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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§12651k Study of Involvement of Veterans

Title 42 › Chapter 129— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter I— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12651k

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation must study veterans’ involvement in national service and send a report to the authorizing committees no later than 3 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act. The report must cover: how many veterans served each year; what methods are used to find veterans’ needs and any goals for veteran participants; whether those methods and the Veterans Corps help more veterans join national service; ways to make current programs better for veterans, veterans’ groups, and military families and where services are missing; how well programs are coordinated and ideas to improve coordination and the financial setup for veteran services; and ways to use veterans more as volunteers and community resources. To prepare the study and report, the Corporation must consult with veterans’ service organizations, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of Defense as appropriate, and any other people or groups it thinks are helpful.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12651k

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(a)The Corporation shall conduct a study and submit a report to the authorizing committees, not later than 3 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act, on—
(1)the number of veterans serving in national service programs historically by year;
(2)strategies being undertaken to identify the specific areas of need of veterans, including any goals set by the Corporation for veterans participating in the service programs;
(3)the impact of the strategies described in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling greater participation by veterans in the national service programs carried out under the national service laws;
(4)how existing programs and activities carried out under the national service laws could be improved to serve veterans, veterans service organizations, families of active-duty military, including gaps in services to veterans;
(5)the extent to which existing programs and activities carried out under the national service laws are coordinated and recommendations to improve such coordination including the methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization of services directed towards veterans; and
(6)how to improve utilization of veterans as resources and volunteers.
(b)In conducting the studies and preparing the reports required under this subsection, the Corporation shall consult with veterans’ service organizations, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, and other individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate.

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For the

Effective Date

of the Serve America Act, referred to in subsec. (a), as 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.

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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42 U.S.C. § 12651k

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60