Expansion of national service positions with shorter periods of service

(a) Reduction in hours of full-Time service Section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12593(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking An individual and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), an individual; and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) in the heading, by inserting full- or after hours of; (B) by inserting full- or after complete; and (C) by inserting or stipend after award. (b) Season of service The National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 153(d) (42 U.S.C. 12613(d))— (A) by striking nine months and inserting eight weeks; and (B) by striking such period and inserting year. A period of service performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to term of service and service performed in the term of any renewed agreement shall constitute a single term of service for purposes of section 146(b)(1), and the individual shall not be considered to have received more than the value of 1 national service educational award for service during those 2 terms for purposes of section 146(c).; and (2) in section 156(a) (42 U.S.C. 12616(a)), by striking with between three and six weeks of.