123STA T . 1 564PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (3)DEPLOYM E NT.—Underpa ra g rap h ( 1 ) o r( 2 ) ,t he C or - porat i on m a y — ‘‘( A ) dep l oy intere s ted N ational S er v i c e R eserve Corps mem b ers on assignments o f not more than 3 0 days to assist w ith local needs related to preparing or recovering from the incident in the affected area, either directly or thro u gh organi z ations designated under subsection (d)
‘‘( B )ma k e travel arrangements for the deployed National Service Reserve Corps members to the site of the incident; and ‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations that are responding to the incident with deployed National Service Reserve Corps members, to enable the organizations to coordinate and provide housing, living stipends, and insur- ance for those deployed members. ‘‘( 4 ) ALLO WA N C E.—Any amounts that are utilized by the Corporation from funds appropriated under section 5 01(a)(4)(D) to carry out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are not used during a fiscal year shall remain available to use to pay National Service Reserve Corps members an allowance, determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket e x penses. ‘‘(5) I N F O R MAT I ON.— ‘‘(A) NATIONAL S ER V ICE PARTICIPANTS.— T he Corpora- tion, the State Commissions, and entities receiving finan- cial assistance for programs under subtitle C of this Act, or under part A of title I of the Domestic V olunteer Service Actof1 97 3 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et se q .), shall inform partici- pants about the National Service Reserve Corps upon the participants ’ completion of their term of national service. ‘‘(B) VETERANS.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall inform veterans who are recently discharged, released, or sepa- rated from the Armed F orces about the National Service Reserve Corps. ‘‘( 6 ) COOR D INATION.—In deploying National Service Reserve Corps members under this subsection, the Corporation shall— ‘‘(A) avoid duplication of activities directed by the Fed- eral E mergency M anagement Agency; and ‘‘(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen Corps programs and other local disaster agencies, including State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and similar organizations, in the affected area.’’. SEC.1807 .S O C IAL I N NO V A T ION FU N D S P ILOT P R O G RA M . Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following
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‘ PARTI II —SOC IA L I N NO V ATION FU N D S PILOT PRO G RA M‘ ‘SEC. 1 9 8 K . FUNDS. ‘‘(a) FINDIN G S.—Congress finds the following: ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations are developing innovative and effective solutions to national and local challenges. 42USC1 2 653k.
