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§12602a Certifications of Successful Completion of Terms of Service

Title 42 › Chapter 129— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter I— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12602a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Payments from the National Service Trust for an eligible person—or for a designated person because of that person’s service—must be based on a written confirmation from the organization that picked and supervised the person, saying the person completed the required term in an approved national service, summer of service, or silver scholar position. If the Corporation finds that confirmation was wrong, it will charge the national service program for the payment or possible payment and will consider all the facts and circumstances when deciding the amount.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12602a

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In making any authorized disbursement from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual (including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined in section 12604(f)(8) of this title, due to the service of an eligible individual) under section 12602 of this title who served in an approved national service position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the individual for and supervised the individual in the approved national service position in which such individual successfully completed a required term of service, in a national service program.
(b)If the Corporation determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national service program a charge for the amount of any associated payment or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification.

Legislative History

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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. § 12602a

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60