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[CITE: 42USC12576]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
               Division C--National Service Trust Program
 
                 Part I--Investment in National Service
 
Sec. 12576. Other special assistance


(a) Support for State Commissions

                        (1) Grants authorized

        From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the 
    authorization of appropriation in section 12681(a)(4) of this title, 
    the Corporation may make a grant in an amount between $125,000 and 
    $750,000 to a State to assist the State to establish or operate the 
    State Commission on National and Community Service required to be 
    established by the State under section 12638 of this title.

                 (2) Limitation on amount of grants

        Notwithstanding the amounts specified in paragraph (1), the 
    amount of a grant that may be provided to a State Commission under 
    this subsection, together with other Federal funds available to 
    establish or operate the State Commission, may not exceed--
            (A) 85 percent of the total cost to establish or operate the 
        State Commission for the first year for which the State 
        Commission receives assistance under this subsection; and
            (B) such smaller percentage of such cost as the Corporation 
        may establish for the second, third, and fourth years of such 
        assistance in order to ensure that the Federal share does not 
        exceed 50 percent of such costs for the fifth year, and any 
        subsequent year, for which the State Commission receives 
        assistance under this subsection.

(b) Disaster service

    The Corporation may undertake activities, including activities 
carried out through part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to involve in disaster relief 
efforts youth corps programs described in section 12572(a)(2) of this 
title and other programs that receive assistance under the national 
service laws.

(c) Challenge grants for national service programs

                      (1) Assistance authorized

        The Corporation may make challenge grants under this subsection 
    to national service programs that receive assistance under section 
    12571 of this title.

                       (2) Selection criteria

        The Corporation shall develop criteria for the selection of 
    recipients of challenge grants under this subsection, so as to make 
    the grants widely available to a variety of programs that--
            (A) are high-quality national service programs; and
            (B) are carried out by entities with demonstrated experience 
        in establishing and implementing projects that provide benefits 
        to participants and communities.

                      (3) Amount of assistance

        A challenge grant under this subsection may provide not more 
    than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $1 in cash 
    raised by the national service program from private sources in 
    excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy 
    matching funds requirements under section 12571(e) of this title. 
    The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of 
    assistance that may be provided to a national service program under 
    this subsection.

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 126, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I, 
Sec. 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 795.)

                       References in Text

    The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. 
(b), is Pub. L. 93-113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, as amended. Part A 
of title I of the Act is classified generally to part A (Sec. 4951 et 
seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 66 of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 4950 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior sections 12576 to 12580, which related to national and 
community service, were omitted in the general amendment of subtitle D 
of title I of Pub. L. 101-610 [former part D of this subchapter] by Pub. 
L. 103-82, Sec. 102(a).
    Section 12576, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 146, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3153; Pub. L. 102-10, Sec. 6(b), Mar. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 31; 
Pub. L. 102-325, title XV, Sec. 1557, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 841, 
related to post-service benefits.
    A prior section 126 of Pub. L. 101-610 was renumbered section 199F 
and is classified to section 12655e of this title.
    Section 12577, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 147, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3154, related to living allowances for participants.
    Section 12578, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 148, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3155, related to training of participants.
    Section 12579, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 149, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3156, related to cooperation between public and private 
entities.
    Section 12580, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 150, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3156, related to in-service education benefits.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12581, 12681 of this title.
