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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 129 — National and Community Service

§ 12602a. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service

Statutory text

(a)

Certifications

In making any authorized disbursement from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual (including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined in section 12604(f)(8) of this title, due to the service of an eligible individual) under section 12602 of this title who served in an approved national service position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the individual for and supervised the individual in the approved national service position in which such individual successfully completed a required term of service, in a national service program.

(b)

Effect of erroneous certifications

If the Corporation determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national service program a charge for the amount of any associated payment or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National and Community Service Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–610 title I § 146A · 104 Stat. 3127

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 12602a

    (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 146A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1403, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1514.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 146A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1403, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1514.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 146A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1403, , 123 Stat. 1514.)

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