Full-time service
Living allowance required
section 4955 of this titleSubject to paragraph (3), each participant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance under this division shall receive a living allowance in an amount equal to or greater than the average annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under .
Limitation on Federal share
section 12571 of this titlesection 4955 of this titleThe amount of the annual living allowance provided under paragraph (1) that may be paid using assistance provided under this division, , and any other Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent of the total average annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under .
Maximum living allowance
section 4955 of this titleThe total amount of an annual living allowance that may be provided to a participant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance under this division shall not exceed 200 percent of the average annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under .
Waiver or reduction of living allowance
Exemption
The requirement of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any program that was in existence on .
Reduction in existing program benefits
In general
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a program in existence on , to decrease any stipends, salaries, or living allowances provided to participants under such program so long as the amount of any such stipends, salaries, or living allowances that is in excess of the levels provided for in this section are paid from non-Federal sources.
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
29 U.S.C. 201For purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [ et seq.], residential youth corps programs under this division will be considered an organized camp.
Health insurance
In addition to the living allowance provided under subsection (a), program agencies are encouraged to provide health insurance to each participant in a full-time youth corps program who does not otherwise have access to health insurance.
Facilities, services, and supplies
In general
The program agency may deduct, from amounts provided under subsection (a) to a participant, a reasonable portion of the costs of the rates for any room and board that is provided for such participant at a residential facility. Such deducted funds shall be deposited into rollover accounts that shall be used solely to defray the costs of room and board for participants.
Evaluation
The program agency shall establish the amount of the deductions and rates under paragraph (1) after evaluating the costs of providing such room and board to the participant.
Duties of program agency
A program agency may provide facilities, quarters, and board and shall provide limited and emergency medical care, transportation from administrative facilities to work sites, accommodations for individuals with disabilities, and other appropriate services, supplies, and equipment to each participant.
Other Federal agencies
In general
The Corporation may provide services, facilities, supplies, and equipment, including any surplus food and equipment available from other Federal programs, to any program agency carrying out projects under this division.
Secretary of Defense
Whenever possible, the Corporation shall make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to have logistical support provided by a military installation near the work site, including the provision of temporary tent centers where needed, and other supplies and equipment.
Health and safety standards
The Corporation and program agencies shall establish standards and enforcement procedures concerning the health and safety of participants for all projects, consistent with Federal, State, and local health and safety standards.
Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 199K104 Stat. 3147 Pub. L. 102–10, § 5(6)105 Stat. 30 Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(a)107 Stat. 788 (, formerly § 133, , ; , , ; renumbered § 199M, renumbered § 199K, and amended , (d), (e)(1), (8)(B), , , 814–816.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act June 25, 1938, ch. 676 52 Stat. 1060 section 201 of Title 29The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.
Codification
section 12553 of this titlePub. L. 103–82, § 101(a)Section was formerly classified to prior to renumbering by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–82, § 101(d)1993—Subsec. (a). , added pars. (1) to (5) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:
In generalsection 9902(2) of this title“(1) .—From assistance provided under this part, each participant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance under this part shall receive a living allowance of not more than an amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of two (as defined in ).
Non-federal sources“(2) .—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a program agency may provide participants with additional amounts that are made available from non-Federal sources.”
Pub. L. 103–82, § 101(e)(1)Subsec. (d)(4)(A), (B), (5). , substituted “Corporation” for “Commission”.
Pub. L. 102–101991—Subsec. (d)(1). substituted “subsection (a)” for “subsections (a) and (c)”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–82section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82section 1701 of Title 16Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Conservation.