Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/741

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PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2535 of eligible participants in that area is sufficient to justify the simultaneous conduct of such programs in that area. SEC. 1004. OTHER PROGRAMS OF THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMBfUNTIY SERVICE. (a) INCREASED COMMISSION AcnvmES.—It is the purpose of this section to increase the ability of the Commission on National and Community Service to expand non-residential programs that perform worthwhile urban and rural community projects that £U3sist m the economic transition of localities afiected by Department of Defense conversion. The Commission may also explore the potential for developing a program that would permit members of the Civilian Community Corps established under subtitle H of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 1092, to provide training to such participants at residential facilities and return them to their local communities for the service portion of their period of agreed service. To the extent practicable, such effort shall be coordinated with the National Guard Civilian Youth Opportunities Program authorized by section 1091 and with the Civilian Commumty Coips Demonstration Program established pursuant to the authorization contained in section 195A the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 1092. (b) FUNDING AND USE OF FUNDS. — (1) Of the amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance in fiscal year 1993 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301, $30,000,000 shall be available to the Board of Directors of the Commission on National and Community Service for activities under subtitles B, C, D, E, F, and G of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12510 et seq.). Such amount shall be in addition to, and not a substitute for, amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 501 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12681). (2) In the use of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Commission shall give special consideration to— (A) programs located in communities where facilities of militaryr installation (as defined in section 2687(e)(l) of title 10, United States Code) have been closed; (B) programs that employ retired, inactive, or discharged military personnel; (C) programs that involve military personnel participating in volunteer services; (D) programs that test whether a non-residential, community based youth service corps can engender in young men and women a commitment to civic responsibility and involvement in their communities; (E) programs that test whether such non-residential corps permit voung people who have received military-based training to use their skills and knowledge to improve their communities; and (F) programs that test whether retired, discharged, or inactive members and former members of the Armed Forces can play a meaningful role in service-learning by acting as mentors, teachers, coimselors and role models. SEC. 109S. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. (a) CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— The amount made available pursuant to section 1092(c) for the