PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 107 STAT. 807 section 130 of the State in which the projects would be conducted. "(8) Such other criteria as the Corporation considers to be appropriate. "(d) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. — "(1) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corporation shall ensure that recipients of assistance provided under section 121 are geographically diverse and include projects to be conducted in those urban and rural areas in a State with the highest rates of poverty. "(2) PRIORITIES.—The Corporation may designate, under such criteria as may be established by the Corporation, certain national service programs or tvpes of national service programs described in section 122(a) for priority consideration in the competitive distribution of funds under section 129(d)(2). In designating national service programs to receive priority, the Corporation may include— "(A) national service programs carried out by another Federal agency; "(B) national service programs that conform to the national service priorities in efiTect under section 122(c); "(C) innovative national service programs; "(D) national service programs that are well established in one or more States at the time of the application and are proposed to be expanded to additional States using assistance provided under section 121; "(E) grant programs in support of other national service programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated and extensive expertise in the provision of services to meet himian, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; "(F) professional corps programs described in section 122(a)(8); and "(G) programs that— (i) received funding under subtitle D of this Act, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subtitle; "(ii) the Corporation determines to meet the requirements of sections 142 (other than subsection (g)), 143, and 148 through 150 of this Act, as in effect on such day, in addition to the requirements of this subtitle; and "(iii) include an evaluation component. "(3) ADDITIONAL PRIORITY. —In making a competitive distribution of funds under section 129(d)(2), the Corporation may give priority consideration to a national service program that is— "(A) proposed in an application submitted by a State Commission; and "(B) not one of the t3rpes of programs described in paragraph (2), if the State Commission provides an adequate explanation of the reasons why it shomd not be a priority of such State to carry out any of such types of programs in the State. "(4) REVIEW PANEL. —The Corporation shall— "(A) establish pcmels of experts for the purpose of securing recommendations on apphcations submitted under sec- 69-194O-94-27:QL.3Part1
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