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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 129 — National and Community Service

§ 12640. Engagement of participants

Statutory text

A State shall not engage a participant to serve in any program that receives assistance under this subchapter unless and until amounts have been appropriated under section 12681 of this title for the provision of national service educational awards and for the payment of other necessary expenses and costs associated with such participant.

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 § 180 · 104 Stat. 3127

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 12640

    Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 180, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3166

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 180, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3166

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 180. ENGAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS. A State shall not engage a participant to serve in any program that receives assistance under this title unless and until amounts have been appropriated under section 501 for the provision of post-service benefits and for the payment of other necessary expenses and costs associated with such participant.

  2. National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

    Pub. L. 103–82 title I § 119 · 107 Stat. 785

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 12640

    Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “national service educational awards” for “post-service benefits”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “national service educational awards” for “post-service benefits”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 119. ENGAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS. Section 180 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12640) is amended by striking “post-service benefits” and inserting “national service educational awards”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “national service educational awards” for “post-service benefits”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective , see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

Credits

1990–1993 · 2 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 180, , 104 Stat. 3166
  2. 1993Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 119, , 107 Stat. 866.
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(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 180, , 104 Stat. 3166; Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 119, , 107 Stat. 866.)

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