Order Code RL34096 Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 July 20, 2007 Ann Lordeman Specialist in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 Summary The major f [...] A central purpose of the DVSA, which authorizes the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program and the National Senior Volunteer Corps, is to foster and expand voluntary service in communities while helping the vulnerable, the disadvantaged, the elderly, and the poor. [...] The Corporation would be required to reserve up to 3% of the Learn and Serve appropriation for competitive grants for these civic engagement programs.2 In addition, H. R. 2857 would authorize a summer of service program under which participating students, entering grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer, who complete one hundred hours of service in an approved position would be eligible for 1 [...] H. R. 2857 would authorize $65 million for Learn and Serve programs for FY2008, of which $10 million would be for summer of service grants and $10 million would be deposited in the National Service Trust for the summer of service educational awards. [...] Under current law, an application for refunding a Senior Corps project may not be denied unless the Corporation gives the grant recipient a notice of the possibility of the denial and the grounds for the denial at least 75 days prior to denying funding.