Sec. 5. Authorized benefits for Corps volunteers
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The Director shall provide for Corps volunteers to receive allowances, health insurance, and post-service educational awards authorized by this section. The Director shall provide each Corps volunteer with such living, travel, and leave allowances, and such housing, transportation, supplies, equipment, and subsistence as the Director determines to be necessary for the volunteer’s maintenance and to ensure the volunteer’s health and capacity to serve effectively. The Director shall provide for each Corps volunteer to receive health insurance coverage. The health insurance coverage described paragraph
(1)shall meet the requirements of section 5000A(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Director shall establish an educational award for Corps volunteers. A Corps volunteer may receive up to 2 educational awards under this subsection, one for each term of service as a volunteer. In the case of a Corps volunteer who completes a term of full-time service in the Corps for a period of 12 months, as determined by the Director, such volunteer shall receive an educational award having a value equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a ) that a student eligible for such grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations) for the award year. In the case of a Corps volunteer who commits to using his or her educational award (or awards, if applicable) under this subsection for completion of a degree, a certificate, or training in a health care profession, the value of such awards shall be twice the value that would otherwise be applicable under subparagraph (B). In the case of a Corps volunteer who completes less than a 12-month term of full-time service in the Corps, as determined by the Director, such volunteer may receive a portion of the educational award described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)(as applicable) that corresponds to the quantity of service actually completed by the volunteer. In the case of a Corps volunteer who completes more than 12 months of full-time service in the Corps, and less than 24 months of such service, as determined by the Director, such volunteer may receive, for the portion of service exceeding 12 months, a portion of the educational award described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)(as applicable) that corresponds to the quantity of service actually completed by the volunteer. An educational award shall be used to pay— costs of attendance at an institution of higher education; or government or commercial loans received by an individual for the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education. For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply: The term cost of attendance has the meaning given such term by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ll ). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term under subsection
(a)or
(b)of section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). In the case of a Corps volunteer who completes at least one term of full-time service in the Corps for a total period of 12 months or more, as determined by the Director, such volunteer shall be eligible for appointment in the competitive service in the same manner as Peace Corps volunteers as prescribed in Executive Order Number 11103 (April 10, 1963). The Director shall issue any regulations that the Director determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
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