123STA T .795PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 09 OF F ICE OFI NSP EC T O RG ENER ALFornec e s s a r y e xp enses o fth e O ff i ce of I nspector G enera l in carryin g o u t the Inspector General A ct of 1978,$6 , 5 1 2 , 0 00 . A DM INISTRATI V E PROVISIONS S EC. 4 01. N ot w ithstan d ing any other pro v ision of law, the ter m‘ ‘ q ualified student loan ’ ’ with respect to national service edu - cation awards shall mean any loan determined b y an institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 148 ( b ) (7) of the National and C ommunity Service Act of 1990. SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)( B ) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) to assist entities in placing applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 121 of the 1990 Act. SEC. 40 3 . T he Corporation for National and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) shall ma k e any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2009, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authori z ed by the Corporation to receive such information. SEC. 404. P rofessional Corps programs described in section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 may apply to the Corporation for National and Community Service for a waiver of application of section 140(c)(2). SEC. 405. Notwithstanding 31 U .S.C. 1342, the Corporation for National and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) may solicit and accept the services of organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national service laws
- Provide
d, That an individual who provides services under this section shall be sub j ect to the same protections and limitations as volunteers under section 196(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. SEC. 406. Organizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps E ducation Awards Program shall do so without regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 131(e), 132, and 140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. SEC. 407. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal R egulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver 42USC1 2 57 1 note.N ot ic e. Publ ic co m ment. D e f inition.
