National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993


 * 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 * (a) SHORT TITLE.—
 * This Act may be cited as the ``National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993´´.


 * (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
 * The table of contents is as follows:
 * Sec. 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.
 * Sec. 2. Findings and Purpose.
 * TITLE I — PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS
 * Subtitle A — Programs
 * Sec. 101. Federal Investment in Support of National Service.
 * Sec. 102. National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational Awards.
 * Sec. 103. School-based and Community-based Service-Learning Programs.
 * Sec. 104. Quality and Innovation Activities.
 * Sec. 105. Public Lands Corps.
 * Sec. 106. Urban Youth Corps.


 * Subtitle B — Related Provisions
 * Sec. 111. Definitions.
 * Sec. 112. Authority to Make State Grants.
 * Sec. 113. Family and Medical Leave.
 * Sec. 114. Reports.
 * Sec. 115. Nondiscrimination.
 * Sec. 116. Notice, Hearing, and Grievance Procedures.
 * Sec. 117. Nondisplacement.
 * Sec. 118. Evaluation.
 * Sec. 119. Engagement of Participants.
 * Sec. 120. Contingent Extension.
 * Sec. 121. Audits.
 * Sec. 122. Repeals.
 * Sec. 123. Effective Date.


 * TITLE II — ORGANIZATION
 * Sec. 201. State Commissions on National and Community Service.
 * Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National and Community Service and ACTION Agency.
 * Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
 * Sec. 204. Business Plan.
 * Sec. 205. Actions under the national service laws to be subject to the availability of appropriations.


 * TITLE III — REAUTHORIZATION
 * Subtitle A — National and Community Service Act of 1990
 * Sec. 301. Authorization of Appropriations.


 * Subtitle B — Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
 * Sec. 311. Short Title; References.
 * Chapter 1 — VISTA and Other Anti-poverty Programs
 * Sec. 321. Purpose of the VISTA program.
 * Sec. 322. Assistant director for VISTA program.
 * Sec. 323. Selection and assignment of VISTA volunteers.
 * Sec. 324. Terms and periods of service.
 * Sec. 325. Support for VISTA volunteers.
 * Sec. 326. Participation of younger and older persons.
 * Sec. 327. Literacy activities.
 * Sec. 328. Applications for assistance.
 * Sec. 329. Repeal of authority for student community service programs.
 * Sec. 330. University Year for VISTA.
 * Sec. 331. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration programs.
 * Sec. 332. Technical and financial assistance.
 * Sec. 333. Elimination of separate authority for drug abuse programs.
 * Chapter 2 — National Senior Volunteer Corps
 * Sec. 341. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
 * Sec. 342. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
 * Sec. 343. Operation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
 * Sec. 344. Services under the Foster Grandparent Program.
 * Sec. 345. Stipends for low-income volunteers.
 * Sec. 346. Conditions of grants and contracts.
 * Sec. 347. Evaluation of the Senior Companion Program.
 * Sec. 348. Agreements with other Federal agencies.
 * Sec. 349. Programs of national significance.
 * Sec. 350. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance.
 * Sec. 351. Demonstration programs.
 * Chapter 3 — Administration
 * Sec. 361. Purpose of agency.
 * Sec. 362. Authority of the Director.
 * Sec. 363. Political activities.
 * Sec. 364. Compensation for volunteers.
 * Sec. 365. Repeal of report.
 * Sec. 366. Application of Federal law.
 * Sec. 367. Nondiscrimination provisions.
 * Sec. 368. Elimination of separate requirements for setting regulations.
 * Sec. 369. Clarification of role of Inspector General.
 * Sec. 370. Copyright protection.
 * Sec. 371. Deposit requirement credit for service as a volunteer.
 * Chapter 4 — Authorization of Appropriations and Other Amendments
 * Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations for title I.
 * Sec. 382. Authorization of appropriations for title II.
 * Sec. 383. Authorization of appropriations for title IV.
 * Sec. 384. Conforming amendments; compensation for VISTA FECA claimants.
 * Sec. 385. Repeal of authority.
 * Chapter 5 — General Provisions
 * Sec. 391. Technical and Conforming Amendments.
 * Sec. 392. Effective Date.


 * TITLE IV — TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
 * Sec. 401. Definitions.
 * Sec. 402. References to the Commission on National and Community Service.
 * Sec. 403. References to Directors of the Commission on National and Community Service.
 * Sec. 404. Definition of Director.
 * Sec. 405. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency.
 * Sec. 406. Effective date.


 * TITLE V — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 * Sec. 501. Compliance with Buy American Act.
 * Sec. 502. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice.
 * Sec. 503. Prohibition of contracts with persons falsely labeling products as made in America.

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

 * (a) IN GENERAL.—
 * Section 2 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is amended to read as follows:


 * (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
 * Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the item relating to section 2 and inserting the following new item:


 * ``SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.´´.

Approved September 21, 1993.

Legislative History

 * HOUSE REPORTS:
 * No. 103-155 (Comm. on Education and Labor)
 * No. 103-219 (Comm. of Conference)
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993):
 * July 28, considered and passed House.
 * Aug. 3, considered and passed Senate in lieu of S. 919 with an amendment.
 * Aug. 5, Conference report filed.
 * Aug. 6, House agreed to conference report.
 * Sept. 8, Senate agreed to conference report.
 * Sept. 8, Senate agreed to conference report.