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§12513 Study of Program Effectiveness

Title 42 › CHAPTER 129 — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12513

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 12 months after April 21, 2009, the Comptroller General must create performance measures for every program that gets federal help under the national service laws. The measures must use research-based numbers when possible, reflect each program’s purpose and design, and include ways to judge cost effectiveness, management, and oversight of program recipients. Within 2 years after the measures are made, and every 5 years after that, the Comptroller General must send a report to the authorizing committees and the Corporation’s Board assessing each program by those measures. Authorizing committees, Corporation, and national service laws are defined in section 12511. Program means an entire program run by the Corporation, for example the whole AmeriCorps program under subtitle C.

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Title 42, §12513

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(a)In general
Not later than 12 months after April 21, 2009, the Comptroller General of the United States shall develop performance measures for each program receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws.
(b)Contents
The performance measures developed under subsection (a) shall—
(1)to the maximum extent practicable draw on research-based, quantitative data;
(2)take into account program purpose and program design;
(3)include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;
(4)include criteria to evaluate the administration and management of programs receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws; and
(5)include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability of recipients of assistance through such programs under the national service laws.
(c)Report
Not later than 2 years after the development of the performance measures under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the Corporation’s Board of Directors a report containing an assessment of each such program with respect to the performance measures developed under subsection (a).
(d)Definitions
In this section: (1) In general
(2)Program
The term “program” means an entire program carried out by the Corporation under the national service laws, such as the entire AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subtitle C, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), probably means subtitle C (§ 121 et seq.) of title I of Pub. L. 101–610, which is classified generally to division C (§ 12571 et seq.) of this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle C to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Serve America Act, and not as part of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12513

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110