An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Corporation to establish priorities for programs funded under the national service laws for programs that recruit veterans into service opportunities, promote community-based efforts to meet the needs of military families while a family member is deployed, and promote community-based efforts to meet the needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment. The amendment also would require the Corporation to annually report to Congress on the number and percentage of national service positions eligible for the education award that are filled by veterans, and to establish annual goals for increasing those numbers and percentages.

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   Change 1: Rewrites page 50, lines 21–23

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   Inserted: (5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "subsection (b) or (d) of"; and

   Inserted: (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

   Inserted: "(C) Priority for veterans.--Priorities established under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall include priorities for programs that--

   Inserted: "(i) recruit veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities;

   Inserted: "(ii) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a member of the family is deployed; and

   Inserted: "(iii) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment."; and

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   Page 50, strike lines 21 through 23 and insert the following:

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   Change 2: Rewrites page 64, line 23 through page 65, line 10

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   Inserted: (3) in subsection (d), in paragraph (2)--

   Inserted: (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike "the Corporation may include--" and insert "the Corporation--"; and

   Inserted: (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(A) shall include national service programs that--

   Inserted: "(i) recruit veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities;

   Inserted: "(ii) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a member of the family is deployed; and

   Inserted: "(iii) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment; and

   Inserted: "(B) may include--

   Inserted: "(i) national service programs that conform to the national service priorities in effect under section 122(d);

   Inserted: "(ii) innovative national service programs;

   Inserted: "(iii) national service programs that are well established in one or more States at the time of the application and are proposed to be expanded to additional States using assistance provided under section 121;

   Inserted: "(iv) grant programs in support of other national service programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated and extensive expertise in the provision of services to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and

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   Inserted: "(v) professional corps programs described in section 122(a)(8).".

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   Page 64, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 65, line 10, and insert the following:

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   Change 3: Adds SEC. 1406. REPORT ON VETERANS SERVING IN APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS on page 85, line 3

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   Inserted: SEC. 1406. REPORT ON VETERANS SERVING IN APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.

   Inserted: Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:

   Inserted: "SEC. 150. REPORT ON VETERANS SERVING IN APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--The Corporation shall report annually to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate the number and percentage of veterans serving in approved national service positions.

   Inserted: "(b) Annual Goals.--In the report described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall outline strategies and goals for increasing the number and percentage of veterans serving in approved national service positions each year, including strategies being undertaken to recruit veterans to serve in such positions, and include an evaluation of progress in meeting such goals.".

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   Page 85, after line 3, insert the following new section:

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