123STA T . 1 5 53 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9(b)GLOBA L Y O UTHSERVIC E D A YS.— S ection198 ( 42U .S. C . 12 653 ) ,as a m en d edins u bsection (a), is f u r t h er amended— (1) in subsection ( g ) (as redesignated b y subsection (a)(3))— ( A ) in the subsection heading, by stri k ing ‘ ‘ N ATIO N AL ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘GLOBAL’’
( B ) by striking ‘‘Nationa l Youth’’ each p lace it appears and inserting ‘‘Global Youth’’; (C) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking the first sentence and inserting ‘‘April 24, 2 0 09, and April 23, 2010, are each designated as ‘Global Youth Ser v ice 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 F ederal 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 CA MP AI G NAN D SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY O F SERVICE.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended by sub- section (a), is further amended by adding at the end the follo w ing
‘‘( j ) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corpora- tion shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call T o 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. I n conducting the campaign, the Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agen- cies and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based organi z ations, businesses, institutions of higher edu- cation, 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 R emembrance 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 Sep- tember 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 e x pertise in representing families of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted constituencies, and in promoting the establishment of Sep- tember 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. Deadlin e .
