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 107 STAT. 818 PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 surplus in the Trust above the amount required to provide national service educational awards to individuals identified under paragraph (2), including any amounts available as a result of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3). 42 USC 12602. EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST. "(a) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual shall receive a national service educational award from the National Service Trust if the individual— "(1) successfully completes the required term of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service position; "(2) was 17 years of age or older at the time the individual began serving in the approved national service position or was an out-of-school youth serving in an approved national service position with a youth corps program described in section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 122(a)(9); "(3) at the time the individual uses the national service educational award— ''(A) has received a high school diploma, or the equivalent of such diploma; ''(B) is enrolled at an institution of higher education on the basis of meeting the standard described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091) and meets the requirements of subsection (a) of such section; or "(C) has received a waiver described in section 137(c); and "(3) has received a high school diploma, or the equivalent of such diploma, at the time the individual uses the national service educational award, unless this requirement has been waived based on an individual education assessment conducted by the program; and "(4) is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States. "(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—The term of service for an approved national service position shall not be less than the full- or parttime term of service specified in section 139(b). "(c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR AWARDS.—Although an individual may serve more than 2 terms of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service position, the individual shall receive a national service educational award from the National Service Trust only on the basis of the first and second of such terms of service. "(d) TIME FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD.— "(1) SEVEN-YEAR REQUIREMENT. —An individual eligible to receive a national service educational award under this section may not use such award after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date the individual completes the term of service in an approved national service position that is the basis of the award. "(2) EXCEPTION.—The Corporation may extend the period within which an individual may use a national service educational award if the Corporation determines that the individual—
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