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 123STA T . 1 504PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9‘ ‘ (1)RES E RVATION.—Tomakegr a nts to public or pri v ate nonpro f it organi z ations to increase t h e participation of in d ivid - uals w ith disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose , and sub j ect to the limitation in paragraph ( 2 ), the C hief Ex ecutive O fficer shall reserve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, appropriated to carr y out subtitles C, D ,E,and H for each fiscal year. ‘‘(2) L I M ITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $ 2 0 ,000,000. ‘‘( 3 ) REMAIN D ER.—The Chief Executive Officer may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1), and not distributed to make grants under this subsection for other activities described in section 5 01(a)(2). ‘‘(l) AU T H ORIT YF OR F I X ED-AMOUNT G RANTS.— ‘‘(1) I N G ENERA L .— ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under the national service laws, the Corporation may provide assist- ance in the form of fixed-amount grants in an amount determined by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a program. ‘‘( B ) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed-amount grants to support programs described in section 12 9 A, for the 1- year period beginning on the effective date of the S erve America Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants to programs that only offer full-time positions. ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized by this subsection shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that is— ‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable and nec- essary costs of administering the program supported by the grant and ‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual enrolled in the program receiving the grant, taking into account— ‘‘(i) the capacity of the entity carrying out the program to manage funds and achieve programmatic results; ‘‘(ii) the number of approved national service posi- tions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved summer of service positions for the program, if applicable; ‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the program; ‘‘(iv) whether the program provides service to, or involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher level of costs; and ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corporation may consider under section 133 in considering applications for assistance. ‘‘(3) RE Q UIREMENTS FOR GRANT RE C I P IENTS.—In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation— ‘‘(A) shall re q uire the grant recipient— ‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds based upon the difference between the number of hours served by a participant and the minimum number