Sec. 8. Ensuring agility

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Section 189A of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645d ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after ; matching funds during COVID–19 response and recovery period ; and communities by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity that receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws (including a State Commission and an entity receiving subgrant funds) during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for a recipient (including for a State Commission and a subgrant recipient) may be 100 percent. .

Section 126 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12576 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 178(h), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the Corporation shall implement a pilot program allowing State Commissions to directly place a portion of individuals who have approved national service positions in State national service programs in a manner to be determined by the Corporation. State Commissions participating in the pilot program shall, to the extent practicable, prioritize the placement of individuals in national service programs that serve rural or high-poverty areas, or tribal communities, especially such programs carried out by entities that have not previously been service sponsors for participants.

The Corporation shall prepare and submit a report to Congress at the end of the pilot program described in paragraph (1), containing recommendations about whether and how to continue such a program of direct placements. . Section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4954 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the Director may enroll full-time VISTA associates in a program, during any months of the year, under such terms and conditions as the Director shall determine to be appropriate.

Such individuals shall be assigned to projects that address the needs of underserved communities as a result of the COVID–19 public health emergency. In preparing reports relating to programs under this Act, the Director shall report on participants, costs, and accomplishments under the program under this subsection separately. The limitation on funds appropriated for grants and contracts, as contained in section 108, shall not apply to the program under this subsection. . Section 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4958 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Of funds appropriated and inserting Subject to subsection (c), of funds appropriated ; and by adding at the end the following:

Notwithstanding subsection (a), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, in order to address the needs of underserved communities related to the COVID–19 pandemic, of funds appropriated for the purpose of this part under section 501, not more than 75 percent may be obligated for the direct cost of supporting volunteers in programs and projects (including new programs and projects that begin after the date of enactment of the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service Act ) carried out pursuant to this part, and such funds may be obligated regardless of when grant recipients commenced such programs and projects. .

Title IV of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12671 ) is amended— by striking the title IV title heading and all that follows through the section heading for section 401 and inserting the following: ; and by adding at the end the following: During the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the Corporation may award noncompetitive augmentation and expansion grants, at such time and in such manner as the Corporation determines appropriate. . Section 146 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12602 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:

Notwithstanding the aggregate value limit described in subsection (c), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, a participant who received 2 national service educational awards for terms of service concluding before the end of fiscal year 2020 may, as determined by the Corporation, be eligible for an additional term of service and, on the successful completion of that term, a third national service educational award. . Section 189 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645c ) is amended by adding at the end the following:

Notwithstanding the limits described in subsections

(a)and (e), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the amount of funds approved by the Corporation for a grant to operate a program authorized under the national service laws, for supporting individuals serving in approved national service positions, may not exceed, for each full-time equivalent position— an amount equal to the sum of— $7,500; and the living allowance established under section 140(a) (including any adjustment attributable to section 105(b)(4) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955(b) )); or for a grant for a program meeting the requirements described in subsection (e), an amount equal to the sum of— $10,000; and the living allowance established under section 140(a) (including any adjustment referred to in paragraph (1)(B)). . Section 189(e)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645c(e)(1) ) is amended by striking $19,500 and inserting an amount equal to the sum of $10,000 and the living allowance established under section 140(a) (including any adjustment referred to in subsection (f)(1)(B)) . Section 129A of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12581a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the limit described in subsection (b), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the Corporation may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an amount that is not more than $1,600 per individual enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more than $2,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth. . Section 152(b)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12612(b)(2) ) is amended by striking summer and inserting seasonal . Section 154 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12614 ) is amended— in the section heading by striking and inserting Summer ; Seasonal in subsection (a), by striking summer and inserting seasonal ; in subsection (b), by striking 50 percent of the participants in the summer and inserting 35 percent of the participants in the seasonal ; and by striking subsection

(c)and inserting the following: Persons desiring to participate in the seasonal national service program shall enter into an agreement with the Director to participate in the Corps for a period of not less than 3 months and not more than 6 months, as specified by the Director. . Part D of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 201(a), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, in order to address the critical needs of local communities across the country as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, individuals who are 45 years of age or older may be enrolled as volunteers to provide services under part A. Notwithstanding section 211(d), during the COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, the terms low-income person and person of low income under such section shall mean any person whose income is not more than 400 percent of the poverty line defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) ) and adjusted by the Director in the manner described in such section. . It is the sense of the Senate that, in carrying out activities under this Act, the Corporation for National and Community Service should, consistent with the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12501 ), maximize the flexibility of State Commissions (as defined in section 101 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12511 )) to award and amend grants, consistent with the purposes of this Act, and to rapidly enroll new individuals to serve in programs under the national service laws. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and in consultation with such State Commissions, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report containing recommendations on what additional actions to maximize flexibility for such State Commissions would strengthen the work of State Commissions and their grantees. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall review the Corporation’s capacity and shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives containing information about whether a new unit within the Corporation for National and Community Service should be established to provide additional assistance or manage the enrollment process to ensure compliance with sections 189D and 199I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645g ; 12655i) for incoming participants in national service programs, particularly new national service programs receiving program assistance for the first time.

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