruitment and placement of volunteers
under this part. Such functions and activities shall be carried out in
coordination or in conjunction with recruitment and placement activities
carried out under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
Upon the transfer of the functions of the ACTION Agency to the
Corporation for National and Community Service, the office established
under this subparagraph shall be merged with the recruitment office of
such Corporation. At no time after such transfer of functions shall more
than one office responsible primarily for recruitment exist within the
Corporation.'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (6); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as paragraphs (4)
and (6), respectively.
(c) Public Awareness and Recruitment.--Subsection (c) of section 103
(42 U.S.C. 4953(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the 1st sentence by striking ``regional or State
employees designated in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection
(b)(2)'' and inserting ``personnel described in subsection
(b)(2)(C)'';
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ``shall include''
and inserting ``may include'';
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as
subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new
subparagraph:
``(F) publicizing national service educational awards
available under the National and Community Service Trust Act of
1993;'';
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4).
(d) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Section 103 (42
U.S.C. 4953) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(h) The Director is encouraged to enter into agreements with other
Federal agencies to use VISTA volunteers in furtherance of program
objectives that are consistent with the purposes described in section
101.''.

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(a) Clarification and Periods of Service.--Subsection (b) of section
104 (42 U.S.C. 4954(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b)(1) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled
initially for periods of service of not less than 1 year, nor more than
2 years, except as provided in paragraph (2) or subsection (e).
``(2) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for periods
of service of less than 1 year if the Director determines, on an
individual basis, that a period of service of less than 1 year is
necessary to meet a critical scarce skill need.
``(3) Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for
periods of service in a manner to be determined by the Director. No
volunteer shall serve for more than a total of 5 years under this
part.''.
(b) Summer Program.--Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the
Director may enroll full-time VISTA summer associates in a program for
the summer months only, under such terms and conditions as the Director
shall determine to be appropriate. Such individuals shall be assigned to
projects that meet the criteria set forth in section 103(a).
``(2) In preparing reports relating to programs under this Act, the
Director shall report on participants, costs, and accomplishments under
the summer program separately.
``(3) The limitation on funds appropriated for grants and contracts,
as contained in section 108, shall not apply to the summer program.''.

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(a) Postservice Stipend.--Section 105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1))
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(a)(1)''; and
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following:
``(B) Such stipend shall not exceed $95 per month in fiscal year
1994, but shall be set at a minimum of $100 per month, and a maximum of
$125 per month assuming the availability of funds to accomplish such
maximum, during the service of the volunteer after October 1, 1994. The
Director may provide a stipend of a maximum of $200 per month in the
case of persons who have served as volunteers under this part for at
least 1 year and who, in accordance with standards established in such
regulations as the Director shall prescribe, have been designated
volunteer leaders on the basis of experience and special skills and a
demonstrated leadership among volunteers.
``(C) The Director shall not provide a stipend under this subsection
to an individual who elects to receive a national service educational
award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990.''.
(b) Subsistence Allowance.--Section 105(b) (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A);
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the subparagraph
designation; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The
Director shall review such adjustments on an annual basis to
ensure that the adjustments are current.''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (4).
(c) Child Care.--Section 105 (42 U.S.C. 4955) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(c)(1) The Director shall--
``(A) make child care available for children of each volunteer
enrolled under this part who need such child care in order to
participate as volunteers; or
``(B) provide a child care allowance to each such volunteer who
needs such assistance in order to participate as volunteers.
``(2) The Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the
circumstances under which child care shall be made available under this
subsection and the value of any child care allowance to be provided.''.

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Section 107 (42 U.S.C. 4957) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 107. PARTICIPATION OF YOUNGER AND OLDER PERSONS.
``In carrying out this part and part C, the Director shall take
necessary steps, including the development of special projects, where
appropriate, to encourage the fullest participation of individuals 18
through 27 years of age, and individuals 55 years of age and older, in
the various programs and activities authorized under such parts.''.

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Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is amended--
(1) in subsection (g)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by striking the paragraph designation of paragraph (2);
and
(2) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''
and inserting ``paragraph (2)''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (3).

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Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 110. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.
``In reviewing an application for assistance under this part, the
Director shall not deny such assistance to any project or program, or
any public or private nonprofit organization, solely on the basis of the
duration of the assistance such project, program, or organization has
received under this part prior to the date of submission of the
application. The Director shall grant assistance under this part on the
basis of merit and to accomplish the goals of the VISTA program, and
shall consider the needs and requirements of projects in existence on
such date as well as potential new projects.''.

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PROGRAMS.
Section 114 (42 U.S.C. 4974) is repealed.

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(a) Program Title.--Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in the part heading, to read as follows:
``Part B--University Year for VISTA'';
(2) by striking ``University Year for ACTION'' each place that
such term appears in such part and inserting ``University Year for
VISTA'';
(3) by striking ``UYA'' each place that such term appears in
such part and inserting ``UYV''; and
(4) in section 112 (42 U.S.C. 4972) by striking the section
heading and inserting the following new section heading:
``authority to operate university year for vista program''.
(b) Special Conditions.--Section 113(a) (42 U.S.C. 4973(a)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``of not less than the duration of an academic
year'' and inserting ``of not less than the duration of an academic
semester or its equivalent''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Volunteers may receive a living allowance and such other support
or allowances as the Director determines to be appropriate.''.

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DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 4992) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 122. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIAL VOLUNTEER AND
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.
``(a) In General.--The Director is authorized to conduct special
volunteer programs for demonstration programs, or award grants to or
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations to carry out
such programs. Such programs shall encourage wider volunteer
participation on a full-time, part-time, or short-term basis to further
the purpose of this part, and identify particular segments of the
poverty community that could benefit from volunteer and other
antipoverty efforts.
``(b) Assignment and Support of Volunteers.--The assignment of
volunteers under this section, and the provision of support for such
volunteers, including any subsistence allowances and stipends, shall be
on such terms and conditions as the Director shall determine to be
appropriate, but shall not exceed the level of support provided under

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also be supported under this section.
``(c) Criteria and Priorities.--In carrying out this section and
section 123, the Director shall establish criteria and priorities for
awarding grants and entering into contracts under this part in each
fiscal year. No grant or contract exceeding $100,000 shall be made under
this part unless the recipient of the grant or contractor has been
selected by a competitive process that includes public announcement of
the availability of funds for such grant or contract, general criteria
for the selection of recipients or contractors, and a description of the
application process and application review process.''.

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Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 123. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
``The Director may provide technical and financial assistance to
Federal agencies, State and local governments and agencies, private
nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private organizations that
utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying out the purpose of
this part.''.

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Title I (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by repealing section 124; and
(2) by redesignating section 125 as section 124.
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS

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(a) Title Heading.--The heading for title II is amended to read as
follows:
``TITLE II--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS''.
(b) References.--
(1) Section 200(1) (42 U.S.C. 5000(1)) is amended by striking
``Older American Volunteer Programs'' and inserting ``National
Senior Volunteer Corps''.
(2) The heading for section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended by
striking ``older american volunteer programs'' and inserting
``national senior volunteer corps''.
(3) Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended--
(A) in the section heading by striking ``older american
volunteer programs'' and inserting ``national senior volunteer
corps''; and
(B) by striking ``volunteer projects for Older Americans''
and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer Corps projects''.
(4) Section 205(c) of the Older Americans Amendments of 1975
(Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 42 U.S.C. 5001 note) is amended by
striking ``national older American volunteer programs'' each place
the term appears and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer Corps
programs''.

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(a) Part Heading.--The heading for part A of title II is amended by
striking ``Retired Senior Volunteer Program'' and inserting ``Retired
and Senior Volunteer Program''.
(b) References.--Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended by striking
``retired senior volunteer program'' each place that such term appears
in such section and the Act and inserting ``Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program''.

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Section 201(a) (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``retired
persons'' and inserting ``retired individuals and working older
individuals''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``aged sixty or over'' and inserting ``55
years of age or older''; and
(B) by inserting ``, and individuals 60 years of age or
older will be given priority for enrollment,'' after
``enrolled''.

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Section 211(a) (42 U.S.C. 5011(a)) is amended by striking ``,
including services'' and all that follows through ``with special
needs.'' and inserting a period and the following: ``Such services may
include services by individuals serving as foster grandparents to
children who are individuals with disabilities, who have chronic health
conditions, who are receiving care in hospitals, who are residing in
homes for dependent and neglected children, or who are receiving
services provided by day care centers, schools, early intervention
programs under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), Head Start agencies under the Head Start Act,
or any of a variety of other programs, establishments, and institutions
providing services for children with special or exceptional needs.
Individual foster grandparents may provide person-to-person services to
one or more children, depending on the needs of the project and local
site.''.

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Section 211(d) (42 U.S.C. 5011(d)) is amended--
(1) in the second sentence by striking ``Any stipend or
allowance provided under this subsection shall not be less than
$2.20 per hour until October 1, 1990, $2.35 per hour during fiscal
year 1991, and $2.50 per hour on and after October 1, 1992,'' and
inserting ``Any stipend or allowance provided under this section
shall not be less than $2.45 per hour on and after October 1, 1993,
and shall be adjusted once prior to December 31, 1997, to account
for inflation, as determined by the Director and rounded to the
nearest five cents,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``In establishing the amount of, and the effective date for, such
adjustment, the Director, in consultation with the State Commissions on
National and Community Service (as established under section 178 of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990) and the heads of the State
offices established under section 195 of such Act, shall consider the
effect such adjustment will have on the ability of non-federally funded
volunteer programs similar to the programs under this title to maintain
their current level of volunteer hours.''.

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Section 212 (42 U.S.C. 5012) is repealed.

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Section 213(c) (42 U.S.C. 5013(c)) is amended by striking paragraph
(3).

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(a) Promotion.--Section 221(a) (42 U.S.C. 5021(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall enter
into agreements with--
``(A) the Department of Health and Human Services to--
``(i) involve retired and senior volunteers, and foster
grandparents, in Head Start programs;
``(ii) involve retired and senior volunteers, and senior
companions, in providing services authorized by title III of the
Older Americans Act of 1965; and
``(iii) promote the recognition of such volunteers who are
qualified to provide in-home services for reimbursement under
title XVIII of the Social Security Act for providing such
services;
``(B) the Department of Education to promote intergenerational
tutoring and mentoring for at-risk children; and
``(C) the Environmental Protection Agency to support
conservation efforts.''.
(b) Minimum Expenditure.--Section 221(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 5021(b)(3))
is amended by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$375,000''.

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Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B) by striking ``paragraph (10)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (10), (12), (15), and (16)'';
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(12) Programs that address environmental needs.
``(13) Programs that reach out to organizations (such as labor
unions and profitmaking organizations) not previously involved in
addressing national problems of local concern.
``(14) Programs that provide for outreach to increase
participation of members of ethnic groups who have limited English
proficiency.
``(15) Programs that support criminal justice activities and
juvenile justice activities.
``(16) Programs that involve older volunteers working with young
people in apprenticeship programs.
``(17) Programs that support the community integration of
individuals with disabilities.
``(18) Programs that provide health, education, and welfare
services that augment the activities of State and local agencies, to
be carried out in a fiscal year for which the aggregate amount of
funds available to such agencies is not less than the annual average
aggregate amount of funds available to such agencies for the period
of 3 fiscal years preceding such fiscal year.'';
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``under this title''; and
(4) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following new paragraph:
``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), from the amounts
appropriated under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 502, for
each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as
may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a).''.

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Section 226(b) (42 U.S.C. 5026(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``(1)''; and
(B) by striking ``annually'' and inserting ``, once every 2
years''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2).

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Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new part:
``Part E--Demonstration Programs
``SEC. 231. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.
``(a) In General.--The Director is authorized to 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. The Director may support under this part both volunteers
receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.
``(b) Activities.--An organization that receives a grant or enters
into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available
through the grant or contract for activities such as--
``(1) linking youth groups and older American organizations in
volunteer activities;
``(2) involving older volunteers in programs and activities
different from programs and activities supported in the community;
and
``(3) testing whether older American volunteer programs may
contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.
``SEC. 232. PROHIBITION.
``The Director may not reduce the activities, projects, or
volunteers funded under the other parts of this title in order to
support projects under this part.''.
CHAPTER 3--ADMINISTRATION

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Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 5041) is amended--
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Such
Agency shall also promote the coordination of volunteer efforts
among Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations, exchange
technical assistance information among such agencies and
organizations.''; and
(2) by striking ``Older American Volunteer Programs'' each place
the term appears and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer Corps''.

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Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 5042) is amended in paragraphs (5) and (6) by
inserting ``solicit and'' before ``accept'' in each such paragraph.

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Section 403 (42 U.S.C. 5043) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b)(2) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively;
(2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and
(3) by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting the following:
``(b)(1) Programs assisted under this Act shall not be carried on in
a manner involving the use of funds, the provision of services, or the
employment or assignment of personnel in a manner supporting or
resulting in the identification of such programs with--
``(A) any partisan or nonpartisan political activity associated
with a candidate, or a contending faction or group, in an election
for public or party office;
``(B) any activity to provide voters or prospective voters with
transportation to the polls or similar assistance in connection with
any such election; or
``(C) any voter registration activity;
except that programs assisted under this Act may make voter registration
applications and nonpartisan voter registration information available to
the public on the premises of such programs.
``(2) In carrying out any voter registration activity permitted
under paragraph (1), an individual who is affiliated with, or employed
to carry out, a program assisted under this Act shall not--
``(A) indicate a preference with respect to any candidate,
political party, or election issue; or
``(B) seek to influence the political or party affiliation, or
voting decision, of any individual.''.

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Section 404 (42 U.S.C. 5044) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``from such volunteers or
from beneficiaries'' after ``compensation'';
(2) by striking subsection (f); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).

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Section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5047) is repealed.

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Section 415(b)(4)(A) (42 U.S.C. 5055(b)(4)(A)) is amended by
striking ``a grade GS-7 employee'' and inserting ``an employee at grade
GS-5 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United
States Code''.

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Section 417 (42 U.S.C. 5057) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 417. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Basis.--An individual with responsibility for the
operation of a program that receives assistance under this Act shall
not discriminate against a participant in, or member of the staff
of, such program on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
age, or political affiliation of such participant or member, or on
the basis of disability, if the participant or member is a qualified
individual with a disability.
``(2) Definition.--As used in paragraph (1), the term `qualified
individual with a disability' has the meaning given the term in
section 101(8) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12111(8)).
``(b) Federal Financial Assistance.--Any assistance provided under
this Act shall constitute Federal financial assistance for purposes of
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.),
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.),
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).
``(c) Religious Discrimination.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an
individual with responsibility for the operation of a program that
receives assistance under this Act shall not discriminate on the
basis of religion against a participant in such program or a member
of the staff of such program who is paid with funds received under
this Act.
``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the
employment, with assistance provided under this Act, of any member
of the staff, of a program that receives assistance under this Act,
who was employed with the organization operating the program on the
date the grant under this Act was awarded.
``(d) Rules and Regulations.--The Director shall promulgate rules
and regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section that
shall include provisions for summary suspension of assistance for not
more than 30 days, on an emergency basis, until notice and an
opportunity to be heard can be provided.''.

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REGULATIONS.
Section 420 (42 U.S.C. 5060) is repealed.

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Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 5062) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or the Inspector General''
after ``Director''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, the Inspector General,''
after ``Director'' each place that such term appears.

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Title IV is amended by adding at the end, the following new section:
``SEC. 425. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE.
``Whoever falsely--
``(1) advertises or represents; or
``(2) publishes or displays any sign, symbol, or advertisement,
reasonably calculated to convey the impression,
that an entity is affiliated with, funded by, or operating under the
authority of ACTION, VISTA, or any of the programs of the National
Senior Volunteer Corps may be enjoined under an action filed by the
Attorney General, on a complaint by the Director.''.

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(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--
(1) Creditable service.--Section 8332(j) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting ``the period of
an individual's service as a full-time volunteer enrolled in
a program of at least 1 year's duration under part A, B, or
C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973,'' after ``Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,'';
(ii) in the second sentence, by inserting ``, as a full-
time volunteer enrolled in a program of at least 1 year's
duration under part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973,'' after ``Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964''; and
(iii) in the last sentence--
(I) by inserting ``or under part A, B, or C of title
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973'' after
``Economic Opportunity Act of 1964''; and
(II) by inserting ``or the Chief Executive Officer
of the Corporation for National and Community Service,
as appropriate,'' after ``Director of the Office of
Economic Opportunity''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) The provisions of paragraph (1) relating to credit for service
as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Economic Opportunity Act of
1964, part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973, or the Peace Corps Act shall not apply to any period of service
as a volunteer or volunteer leader of an employee or Member with respect
to which the employee or Member has made the deposit with interest, if
any, required by section 8334(l).''.
(2) Deductions, contributions, and deposits.--
(A) In general.--Section 8334 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(l)(1) Each employee or Member who has performed service as a
volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer enrolled in a program
of at least 1 year's duration under part A, B, or C of title I of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or as a volunteer or volunteer
leader under the Peace Corps Act before the date of the separation on
which the entitlement to any annuity under this subchapter is based may
pay, in accordance with such regulations as the Office of Personnel
Management shall issue, an amount equal to 7 percent of the readjustment
allowance paid to the employee or Member under title VIII of the
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or section 5(c) or 6(1) of the Peace
Corps Act or the stipend paid to the employee or Member under part A, B,
or C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, for each
period of service as such a volunteer or volunteer leader.
``(2) Any deposit made under paragraph (1) more than 2 years after
the later of--
``(A) October 1, 1993; or
``(B) the date on which the employee or Member making the
deposit first becomes an employee or Member,
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded annually
beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year period. The
interest rate that is applicable in computing interest in any year under
this paragraph shall be equal to the interest rate that is applicable
for such year under subsection (e).
``(3) The Director of the Peace Corps and the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall
furnish such information to the Office of Personnel Management as the
Office may determine to be necessary for the administration of this
subsection.''.
(B) Conforming amendment.--Section 8334(e) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (1) and (2) by
striking ``or (k)'' each place that such term appears and
inserting ``(k), or (l)''.
(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--
(1) Creditable service.--Section 8411 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``subsection (f)'' and
inserting ``subsection (f) or (h)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) An employee or Member shall be allowed credit for service as a
volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer enrolled in a program
of at least 1 year's duration under part A, B, or C of title I of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or as a volunteer or volunteer
leader under the Peace Corps Act performed at any time prior to the
separation on which the entitlement to any annuity under this subchapter
is based if the employee or Member has made a deposit with interest, if
any, with respect to such service under section 8422(f).''.
(2) Deductions, contributions.--Section 8422 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(f)(1) Each employee or Member who has performed service as a
volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, as a full-time volunteer enrolled in a program
of at least 1 year's duration under part A, B, or C of title I of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or as a volunteer or volunteer
leader under the Peace Corps Act before the date of the separation on
which the entitlement to any annuity under this subchapter, or
subchapter V of this chapter, is based may pay, in accordance with such
regulations as the Office of Personnel Management shall issue, an amount
equal to 3 percent of the readjustment allowance paid to the employee or
Member under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Service Act of 1964
or section 5(c) or 6(1) of the Peace Corps Act or the stipend paid to
the employee or Member under part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, for each period of service as such a
volunteer or volunteer leader.
``(2) Any deposit made under paragraph (1) more than 2 years after
the later of--
``(A) October 1, 1993, or
``(B) the date on which the employee or Member making the
deposit first becomes an employee or Member,
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded annually
beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year period. The
interest rate that is applicable in computing interest in any year under
this paragraph shall be equal to the interest rate that is applicable
for such year under section 8334(e).
``(3) The Director of the Peace Corps and the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall
furnish such information to the Office of Personnel Management as the
Office may determine to be necessary for the administration of this
subsection.''.
(c) Applicability and Other Provisions.--
(1) Applicability.--
(A) Amendments relating to csrs.--
(i) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to any individual entitled to an
annuity on the basis of a separation from service occurring
on or after the effective date of this subtitle.
(ii) Rules relating to annuities based on earlier
separations.--An annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83
of title 5, United States Code, payable to an individual
based on a separation from service occurring before the
effective date of this subtitle shall be subject to the
provisions of paragraph (2).
(B) Amendments relating to fers.--
(i) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (b)
shall apply with respect to any individual entitled to an
annuity on the basis of a separation from service occurring
before, on, or after the effective date of this subtitle,
subject to clause (ii).
(ii) Rule relating to annuities based on earlier
separations.--In the case of any individual whose
entitlement to an annuity is based on a separation from
service occurring before the effective date of this
subtitle, any increase in such individual's annuity on the
basis of a deposit made under section 8442(f) of title 5,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (b)(2), shall
be effective beginning with the annuity payment payable for
the first calendar month beginning after the effective date
of this subtitle.
(2) Special rules.--
(A) Old-age or survivors insurance benefits.--Subject to
subparagraph (B), in any case in which an individual described
in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) is also entitled to old-age or survivors
insurance benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act
(or would be entitled to such benefits upon filing an
application therefor), the amount of the annuity to which such
individual is entitled under subchapter III of chapter 83 of
title 5, United States Code (after taking into account any
creditable service as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973, or the Peace Corps Act) which is payable for any
month shall be reduced by an amount determined by multiplying
the amount of such old-age or survivors insurance benefit for
the determination month by a fraction--
(i) the numerator of which is the total of the wages
(within the meaning of section 209 of the Social Security
Act) for service as a volunteer or volunteer leader under
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973, or the Peace Corps Act of such
individual credited for years before the calendar year in
which the determination month occurs, up to the contribution
and benefit base determined under section 230 of the Social
Security Act (or other applicable maximum annual amount
referred to in section 215(e)(1) of such Act for each such
year); and
(ii) the denominator of which is the total of all wages
described in clause (i), plus all other wages (within the
meaning of section 209 of such Act) and all self-employment
income (within the meaning of section 211(b) of such Act) of
such individual credited for years after 1936 and before the
calendar year in which the determination month occurs, up to
the contribution and benefit base (or such other amount
referred to in section 215(e)(1) of such Act for each such
year.
(B) Limitations.--
(i) Reduction in annuity.--Subparagraph (A) shall not
reduce the annuity of an individual below the amount of the
annuity which would be payable to the individual for the
determination month if the provisions of section 8332(j) of
title 5, United States Code, relating to service as a
volunteer or volunteer leader, applied to the individual for
such month.
(ii) Application.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in
the case of an individual who, prior to the date of
enactment of this Act, made a deposit under section 8334(c)
of title 5, United States Code, with respect to service as a
volunteer or volunteer leader (as described in subparagraph
(A)).
(iii) Determination month.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ``determination month'' means--
(I) the first month the individual described in
paragraph (1)(A)(ii) is entitled to old-age or survivors
benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act
(or would be entitled to such benefits upon filing an
application therefor); or
(II) the first calendar month beginning after the
date of enactment of this Act, in the case of any
individual entitled to such benefits for such month.
(iv) Rule relating to annuities based on earlier
separations.--Any increase in an annuity which occurs by
virtue of the enactment of this paragraph shall be effective
beginning with the annuity payment payable for the first
calendar month beginning after the effective date of this
subtitle.
(3) Furnishing of information.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall furnish such information to the Office of
Personnel Management as may be necessary to carry out this
subsection.
(4) Action to inform individuals.--The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall take such action as may be necessary and
appropriate to inform individuals entitled to credit under this
section for service as a volunteer or volunteer leader, or to have
any annuity recomputed, or to make a deposit under this section, of
such entitlement.
CHAPTER 4--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS

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Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 501. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS.
``(a) Authorizations.--
``(1) Volunteers in service to america.--There are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out parts A and B of title I, excluding
section 109, $56,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
``(2) Literacy activities.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 109, $5,600,000 for fiscal year
1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1995 and 1996.
``(3) Special volunteer programs.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part C of title I, excluding section 125,
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994
through 1996.
``(4) Literacy challenge grants.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 125, such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
``(5) Specification of budget function.--The authorizations of
appropriations contained in this subsection shall be considered to
be a component of budget function 500 as used by the Office of
Management and Budget to cover education, training, employment, and
social services, and, as such, shall be considered to be related to
the programs of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education for budgetary purposes.
``(b) Subsistence.--The minimum level of an allowance for
subsistence required under section 105(b)(2), to be provided to each
volunteer under title I, may not be reduced or limited in order to
provide for an increase in the number of volunteer service years under
part A of title I.
``(c) Limitation.--No part of the funds appropriated to carry out
part A of title I may be used to provide volunteers or assistance to any
program or project authorized under part B or C of title I, or under
title II, unless the program or project meets the antipoverty criteria
of part A of title I.
``(d) Availability.--Amounts appropriated for part A of title I
shall remain available for obligation until the end of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.
``(e) Volunteer Service Requirement.--
``(1) Volunteer service years.--Of the amounts appropriated
under this section for parts A, B, and C of title I, including
section 124, there shall first be available for part A of title I,
including sections 104(e) and 109, an amount not less than the
amount necessary to provide 3,700 volunteer service years in fiscal
year 1994, 4,000 volunteer service years in fiscal year 1995, and
4,500 volunteer service years in fiscal year 1996.
``(2) Plan.--If the Director determines that funds appropriated
to carry out part A, B, or C of title I are insufficient to provide
for the years of volunteer service required by paragraph (1), the
Director shall submit a plan to the relevant authorizing and
appropriations committees of Congress that will detail what is
necessary to fully meet this requirement.''.

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Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS.
``(a) Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.--There are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, $45,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 1995 and 1996.
``(b) Foster Grandparent Program.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $85,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 1995 and 1996.
``(c) Senior Companion Program.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $40,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 1995 and 1996.
``(d) Demonstration Programs.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.''.

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Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION.
``(a) In General.--For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996,
there are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this
Act as provided for in title IV, 18 percent of the total amount
appropriated under sections 501 and 502 with respect to such year.
``(b) Evaluation.--For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996,
the Director is authorized to expend not less than 2\1/2\ percent, and
not more than 5 percent, of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a), for the purposes prescribed in section 416.''.

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CLAIMANTS.
Section 8143(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``GS-7'' and inserting ``GS-5 of the General Schedule under
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code''.

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Title VII (42 U.S.C. 5091 et seq.) is repealed.
CHAPTER 5--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.)
is amended by striking ``That this Act'' and all that follows through
the end of the table of contents and inserting the following:
``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
``(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the `Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973'.
``(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:
``Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
``Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy.
``TITLE I--NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS
``Part A--Volunteers in Service to America
``Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program.
``Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers.
``Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service.
``Sec. 105. Support service.
``Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries.
``Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons.
``Sec. 108. Limitation.
``Sec. 109. VISTA Literacy Corps.
``Sec. 110. Applications for assistance.
``Part B--University Year for VISTA
``Sec. 111. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 112. Authority to operate University Year for VISTA program.
``Sec. 113. Special conditions.
``Part C--Special Volunteer Programs
``Sec. 121. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and
demonstration programs.
``Sec. 123. Technical and financial assistance.
``Sec. 125. Literacy challenge grants.
``TITLE II--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS
``Sec. 200. Statement of purposes.
``Part A--Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
``Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.
``Part B--Foster Grandparent Program
``Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.
``Part C--Senior Companion Program
``Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.
``Part D--General Provisions
``Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Volunteer Corps.
``Sec. 222. Payments.
``Sec. 223. Minority group participation.
``Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior
Volunteer Corps.
``Sec. 225. Programs of national significance.
``Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance.
``Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts.
``Part E--Demonstration Programs
``Sec. 231. Authority of Director.
``TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION
``Sec. 403. Political activities.
``Sec. 404. Special limitations.
``Sec. 406. Labor standards.
``Sec. 408. Joint funding.
``Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control.
``Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs.
``Sec. 411. Prohibition.
``Sec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination
of financial assistance.
``Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas.
``Sec. 415. Application of Federal law.
``Sec. 416. Evaluation.
``Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions.
``Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits.
``Sec. 419. Legal expenses.
``Sec. 421. Definitions.
``Sec. 422. Audit.
``Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork.
``Sec. 424. Review of project renewals.
``Sec. 425. Protection against improper use.
``Sec. 426. Center for Research and Training.
``TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
``Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs.
``Sec. 502. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
``Sec. 504. Administration and coordination.
``Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations.
``TITLE VI--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS
``Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971.
``Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement.
``Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act.
``Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.''.

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This subtitle shall become effective on October 1, 1993.

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Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
5061) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(8) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for National
and Community Service established under section 191 of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990;
``(9) the term `foster grandparent' means a volunteer in the
Foster Grandparent Program;
``(10) the term `Foster Grandparent Program' means the program
established under part B of title II;
``(11) except as provided in section 417, the term `individual
with a disability' has the meaning given the term in section 7(8)(B)
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8)(B));
``(12) the term `Inspector General' means the Inspector General
of ACTION;
``(13) the term `national senior volunteer' means a volunteer in
the National Senior Volunteer Corps;
``(14) the term `National Senior Volunteer Corps' means the
programs established under parts A, B, C, and E of title II;
``(15) the term `Retired and Senior Volunteer Program' means the
program established under part A of title II;
``(16) the term `retired or senior volunteer' means a volunteer
in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program;
``(17) the term `senior companion' means a volunteer in the
Senior Companion Program;
``(18) the term `Senior Companion Program' means the program
established under part C of title II;
``(19) the terms `VISTA' and `Volunteers in Service to America'
mean the program established under part A of title I; and
``(20) the term `VISTA volunteer' means a volunteer in VISTA.''.

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SERVICE.
(a) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.--
(1) Section 1092(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``Commission on National Community
Service'' and inserting ``Corporation for National and
Community Service''; and
(ii) by striking ``Commission shall prepare'' and
inserting ``Board of Directors of the Corporation shall
prepare''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Board of Directors of
the Commission on National and Community Service'' and inserting
``Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and
Community Service''.
(2) Section 1093(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) is
amended by striking ``the Board of Directors and Executive Director
of the Commission on National and Community Service'' and inserting
``the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(3) Section 1094 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat.
2535) is amended--
(A) in the title, by striking ``commission on national and
community service'' and inserting ``corporation for national and
community service'';
(B) in subsection (a)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Commission'' and
inserting ``Corporation'';
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking ``Commission on
National and Community Service'' and inserting ``Corporation
for National and Community Service''; and
(iii) in the second sentence, by striking ``The
Commission'' and inserting ``The Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation''; and
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Board of Directors
of the Commission on National and Community Service'' and
inserting ``Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for
National and Community Service''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Commission''
and inserting ``the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(4) Section 1095 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat.
2535) is amended in the heading for subsection (b) by striking
``Commission on National and Community Service'' and inserting
``Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(5) Section 2(b) of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat.
2315) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1094 of
such Act and inserting the following:
``Sec. 1094. Other programs of the Corporation for National and
Community Service.''.
(b) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
(1) Sections 159(b)(2) (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of
this Act) and 165 (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of this
Act), subsections (a) and (b) of section 172, sections 176(a) and
177(c), and subsections (a), (b), and (d) through (h) of section
179, of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12653h(b)(2), 12653n, 12632 (a) and (b), 12636(a), 12637(c), and
12639 (a), (b), and (d) through (h)) are each amended by striking
the term ``Commission'' each place the term appears and inserting
``Corporation''.
(2) Sections 152, 157(b)(2), 162(a)(2)(C), 164, and 166(1) of
such Act (in each case, as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of this
Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653a, 12653f(b)(2), 12653k(a)(2)(C), 12653m, and
12653o(1)) are each amended by striking ``Commission on National and
Community Service'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
(3) Section 163(b)(9) of such Act (as redesignated in section
104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12635l(b)(9)) is amended by
striking ``Chair of the Commission on National and Community
Service'' and inserting ``Chief Executive Officer''.
(4) Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12662(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``The President'' and inserting ``The
President, acting through the Corporation,'';
(B) by inserting ``in furtherance of activities under
section 302'' after ``section 501(b)''; and
(C) by striking ``the President'' both places it appears and
inserting ``the Corporation''.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE.
(a) Board of Directors.--
(1) Section 159(a) of such Act (as redesignated in section
104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``Board.--The Board'' and inserting
``Supervision.--The Chief Executive Officer'';
(B) by striking ``the Board'' in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), and in paragraph (1), and inserting ``the Chief
Executive Officer''; and
(C) by striking ``the Director'' in paragraph (1) and
inserting ``the Board''.
(2) Section 159(b) of such Act (as redesignated in section
104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended by striking
``(b)'' and all that follows through ``Commission on National and
Community Service'' and inserting ``(b) Monitoring and
Coordination.--The Chief Executive Officer''.
(3) Section 159(c)(1) (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of
this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(c)(1)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Board, in
consultation with the Executive Director,'' and inserting ``the
Chief Executive Officer''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``the Board
through the Executive Director'' and inserting ``the Chief
Executive Officer''.
(4) Section 166(6) (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of this
Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653o(6)) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as
paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively.
(b) Director of Civilian Community Corps.--Sections 155(a),
157(b)(1)(A), 158(a), 159(c)(1)(A), and 163(a) (in each case, as
redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of this Act) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653d(a), 12653f(b)(1)(A),
12653g(a), 12653h(c)(1)(A), and 12653l(a)) are amended by striking
``Director of the Civilian Community Corps'' each place the term appears
and inserting ``Director''.

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Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
5061) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following
new paragraph:
``(1) the term `Director' means the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation for National and Community Service appointed under
section 193 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990;''.

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(a) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.--
(1) Section 2(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(42 U.S.C. 4950(b)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``ACTION, the Federal domestic volunteer
agency,'' and inserting ``this Act''; and
(B) by striking ``ACTION shall'' and inserting ``the
Corporation for National and Community Service shall''.
(2) Section 103(b)(2)(A) of such Act (as amended by section
323(b)(1)(A) of this Act) is amended by striking ``the ACTION
Agency'' the first place that such term appears and inserting ``the
Corporation''.
(3) Section 103(b)(4) of such Act (as redesignated by section
323(b)(3) of this Act) is amended by striking ``the ACTION Agency''
each place that such appears and inserting ``the Corporation''.
(4) Section 103(c)(1)(D) of such Act is amended by striking
``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation''.
(5) Section 124(b) of such Act (as redesignated by section
333(2) of this Act) is amended by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and
inserting ``the Corporation''.
(6) Section 225(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5025(e)) is Pamended
by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation''.
(7) Section 403(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5043(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' the first place such
term appears and inserting ``the Corporation under this Act'';
and
(B) by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' the second place such
term appears and inserting ``the Corporation''.
(8) Section 408 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5048) is amended by
striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation''.
(9) Section 416(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5056(f)(1)) is
amended by striking ``ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.
(10) Section 421(12) of such Act (as added by section 401 of
this Act) is amended by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting ``the
Corporation''.
(11) Section 425 of such Act (as added by section 370 of this
Act) is further amended by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting ``the
Corporation''.
(b) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332(j)(1) of title 5,
United States Code (as amended by section 371(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II) of this
Act) is amended by striking ``the Director of ACTION'' and inserting
``the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service''.
(c) Public Housing Security.--Section 207(c) of the Public Housing
Security Demonstration Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-557; 92 Stat. 2093; 12
U.S.C. 1701z-6 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(ii), by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting
``the Corporation for National and Community Service''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting ``the
Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(d) National Forest Volunteers.--Section 1 of the Volunteers in the
National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a) is amended by striking
``ACTION'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community
Service''.
(e) Peace Corps.--Section 2A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501-
1) is amended by inserting after ``the ACTION Agency'' the following:
``, the successor to the ACTION Agency,''.
(f) Indian Economic Development.--Section 502 of the Indian
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1542) is amended by striking ``ACTION
Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community
Service''.
(g) Older Americans.--The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended--
(1) in section 202(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3012(c)(1)), by striking
``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the
Corporation for National and Community Service'';
(2) in section 203(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3013(a)(1)), by striking
``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National
and Community Service''; and
(3) in section 422(b)(12)(C) (42 U.S.C. 3035a(b)(12)(C)), by
striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation for
National and Community Service''.
(h) VISTA Service Extension.--Section 101(c)(1) of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989 (Public Law 101-204; 103 Stat.
1810; 42 U.S.C. 4954 note) is amended by striking ``Director of the
ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(i) Aging Resource Specialists.--Section 205(c) of the Older
Americans Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 42 U.S.C.
5001 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``the ACTION Agency,'' and inserting ``the
Corporation for National and Community Service,''; and
(B) by striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' and
inserting ``the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``ACTION Agency'' and
inserting ``Corporation''; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following new subparagraph:
``(A) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for National
and Community Service established by section 191 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.''.
(j) Promotion of Photovoltaic Energy.--Section 11(a) of the Solar
Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978
(42 U.S.C. 5590) is amended by striking ``the Director of ACTION,''.
(k) Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice.--Section 206(a)(1) of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5616(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency''
and inserting ``the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for
National and Community Service''.
(l) Energy Conservation.--Section 413(b)(1) of the Energy
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6863(b)(1)) is amended by
striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency,''.
(m) Interagency Council on the Homeless.--Section 202(a) of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11312(a)) is
amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
``(12) The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for
National and Community Service, or the designee of the Chief
Executive Officer.''.
(n) Anti-Drug Abuse.--Section 3601 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11851) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and
inserting the following new paragraph:
``(5) the term `Director' means the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation for National and Community Service,''.
(o) Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.--Section 916(b)
of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12312(b)) is
amended by striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' and inserting
``the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service''.
(p) National and Community Service.--
(1) Subsection (i) of section 178 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 201 of this Act) is
further amended by striking ``ACTION, or of the Corporation,'' and
inserting ``the Corporation''.
(2) Subsection (r) of section 198 of such Act (as amended by
section 104(c) of this Act) is further amended by striking ``ACTION
Agency'' and inserting ``Corporation''.

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(a) Commission.--The amendments made by sections 401 through 402
will take effect on October 1, 1993.
(b) ACTION.--The amendments made by sections 404 and 405 shall take
effect on the effective date of section 203(c)(2).

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No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act (including the amendments
made by this Act) may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly
known as the ``Buy American Act'').

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(a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In the case
of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be purchased with
financial assistance provided under this Act (including the amendments
made by this Act), it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase
only American-made equipment and products.
(b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial
assistance under this Act (including the amendments made by this Act),
the Secretary of Education shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.

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PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that
any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America''
inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or
subcontract made with funds appropriated to carry out this Act, pursuant
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in
sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

Other Sections

TITLE I

TITLE II

TITLE III

TITLE IV

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