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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 4232 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the national service laws, and for other purposes. · Sec. 204

Sec. 204. Alignment of benefits

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Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended— in section 141 ( 42 U.S.C. 12595 )— in the heading, by inserting after and stipends ; awards in subsection (a), by striking A participant and inserting Except as provided in subsection (c), a participant ; and by adding at the end the following: A participant in a national service program carried out using assistance provided to an applicant under section 121 may elect to receive a stipend described in section 149A in lieu of the national service educational award. ; and in subtitle D ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq. )— in the subtitle heading, by inserting after or stipends ; awards in section 145 ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 )— in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking and silver scholar educational awards and inserting silver scholar educational awards, and stipends under section 149A ; in subsection (c)(1), as amended by section 105(b)— in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (C); and by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following: stipends under section 149A; and ; and in subsection (d), by striking or silver scholar awards each place it appears and inserting silver scholar educational awards, or stipends under section 149A ; in section 146 ( 42 U.S.C. 12602 )— in the heading, by inserting after or stipend ; award in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)by striking or silver scholar educational award and inserting silver scholar educational award, or stipend under section 149A ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking award, and inserting award or a stipend under section 149A(a)(1), ; and in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking award and inserting award or stipend under section 149A(a)(1) as described in section 149A(a)(2) ; and in subsection (c)(1), as designated by section 201(c), by striking and silver scholar educational awards and inserting , silver scholar educational awards, and stipends under section 149A ; in section 147 ( 42 U.S.C. 12603 )— in subsection (a), by striking subsection (c), and inserting subsection
(c)or section 149A(a)(1), ; and in subsection (c), by striking If and inserting Except as provided in section 149A(a)(2) if ; in section 148 ( 42 U.S.C. 12604 )— in subsection (a), as amended by section 202(b), by adding at the end the following: to provide stipends under section 149A in lieu of a national service educational award. ; and in subsection (h), as redesignated by section 202(b), by striking or silver scholar educational award and inserting silver scholar educational award, or stipend under section 149A ; in section 149(b)(2) ( 42 U.S.C. 12606(b)(2) )— in subparagraph (A), by inserting (or stipends under section 149A) after national service educational awards ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting (or stipends under section 149A) after national service educational awards ; and by adding at the end the following: An individual described in section 146(a) who, except as provided in paragraph (2), successfully completes a required full-time term of national service under section 139(b)(1) may elect to receive a stipend of an amount described in subsection
(b)in lieu of a national service educational award. The Corporation may not provide a stipend under this subsection to an individual who receives a national service educational award under this subtitle for the completion of such term of national service. If an individual serving in an approved national service position is released in accordance with section 139(c)(1)(A) from completing the full-time term of service agreed to by the individual, the Corporation may provide the individual with a stipend under paragraph
(1)in the amount described under subsection
(b)that is applicable for the individual and that corresponds to the quantity of the term of service actually completed by the individual. A stipend under subsection (a)(1) shall be set at a rate that is equivalent to the rate set for stipends provided to volunteers under section 105(a)(1)(B) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B) ). A stipend under subsection (a)(1) shall be provided in the same manner and in accordance with any regulations prescribed with respect to stipends provided to volunteers under section 105(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955(a) ). . The National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended— in section 112(a)(3)(B) ( 42 U.S.C. 12523(a)(3)(B) ), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 118(i) ( 42 U.S.C. 12561(i) )— in the heading, by inserting after or stipend ; and award by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 121(c)(1) ( 42 U.S.C. 12571(c)(1) ), by inserting or stipends after educational awards ; in section 122(c)(1)(D)(iii) ( 42 U.S.C. 12572(c)(1)(D)(iii) ), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 123 ( 42 U.S.C. 12573 )— in the heading, by inserting after or stipends ; and awards by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 129 ( 42 U.S.C. 12572 )— in subsection (c), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in subsection (h), by inserting or stipends after educational awards each place it appears; and in subsection (i)(1), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 130 ( 42 U.S.C. 12582 )— in subsection (b)(11), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; and in subsection (e)(1), by inserting or stipends after educational awards each place it appears; in section 133 ( 42 U.S.C. 12585 )— in subsection(a)(2), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; and in subsection (d)(4)(A), by inserting or stipends after educational awards ; in section 138(f) ( 42 U.S.C. 12592(f) ), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 139 ( 42 U.S.C. 12593 )— in subsection (b)(4)(C), by inserting or stipend under section 149A before the period; and in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking award and all that follows through or and inserting award, as provided in section 147(c), or stipend, as provided in section 149A(a)(2), corresponding to the portion of the term of service actually completed; or ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 158 ( 42 U.S.C. 12618 )— in subsection (f), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; and in subsection (g), by inserting or stipend after educational award ; in section 180 ( 42 U.S.C. 12640 ), by inserting and stipends after educational awards ; in section 198B(h) ( 42 U.S.C. 12653b(h) )— in the heading, by inserting after or stipends ; awards by inserting or a stipend under section 149A after such section ; and in the second sentence, by inserting or stipend after educational award ; and in section 501(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 12681(a) )— in paragraph (2)— by inserting or stipends after educational awards ; and by striking number of participants described in section 121(f)(1) and inserting relevant number of participants ; and in paragraph (4)(B)— by inserting or stipends after educational awards ; and by striking 198B(b)(3) and inserting 198B .
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