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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC12653]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
            Division H--Investment for Quality and Innovation
 
Sec. 12653. Additional Corporation activities to support 
        national service
        

(a) Methods of conducting activities

    The Corporation may carry out this section directly (except as 
provided in subsection (r) of this section) or through grants, 
contracts, and cooperative agreements with other entities.

(b) Innovation and quality improvement

    The Corporation may undertake activities to improve the quality of 
national service programs, including service-learning programs, and to 
support innovative and model programs, including--
        (1) programs, including programs for rural youth, under division 
    B or C of this subchapter;
        (2) employer-based retiree programs;
        (3) intergenerational programs;
        (4) programs involving individuals with disabilities as 
    participants providing service; and
        (5) programs sponsored by Governors.

(c) Summer programs

    The Corporation may support service programs intended to be carried 
out between May 1 and October 1, except that such a program may also 
include a year-round component.

(d) Community-based agencies

    The Corporation may provide training and technical assistance and 
other assistance to service sponsors and other community-based agencies 
that provide volunteer placements in order to improve the ability of 
such agencies to use participants and other volunteers in a manner that 
results in high-quality service and a positive service experience for 
the participants and volunteers.

(e) Improve ability to apply for assistance

    The Corporation shall provide training and technical assistance, 
where necessary, to individuals, programs, local labor organizations, 
State educational agencies, State Commissions, local educational 
agencies, local governments, community-based agencies, and other 
entities to enable them to apply for funding under one of the national 
service laws, to conduct high-quality programs, to evaluate such 
programs, and for other purposes.

(f) National service fellowships

    The Corporation may award national service fellowships.

(g) Conferences and materials

    The Corporation may organize and hold conferences, and prepare and 
publish materials, to disseminate information and promote the sharing of 
information among programs for the purpose of improving the quality of 
programs and projects.

(h) Peace Corps and VISTA training

    The Corporation may provide training assistance to selected 
individuals who volunteer to serve in the Peace Corps or a program 
authorized under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). The training shall be provided as part of the 
course of study of the individual at an institution of higher education, 
shall involve service-learning, and shall cover appropriate skills that 
the individual will use in the Peace Corps or VISTA.

(i) Promotion and recruitment

    The Corporation may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for the 
National Service Trust and other programs and activities authorized 
under the national service laws and to promote and recruit participants 
for programs that receive assistance under the national service laws.

(j) Training

    The Corporation may support national and regional participant and 
supervisor training, including leadership training and training in 
specific types of service and in building the ethic of civic 
responsibility.

(k) Research

    The Corporation may support research on national service, including 
service-learning.

(l) Intergenerational support

    The Corporation may assist programs in developing a service 
component that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults 
as participants to provide needed community services.

(m) Planning coordination

    The Corporation may coordinate community-wide planning among 
programs and projects.

(n) Youth leadership

    The Corporation may support activities to enhance the ability of 
youth and young adults to play leadership roles in national service.

(o) National program identity

    The Corporation may support the development and dissemination of 
materials, including training materials, and arrange for uniforms and 
insignia, designed to promote unity and shared features among programs 
that receive assistance under the national service laws.

(p) Service-learning

    The Corporation shall support innovative programs and activities 
that promote service-learning.

(q) National Youth Service Day

                           (1) Designation

        April 19, 1994, and April 18, 1995, are each designated as 
    ``National Youth Service Day''. The President is authorized and 
    directed to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United 
    States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and 
    activities.

                       (2) Federal activities

        In order to observe National Youth Service Day at the Federal 
    level, the Corporation may organize and carry out appropriate 
    ceremonies and activities.

                           (3) Activities

        The Corporation may make grants to public or private nonprofit 
    organizations with demonstrated ability to carry out appropriate 
    activities, in order to support such activities on National Youth 
    Service Day.

(r) Assistance for Head Start

    The Corporation may make grants to, and enter into contracts and 
cooperative agreements with, public or nonprofit private agencies and 
organizations that receive grants or contracts under the Foster 
Grandparent Program (part B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 [42 U.S.C. 5011 et seq.]), for projects of the type 
described in section 211(a) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 5011] operating under 
memoranda of agreement with the Corporation, for the purpose of 
increasing the number of low-income individuals who provide services 
under such program to children who participate in Head Start programs 
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C 9831 et seq).

(s) Martin Luther King, Jr., Service Day

                           (1) Assistance

        The Corporation may make grants to eligible entities described 
    in paragraph (2) to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 
    planning and carrying out service opportunities in conjunction with 
    the Federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther 
    King, Jr. Such service opportunities shall consist of activities 
    reflecting the life and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., such 
    as cooperation and understanding among racial and ethnic groups, 
    nonviolent conflict resolution, equal economic and educational 
    opportunities, and social justice.

                        (2) Eligible entities

        Any entity otherwise eligible for assistance under the national 
    services laws shall be eligible to receive a grant under this 
    subsection.

    (3) Repealed. Pub. L. 105-354, Sec. 2(b), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 
                                 Stat. 3244

                          (4) Federal share

        Grants provided under this subsection to an eligible entity to 
    support the planning and carrying out of a service opportunity in 
    conjunction with the Federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of 
    Martin Luther King, Jr., together with all other Federal funds used 
    to plan or carry out the service opportunity, may not exceed 30 
    percent of the cost of planning and carrying out the service 
    opportunity.

               (5) Calculation of entity contributions

        In determining the non-Federal share of the costs of planning 
    and carrying out a service opportunity supported by a grant under 
    this subsection, the Corporation shall consider in-kind 
    contributions (including facilities, equipment, and services) made 
    to plan or carry out the service opportunity.

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 198, as added and amended Pub. L. 103-
82, title I, Sec. 104(c), title IV, Sec. 405(p)(2), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 
Stat. 840, 922; Pub. L. 103-304, Sec. 3(a), (b)(6), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1566, 1568; Pub. L. 105-354, Sec. 2(b), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3244.)

                       References in Text

    The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, referred to in subsecs. 
(h) and (r), is Pub. L. 93-113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, as amended. 
Title I and part B of title II of the Act are classified generally to 
subchapter I (Sec. 4951 et seq.) and part B (Sec. 5011 et seq.) of 
subchapter II, respectively, 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.
    The Head Start Act, referred to in subsec. (r), is subchapter B 
(Secs. 635-657) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of Pub. L. 97-35, 
Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499, as amended, which is classified generally 
to subchapter II (Sec. 9831 et seq.) of chapter 105 of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 9801 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 12653, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 195, as added 
Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1092(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 
Stat. 2522, which stated purpose of Civilian Community Corps, was 
renumbered section 151 of Pub. L. 101-610 by Pub. L. 103-82, 
Sec. 104(b), and transferred to section 12611 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (s)(3). Pub. L. 105-354 struck out heading and text of 
par. (3). Text read as follows: ``In making grants under this 
subsection, the Corporation shall consult with the Martin Luther King, 
Jr. Federal Holiday Commission established under section 169j-1 of title 
36.''
    1994--Subsec. (q)(1). Pub. L. 103-304, Sec. 3(b)(6), substituted 
``1995,'' for ``1995''.
    Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 103-304, Sec. 3(a), added subsec. (s).
    1993--Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 405(p)(2), substituted 
``Corporation'' for ``ACTION Agency''.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by section 405(p)(2) of Pub. L. 103-82 effective Apr. 4, 
1994, see section 406(b) of Pub. L. 103-82, set out as a note under 
section 8332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                             Effective Date

    Division effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103-82, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under section 1701 
of Title 16, Conservation.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12511 of this title.
