National and Community Service Act of 1990


 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 * (a) SHORT TITLE—
 * This Act may be cited as the ``National and Community Service Act of 1990´´.


 * (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS—
 * The table of contents is as follows:
 * Sec. 1. Short Title and Table of Contents.
 * Sec. 2. Purposes.
 * TITLE I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 * Subtitle A — General Provisions
 * Sec. 101. Definitions.
 * Sec. 102. Authority to Make State Grants.


 * Subtitle B — School-Aged Service
 * 
 * Sec. 110. Short Title.
 * Sec. 111. General Authority.
 * Sec. 112. Allotments.
 * Sec. 113. State Application.
 * Sec. 114. Local Applications.
 * Sec. 115. Priority; Private School Participation.
 * Sec. 116. Federal and Local Contributions.
 * Sec. 117. Uses of Funds; Limitations.
 * 
 * Sec. 118. Higher Education Innovative Projects for Community Service.


 * Subtitle C — American Conservation and Youth Corps
 * Sec. 120. Short Title.
 * Sec. 121. General Authority.
 * Sec. 122. Allocation of Funds.
 * Sec. 123. State Application.
 * Sec. 124. Focus of Programs.
 * Sec. 125. Related Programs.
 * Sec. 126. Public Lands or Indian Lands.
 * Sec. 127. Training and Education Services.
 * Sec. 128. Amount of Award; Matching Requirement.
 * Sec. 129. Preference for Certain Projects.
 * Sec. 130. Age and Citizenship Criteria for Enrollment.
 * Sec. 131. Use of Volunteers.
 * Sec. 132. Post-Service Benefits.
 * Sec. 133. Living Allowance.
 * Sec. 134. Joint Programs.
 * Sec. 135. Federal and State Employee Status.
 * Sec. 136. Regulations and Assistance.


 * Subtitle D — National and Community Service
 * Sec. 140. Short Title.
 * Sec. 141. General Authority.
 * Sec. 142. Grants.
 * Sec. 143. Types of National Service.
 * Sec. 144. Terms of Service.
 * Sec. 145. Eligibility.
 * Sec. 146. Post-Service Benefits.
 * Sec. 147. Living Allowance.
 * Sec. 148. Training.
 * Sec. 149. Public-Private Partnership.
 * Sec. 150. In-Service Education Benefits.


 * Subtitle E — Innovative and Demonstration Programs and Projects
 * 
 * Sec. 155. Limitation on Grants.
 * 
 * Sec. 156. General Authority.
 * Sec. 157. Grants.
 * 
 * Sec. 160. Program Authorized.
 * Sec. 161. Eligibility and Selection Procedures.
 * Sec. 162. Training Program.
 * Sec. 163. Educational Benefits.
 * Sec. 164. Evaluation and Report.
 * 
 * Sec. 165. Rural Youth Service Demonstration Project.
 * Sec. 166. Assistance for Head Start.
 * Sec. 167. Employer-Based Retiree Volunteer Programs.


 * Subtitle F — Administrative Provisions
 * Sec. 171. Limitation on Number of Grants.
 * Sec. 172. Reports.
 * Sec. 173. Supplementation.
 * Sec. 174. Prohibition on Use of Funds.
 * Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination.
 * Sec. 176. Notice, Hearing, and Grievance Procedures.
 * Sec. 177. Nonduplication and Nondisplacement.
 * Sec. 178. State Advisory Board.
 * Sec. 179. Evaluation.
 * Sec. 180. Engagemnt of Participants.
 * Sec. 181. National Service Demonstration Program Amendments.
 * Sec. 182. Partnerships with Schools.
 * Sec. 183. Service as Tutors.
 * Sec. 184. Drug-Free Workplace Requirements.
 * Sec. 185. Conforming Amendments.


 * Subtitle G — Commission on National and Community Service
 * Sec. 190. Commission on National and Community Service.


 * TITLE II — MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS
 * Subtitle A — Publication
 * Sec. 201. Information for Students.
 * Sec. 202. Exit Counseling for Borrowers.
 * Sec. 203. Department Information on Deferments and Cancellations.
 * Sec. 204. Data on Deferments and Cancellations.
 * Subtitle B — Youthbuild Projects
 * Sec. 211. Youthbuild Projects.
 * Subtitle C — Amendments to Student Literacy Corps
 * Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps.


 * TITLE III — POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION
 * Sec. 301. Short Title.
 * Sec. 302. Findings and Purposes.
 * Sec. 303. Authority.
 * Sec. 304. Grants to the Foundation.
 * Sec. 305. Eligibility of the Foundation for Grants.


 * TITLE IV — FOOD DONATIONS
 * Sec. 401. Sense of Congress Concerning Enactment of Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.
 * Sec. 402. Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.
 * Sec. 403. Effect of Section 402.


 * TITLE V — AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
 * Sec. 501. Authorization of Appropriations.


 * TITLE VI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 * Sec. 601. Amtrak Waste Disposal.
 * Sec. 602. Exchange Program with Countries in Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy.

{{SECTION|SEC. 2.|SEC. 2}}. PURPOSE.

 * It is the purpose of this Act to—
 * (1) renew the ethic of civic responsibility in the United States;


 * (2) ask citizens of the United States, regardless of age or income, to engage in full-time or part-time service to the Nation;


 * (3) begin to call young people to serve in programs that will benefit the Nation and improve the life chances of the young through the acquisition of literacy and job skills;


 * (4) enable young Americans to make a sustained commitment to service by removing barriers to service that have been created by high education costs, loan indebtedness, and the cost of housing;


 * (5) build on the existing organizational framework of Federal, State, and local programs and agencies to expand full-time and part-time service opportunities for all citizens, particularly youth and older Americans;


 * (6) involve participants in activities that would not otherwise be performed by employed workers; and


 * (7) generate additional service hours each year to help meet human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs, particularly those needs relating to poverty.

Approved November 16, 1990.

Legislative History

 * HOUSE REPORTS:
 * No. 101-677 accompanying H.R. 4330 (Comm. on Education and Labor)
 * No. 101-893 (Comm. of Conference)
 * SENATE REPORTS:
 * No. 101-176 (Comm. on Labor and Human Resources)
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990):
 * Mar. 1, considered and passed Senate.
 * Sept. 13, considered and passed House in lieu of H.R. 4330.
 * Sept. 16, Conference reort filed.
 * Sept. 17, Senate agreed to conference report.
 * Sept. 24, House agreed to conference report.
 * Sept. 24, House agreed to conference report.