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‘‘(A) to make competitive’’; (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (iv) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) to enter into on a competitive basis a cooperative agreement to conduct a service delivery demonstration project in accordance with the requirements of subsection (g).’’; (B) in subsection (c)— (i) by striking ‘‘(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘(h)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)(2)’’; (C) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection) to read as follows: ‘‘(h) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION; REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement an independent evaluation of the programs authorized under this section, including the service delivery demonstration project authorized under subsection (g). ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress that includes the following: ‘‘(A) The characteristics of the mentoring programs funded under this section. ‘‘(B) The plan for implementation of the service delivery demonstration project authorized under subsection (g). ‘‘(C) A description of the outcome-based evaluation of the programs authorized under this section that the Secretary is conducting as of that date of enactment and how the evaluation has been expanded to include an evaluation of the demonstration project authorized under subsection (g). ‘‘(D) The date on which the Secretary shall submit a final report on the evaluation to the Congress.’’; and (D) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— (i) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘RESERVATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RESERVATIONS’’; and (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: ‘‘RESERVATIONS’’; (II) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EVALUATION.—The’’; and (III) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) SERVICE DELIVERY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of awarding a cooperative agreement to conduct the service delivery demonstration project authorized under subsection (g), the Secretary shall reserve not more than— ‘‘(I) $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for the first fiscal year in which funds are to be awarded for the agreement; ‘‘(II) $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for the second fiscal year in
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