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123STA T . 1 490PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2009 ‘ ‘ (a a )te a m-b a s e d,hig h ly st ruc tured, a n d adult-su p er v ised wo r k e x perience, li f e skills, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services including mentoring

and ‘‘(bb) the opportunity to develop citi z en- ship values and skills through service to their community and the U nited S tates; ‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the C orporation may designate . ‘‘(C) C LEAN ENE RGYS ER VIC EC O R P SIN D ICA T ORS. —T he indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are— ‘‘(i) the number of housing units of low-income households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; ‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have pro- vided service; ‘‘(iii) the number of students and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and environ- mentally conscious practices; ‘‘(iv)( I ) the number of acres of national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, that are cleaned or improved; and ‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the F ederal G overnment or a State, that are cleaned or improved; ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education and skill attainment for clean energy j obs, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the A dministrator of the E nvironmental P rotec- tion Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of L abor, as appro- priate, establishes; or ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘( 4 ) V ETERANS CORPS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities such as those described in subparagraph ( B ) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C). ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— ‘‘(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the uni q ue needs of military families while a family