BUSINESS PLAN.

SEC. 204. BUSINESS PLAN. (a) Business Plan Required.— (1) In general.— The Corporation for National and Community Service (referred to in this section as the “Corporation”) shall prepare and submit to Congress a business plan. The Corporation may not provide assistance under section 121 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 before the twentieth day of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the Corporation submits the business plan to Congress. (2) Computation.— For purposes of the computation of the 20-day period referred to in paragraph (1), continuity of a session of the Congress shall be considered to be broken only by— (A) an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and (B) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date certain. (b) Required Elements of Business Plan.— (1) Allocation of funds.— The business plan shall contain— (A) a description of the manner in which the Corporation will allocate funds for programs carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993; 107 STAT. 896 (B) information on the principal offices and officers of the Corporation that will allocate such funds; and (C) information that indicates how accountability for such funds can be determined, in terms of the office or officer responsible for such funds. (2) Investigative and audit functions.— The business plan shall include a description of the plans of the Corporation— (A) to ensure continuity, during the transition period, and after the transition period, in the investigative and audit functions carried out by the Inspector General of ACTION prior to such period, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and (B) to carry out investigative and audit functions and implement financial management controls regarding programs carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978, including a specific description of— (i) the manner in which the Office of Inspector General shall be established in the Corporation, in accordance with section 194(b) of the National Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 202 of this Act; and (ii) the manner in which grants made by the Corporation shall be audited by such Office and the financial management controls that shall apply with regard to such grants and programs. (3) Accountability measures.— The business plan shall include a detailed description of the accountability measures to be established by the Corporation to ensure effective control of all funds for programs carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993. (4) Information resources.— The business plan shall include a description of an information resource management program that will support the program and financial management needs of the Corporation. (5) Corporation staffing and integration of action.— (A) Transfers.— The business plan shall include a report on the progress and plans of the President for transferring the functions, programs, and related personnel of ACTION to the Corporation, and shall include a timetable for the transfer. (B) Details and assignments.— The report shall specify the number of ACTION employees detailed or assigned to the Corporation, and describe the hiring activity of the Corporation, during the transition period. (C) Structure.— The business plan shall include a description of the organizational structure of the Corporation during the transition period. (D) Staffing.— The business plan shall include a description of— (i) measures to ensure adequate staffing during the transition period with respect to programs carried out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993; and (ii) the responsibilities and authorities of the Managing Directors and other key personnel of the Corporation. 107 STAT. 897 (E) Senior executive service.— The business plan shall include— (i) an explanation of the number of the employees of the Corporation who will be paid at or above the rate of pay for level 1 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule under section 5382 of title 5, United States Code; and (ii) information justifying such pay for such employees. (6) Duplication of functions.— The business plan shall include a description of the measures that the Corporation is taking or will take to minimize duplication of functions in the Corporation caused by the transfer of the functions of the Commission on National and Community Service, and the transfer of the functions of ACTION, to the Corporation. This description shall address functions at both the national and State levels. (c) Definition.— The term “transition period” means the period beginning on October 1, 1993 and ending on the day before the effective date of section 203(c)(2).