The Serve America Act reauthorizes and expands national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service by amending the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA).

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This interim final rule makes amendments to Chapter 25 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to align the regulations with the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, as amended by the Serve America Act. This rule implements only those provisions in the Serve America Act that are time-sensitive and that will have actual programmatic impact beginning October 1, 2009; subsequent rulemakings to implement other provisions in the Serve America Act will follow.

Commenting on the Rule

Notice and comment procedures are not required under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when the agency for good cause finds that notice and comment is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)). The Corporation has determined that prior notice and comment would be impracticable under the circumstances. The regulatory changes in this interim final rule are those that are necessary for compliance with the law on the effective date. Nevertheless, the Corporation invites all interested persons to submit written views, or other information on this interim final rule. Even though this interim final rule takes effect before the comment period closes, comments submitted in response to this notice will be given full consideration and will be addressed when the Corporation publishes final regulations for these interim regulations.

To ensure that your comments have maximum value, we urge you to identify clearly the specific section or sections of the interim final regulations that each comment addresses and to arrange your comments in the same order as the interim final regulations. During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public comments about these interim final regulations by contacting Amy Borgstrom, (contact info below).

To comment on this rule, you may mail or deliver your comments to Amy Borgstrom, Docket Manager, Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20525. You may also send your comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 606–3476, send them electronically to Rulemaking@cns.gov orsubmit comments through the Federal government’s one-stop rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.

Members of the public may review copies of all communications received on this rulemaking at the Corporation’s Washington, DC headquarters.