Timekeeping

(a) Application Section 131(e) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12583(e)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and aligning the margins of those subparagraphs with the margins of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 131(d)(1) of that Act; (2) by striking Except as and inserting the following: (1) In general Except as; (3) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), as so designated— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting; and; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) ensure that records supporting the provision of any living allowance or other benefit provided to any participant in a national service program described in subparagraph (A) or (B) accurately reflect the national service performed and meet the requirements of paragraph (2).; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) Records Such an applicant that receives assistance under section 121 shall, in maintaining the records described in paragraph (1)(C) with respect to a participant described in that paragraph— (A) ensure that each charge for such an allowance or benefit is accurate, allowable, properly allocated, and incorporated into the official records of the applicant; (B) reflect the total, actual national service program service activity by the participant and account separately for service activity under the grant for the recipient and other work activity for the recipient that is not for a national service program, in such a manner as to ensure that the participant is credited for national service time under the grant, only for service activity under the grant; (C) accurately support the distribution of such an allowance or benefit of the participant among specific activities or cost objectives if the participant provides service activity under the grant for the recipient and other work activity for the recipient that is not for a national service program; and (D) include the same information, according to the same standards, for— (i) funds provided through cost-sharing requirements and used to provide the allowance or benefit; and (ii) funds provided through a Federal award and so used.. (b) Certification Section 146A of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602a) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Timekeeping The entity shall submit records to the Corporation, upon the individual’s completion of the requirements for a term of service, that support such completion, that accurately reflect the national service performed, and that meet the requirements of section 131(e)(2). Such records shall be held by the Corporation to facilitate administration of the National Service Trust for a period of not less than 5 years beginning on the date of that submission..