; and (2) in section 501 ( 42 U.S.C. 12681 ), by adding at the end the following: (c) Additional authorization of appropriations (1) Authorization There are authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as are necessary for the administration of this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), including the programs and activities, and functions of such Acts, and the goals described in paragraph (2). (2) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) should be sufficient to provide or facilitate volunteer service opportunities and programs for not fewer than 250,000 volunteers in full-time national service per year before the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the 21st Century Community Service Expansion Act . . (d) Noncompetitive eligibility Section 177 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 20 U.S.C. 12637 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Noncompetitive eligibility Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, an individual who has completed a satisfactory full term of service of not less 1,700 hours under any program under this Act shall be eligible for appointment in the Federal competitive service in the same manner as Peace Corps Volunteers as prescribed in Executive Order No. 11103. . (e) Exclusion from Gross Income (1) In General Section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) AmeriCorps Educational Awards Gross income shall not include any national service educational award described in subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.). . (2) Effective Date The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4. Peace Corps (a) Authorization of appropriations Title I of the Peace Corps Act is amended by adding at the