---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12615"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12615"
heading: "National Civilian Community Corps"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12615"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division E — National Civilian Community Corps"
---

# §12615. National Civilian Community Corps

- (a) **Director—** Upon the establishment of the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) [Program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8), the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) shall be under the direction of the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) appointed pursuant to [section 12619(c)(1) of this title](/usc/42/12619.md?p=c-1).
- (b) **Membership in National Civilian Community Corps—**
  - (1) **Participants to be members—** Persons selected to participate in the national service [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) or the summer national service [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) components of the [Program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) shall become members of the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3).
  - (2) **Selection of members—** The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) or the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6)’s designee shall select individuals for membership in the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3).
  - (3) **Application for membership—** To be selected to become a [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member an individual shall submit an application to the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) or to any other office as the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) may designate, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall require. At a minimum, the application shall contain information about the work experience of the applicant and sufficient information to enable the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6), or the [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) of the appropriate campus, to determine whether selection of the applicant for membership in the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) is appropriate.
  - (4) **Team leaders—**
    - (A) **In general—** The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) may select individuals with prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within [units](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) in the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3), to perform service that includes leading and supervising teams of [Corps members](/usc/42/12626.md?p=5). Each team leader shall be selected without regard to the age limitation under [section 12613(b) of this title](/usc/42/12613.md?p=b).
    - (B) **Rights and benefits—** A team leader shall be provided the same rights and benefits applicable to other [Corps members](/usc/42/12626.md?p=5), except that the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) may increase the limitation on the amount of the living allowance under [section 12618(b) of this title](/usc/42/12618.md?p=b) by not more than 10 percent for a team leader.
- (c) **Organization of Corps into units—**
  - (1) **Units—** The [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) shall be divided into permanent [units](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10). Each [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member shall be assigned to a [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10).
  - (2) **Unit leaders—** The leader of each [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) shall be selected from among persons in the permanent cadre established pursuant to [section 12619(c)(2) of this title](/usc/42/12619.md?p=c-2). The designated leader shall accompany the [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) throughout the period of agreed service of the members of the [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10).
- (d) **Campuses—**
  - (1) **Units to be assigned to campuses—** The [units](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) shall be grouped together as appropriate in campuses for operational, support, and boarding purposes. The [Corps campus](/usc/42/12626.md?p=4) for a [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) shall be in a facility or central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for the [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10). [Corps members](/usc/42/12626.md?p=5) may be housed in the campuses.
  - (2) **Campus director—** There shall be a [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) for each campus. The [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) is the head of the campus.
  - (3) **Eligible site for campus—** A campus shall be cost effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, be located in a facility referred to in [section 12622(c) of this title](/usc/42/12622.md?p=c).
- (e) **Distribution of units and campuses—** The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall ensure that the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) [units](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) and campuses are cost effective and are distributed in urban areas and rural areas such that each [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) in a region can be easily deployed for [disaster](/usc/42/5204.md?p=2) and emergency response to such region.
- (f) **Standards of conduct—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) of each campus shall establish and enforce standards of conduct to promote proper moral and disciplinary conditions in the campus.
  - (2) **Sanctions—** Under procedures prescribed by the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6), the [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) of a campus may—
    - (A) transfer a member of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) in that campus to another [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) or campus if the [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) determines that the retention of the member in the member’s [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) or in the [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2)’s campus will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the opportunities of other [Corps members](/usc/42/12626.md?p=5) in that [unit](/usc/42/12626.md?p=10) or campus, as the case may be; or
    - (B) dismiss a member of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) from the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) if the [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) determines that retention of the member in the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the opportunities of other [Corps members](/usc/42/12626.md?p=5).
  - (3) **Appeals—** Under procedures prescribed by the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6), a member of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) may appeal to the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) a determination of a [campus director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=2) to transfer or dismiss the member. The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall provide for expeditious disposition of appeals under this paragraph.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 155, formerly § 195D, as added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1092(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2524; renumbered § 155 and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 104(b), (e)(2)(C), title IV, § 403(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 840, 847, 920; Pub. L. 103–304, § 3(b)(5)(A), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1567; Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1505, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1522.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 12653d of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(b).

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 12615, Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 164, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3159; Pub. L. 102–384, § 4, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1455, related to evaluation reports on Peace Corps and VISTA demonstration programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(a).

A prior section 155 of Pub. L. 101–610 was classified to section 12591 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–82.

### Amendments

2009—Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(1), amended section catchline generally.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(2), substituted “National Civilian Community Corps Program” for “Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program” and “the National Civilian Community Corps shall” for “the Civilian Community Corps shall”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(3)(A), amended heading generally.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(3)(B), inserted “National” before “Civilian Community Corps”.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(3)(C), substituted “campus director of the appropriate campus” for “superintendent of the appropriate camp”.

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(3)(D), added par. (4).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(4)(A), amended heading generally.

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(4)(B), amended heading generally and substituted “in campuses” for “in camps”, “Corps campus” for “Corps camp”, and “in the campuses” for “in the camps”.

Subsec. (d)(2), (3). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(4)(C), amended pars. (2) and (3) generally. Prior to amendment, pars. (2) and (3) related to camp superintendents and eligible sites for camps, respectively.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(5), amended heading generally and substituted “campuses are cost effective and are distributed” for “camps are distributed” and “rural areas such that each Corps unit in a region can be easily deployed for disaster and emergency response to such region.” for “rural areas in various regions throughout the United States.”

Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(6)(A), substituted “campus director” for “superintendent” and, in two places, substituted “campus” for “camp”.

Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(6)(B)(i), substituted “campus director of a campus” for “superintendent of a camp” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(6)(B)(ii), substituted “campus to another unit or campus” for “camp to another unit or camp”, “campus director” for “superintendent”, “campus director’s campus” for “superintendent’s camp”, and “that unit or campus” for “that unit or camp”.

Subsec. (f)(2)(B). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(6)(B)(iii), substituted “campus director” for “superintendent”.

Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1505(6)(C), substituted “campus director” for “camp superintendent”.

1994—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–304 substituted “camps” for “Corps” in heading.

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–82, § 403(b), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Civilian Community Corps”.

Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(e)(2)(C)(i), substituted “section 12619(c)(1)” for “section 12653h(c)(1)”.

Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(e)(2)(C)(ii), substituted “section 12619(c)(2)” for “section 12653h(c)(2)”.

Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(e)(2)(C)(iii), substituted “section 12622(a)(3)” for “section 12653k(a)(3)”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by section 104(b), (e)(2)(C) of Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.