§ 12603. Determination of the amount of the educational award

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. 1993

   National and Community Service Act

   Pub. L. 101–610 title I § 147 · 104 Stat. 3127

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 12603

   Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 147, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 819

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 147, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 819

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 147. LIVING ALLOWANCE. (a) Full-Time Service.— (1) In general.— From assistance provided under this sub-title, each participant in a full-time national service program receiving assistance under this subtitle shall receive a living allowance of not more than an amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of two (as denned in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))). (2) Non-federal sources.— Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a program agency may provide participants with additional amounts that are made available from non-Federal sources. (b) Reduction in Existing Program Benefits.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a program in existence on the date of enactment of this Act to decrease any stipends, salaries, or living allowances provided to participants under such program. (c) Health Insurance.— In addition to the living allowance provided under subsection (a), grantees are encouraged to provide health insurance to each participant in a full-time national service program who does not otherwise have access to health insurance. (d) Special Senior Service Participant.— (1) Full-time.— Each full-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowance equal to the living allowance provided to full-time participants under subsection (a), and such other assistance as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant. (2) Part-time.— Each part-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowance equal to a share of such allowance offered to a full-time special senior service participant under paragraph (1), that has been prorated according to the number of hours such part-time participant serves in the program, and such other assistance that the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant.

2. 2009

   Serve America Act

   Pub. L. 111–13 § 1404(1) · 123 Stat. 1460

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 12603

   Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(1), substituted section catchline for former section catchline

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(1), substituted section catchline for former section catchline.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following: “SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.” ; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

3. 2009

   Serve America Act

   Pub. L. 111–13 § 1404(2) · 123 Stat. 1460

   Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 12603(a)

   Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(2), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual described in section 12602(a) of this title who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90 percent of—

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(2), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual described in section 12602(a) of this title who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90 percent of—

   “(1) one-half of an amount equal to the aggregate basic educational assistance allowance provided in section 3015(b)(1) of title 38 (as in effect on July 28, 1993), for the period referred to in section 3013(a)(1) of such title (as in effect on July 28, 1993), for a member of the Armed Forces who is entitled to such an allowance under section 3011 of such title and whose initial obligated period of active duty is 2 years; less “(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribution required to be made by the member in section 3011(b) of such title (as in effect on July 28, 1993).”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: “(a) Amount for Full-Time National Service.— Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award year for which the national service position is approved by the Corporation.” ;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

4. 2009

   Serve America Act

   Pub. L. 111–13 § 1404(3) · 123 Stat. 1460

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 12603(b)

   Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(3), struck out “, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service,” after “having a value”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(3), struck out “, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service,” after “having a value”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) in subsection (b), by striking “, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service,”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

5. 2009

   Serve America Act

   Pub. L. 111–13 § 1404(4) · 123 Stat. 1460

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 12603(d); 42 U.S.C. § 12603(e)

   Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(4), added subsecs. (d) and (e)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1404(4), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) by adding at the end the following: “(d) Amount for Summer of Service.— An individual described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required summer of service term shall receive a summer of service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant who is economically disadvantaged). “(e) Amount for Silver Scholars.— An individual described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required silver scholar term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having a value of $1,000.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

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