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42 U.S.C. 12602: Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust

Created in 1993 by Public Law 101-610. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 12563, 42 U.S.C. 12593, 42 U.S.C. 12595, 42 U.S.C. 12601, 42 U.S.C. 12602a.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Corporation for National and Community Service (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2009

    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(1), substituted section catchline for former section catchline. Law text
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(2)(A), inserted ", summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award" after "national service educational award" and substituted "if the organization responsible for the individual's supervision in a national service program certifies that t… Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(2)(B), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2), which read as follows: Law text · (a), (2)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(2)(B), (C), redesignated par. (4) as (3) and struck out former par. (3), which read as follows: "at the time the individual uses the national service educational award— Law text · (a), (4)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(3), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. (1) heading, and added pars. (2) and (3). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(4), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Although an individual may serve more than 2 terms of service described in subsection (b) of this section in an approved national service position, the individual s… Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(A)(i), substituted "In general" for "Seven-year requirement" in heading. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(A)(ii)–(v), substituted "Subject to paragraph (2), an" for "An" and inserted "or a silver scholar educational award" after "national service educational award", "or an approved silver scholar position, as applicable," after "approved national service position", and "Subject… Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(B)(i), inserted ", summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award" after "national service educational award" in introductory provisions. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(B)(i), (ii), inserted ", summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award" after "national service educational award" and ", or 10-year period, as appropriate" after "7-year period". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(B)(iii), inserted ", approved summer of service position, or approved silver scholar position" after "approved national service position". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(5)(C), added par. (3). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–13, §1402(6), inserted "or under section 12563(c)(8) of this title" after "qualifying under this section" and ", a summer of service educational award, or a silver scholar educational award" after "to receive a national service educational award". Law text · (e)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–304 struck out second par. (3) which read as follows: "has received a high school diploma, or the equivalent of such diploma, at the time the individual uses the national service educational award, unless this requirement has been waived based on an individual education … · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.