123STA T . 1 5 5 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9Fel l owshipam o unt the f ellow r e c ei v es un d er su b para -g raph (A) )ise q ual to or greater than 70 percent of the average annual VIST A subsistence allowance .‘ ‘(ii) S MAL L SERVIC ES PON SOR OR G ANI Z A T IONS. — In the case of a small service sponsor organi z ation , the small service sponsor organization ma y decrease the amount of the service sponsor organization award required under clause (i) to not less than an amount that will ensure that the total award received by the fellow for service in the service pro j ect (as calculated in clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 6 0 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. ‘‘( C ) M A X IM U M LIVING ALLO W ANCE.—The total amount that may be provided to a fellow under this subparagraph shall not e x ceed 1 00 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. ‘‘( D ) P RORATION O F AMOUNT.—In the case of a fellow who is authorized to serve a part-time term of service under the agreement described in paragraph (1)( B )(ii), the amount provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall be prorated accordingly. ‘‘( E ) W AIVER.—The Corporation may allow a State Commission to waive the amount required under subpara- graph (B) from the service sponsor organization for a fellow serving the organization if— ‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent with the objec- tives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program
and ‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of living (including food, housing, and transpor- tation) in the area in which the ServeAmerica Fellow- ship program is located. ‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘average annual VISTA subsistence allowance ’ means the total aver- age annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volun- teers under section 10 5 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Actof1 9 7 3 ( 42U .S.C. 4955). ‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WIT H INELIGI B LE SERVICE CATEGORIES.— Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be considered to be a reference to assistance provided under this section. ‘‘(g) R EPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization that receives a fellow under this section shall, on a biwee k ly basis, report to the Corporation on the number of hours served and the services provided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish a web portal for the organizations to use in reporting the information. ‘‘(h) E D UCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in a service project under this section shall be considered to have served in an approved national service position and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time or part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national service educational award described in such section. The Corporation shall transfer an appro- priate amount of funds to the N ational Service Trust to provide for the national service educational award for such fellow. Websit e .
