(e) In the case of any commodity, service, or facility procured from any agency of the United States Government under this Act, reimbursement of payment shall be made to such agency from funds available under this Act. Such reimbursement or payment shall be at replacement cost, or, if required by law, at actual cost, or at any other price authorized by law and agreed to by the owning or disposing agency. The amount of any such reimbursement or payment shall be credited to current applicable appropriations, funds, or accounts from which there may be procured replacements of similar commodities, services, or facilities, except that where such appropriations, funds, or accounts are not reimbursable except by reason of this subsection, and when the owning or disposing agency determines that such replacement is not necessary, any funds received in payment therefor shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS ADVISORY COUNCIL SEC. 8. (a) The President may appoint to membership in a board to be known as the National Service Corps Advisory Council twenty-five persons who are broadly representative of health, welfare, and rehabilitation agencies, of education institutions, and of business, farm, labor, and other public and private organizations and groups, as well as individuals interested in the programs and objectives of the National Service Corps, to advise and consult with the President with regard to policies and programs designed to further the purposes of this Act. (b) Members of the Council shall serve at the pleasure of the President and meet at his call. Members who are not officers or employees of the United States Government shall each be entitled to receive out of funds made available for the purpose of this Act compensation at a rate to be fixed by the President, but not exceeding $75 for each day, not to exceed twenty days in any fiscal year in the case of any such member, spent away from his home or regular place of business for the purpose of attendance at meetings or conferences and in necessary travel, and while so engaged may be paid actual travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of law, the President may accept the services of appointed members under this section without payment of compensation therefor (and with or without payment of travel expenses or per diem in lieu of subsistence). EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS SEC. 9. (a) Experts and consultants or organizations thereof may, as author ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a), be employed by the President for the performance of functions under this Act, and individuals so employed may be compensated at rates not in excess of $75 per diem, and while away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be paid travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of said Act (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), while so employed: Provided, That contracts for such employment may be renewed annually. (b) Service of an individual as a member of the Council authorized to be established by section 8 of this Act or as an expert or consultant under subsection (a) of this section shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of section 13 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2263), section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (5 U.S.C. 59a), section 872 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, or any other law limiting the reemployment of retired officers or employees or governing the simultaneous receipt of compensation and retired pay or annuities. UTILIZATION OF FUNDS SEC. 10. Funds available for the purposes of this Act shall be available for the exercise of any authority granted by this Act, including, but not limited to— (1) rent of buildings and space in buildings in the United States, and for repair, alteration, and improvement of such leased properties; (2) expenses of printing and binding without regard to the provisions of section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111); (3) expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this Act, including (notwithstanding the provisions of section 9 of Public Law 60-328 (31 U.S.C. 673) expenses in connection with meetings of persons whose employment is authorized by section 10 (a) of this Act; (4) expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes or places of burial, and of care and disposition of the remains of corpsmen who may die while such persons are away from their homes participating in activities under this Act. REPORTS SEC. 11. The President shall transmit to the Congress, at least once in each fiscal year, a report on operations under this Act. SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS SEC. 12. All persons employed or assigned to duties and all corpsmen enrolled under this Act shall be investigated to insure that the employment, assignment, or enrollment is consistent with the national interest in accordance with standards and procedures established by the President. SEAL SEC. 13. The President may adopt, alter, and use an official seal or emblem of the National Service Corps of such design as he shall determine, which shall be judicially noticed. MORATORIUM ON STUDENT LOANS SEC. 14. Section 205 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (20 U.S.C. 425) is amended by deleting the word "or" immediately preceding clause (iii) of section 205(b) (2) (A) and by adding immediately after that clause the following: "or (iv) not in excess of three years during which the borrower is in service as a corpsman under the National Service Corps Act: Provided, That this clause shall apply to any loan outstanding on the effective date of the National Service Corps Act only with the consent of the then obligee institution." AMENDMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ACT SEC. 15. Subsection (j) of section 3 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2253), is amended to read as follows: "(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or section 5(f) of the Peace Corps Act or the National Service Corps Act, any military service (other than military service covered by military leave with pay from a civilian position) performed by an individual after December 1956 and any period of service by an individual as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, or as a corpsman under the National Service Corps Act, shall be excluded in determining the aggregate period of service upon which an annuity payable under this chapter to such individual or to his widow or child is to be based, if such individual or widow or child is entitled (or would upon proper application be entitled) at the time of such determination, to monthly old-age or survivors benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402), based on such individual's wages and self-employment income. If in the case of the individual or widow such military service or service under the Peace Corps Act or the National Service Corps Act is not excluded under the preceding sentence, but upon attaining age sixty-two, he or she becomes entitled (or would upon proper application be entitled) to such benefits, the Commission shall redetermine the aggregate period of service upon which such annuity is based, effective as of the first day of the month in which he or she attains such age, so as to exclude such service. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, upon the request of the Commission, inform the Commission whether or not any such individual or widow or child is entitled at any specified time to such benefits." DEFINITIONS SEC. 16. (a) The term "United States" as used in this Act in a territorial sense, includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and all other places, continental or insular, including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (b) The term "health care" includes all appropriate examinations, preventive, curative, and restorative health, medical and dental care, and supplementary services when necessary. (c) For the purposes of this or any other Act, the period of any individual's service as a corpsman under this Act shall include (1) except for the purposes of section 5(h) of this Act, any period of training under section 5 (m) prior to enrollment as a corpsman under this Act; and (2) the period between enrollment as a corpsman and the termination of service as such corpsman by the President or by death or resignation. (d) The term "United States Government agency" includes any department, board, wholly or partly owned corporation, or instrumentality, commission, or establishment of the United States Government. CONSTRUCTION SEC. 17. If any provision of this Act or the application of any provision to any circumstances or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and the applicability of such provision to other circumstances or persons shall not be affected thereby. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 18. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment. JUNE 5, 1963. Hon. LISTER HILL, Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am pleased to furnish the committee my views in support of the proposed National Service Corps program, in response to your request for a report by the Veterans' Administration on S. 1321. This legislation, which was recommended by the President in his "Message on Our Nation's Youth" to the Congress on February 14, 1963, and which he transmitted as a specific legislative proposal to the Congress on April 10, 1963, would authorize the establishment of a National Service Corps to strengthen community service programs in the United States. It would provide for a carefully selected volunteer corps of men and women who would be available, at local invitation and in cooperation with governmental and nongovernmental agencies, to serve for a limited time in projects directed toward the critical human needs which confront so many of our people. We have participated in the activities of the President's study group, under the leadership of the Attorney General, which developed the plan for the program contemplated by the bill. Our many years of expereince in working with the large numbers of dedicated part-time volunteers who are contributing invaluable services to the veterans in our hospitals and domiciliaries make us particularly appreciative of the effective contribution which can be made through a well-organized program for full-time corpsmen as proposed in the measure before your committee. Apart from our general interest in the worthy objectives of the proposed program, we have a special interest in its implementation because of the assistance it can provide in facilitating the return of the hospitalized veteran to his comcommunity which may be far removed from the hospital site. For some time, we have felt keenly the need for a dynamic and coordinated community effort to assist such veterans, particularly those who have received maximum hospital benefits for psychiatric disorders, to achieve a purposeful and productive readjustment in their communities. We feel that the proposed program will serve as a stimulating catalyst for such community effort. It is apparent that I am in full accord with the proposed legislation and I heartily recomend its favorable consideration by the committee. We are advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there is no objection to the presentation of this report and that enactment of this legislation would be in accord with the President's program. Sincerely, J. S. GLEASON, Jr., Administrator. Hon. LISTER HILL, Washington, D.C. GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This letter is in further reply to your request for the views of this Department with respect to S. 1321, a bill to provide for a National Service Corps to strengthen community service programs in the United States. The Department of Commerce urges enactment of S. 1321. We believe that the proposed National Service Corps will make an important contribution toward the solution of many of the problems of the poor and disadvantaged in our society. Its efforts and effects in the localities where corpsmen are requested to serve will be a distinct benefit to the economic life of those communities. Moreover, the example shown by the National Service Corps will provide a stimulus to local community programs wherein local business interests can participate. The Department will, of course, cooperate to the fullest in the programs of the Corps. We believe that the Area Redevelopment Administration can render especially important assistance to the Corps particularly in many urban and rural communities where problems are especially acute. The Bureau of the Budget advised there would be no objection to the submission of this report and further that enactment of the legislation would be in accord with the program of the President. Sincerely, ROBERT E. GILES. PEACE CORPS, Hon. LISTER HILL, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1963. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in reply to your request for a report on S. 1321, a bill to provide for a National Service Corps to strengthen community service programs in the United States. S. 1321 is based closely upon the Peace Corps Act, 75 Stat. 612 (1961), 22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq. (Supp. 1962). After 2 years' experience, we have found the Peace Corps Act to be generally sound and adequate to enable the Peace Corps. to carry out the purposes thereof. The major difference between the Peace Corps Act and S. 1321 is that oversea authorities peculiar to the international scope of Peace Corps operations have been eliminated from S. 1321. We believe, therefore, that S. 1321 should be as effective in enabling the proposed National Service Corps to carry out its purposes as the Peace Corps Act has been for us in this regard. The Bureau of the Budget advises that it has no objectives to the presentation of this report and that enactment of S. 1321 would be in accord with the program of the President. Sincerely yours, R. SARGENT SHRIVER, Director. Hon. LISTER HILL, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D.C., May 27, 1963. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR SENATOR HILL: Your committee has requested this Department's report on S. 1321, a bill to provide for a National Service Corps to strengthen community service programs in the United States. We strongly urge the enactment of S. 1321, which is designed to carry out the President's recommendation for a national service program to help fill the void of our critical human needs. The principal purposes of S. 1321 are to provide new opportunities for fulltime service working with those Americans in greatest need; to illuminate those needs, so as to expand the attack on deprivation in the United States; to moti 99-865-63- -2 vate many more citizens to volunteer their services in their local communities, thus providing encouragement to the communities to help themselves; and to inspire more people to choose professions that serve their fellow citizens. S. 1321 provides that these purposes are to be carried out by the National Service Corps. In his message on the Nation's youth, President Kennedy said: "I *** recommend legislation to establish a National Service Corps a small carefully selected volunteer corps of men and women of all ages working under local direction with professional personnel and part-time local volunteers to help provide urgently needed services in mental health centers and hospitals, on Indian reservations, to the families of immigrant workers, and in the educational and social institutions of hard-hit slum or rural poverty areas." We believe that if this bill is enacted the corps will be able to contribute support and assistance to our work among the American Indians and possibly in our territorial jurisdictions. In many ways, the Indian people and some territorial residents are as underprivileged as any population group under the jurisdiction of the United States. Indian reservations in some instances are vast wastelands due to the lack of understanding of improved agricultural techniques, such as dryfarming and irrigation. Infant mortality has been greatly reduced; yet children continue to die or suffer lifelong physical impairment because their parents have not learned the rudiments of diet or hygiene. We believe that constructive work with these people can vastly improve their living standards. We believe that it is extremely important to provide a means by which local people and local communities can find new ways of helping themselves. This is the main objective of the National Service Corps and we believe a most encouraging goal. The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the administration's program and that S. 1321 is in accord with the program. Sincerely yours, JOHN A. CARVER, JR., Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Hon. LISTER HILL, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in further reply to your request for the views of the Civil Service Commission on S. 1321, a bill to provide for a National Service Corps to strengthen community service programs in the United States. The Commission favors the purposes of this bill. We have no objection to the substantive provisions of the bill relating to personnel matters but we have two recommendations for changes to correct errors of reference. The Commission endorses S. 1321 with the recommended corrections. Under section 5 the President may enroll qualified citizens and nationals of the United States for service in the National Service Corps in the United States. Foreign nationals may also be enrolled under such terms as the President prescribes and where the President determines that their enrollment is in the national interest. Section 5(a) states "except as provided in this Act, corpsmen shall not be deemed officers or employees or otherwise in the service or employment of, or holding office under, the United States for any purpose." Therefore, corpsmen will not be Federal employees for most purposes but will be so considered for certain limited administrative purposes specifically provided for in the bill, as for example coverage under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Internal Revenue Act of 1954, the Federal Tort Claims Act, and so on. Although corpsmen would not be considered Federal employees except for certain limited purposes, if they should enter the Federal service at some time subsequent to their service as corpsmen, satisfactory service as a corpsman would be credited under section 5(i) for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act or other retirement acts covering Federal civilian employees. Unless otherwise determined by the President, such service would also be credited in determining all other rights and privileges based on length of service except two. National Service Corps service would not count toward completion of a trial or probationary period or toward the service requirement for career status. These provisions |