SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VISTA VOLUNTEERS.

SEC. 323. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VISTA VOLUNTEERS. (a) Volunteer Assignments.— Section 103(a) (42 U.S.C. 4953(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “a public” and inserting “public”; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end; (3) in paragraph (3), by striking “illiterate or functionally illiterate youth and other individuals,”; (4) in paragraph (5), by striking “and” at the end; (5) in paragraph (6)— (A) by striking “or the Community Economic” and inserting “the Community Economic”; (B) by inserting “or other similar Acts,” after “1981,”; and (C) by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(7) in strengthening, supplementing, and expanding efforts to address the problem of illiteracy throughout the United States.”. (b) Recruitment Procedures.— Section 103(b) (42 U.S.C. 4953(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: “(2) (A) The Director shall establish and maintain within the national headquarters of the ACTION Agency (or any successor entity of such agency) a volunteer placement office which shall be responsible for all functions related to the recruitment and placement of volunteers under this part. Such functions and activities shall be carried out in coordination or in conjunction with recruitment and placement activities carried out under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. Upon the transfer of the functions of the ACTION Agency to the Corporation for National 107 STAT. 900and Community Service, the office established under this subparagraph shall be merged with the recruitment office of such Corporation. At no time after such transfer of functions shall more than one office responsible primarily for recruitment exist within the Corporation.”; (B) by striking subparagraph (C); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (6); and (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively. (c) Public Awareness and Recruitment.— Subsection (c) of section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the 1st sentence by striking “regional or State employees designated in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (b)(2)” and inserting “personnel described in subsection (b)(2)(C)”; (B) in the second sentence, by striking “shall include” and inserting “may include”; (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: “(F) publicizing national service educational awards available under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993;”; (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4). (d) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.— Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) The Director is encouraged to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to use VISTA volunteers in furtherance of program objectives that are consistent with the purposes described in section 101.”.