is eligible to participate in the demonstration program authorized by this part.

(b) SELECTION PROCEDURES.-The Director of the Peace Corps and the Director of ACTION shall each establish uniform criteria for the selection on a competitive basis of individuals to participate in the training programs established under section 162 and to receive educational benefits under section 163. The selection procedures established under this section shall be designed to provide for the awarding of grants for benefits only to students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the Peace Corps or VISTA and to students who will specialize in courses of instruction for which there is a special need in the Peace Corps or VISTA. Not more than 50 individuals shall be selected to participate in the training programs established under section 162.

SEC. 162.5 TRAINING PROGRAM.

The Director of the Peace Corps and the Director of ACTION shall each establish and carry out a training program under which each individual selected under section 161(b), as part of the course of study which the individual is pursuing at the institution of higher education of such individual, receives appropriate training in skills that such individual will employ in the Peace Corps or VISTA.

SEC. 163.6 EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS.

(a) BENEFITS PROVIDED.-Each individual who has been selected under section 161(b) shall be eligible to receive educational benefits in an amount that the Director of the Peace Corps or the Director of ACTION finds reasonable and appropriate, but that shall not exceed the costs of tuition, room and board, books, and fees that the individual incurs in attending the institution of higher education of such individual during the remaining 2 years of the educational program in which the individual is enrolled.

(b) FORM OF BENEFITS.-The educational benefits provided to an individual under subsection (a) shall be in the form of grants, remissions of expenses, or such other form as the Director of the Peace Corps or the Director of ACTION considers appropriate.

(c) REPAYMENT OF BENEFITS.—An individual provided benefits under subsection (a) shall repay the amount of the benefits so provided, plus interest not to exceed that permitted under section 427A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1077(a)-—

(1) if the individual fails to complete the educational program of such individual within the 2-year period specified in section 161(a)(1), or

(2) if the individual fails to serve 3 years as a volunteer in the Peace Corps or VISTA upon completing the educational program of such individual.

The Director of the Peace Corps or the Director of ACTION may waive the repayment requirement if exceptional circumstances, such as illness or death, prevent an individual from meeting such 2-year or 3-year requirement.

542 U.S.C. 12513. 642 U.S.C. 12514.

(d) COLLECTION BY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.-The Secretary of Education shall have the authority to collect amounts owed by an individual under subsection (c). The Secretary may, for the purpose of collecting such amounts, exercise the authorities conferred on the Secretary by sections 467 and 468 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087gg and 1087hh) with respect to the collection of defaulted loans under part E of title IV of that Act. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

SEC. 164. EVALUATION AND REPORT.

The General Accounting Office shall conduct an evaluation of any program authorized by this part and shall prepare and submit to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress

(1) not later than October 31, 1993, an interim report on such evaluation; and

(2) not later than October 31, 1995, a final report on such evaluation, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Director of the Peace Corps, the Director of ACTION, and the Secretary consider appropriate.

7 42 U.S.C. 12515.

7. The Peace Corps-Establishment as Agency Within ACTION

Executive Order 12137, May 16, 1979, 44 F.R. 29023, as amended by Executive Order 12245, October 6, 1980, 45 F.R. 66769; and by Executive Order 12399, December 31, 1982, 48 F.R. 379

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Peace Corps Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2501-2523) and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-1. Peace Corps.

1-101. The Peace Corps, which was established as an agency in the Department of State pursuant to Executive Order No. 10924 of March 1, 1961 (26 FR 1789), which was continued in existence in that Department under the Peace Corps Act (the "Act") pursuant to Section 102 of Executive Order No. 11041 of August 6, 1962 (27 FR 7859), and which was transferred to and continued as a component of ACTION by Executive Order No. 11603 of June 30, 1971 (36 FR 12675), shall be an agency within ACTION pursuant to the provisions of this Order.

1-102. All references to the "Director" in Part 1-1 of this Order shall refer to the Director of the Peace Corps for whom provision is made in Section 4(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2503).

1-103. Exclusive of the functions otherwise delegated by or reserved to the President by this Order, and subject to the provisions of this Order, there are hereby delegated to the Director all functions conferred upon the President by the Act and by Section 2(b) of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971.

1-104. The function of determining the portion of living allowances constituting basic compensation, conferred upon the President by Section 201(a) of Public Law 87-293 (26 U.S.C. 912(3)), is hereby delegated to the Director and shall be performed in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.

1-105. The functions of prescribing regulations and making determinations (relating to appointment of Peace Corps employees in the Foreign Service System), conferred upon the President by Section 5 of Public Law 89-135 (79 Stat. 551), are hereby delegated to the Director.

1-106. The functions of prescribing conditions, conferred upon the President by the second sentence of Section 5(e), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2504(e)), and the third proviso of Section 6 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2505) (relating to providing health care in Government facilities) and hereinabove delegated to the Director, shall be exercised in consultation with the head of the United States Government agency responsible for the facility.

1-107. The reports required by Section 11 of the Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2510), shall be prepared by the Director and submitted to the Congress through the President.

1-108. Subject to applicable provisions of law, all funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the President for carrying out the provisions of the Act shall be deemed to be allocated without any further action of the President to the Director or to such subordinate officer as the Director may designate. The Director or such officer may allocate or transfer, as appropriate, any of such funds to any United States Government agency or part thereof for obligation or expenditures thereby consistent with applicable law. 1-109. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to impair or limit the powers or functions vested in the Secretary of State by the Act. 1-110. The negotiation, conclusion, and termination of international agreements pursuant to the Act shall be under the direction of the Secretary of State.

1-111. Any substantial change in policies in effect on the date of this Order for the utilization of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, pursuant to Section 7 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2506), shall be coordinated with the Secretary of State.

1-112. The Director shall consult and coordinate with the Director of ACTION to assure that the functions delegated to the Director by this Order are carried out consistently with the functions conferred upon the Director of ACTION by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), ("Volunteer Service Act"), Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971 and this Order.

1-2. The Peace Corps Advisory Council.1 *** [Revoked-1982] 1-3. Reservation of Functions to the President.

1-301. There are hereby excluded from the delegations made by Section 1-1 of this Order the following powers and functions of the President:

(a) All authority conferred by Sections 4(b), 4(c)(2), 4(c)(3), 10(d), and 18 of the Act (22 U.S.Č. 2503(b), (C)(2), (C)(3), 2509(d), and 2517).

(b) The authority conferred by Section 4(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2503(a)) to appoint the Director and the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps.

(c) The authority conferred on the President by Section 5(f)(1)(B) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(f)(1)(B)).

(d) The authority conferred by Section 10(f) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2509(f)) to direct any agency of the United States Government to provide services, facilities, and commodities to officers carrying out functions under the Act.

(e) The authority conferred by Section 19 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2518) to adopt and alter an official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps.

1 Sec. 4(k) of Executive Order 12399 revoked sec. 1-2 which had established the Peace Corps Advisory Council.

1-4. Incidental Provisions.

1-401. Persons appointed, employed, or assigned under Section 7(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2506(a)) shall not, unless otherwise agreed by the agency in which such benefits may be exercised, be entitled to the benefits provided by Section 528 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 928) in cases in which their service under the appointment, employment, or assignment exceeds thirty months.

1-402. Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2509(d)), it is hereby determined to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Act that functions authorized thereby may be performed without regard to the applicable laws specified in Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order No. 11223 of May 12, 1965, and with or without consideration as specified in Section 3 of that Order, but subject to the limitations set forth in that Order.

1-403. As used in this Order, the words "Volunteers," "functions," "United States," and "United States Government agency" shall have the same meanings, respectively, as they have under the Act.

1-5. National Voluntary Action Program.

1-501. The National Voluntary Action Program to encourage and stimulate more widespread and effective voluntary action for solving public domestic problems, established in the Executive Branch of the Government by Section 1 of Executive Order No. 11470 of May 26, 1969, is continued in ACTION. That program shall supplement corresponding action by private and other non-Federal organizations as the National Center for Voluntary Action. As used in this Order, the term "voluntary action" means the contribution or application of nongovernmental resources of all kinds (time, money, goods, services, and skills) by private and other organizations of all types (profit and nonprofit, national and local, occupational, and altruistic) and by individual citizens.

1-6. Direction of ACTION.

1-601. In addition to the functions vested in the Director of ACTION by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C., Section 4951 et seq.), Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971, and Section 1-401 of this Order, the Director of ACTION shall:

(a) Encourage local, national and international voluntary activities directed toward the solution or mitigation of community problems.

(b) Provide for the development and operation of a clearinghouse for information on Government programs designed to foster voluntary action.

(c) Initiate proposals for the greater and more effective application of voluntary action in connection with Federal programs, and coordinate, as consistent with law, Federal activities involving such action.

(d) Make grants of seed money, as authorized by law, for stimulating the development or deployment of innovative voluntary action programs directed toward community problems. 1-602. The head of each Federal department and agency, or a designated representative, when so requested by the Director of