Pub. L. 111-13, tit. I, subtit. H, sec. 1802
ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE.
SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE.(a) Technical Amendments.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking “subsection (r)” and inserting “subsection (g)”;(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b), by striking “to improve the quality” and all that follows through “including—” and inserting “to address emergent needs through summer programs and other activities, and to support service-learning programs and national service programs, including—”;(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively.123 STAT. 1553(b) Global Youth Service Days.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended in subsection (a), is further amended—(1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3))—(A) in the subsection heading, by striking “National” and inserting “Global”;(B) by striking “National Youth” each place it appears and inserting “Global Youth”;(C) in paragraph (1)—(i) by striking the first sentence and inserting “April 24, 2009, and April 23, 2010, are each designated as ‘Global Youth Service Days’.”; and(ii) in the second sentence, by striking “appropriate ceremonies and activities” and inserting “appropriate youth-led community improvement and service-learning activities”;(D) in paragraph (2)—(i) by inserting “and other Federal departments and agencies” after “Corporation”; and(ii) by striking “ceremonies and activities” and inserting “youth-led community improvement and service-learning activities”; and(E) in paragraph (3), by inserting “and other Federal departments and agencies” after “Corporation”.(c) Call to Service Campaign and September 11th Day of Service.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:“(j) Call to Service Campaign.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to encourage all people of the United States, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or part-time national service, long- or short-term public service in the nonprofit sector or government, or volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agencies and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education, elementary schools, and secondary schools.“(k) September 11th Day of Service.—“(1) Federal activities.—The Corporation may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities, which may include activities that are part of the broader Call to Service Campaign under subsection (j), in order to observe the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance at the Federal level.“(2) Activities.—The Corporation may make grants and provide other support to community-based organizations to assist in planning and carrying out appropriate service, charity, and remembrance opportunities in conjunction with the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance.“(3) Consultation.—The Corporation may consult with and make grants or provide other forms of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise in representing families of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted constituencies, and in promoting the establishment of September 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.”.123 STAT. 1554