42 USC § 12595 - National service educational awards

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s12595"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 12595 - National service educational awards"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12595"
section_name: "National service educational awards"
chapter_number: 129
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "National Service Participants"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 141, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 12595. National service educational awards

**(a)** **Eligibility generally** A participant in a national service program carried out using assistance provided to an applicant under section 12571 of this title shall be eligible for the national service educational award described in division D if the participant—

**(1)** serves in an approved national service position; and

**(2)** satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in section 12602 of this title with respect to service in that approved national service position.

**(b)** **Special rule for VISTA volunteers** section 4955(a)(1) of this title

A VISTA volunteer who serves in an approved national service position shall be ineligible for a national service educational award if the VISTA volunteer accepts the stipend authorized under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 141, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was classified to  prior to the general amendment of subtitle D of title I of  [former part D of this subchapter] by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under , Conservation.