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 123STA T . 1 5 3 4PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (i i )requ ire th ere c i p ie n tt os u bm it qu a rter ly reports on the pro g ram ’ s progress to w ar d meeting the per f ormance le v els for the program to the — ‘‘( I ) appropriate S tate , territory, or Indian tribe and ‘‘(II) the C orporation . ‘‘( B ) ESTABLI S HEDPROG RA M S.— F or a program that has received assistance under the national service laws for 3 years or more and for which the recipient is failing tomeetore x ceed the performance levels agreed upon under subsection ( k ), the Corporation shall require the recipient to submit quarterly reports on the program’s progress toward the performance levels for the program to— ‘‘(i) the appropriate State, territory, or Indian tribe; and ‘‘(ii) the Corporation. ‘‘(m) FAIL U RE T O M EET P ER F ORMA NC E L E V ELS.—If, after a period for correction as approved by the Corporation in accordance with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance under the national service laws fails to meet or exceed the performance levels for a national service program, the Corporation shall— ‘‘( 1 ) reduce the annual amount of the assistance received by the underperforming recipient by at least 25 percent, for each remaining year of the grant period for that program; or ‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming recipient for that program, in accordance with section 1 76 (a). ‘‘(n) R EPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the authori z ing committees not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Serve A merica Act, and annually thereafter, a report con - taining information on the number of— ‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under the national service laws implementing corrective action plans under subsection (l)(1); ‘‘(2) recipients for which the Corporation provides technical assistance for a program under subsection (l)(2)(A)(i); ‘‘(3) recipients for which the Corporation terminates assist- ance for a program under subsection (m); ‘‘( 4 ) entities whose application for assistance under a national service law was re j ected; and ‘‘(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their performance levels under subsection (k).’’. SEC.1608 .C IV IC H E ALT H ASSESS M E N T. (a) IN G ENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I (42 U .S.C. 12631 et seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by inserting after section 17 9 the following

‘SEC. 1 79 A. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AN D V O L U NTEE R IN G RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. ‘‘(a) D EFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this section, the term ‘partnership’ means the Corporation, acting in conjunction with (consistent with the terms of an agreement entered into between the Corporation and the N ational Conference) the National Con- ference on Citizenship referred to in section 15 0 701 of title 36, United States Code, to carry out this section. ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall facilitate the establish- ment of a Civic H ealth Assessment by— 42USC1 2 639a.