123STA T . 1 60 0 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 200 9Prog r am,unde r th e s u p er vi sion o f the U nited S tates A gen cy for I nternationa lD evelopment .( e )CO O RDINAT ION. —T he V fP O ffice shall coordinate its efforts w ith other pu b lic and private efforts that aim to send s k illed profes - sionals to serve in developing nations. (f) REP ORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual report to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. SEC.5104 . AUTHORIZ ATIO N O F A P PROPRIATIONS. (a) IN G ENERA L .—There are authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this title $10 ,000,000 for fiscal year 2 010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 201 4 . (b) ALLO C ATION O FFU ND S .— N ot more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be e x pended for the administrative costs of the United States Agency for Inter- national Development to manage the VfP Program. TI T LEV I — E F FE C TIVE DA TE SEC. 6 101. EFFECTI V E D ATE. (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, take effect on October 1, 200 9 . (b) RE G ULATIONS.— E ffective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. SEC. 610 2 . SENSE OF THE SENATE. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following
(1) President J ohn F. K ennedy said, ‘ ‘The raising of extraor- dinarily large sums of money, given voluntarily and freely by millions of our fellow Americans, is a uni q ue American tradition . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely . . . call it what you like, but it is truly a j ewel of an American tradition ’ ’. (2) Americans gave more than $ 3 00,000,000,000 to chari- table causes in 200 7 , an amount equal to roughly 2 percent of the gross domestic product. (3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 7 5 percent or $229,000,000,000, came from individuals. (4) Studies have shown that Americans give far more to charity than the people of any other industrialized nation— more than twice as much, measured as a share of gross domestic product, than the citizens of Great B ritain, and 10 times more than the citizens of France. (5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to charities to support a wide range of religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental goals. ( 6 ) These charities provide innumerable valuable public services to society’s most vulnerable citizens during difficult economic times. (7) Congress has provided incentives through the Internal Revenue Code of 19 8 6 to encourage charitable giving by allowing individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt charities. 42USC1 2 65 1 cnote. 42USC4 9 5 0 note. 22 USC 83 04.
