AmeriCorps State and National Updates, 69604-69609 [2023-22155]

Agencies

• Corporation for National and Community Service

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69604-69609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22155]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

45 CFR Parts 2520, 2521 and 2522

RIN 3045-AA84


AmeriCorps State and National Updates

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating 
as AmeriCorps) proposes to revise its regulations governing the 
AmeriCorps State and National program. This proposed rule would make 
four substantive changes to the regulations governing the AmeriCorps 
State and National program to provide programmatic and grantmaking 
flexibilities. Specifically, this proposed rule would: limit AmeriCorps 
State and National grantees' required share of program costs (known as 
``match'' or ``cost share'') to a scale that starts at 24 percent for 
the first three-year grant cycle and increases more incrementally with 
each successive three-year grant cycle, until it reaches 50 percent in 
the sixth three-year grant cycle (that is, the sixteenth year of the 
grant) and beyond; simplify the criteria that allow AmeriCorps to waive 
match for AmeriCorps State and National grantees; allow AmeriCorps to 
grant waivers of education hour limitations under certain circumstances 
to permit AmeriCorps State and National AmeriCorps members to spend an

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increased number of hours on education and training activities; and 
remove the four-term limit on service in AmeriCorps State and National 
programs, instead referring to the limitation on total value of the 
Segal Education Awards (education awards) a member may earn. The main 
non-substantive change in this proposed rule updates nomenclature to 
reflect that the Corporation for National and Community Service 
operates as AmeriCorps.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by December 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments electronically through the Federal 
government's one-stop rulemaking website at www.regulations.gov. 
Alternatively, you may send your comments to Elizabeth Appel, Associate 
General Counsel, at [email protected] or by mail to AmeriCorps (ATTN: 
Elizabeth Appel), 250 E Street SW, Washington DC 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Appel, Associate General 
Counsel, at [email protected], (202) 967-5070.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    AmeriCorps is proposing changes to its AmeriCorps State and 
National program regulations based on its desire to address stakeholder 
feedback on match requirements, be more consistent with other grant 
programs within the agency, and reduce barriers to grantee 
organizations specifically designed to provide education and training 
to members as part of their national service program. AmeriCorps State 
and National provides grants to states, territories, Indian tribes, 
public and private nonprofit organizations, local governments, and 
institutions of higher education to carry out national service 
programs, offering a wide range of service opportunities. AmeriCorps 
State and National also provides general operating funding for state 
service commissions. AmeriCorps is proposing these changes under the 
authority of the National and Community Service Act, as amended, at 42 
U.S.C. 12651c(c).

II. Overview of Proposed Rule

    This proposed rule would make four substantive changes to the 
AmeriCorps State and National regulations, as described below. In 
addition, this proposed rule would make nomenclature changes to add a 
definition for ``AmeriCorps'' and change ``the Corporation'' to 
``AmeriCorps'' throughout these regulations to reflect that the 
Corporation for National and Community Service now operates as 
AmeriCorps.

A. Waiver of the Current 20 Percent Limit on Education and Training 
Activities--Sec.  2520.50

    The current regulation sets a 20 percent limit to the aggregate 
total of all AmeriCorps member service hours in a program that may be 
spent in education and training activities. As a result, each program 
must have at least 80 percent of the aggregate of all AmeriCorps member 
hours in service. The proposed rule would allow AmeriCorps to waive 
this limit under certain circumstances, to allow up to 50 percent of 
the aggregate AmeriCorps member hours in a program to be spent in 
education and training activities. The criteria AmeriCorps will 
consider when deciding whether a waiver is appropriate are whether the 
AmeriCorps program:
     is a Registered Apprenticeship program, or
     is a job training or job readiness program, or
     includes activities to support member attainment of a GED 
or high school diploma or occupational, technical, or safety 
credentials, or
     the AmeriCorps program primarily enrolls economically 
disadvantaged AmeriCorps members and is designed to provide soft skills 
or life skills development for those members.
    This proposed rule would allow individuals who might benefit from 
additional education and training, such as those reentering society 
after incarceration, to participate in national service while acquiring 
skills and knowledge to ease their transition.
    The current regulation creates a significant barrier to entry for 
workforce development/Registered Apprenticeship programs and results in 
their participants being unable to get credit for a large portion of 
their hours. Programs with full-time participants are only able to 
offer ``less than full-time'' AmeriCorps member slots, which limits the 
amount of the education award available to their participants and could 
limit their participants' access to health care, childcare, and other 
benefits afforded to members enrolled in full-time slots.
    AmeriCorps expects to grant waivers to new and existing Registered 
Apprenticeship programs, job training or job readiness programs, 
programs that include activities to support member attainment of a GED 
or high school diploma or other credentials, or programs that primarily 
enroll economically disadvantaged AmeriCorps members and are designed 
to provide soft skills or life skills development for those members. 
Grantees would request waivers in writing as part of their grant 
application. Decisions about the waivers would be provided prior to 
grant award. As most of the programs that would benefit from this 
waiver have participants who are serving in the program full time but 
may only serve part-time as AmeriCorps members because of the current 
limits on in-service educational time, there is no expectation that the 
level of service provided to communities would decline. While the level 
of service provided to communities is expected to remain constant under 
this proposal, participants would benefit because they could count the 
majority of their existing training hours toward earning a larger 
education award.

B. Revising Match Requirements--Sec.  2521.60

    This proposed rule would revise the scale that sets out grantees' 
program costs not provided by AmeriCorps (known as ``match'' or ``cost 
share''). The current regulations require a graduated match that 
incrementally increases each year to a total of 50 percent overall 
share by the tenth year and for each year afterward without a break in 
funding of five years or more. The proposed rule would establish a 
match that gradually increases at the end of each three-year grant 
period (rather than annually) over a longer period of time to reach a 
total of 50 percent overall share by the sixteenth year (rather than by 
the tenth year) and for each year afterward without a break in funding 
of five years or more.
    This proposed change is intended to address the increased 
difficulty many grantees experience in raising match funds, as 
evidenced by the increase in waiver requests AmeriCorps receives, and 
address many of the comments AmeriCorps received in response to the 
Request for Information from Non-Federal Stakeholders: Grantee Match 
Requirements (RFI) it published in 2022. See 87 FR 26740 (May 5, 2022). 
Waiver requests have increased significantly since 2017 and 2018. From 
March 2022 to March 2023, AmeriCorps received more than 60 requests for 
full or partial waivers of AmeriCorps State and National match 
requirements, meaning that requests have been submitted for more than 7 
percent of AmeriCorps State and National cost-reimbursement grants. 
Many of the respondents to the RFI stated that they have difficulty 
securing match and that current match requirements are a barrier to 
equity and limit people's ability to serve. These respondents 
specifically

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proposed a return to ``original Congressional intent'' as evidenced by 
language in the National and Community Service Act of 1990 providing 
that AmeriCorps' share may not exceed 75 percent. For several years, 
Congress has, through appropriations laws, provided that AmeriCorps 
programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program must 
meet an overall minimum match of 24 percent for the first three years 
of receiving funding, and then must meet the overall match requirements 
in section 2521.60 of the current regulations. See, e.g., Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103, Section 402. The current 
regulations at section 2521.60 set out a graduated match schedule in 
which the required match increases from 26 percent as of the fourth 
consecutive year they receive a grant to 50 percent as of year 10 and 
beyond for the total budget. This requires grantees to match the 
AmeriCorps' investment one-to-one once they reach year 10 and beyond.
    AmeriCorps proposes a match that increases more gradually until it 
reaches 50 percent of the overall program cost by the sixteenth year to 
replace the current regulations' more abrupt and steep match scale. A 
match that increases less often (by grant period, rather than annually) 
would reduce the burden on grantees of raising, tracking, and reporting 
increasing annual percentages. While some grantees can raise the 
currently required additional match for years five and beyond (ranging 
from 30 percent to 50 percent), it is a barrier for other existing 
grantees that are smaller or in geographic areas where there is not a 
philanthropic community. It is also a barrier to entry for new 
applicants that have less capacity and less access to matching funds. 
Lowering the match amount does not change the cost to run a strong 
AmeriCorps program. Thus, grantees will continue to have to raise 
additional funds beyond the required match generally, for the 
sustainability of their organization, but they will no longer be in 
danger of having to return AmeriCorps funds at the end of their grants 
if they fail to raise match that is so far in excess of the 25 percent 
indicated by statutory text. To the extent they are able, grantees are 
strongly encouraged to raise funding beyond the required match amount 
to extend the reach of national service as much as possible.

C. Criteria for Waiving Match Requirements--Sec.  2521.70

    This proposed rule would revise the criteria that grantees must 
demonstrate when they request a waiver of the matching requirements. 
Currently, the regulation requires grantees to demonstrate: (1) a lack 
of resources at the local level; (2) that the lack of resources is 
unique or unusual; (3) the efforts the grantee has made to raise 
matching resources; and (4) the amount of matching resources the 
grantee has raised or reasonably expects to raise. The proposed rule 
would instead specify four criteria and require grantees to demonstrate 
only one of them, and in addition provide supporting documentation and 
a description of the efforts made to raise match. The proposed waiver 
criteria mirror the waiver criteria required in AmeriCorps Seniors 
programs, with one additional criterion to allow waivers for 
organizations with revenue of less than $500,000. Specifically, under 
the proposed rule, grantees would have to demonstrate one of the 
following: initial difficulties in developing local funding sources 
during the first three years of operations; an economic downturn, 
natural disaster, or similar event in the grantee's service area that 
severely restricts or reduces sources of local funding support; the 
unexpected discontinuation of local support from one or more sources 
that a project has relied on for a period of years; or an 
organizational revenue of less than $500,000.
    The current regulations' waiver requirements are overly burdensome 
to grantees and enhance the risk that AmeriCorps funds will not be 
fully expended because grantees must return AmeriCorps funds at 
closeout if they do not meet the match requirement or receive a waiver. 
The proposed waiver criteria reduce this burden. Furthermore, the 
agency desires to have more consistency between its programs, and the 
proposed change aligns AmeriCorps State and National's match waiver 
criteria with AmeriCorps Seniors' match waiver criteria, with one 
additional criterion. The additional criterion, for organizations with 
less than $500,000 in revenue (as shown on an IRS Form 990, for 
example) is intended to encourage new, small organizations and those 
with programs in underserved communities. The proposed rule would still 
require a description of efforts made to raise matching resources but 
clarifies that this description must be provided with the waiver 
request.

D. Limit on Number of Terms an Individual May Serve in AmeriCorps State 
and National--Sec.  2522.235

    The current regulation provides that individuals who serve in 
AmeriCorps State and National may receive the benefits offered by 
AmeriCorps for serving up to, but not more than, four terms. It also 
includes information on how terms are calculated if an individual is 
released early under various circumstances. The benefits offered to 
AmeriCorps members include the AmeriCorps Segal Education Award from 
the National Service Trust upon successful completion of their terms of 
service. Benefits during service include a living allowance, financial 
benefits during an extended term of disaster-related service, 
childcare, and health care.
    Separate regulations at 45 CFR 2525.50 limit participants to 
receiving no more than the value of two full-time education awards. The 
proposed rule would remove the four term limit, thus allowing any 
individual to serve as many terms as necessary to earn the value of two 
full-time education awards, regardless of whether those terms are 
served on a full-time, part-time, or reduced part-time basis. This 
revision removes an artificial barrier on individuals' ability to 
continue to serve.
    In 2010, AmeriCorps established the four-term limit in the current 
regulations to ensure that there would be opportunities for all 
interested Americans to serve because, at the time, applications for 
AmeriCorps far exceeded available positions. See 75 FR 51395, 51406-07 
(August 20, 2010). An excess demand for AmeriCorps positions no longer 
exists to justify this term limit. Even accounting for the possibility 
that demand will at some point exceed the number of AmeriCorps 
positions available, the current regulation's term limit is too broad a 
prohibition. Service terms vary considerably, encompassing full-time, 
part-time, reduced part-time, quarter-time, and minimum-time terms, as 
well as any term from which one exits after serving 15 percent of the 
agreed term of service. Treating each of these terms of service as 
equivalent for the purposes of a term limit is unfair to those who may 
have served shorter terms of service but would like to serve more. 
Individuals should be encouraged, rather than discouraged, from 
participating in national service. AmeriCorps believes a term limit is 
unnecessary, as there is already an existing limit to education 
awards--a significant incentive for participation in national service.

III. Regulatory Analyses

A. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all 
costs and benefits of available regulatory

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alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory 
approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, 
environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, 
and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of 
quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing 
rules, and of promoting flexibility. The Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget has 
determined that this proposed rule is not a significant regulatory 
action.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.), AmeriCorps certifies that this rule, if adopted, will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. Most AmeriCorps State and National grantees are State 
Commissions and organizations that do not meet the definition of a 
small entity. Therefore, AmeriCorps has not performed the initial 
regulatory flexibility analysis that is required under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for rules that are expected to 
have such results.

C. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    For purposes of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, as well as Executive Order 12875, this 
regulatory action does not contain any Federal mandate that may result 
in increased expenditures in Federal, State, local, or Tribal 
Governments in the aggregate, or impose an annual burden exceeding $100 
million on the private sector.

D. Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under the PRA, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless the collections of information display valid control 
numbers. The application for AmeriCorps State and National grants are 
authorized under OMB Control Number 3045-0047, which expires September 
30, 2026. Applicants for grants who would like to request a waiver 
under this proposed rule would do so as part of the application 
process, but the request is exempted from the definition of 
``information'' subject to PRA requirements because it is a simple 
acknowledgment that the applicant is requesting a waiver based on one 
of the criteria. See 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(1). Therefore, this proposed rule 
does not affect require submission of a revision of this information 
collection.

E. Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, Federalism, prohibits an agency from 
publishing any rule that has federalism implications if the rule 
imposes substantial direct compliance costs on State and local 
Governments and is not required by statute, or the rule preempts State 
law, unless the agency meets the consultation and funding requirements 
of section 6 of the Executive Order. This rulemaking does not have any 
federalism implications, as described above.

F. Takings (Executive Order 12630)

    This proposed rule does not affect a taking of private property or 
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630 because 
this proposed rule does not affect individual property rights protected 
by the Fifth Amendment or involve a compensable ``taking.'' A takings 
implication assessment is not required.

G. Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 12988)

    This proposed rule complies with the requirements of Executive 
Order 12988. Specifically, this rulemaking: (a) meets the criteria of 
section 3(a) requiring that all regulations be reviewed to eliminate 
errors and ambiguity and be written to minimize litigation; and (b) 
meets the criteria of section 3(b)(2) requiring that all regulations be 
written in clear language and contain clear legal standards.

H. Consultation With Indian Tribes (Executive Order 13175)

    AmeriCorps recognizes the inherent sovereignty of Indian tribes and 
their right to self-governance. We have evaluated this rulemaking under 
our consultation policy and the criteria in Executive Order 13175 and 
determined that this proposed rule does not impose substantial direct 
effects on federally recognized Tribes.

I. Clarity of This Regulation

    We are required by Executive Orders 12866 (section 1(b)(12)), and 
12988 (section 3(b)(1)(B)), and 13563 (section 1(a)), and by the 
Presidential Memorandum of June 1, 1998, to write all rules in plain 
language. This means that each proposed rule we publish must: (a) be 
logically organized; (b) use the active voice to address readers 
directly; (c) use clear language rather than jargon; (d) be divided 
into short sections and sentences; and (e) use lists and tables 
wherever possible. If you feel that we have not met these requirements, 
please send us comments by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES 
section. To help us revise the rule, your comments should be as 
specific as possible.

List of Subjects

45 CFR Part 2520

    Grant programs--social programs, Volunteers.

45 CFR Part 2521

    Grant programs--social programs, Volunteers.

45 CFR Part 2522

    Grant programs--social programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Volunteers.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, under the authority of 42 
U.S.C. 12651c(c), the Corporation for National and Community Service is 
proposing to amend Chapter XXV, title 45 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations as follows:

PART 2520--GENERAL PROVISIONS: AMERICORPS SUBTITLE C PROGRAMS

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1. The authority citation for part 2520 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 12571-12595.

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2. Amend Sec.  2520.5 by adding in alphabetical order the definition 
``AmeriCorps'' to read as follows:


Sec.  2520.5  What definitions apply to this part?

    AmeriCorps means the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, established pursuant to section 191 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 12651, which 
operates as AmeriCorps.
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Sec. Sec.  2520.10 through 2520.65   [Amended]

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3. In Sec. Sec.  2520.10 through 2520.65, remove the words ``the 
Corporation'' wherever they appear and add in their place the word 
``AmeriCorps''.
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4. In Sec. Sec.  2520.10 through 2520.65, remove the word 
``Corporation'' and add in its place the word ``AmeriCorps''.
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5. Amend Sec.  2520.50 by, revising paragraph (a) and adding new 
paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  2520.50  How much time may AmeriCorps members in my program spend 
in education and training activities?

    (a) No more than 20 percent of the aggregate of all AmeriCorps 
member service hours in your program, as reflected in the member 
enrollments in the National Service Trust, may be spent in education 
and training activities,

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unless AmeriCorps grants a waiver under paragraph (c) of this section.
* * * * *
    (c) AmeriCorps may waive the limit in paragraph (a) of this section 
to allow up to 50 percent of the aggregate of all AmeriCorps member 
service hours in your program to be spent in education and training 
activities if your program:
    (1) Is a Registered Apprenticeship program;
    (2) Is a job training or job readiness program;
    (3) Includes activities to support member attainment of a GED or 
high school diploma or occupational, technical, or safety credentials; 
or
    (4) Primarily enrolls economically disadvantaged AmeriCorps members 
and employs a program design that also includes soft skills or life 
skills development.

PART 2521--ELIGIBLE AMERICORPS SUBTITLE C PROGRAM APPLICANTS AND 
TYPES OF GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR AWARD

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6. The authority for part 2521 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12571-12595

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7. Amend Sec.  2521.5 by adding in alphabetical order the definition 
``AmeriCorps'' to read as follows:


Sec.  2521.5  What definitions apply to this part?

    AmeriCorps means the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, established pursuant to section 191 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 12651, which 
operates as AmeriCorps.
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Sec. Sec.  2521.10 through 2521.95   [Amended]

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8. In Sec. Sec.  2521.10 through 2521.95, remove the words ``the 
Corporation'' and add in their place the word ``AmeriCorps''.
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9. In Sec. Sec.  2521.10 through 2521.95, remove the word 
``Corporation'' and add in its place the word ``AmeriCorps''.
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10. In Sec.  2521.60, revise the introductory text, paragraph (a)(1), 
and paragraph (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  2521.60  What will my share of program costs be?

    Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, if your 
program continues to receive funding after an initial three-year grant 
period, you must continue to meet the minimum requirements in Sec.  
2521.45 of this part. In addition, your required share of program 
costs, including member support and operating costs, will incrementally 
increase each grant period to a 50 percent overall share by the sixth 
grant period and beyond (sixteenth year and any year thereafter that 
you receive a grant), without a break in funding of five years or more. 
A 50 percent overall match means that you will be required to match $1 
for every $1 you receive from the Corporation.
    (a) * * *
    (1) Subject to the requirements of Sec.  2521.45 of this part, and 
except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, your overall share 
of program costs will increase as of the fourth consecutive year that 
you receive a grant, according to the following timetable:

                                                        Timetable for Minimum Organization Share
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                                                                                                                                            Sixth grant
                                                            First grant    Second grant     Third grant    Fourth grant     Fifth grant     period and
                                                           period: years   period: years   period: years   period: years   period: years   beyond: years
                                                           1-3 (percent)   4-6 (percent)   7-9 (percent)       10-12           13-15       16 and beyond
                                                                                                             (percent)       (percent)       (percent)
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Minimum member support..................................              15              15              15              15              15              15
Minimum operating costs.................................              33              33              33              33              33              33
Minimum overall share...................................              24              28              32              38              44              50
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    (b) Alternative match requirements: If your program is unable to 
meet the match requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of this section 
and is located in a rural or a severely economically distressed 
community, you may apply to AmeriCorps for a waiver that would decrease 
the level of your required match.
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11. In Sec.  2521.70 revise paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  2521.70  To what extent may AmeriCorps waive the matching 
requirements in Sec. Sec.  2521.45 and 2521.60 of this part?

* * * * *
    (b) If you are requesting a waiver, you must demonstrate:
    (1) Initial difficulties in the development of local funding 
sources during the first three years of operations; or
    (2) An economic downturn, the occurrence of a natural disaster, or 
similar events in the service area that severely restrict or reduce 
sources of local funding support; or
    (3) The unexpected discontinuation of local support from one or 
more sources that a project has relied on for a period of years; or
    (4) Organizational revenue of less than $500,000.
    (c) You must provide with your waiver request:
    (1) A description of the efforts you have made to raise matching 
resources; and
    (2) A request for the specific amount of match you are asking 
AmeriCorps to waive; and
    (3) A budget and budget narrative that reflect the requested level 
in matching resources.

PART 2522--AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS, PROGRAMS, AND APPLICANTS

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12. The authority for part 2522 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 12571-12595; 12651b-12651d; E.O. 13331, 69 
FR 9911, Sec. 1612, Pub. L. 111-13.

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13. Amend Sec.  2522.10 by adding in alphabetical order the definition 
``AmeriCorps'' to read as follows:


Sec.  2522.10  What definitions apply to this part?

    AmeriCorps means the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, established pursuant to section 191 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 12651, which 
operates as AmeriCorps.
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Sec.  Sec.  2522.100 through 2522.950  [Amended]

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14. In Sec. Sec.  2522.100 through 2522.950, remove the words ``the 
Corporation''

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and add in their place the word ``AmeriCorps''.
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15. In Sec. Sec.  2522.100 through 2522.950, remove the word 
``Corporation'' and add in its place the word ``AmeriCorps''.
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16. In Sec. Sec.  2522.100 through 2522.950, remove the words ``the 
Corporation's'' and add in their place the word ``AmeriCorps' ''.
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17. Revise Sec.  2522.235 to read as follows:


Sec.  2522.235  Is there a limit on the number of terms an individual 
may serve in an AmeriCorps State and National program?

    The terms an individual may serve in an AmeriCorps State and 
National program are limited to the number of terms needed to attain 
the aggregate value of two full-time education awards.
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18. In Sec.  2522.240, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:


 Sec.  2522.240   What financial benefits do AmeriCorps participants 
serving in approved AmeriCorps positions receive?

    (a) AmeriCorps education awards. An individual serving in an 
approved AmeriCorps State and National position may receive an 
education award from the National Service Trust upon successful 
completion of their terms of service as defined in Sec.  2522.220, 
consistent with the limitations in Sec.  2525.50.
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Sec.  2522.510  [Amended]

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19. In Sec.  2522.510, remove the words ``a Corporation'' and add in 
its place the words ``an AmeriCorps''.

Fernando Laguarda,
General Counsel.
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