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[CITE: 42USC5025]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 66--DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS
 
                       Part D--General Provisions
 
Sec. 5025. Programs of national significance


(a) Program grants for national problems of local concern; minimum 
        amounts available; scope; implementation

    (1) With not less than one-third of the funds made available under 
subsection (d) of this section in each fiscal year, the Director shall 
make grants under the programs authorized in parts A, B, and C of this 
subchapter to support programs that address national problems of local 
concern.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Director may make such 
grants--
        (A) under the program authorized in part A of this subchapter, 
    to support programs that address the national problems specified in 
    subsection (b) of this section;
        (B) under the program authorized in part B of this subchapter, 
    to support programs that address the national problems specified in 
    subsection (b) of this section, other than paragraphs (10), (12), 
    (15), and (16) of such subsection; and
        (C) under the program authorized in part C of this subchapter, 
    to support programs that address the national problems referred to 
    in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (10) of subsection (b) of this 
    section.

    (3) Each program for which a grant is received under this subsection 
shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable to 
the program under part A, B, or C of this subchapter under which the 
program supported by such grant is to be carried out.

(b) Program grants for problems concerning Nation

    The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) of this section 
to support one or more of the following programs to address problems 
that concern the Nation:
        (1) Programs that assist individuals with chronic and 
    debilitating illnesses, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
        (2) Programs designed to decrease drug and alcohol abuse.
        (3) Programs that work with teenage parents.
        (4) Programs that match volunteer mentors with youth who need 
    guidance.
        (5) Programs that provide adult and school-based literacy 
    assistance.
        (6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for frail 
    elderly individuals and for disabled or chronically ill children 
    living at home.
        (7) Programs that provide before- and after-school activities 
    that are sponsored by organizations, such as libraries, that serve 
    children of working parents.
        (8) Programs that work with boarder babies.
        (9) Programs that serve children who are enrolled in child care 
    programs, giving priority to such programs that serve children with 
    special needs.
        (10) Programs that provide care to developmentally disabled 
    adults who reside at home and in community-based settings, including 
    programs that, when appropriate, involve older developmentally 
    disabled individuals as volunteers under this subchapter.
        (11) Programs that provide volunteer tutors to assist 
    educationally disadvantaged children, on a one-to-one basis, to 
    improve the basic skills of such children.
        (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.

(c) Eligibility of applicant; supplemental nature of funds available

    (1) In order for an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a) of this section, such applicant shall demonstrate 
to the Director that such grant will be used to increase the total 
number of volunteers supported by such applicant.
    (2) Funds made available under subsection (d) of this section shall 
be used to supplement and not supplant the number of volunteers engaged 
in activities under parts A, B, and C of this subchapter (without regard 
to this section) addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded 
unless such sums are an extension of funds previously provided under 
this section.

(d) Amount of funds available for grants

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), from the amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 5082 of 
this title, for each fiscal year there shall be available to the 
Director such sums as may be necessary to make grants under subsection 
(a) of this section.
    (2) No funds shall be available to the Director to make grants under 
subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year unless the amounts 
appropriated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 5082 of this 
title and available for such fiscal year to carry out parts A, B, and C 
of this subchapter (without regard to this section) are sufficient to 
maintain the number of projects and volunteers funded under parts A, B, 
and C of this subchapter, respectively, in the preceding fiscal year.

(e) Dissemination of information respecting grants

    The Director shall disseminate information on grants that may be 
made under subsection (a) of this section to field personnel of the 
Corporation and to community volunteer organizations that request such 
information.

(Pub. L. 93-113, title II, Sec. 225, as added Pub. L. 101-204, title V, 
Sec. 502(a), Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1815; amended Pub. L. 103-82, title 
III, Sec. 349, title IV, Sec. 405(a)(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 906, 
920.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 349(1), substituted 
``paragraphs (10), (12), (15), and (16)'' for ``paragraph (10)''.
    Subsec. (b)(12) to (18). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 349(2), added pars. 
(12) to (18).
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 349(3), struck out ``under this 
subchapter'' after ``supported by such applicant''.
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 349(4), added par. (1) and 
struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: ``Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), in each fiscal year there shall be available to the 
Director to make grants under subsection (a) of this section not more 
than--
        ``(A) $6,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 5082(a) 
    of this title;
        ``(B) $9,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 5082(b) 
    of this title; and
        ``(C) $9,000,000 from funds appropriated under section 5082(c) 
    of this title.''
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 405(a)(6), substituted ``the 
Corporation'' for ``the ACTION Agency''.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by section 349 of Pub. L. 103-82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, 
see section 392 of Pub. L. 103-82, set out as a note under section 4951 
of this title.
    Amendment by section 405(a)(6) 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.
