EVALUATION.

SEC. 118. EVALUATION. Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “for purposes of the reports required by subsection (j),” and inserting “with respect to the programs authorized under subtitle C,”; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “older American volunteer programs” and inserting “National Senior Volunteer Corps programs”; (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “subtitle D” and inserting “subtitle C”; and (B) in paragraphs (3) and (9), by striking “older American volunteer programs” and inserting “National Senior Volunteer Corps programs”; (3) by striking subsections (i) and (j); and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(i) Independent Evaluation and Report of Demographics of National Service Participants and Communities.— “(1) Independent evaluation.— “(A) In general.— The Corporation shall, on an annual basis, arrange for an independent evaluation of the programs assisted under subtitle C. “(B) Participants.— “(i) In general.— The entity conducting such evaluation shall determine the demographic characteristics of the participants in such programs. “(ii) Characteristics.— The entity shall determine, for the year covered by the evaluation, the total number of participants in the programs, and the number of participants within the programs in each State, by sex, age, economic background, education level, ethnic group, disability classification, and geographic region. “(iii) Categories.— The Corporation shall determine appropriate categories for analysis of each of the characteristics referred to in clause (ii) for purposes of such an evaluation. “(C) Communities.— In conducting the evaluation, the entity shall determine the amount of assistance provided under section 121 during the year that has been expended for projects conducted under the programs in areas described in section 133(c)(6). 107 STAT. 866 “(2) Report.— The entity conducting the evaluation shall submit a report to the President, Congress, the Corporation, and each State Commission containing the results of the evaluation— “(A) with respect to the evaluation covering the year beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, not later than 18 months after such date; and “(B) with respect to the evaluation covering each subsequent year, not later than 18 months after the first day of each such year.”.