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42 U.S.C. § 4953 — Authority to operate VISTA program
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This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to [section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12651e/d/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim). Such Director may recruit, select, and train persons to serve in full-time volunteer programs consistent with the provisions and to carry out the purpose of this part.
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This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to [section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12651e/d/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim). Such Director may recruit, select, and train persons to serve in full-time volunteer programs consistent with the provisions and to carry out the purpose of this part.
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**(a) In general** Each entity selecting individuals to serve in a position in which the individuals receive a living allowance, stipend, national service educational award, or salary through a program receiving assistance under the national service laws, shall, subject to regulations and requirements established by the Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such individuals.
**(b) Requirements** A criminal history check under subsection (a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, include—
(1) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ([42 U.S.C. 16901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); 11 See References in Text note below. and
(2)
(A) a search of the State criminal registry or repository in the State in which the program is operating and the State in which the individual resides at the time of application; or
(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history background check.
**(c) Eligibility prohibition** An individual shall be ineligible to serve in a position described under subsection (a) if such individual—
(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history check described in subsection (b);
(2) makes a false statement in connection with such criminal history check;
(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ([42 U.S.C. 16901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); 1 or
(4) has b
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds the following:
(1) Throughout the United States, there are pressing unmet human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs.
(2) Americans desire to affirm common responsibilities and shared values, and join together in positive experiences, that transcend race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, income, and education.
(3) The rising costs of postsecondary education are putting higher education out of reach for an increasing number of citizens.
(4) Americans of all ages can improve their communities and become better citizens through service to the United States.
(5) Nonprofit organizations, local governments, States, and the Federal Government are already supporting a wide variety of national service programs that deliver needed services in a cost-effective manner.
(6) Residents of low-income communities, especially youth and young adults, can be empowered through their service, and can help provide future community leadership.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter to—
(1) meet the unmet human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs of the United States, without displacing existing workers;
(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of community and service throughout the varied and diverse communities of the United States;
(3) expand educational opportunity by rewarding individuals who participate in national service with an increased ability to pursue higher education or job training;
(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless of age, income, geographic location, or disability, to engage in full-time or part-time national service;
(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplication, support locally established initiatives, require measurable goals for p
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**(a) General powers and duties** The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the duties of the Corporation that are not reserved to the Board, and shall have authority and control over all personnel of the Corporation, except as provided in [section 414 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section414&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Duties** In addition to the duties conferred on the Chief Executive Officer under any other provision of the national service laws, the Chief Executive Officer, in collaboration with the State Commissions, shall—
(1) prepare and submit to the Board a strategic plan, including a plan for having 50 percent of all approved national service positions be full-time positions by 2012, every 3 years, and annual updates of the plan, for the Corporation with respect to the major functions and operations of the Corporation;
(2)
(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal with respect to such grants and allotments, contracts, other financial assistance, and designation of positions as approved national service positions, as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the national service laws; and
(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal under [section 12651b(g)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12651b/g/2&num=0&edition=prelim), make such grants and allotments, enter into such contracts, award such other financial assistance, make such payments (in lump sum or installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in the case of financial assistance otherwise authorized under the national service laws, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments and underpayme
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**(a) In general** Participants and crew leaders shall be responsible to, or be the responsibility of, the program agency administering the program on which such participants, crew leaders, and volunteers work.
**(b) Non-Federal employees**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a participant or crew leader in a program that receives assistance under this division shall not be considered a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment.
(2) **Work-related injury** — For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to the compensation of Federal employees for work injuries, a participant or crew leader serving in a program that receives assistance under this division shall be considered an employee of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee” as defined in [section 8101 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8101&num=0&edition=prelim) and the provision 11 So in original. Probably should be “provisions”. of that subchapter shall apply, except—
(A) the term “performance of duty”, as used in such subchapter, shall not include an act of a participant or crew leader while absent from the assigned post of duty of such participant or crew leader, except while participating in an activity authorized by or under the direction and supervision of a program agency (including an activity while on pass or during travel to or from such post of duty); and
(B) compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until the day following the date that the employment of the injured participant or crew leader is terminated.
(3) **Tort claims procedure** — For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims p
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 407, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 410; Pub. L. 98–288, § 21, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 99–551, § 3(b), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3072; Pub. L. 101–204, title IV, § 401, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1814, required annual report on activities under [section 4953 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4953&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under [section 4951 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4951&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 4952
Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 321, Sept. 21, 1993, 107
Stat. 899; Pub. L. 111–13, title II, § 2101, Apr. 21,
2009, 123 Stat. 1581.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2009—Pub. L. 111–13 substituted in second sentence
‘‘increase opportunities for self-advancement by per-
sons affected by such problems.’’ for ‘‘exploit opportu-
nities for self-advancement by persons afflicted with
such problems.’’ and in third sentence ‘‘at the local
level, to support efforts by local agencies and commu-
nity organizations to achieve long-term sustainability
of projects, and to strengthen local agencies and com-
munity organizations to carry out the objectives of
this part.’’ for ‘‘at the local level, and to strengthen
local agencies and organizations to carry out the pur-
pose of this part.’’
1993—Pub. L. 103–82 amended last sentence generally.
Prior to amendment last sentence read as follows: ‘‘In
addition the objective of this part is to generate the
commitment of private sector resources and to encour-
age volunteer service at the local level to carry out the
purposes set forth in this section.’’
1984—Pub. L. 98–288, in second sentence, inserted ‘‘and
alleviate’’ after ‘‘eliminate’’, struck out ‘‘human, so-
cial, and environmental’’ after ‘‘poverty-related’’, in-
serted ‘‘, all geographical areas,’’ after ‘‘all walks of
life’’ and ‘‘low-income individuals,’’ before ‘‘elderly’’,
and inserted at end ‘‘In addition the objective of this
part is to generate the commitment of private sector
resources and to encourage volunteer service at the
local level to carry out the purposes set forth in this
section.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2009 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct
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