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Calendar No. 459 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4466 

To amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing the Peace Corps, providing 

better support for current, returning, and former volunteers, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2022 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

JULY 21, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing the Peace 

Corps, providing better support for current, returning, 

and former volunteers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Funding for the Peace Corps; Integration of information age volunteer 

opportunities. 

Sec. 3. Readjustment allowances for volunteers and volunteer leaders. 

Sec. 4. Restoration of volunteer opportunities for major disruptions to volunteer 

service. 

Sec. 5. Health care continuation for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 6. Access to antimalarial drugs and hygiene products for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 7. Codification of certain Executive orders relating to existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring status for returning volunteers 

and extension of the period of such status. 

Sec. 8. Extension of period of existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring 

status for returning volunteers. 

Sec. 9. Protection of Peace Corps volunteers against reprisal or retaliation. 

Sec. 10. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

Sec. 11. Memorandum of Agreement with Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the 

Department of State. 

Sec. 12. Clarification regarding eligibility of United States nationals. 

Sec. 13. Workers compensation for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 14. Sexual Assault Advisory Council. 

Sec. 15. Suspension without pay. 

Sec. 16. Technical and conforming amendments. 

3 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR THE PEACE CORPS; INTEGRATION OF 

4 INFORMATION AGE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNI5 TIES. 

6 Section 3 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (b)— 

9 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert10 ing the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) There is authorized to be appropriated 

12 $410,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 

13 2027 to carry out this Act.’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fis2 cal year and the subsequent fiscal year’’ and in3 serting ‘‘obligation until the last day of the sub4 sequent fiscal year’’; and 

5 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub6 section (e). 

7 SEC. 3. READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES FOR VOLUNTEERS 

8 AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS. 

9 Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘insure their 

12 health’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure their safety, their 

13 health, and’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘$125’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$375’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place such term 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

20 volunteer’’; 

21 (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub22 section (d); 

23 (4) by inserting after subsection (d), as redesig24 nated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) The Director shall consult with heath experts 

2 outside of the Peace Corps, including experts licensed in 

3 the field of mental health, and follow guidance by the Cen4 ters for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the pre5 scription of medications to volunteers.’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in7 serting ‘‘the President’’; 

8 (6) in subsection (n)(2)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ each place 

10 such term appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 

11 (d)’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

13 President’’; and 

14 (7) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘his’’ each 

15 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘the volun16 teer’s’’. 

17 SEC. 4. RESTORATION OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 

18 FOR MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO VOLUNTEER 

19 SERVICE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2504), as amended by section 3 of this Act, 

22 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(q) DISRUPTION OF SERVICE PROTOCOLS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

25 processes for the safe return to service of returning 


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1 Peace Corps volunteers whose service is interrupted 

2 due to mandatory evacuations of volunteers due to 

3 catastrophic events or global emergencies of unknow4 able duration, which processes shall include— 

5 ‘‘(A) the establishment of monitoring and 

6 communications systems, protocols, safety 

7 measures, policies, and metrics for determining 

8 the appropriate approaches for restoring volun9 teer opportunities for evacuated return volun10 teers whose service is interrupted by a cata11 strophic event or global emergency; and 

12 ‘‘(B) streamlining, to the fullest extent 

13 practicable, application requirements for the re14 turn to service of such volunteers. 

15 ‘‘(2) RETURN TO SERVICE.—Beginning on the 

16 date on which any volunteer described in paragraph 

17 (1) returns to service, the Director shall strive to af18 ford evacuated volunteers, to the fullest extent prac19 ticable, the opportunity— 

20 ‘‘(A) to return to their previous country of 

21 service, except for Peace Corps missions in 

22 China; and 

23 ‘‘(B) to continue their service in the most 

24 needed sectors within the country in which they 

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1 uation due to a catastrophic event or global 

2 emergency, except for Peace Corps missions in 

3 China. 

4 ‘‘(r) SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS AND ACCRUAL OF

5 INTEREST ON FEDERAL LOANS DURING SERVICE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a volunteer received a 

7 Federal loan held by the Department of Education 

8 under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 

10 1087a et seq.) before commencing service in the 

11 Peace Corps— 

12 ‘‘(A) all payments due for such loans shall 

13 be suspended; and 

14 ‘‘(B) interest shall not accrue on such loan 

15 for the duration of such service. 

16 ‘‘(2) DEFERMENT OR FORBEARANCE.—Not17 withstanding any other provision of the Higher Edu18 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the 

19 Secretary of Education shall deem each month for 

20 which a loan payment was— 

21 ‘‘(A) suspended under this section; or 

22 ‘‘(B) subject to a deferment or forbearance 

23 under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as if 

24 the borrower of the loan had made a payment 

25 for the purpose of any loan forgiveness program 


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1 or loan rehabilitation program authorized under 

2 part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a 

4 et seq.) for which the borrower would have oth5 erwise qualified.’’. 

6 (b) MEDICAL PERSONNEL.—Section 5A(b) of the 

7 Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a(b)) is amended, in the 

8 matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, mental 

9 health professionals’’ after ‘‘medical officers’’. 

10 (c) VOLUNTEER LEADERS.—Section 6 of the Peace 

11 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2505) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$125’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘$375’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in15 serting ‘‘the President’’. 

16 SEC. 5. HEALTH CARE CONTINUATION FOR PEACE CORPS 

17 VOLUNTEERS. 

18 Section 5(d) of the Peace Corps Act, as redesignated 

19 by section 3(3) of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(d)(1) Volunteers shall receive such health care dur21 ing their service as the Director considers necessary or ap22 propriate, including, if necessary, services under section 

23 8B. 

24 ‘‘(2) Applicants for enrollment shall receive such 

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1 plicants for enrollment who have accepted an invitation 

2 to begin a period of training under section 8(a) shall re3 ceive, preparatory to their service, such immunization, 

4 dental care, and information regarding prescription op5 tions and potential interactions, as may be necessary and 

6 appropriate and in accordance with subsection (F). 

7 ‘‘(3) Returned volunteers shall receive the health ex8 aminations described in paragraph (2) during the 6-month 

9 period immediately following the termination of their serv10 ice, including services provided in accordance with section 

11 8B (except that the 6-month limitation shall not apply in 

12 the case of such services), as the Director determines nec13 essary or appropriate. 

14 ‘‘(4) Subject to such conditions as the Director may 

15 prescribe, the health care described in paragraphs (1) 

16 through (3) for serving volunteers, applicants for enroll17 ment, or returned volunteers may be provided in any facil18 ity of any agency of the United States Government, and 

19 in such cases the amount expended for maintaining and 

20 operating such facility shall be reimbursed from appro21 priations available under this Act. Health care may not 

22 be provided under this subsection in a manner that is in23 consistent with the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction 

24 Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–12). 


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1 ‘‘(5) Returned volunteers, including those whose pe2 riod of service is subject to early termination as the result 

3 of an emergency, shall receive, upon termination of their 

4 service with the Peace Corps, 60 days of short term non5 service-related health insurance for transition and travel, 

6 during which they will be— 

7 ‘‘(A) given an opportunity to extend such tran8 sitional health insurance for 1 additional month, at 

9 their expense; and 

10 ‘‘(B) advised to obtain health insurance cov11 erage through a qualified health plan (as defined in 

12 section 1301 of the Patient Protection and Afford13 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18021)). 

14 ‘‘(6) Not later than 30 days before the date on which 

15 the period of service of a volunteer terminates, or 30 days 

16 after such termination date if such termination is the re17 sult of an emergency, the Director, in consultation with 

18 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall pro19 vide detailed information to such volunteer regarding op20 tions for health care after termination other than health 

21 care provided by the Peace Corps, including information 

22 regarding— 

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1 ‘‘(i) the application process and eligibility 

2 requirements for medical assistance through a 

3 State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the So4 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), or 

5 under a waiver of such plan; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) health care navigators or health care 

7 option identification services available through 

8 the public and private sectors; 

9 ‘‘(B) the qualified health plans (as defined in 

10 section 1301(a) of the Patient Protection and Af11 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18021(a))) offered 

12 through an Exchange established under title I of 

13 such Act, including the enrollment periods for enroll14 ing such plans; and 

15 ‘‘(C) if such volunteer is 25 years of age or 

16 younger, the eligibility of such volunteer to enroll as 

17 a dependent child in a group health plan or health 

18 insurance coverage in which the parent of such vol19 unteer is enrolled in such plan or coverage offers 

20 such dependent coverage. 

21 ‘‘(7) Paragraphs (5) and (6) shall apply to volunteers 

22 whose periods of service are subject to early termination.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. ACCESS TO ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS AND HYGIENE 

2 PRODUCTS FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 

3 Section 5A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub7 section (e); 

8 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(c) ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall consult 

12 with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and 

13 Prevention regarding recommendations for pre14 scribing malaria prophylaxis, in order to provide the 

15 best standard of care within the context of the Peace 

16 Corps environment. 

17 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN TRAINING.—The Director shall 

18 ensure that each Peace Corps medical officer serving 

19 in a malaria-endemic country receives training in the 

20 recognition of the side effects of such medications. 

21 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall con22 sult with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

23 Health Affairs regarding the policy of using 

24 mefloquine in the field as an antimalarial prophy25 lactic. 


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1 ‘‘(d) ACCESS TO HYGIENE PRODUCTS.—Not later 

2 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 

3 Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, the Director 

4 shall establish a comprehensive policy to ensure Peace 

5 Corps volunteers who require hygiene products are able 

6 to access such products.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. CODIFICATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS 

8 RELATING TO EXISTING NONCOMPETITIVE 

9 ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING STATUS FOR 

10 RETURNING VOLUNTEERS AND EXTENSION 

11 OF THE PERIOD OF SUCH STATUS. 

12 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is 

13 amended by inserting after section 5A the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 5B. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELAT15 ING TO NONCOMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FED16 ERAL HIRING STATUS FOR RETURNING VOL17 UNTEERS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), Execu19 tive Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note; relating to Pro20 viding for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volun21 teers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Ex22 ecutive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the 

23 Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management in the 

24 Federal Service), as in effect on the day before the date 

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1 of 2022, shall remain in effect and have the full force and 

2 effect of law. 

3 ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

5 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—the term ‘Ex6 ecutive agency’— 

7 ‘‘(i) has the meaning given such term 

8 in section 105 of title 5, United States 

9 Code; 

10 ‘‘(ii) includes the United States Postal 

11 Service and the Postal Regulatory Com12 mission; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) does not include the Government 

14 Accountability Office. 

15 ‘‘(B) HIRING FREEZE.—The term ‘hiring 

16 freeze’ means any memorandum, Executive 

17 order, or other action by the President that 

18 prohibits an Executive agency from filling va19 cant Federal civilian employee positions or cre20 ating new such positions. 

21 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The period of eligibility for 

22 noncompetitive appointment to the civil service pro23 vided to an individual under subsection (a), includ24 ing any individual who is so eligible on the date of 

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1 Act of 2022, shall be extended by the total number 

2 of days, during such period, that— 

3 ‘‘(A) a hiring freeze for civilian employees 

4 of the executive branch is in effect by order of 

5 the President with respect to any Executive 

6 agency at which the individual has applied for 

7 employment; 

8 ‘‘(B) there is a lapse in appropriations 

9 with respect to any Executive agency at which 

10 the individual has applied for employment; or 

11 ‘‘(C) the individual is receiving disability 

12 compensation under section 8142 of title 5, 

13 United States Code, based on the individual’s 

14 service as a Peace Corp volunteer, retroactive to 

15 the date the individual applied for such com16 pensation. 

17 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—The period of eligibility 

18 for noncompetitive appointment status to the civil 

19 service under subsection (a) shall apply to a Peace 

20 Corps volunteer— 

21 ‘‘(A) whose service ended involuntarily as a 

22 result of a suspension of volunteer operations 

23 by the Director, but may not last longer than 

24 1 year after the date on which such service 

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1 ‘‘(B) who re-enrolls as a volunteer in the 

2 Peace Corps after completion of a term of serv3 ice.’’. 

4 SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING NONCOMPETI5 TIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING STATUS 

6 FOR RETURNING VOLUNTEERS. 

7 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is 

8 amended by inserting after section 5B, as added by section 

9 7 of this Act, the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 5C. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING NON11 COMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING 

12 STATUS FOR RETURNING VOLUNTEERS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5B, Executive 

14 Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note; relating to Providing 

15 for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers 

16 to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive 

17 Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil 

18 Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Fed19 eral Service), as in effect on the day before the date of 

20 the enactment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 

21 2022, shall remain in effect and have the full force and 

22 effect of law. 

23 ‘‘(b) NONCOMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIR24 ING STATUS.—Subject to subsection (d), any volunteer 

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1 2020, and who has been certified by the Director as hav2 ing satisfactorily completed a full term of service, may be 

3 appointed to a position in any United States department, 

4 agency, or establishment in the competitive service under 

5 title 5, United States Code, without competitive examina6 tion, in accordance with such regulations and conditions 

7 as may be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Per8 sonnel Management. 

9 ‘‘(c) EXTENSION.—The appointing authority may ex10 tend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under sub11 section (b) to not more than 2 years after a volunteer’s 

12 separation from the Peace Corps if the volunteer, following 

13 such service, was engaged in— 

14 ‘‘(1) military service; 

15 ‘‘(2) the pursuit of studies at a recognized insti16 tution of higher learning; or 

17 ‘‘(3) other activities which, in the view of the 

18 appointing authority, warrant an extension of such 

19 eligibility. 

20 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—The appointing authority may not 

21 extend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under 

22 subsection (b) to any volunteer who chooses to be subject 

23 to early termination.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS 

2 AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIATION. 

3 Section 8G of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507g) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIA6 TION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 ‘‘(A) COVERED OFFICIAL OR OFFICE.—The 

9 term ‘covered official or office’ means— 

10 ‘‘(i) any Peace Corps employee, in11 cluding an employee of the Office of In12 spector General; 

13 ‘‘(ii) a Member of Congress or a des14 ignated representative of a committee of 

15 Congress; 

16 ‘‘(iii) an Inspector General (other 

17 than the Inspector General for the Peace 

18 Corps); 

19 ‘‘(iv) the Government Accountability 

20 Office; 

21 ‘‘(v) any authorized official of the De22 partment of Justice or other Federal law 

23 enforcement agency; and 

24 ‘‘(vi) a United States court, including 

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1 ‘‘(B) RELIEF.—The term ‘relief’ includes 

2 all affirmative relief necessary to make a volun3 teer whole, including monetary compensation, 

4 equitable relief, compensatory damages, and at5 torney fees and costs. 

6 ‘‘(C) REPRISAL OR RETALIATION.—The 

7 term ‘reprisal or retaliation’ means taking, 

8 threatening to take, or initiating adverse ad9 ministrative action against a volunteer because 

10 the volunteer made a report described in sub11 section (a) or otherwise disclosed to a covered 

12 official or office any information pertaining to 

13 waste, fraud, abuse of authority, misconduct, 

14 mismanagement, violations of law, or a signifi15 cant threat to health and safety, if the activity 

16 or occurrence complained of is based upon the 

17 reasonable belief of the volunteer. 

18 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

19 Corps shall take all reasonable measures, including 

20 through the development and implementation of a 

21 comprehensive policy, to prevent and address re22 prisal or retaliation against a volunteer by any Peace 

23 Corps officer or employee, or any other person with 

24 supervisory authority over the volunteer during the 

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1 ‘‘(3) REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION; RE2 LIEF.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may re4 port a complaint or allegation of reprisal or re5 taliation— 

6 ‘‘(i) directly to the Inspector General 

7 of the Peace Corps, who may conduct such 

8 investigations and make such recommenda9 tions with respect to the complaint or alle10 gation as the Inspector General considers 

11 appropriate; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) through other channels provided 

13 by the Peace Corps, including through the 

14 process for confidential reporting imple15 mented pursuant to subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(B) RELIEF.—The Director of the Peace 

17 Corps— 

18 ‘‘(i) may order any relief for an af19 firmative finding of a proposed or final res20 olution of a complaint or allegation of re21 prisal or retaliation in accordance with 

22 policies, rules, and procedures of the Peace 

23 Corps; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) shall ensure that such relief is 

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1 ‘‘(4) APPEAL.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may sub3 mit an appeal to the Director of the Peace 

4 Corps of any proposed or final resolution of a 

5 complaint or allegation of reprisal or retaliation. 

6 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

7 in this paragraph may be construed to affect 

8 any other right of recourse a volunteer may 

9 have under any other provision of law. 

10 ‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS AND REM11 EDIES.—The Director of the Peace Corps shall en12 sure that volunteers are informed in writing of the 

13 rights and remedies provided under this section. 

14 ‘‘(6) DISPUTE MEDIATION.—The Director of 

15 the Peace Corps shall offer the opportunity for vol16 unteers to resolve disputes concerning a complaint 

17 or allegation of reprisal or retaliation through medi18 ation in accordance with procedures developed by the 

19 Peace Corps. 

20 ‘‘(7) VOLUNTEER COOPERATION.—The Director 

21 of the Peace Corps may take such disciplinary or 

22 other administration action, including termination of 

23 service, with respect to a volunteer who unreason24 ably refuses to cooperate with an investigation into 

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1 conducted by the Inspector General of the Peace 

2 Corps.’’. 

3 SEC. 10. PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

4 Section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by striking ‘‘(subject to subsection (d)(1)) 

9 conduct on-site inspections, and make examina10 tions, of the activities of the Peace Corps in the 

11 United States and in other countries in order 

12 to’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

16 subparagraph (G); and 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) make recommendations for utilizing 

20 the expertise of returned Peace Corps volun21 teers in fulfilling the goals of the Peace Corps; 

22 ‘‘(E) make recommendations on strength23 ening diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi24 bility principles in the workforce and daily work 

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1 ‘‘(i) increasing the recruitment of vol2 unteers from diverse backgrounds and bet3 ter supporting such volunteers during their 

4 training and enrollment in the Peace 

5 Corps; 

6 ‘‘(ii) increasing and sustaining a di7 verse and inclusive workforce through data 

8 collection, anti-harassment and anti-dis9 crimination measures, recruitment, reten10 tion, professional development, and pro11 motion and leadership initiatives that also 

12 consider the work and roles of contractors; 

13 ‘‘(iii) ensuring that advisory commit14 tees and boards represent the diversity of 

15 the agency; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) increasing opportunities in oper17 ations, programming, and procurement 

18 through work with partners and commu19 nities that are underrepresented or tradi20 tionally marginalized; 

21 ‘‘(F) make recommendations to reduce any 

22 financial barriers to application, training, or en23 rollment in the Peace Corps, including medical 

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1 (2) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

2 (2) to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) The Council shall be composed of 7 members 

4 who are United States citizens and are not being paid as 

5 officers or employees of the Peace Corps or of any other 

6 United States Government entity. 

7 ‘‘(B) Of the 7 members of the Council— 

8 ‘‘(i) 1 member shall be appointed by the Presi9 dent; 

10 ‘‘(ii) 3 members shall be appointed by the 

11 President pro tempore of the Senate, of which— 

12 ‘‘(I) 2 members shall be appointed upon 

13 the recommendation of the leader in the Senate 

14 of the political party that is not the political 

15 party of the President; 

16 ‘‘(II) 1 member shall be appointed upon 

17 the recommendation of the leader in the Senate 

18 of the political party of the President; and 

19 ‘‘(III) at least 2 members shall be former 

20 Peace Corps volunteers; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) 3 members shall be appointed by the 

22 Speaker of the House of Representatives, of which— 

23 ‘‘(I) 2 members shall be appointed upon 

24 the recommendation of the leader in the House 


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1 of Representatives of the political party that is 

2 not the political party of the President; 

3 ‘‘(II) 1 member shall be appointed upon 

4 the recommendation of the leader in the House 

5 of Representatives of the political party of the 

6 President; and 

7 ‘‘(III) at least 2 members shall be former 

8 Peace Corps volunteers. 

9 ‘‘(C) Council members shall be appointed to 2-year 

10 terms. No member of the Council may serve for more than 

11 2 consecutive 2-year terms. 

12 ‘‘(D) Not later than 30 days after any vacancy occurs 

13 on the Council, the Director shall appoint an individual 

14 to fill such vacancy. Any Council member appointed to fill 

15 a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for 

16 which the member’s predecessor was appointed— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall be appointed for the remainder of 

18 such term; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) may only serve on the Council for 1 addi20 tional 2-year term. 

21 ‘‘(E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), Council 

22 members shall not be subject to laws relating to Federal 

23 employment, including laws relating to hours of work, 

24 rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensa25 tion, and Federal employee benefits. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), Council members 

2 shall be deemed to be Federal employees for purposes of— 

3 ‘‘(I) chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code 

4 (relating to compensation for work-related injuries); 

5 ‘‘(II) chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code 

6 (relating to conflicts of interest); 

7 ‘‘(III) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 

8 Code (relating to tort claims); and 

9 ‘‘(IV) section 3721 of title 31 (relating to 

10 claims for damage to, or loss of, personal property 

11 incident to service). 

12 ‘‘(F) Council members shall serve at the pleasure of 

13 the Director. The Council may remove a member from the 

14 Council by a vote of 5 members if the Council determines 

15 that such member— 

16 ‘‘(i) committed malfeasance in office; 

17 ‘‘(ii) persistently neglected, or was unable to 

18 successfully discharge, his or her duties on the 

19 Council; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) committed an offense involving moral tur21 pitude.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (g)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘and at its first regular 

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1 inserting ‘‘at its first meeting each subsequent 

2 calendar year’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘The Chair and Vice Chair shall each serve in 

5 such capacity for a period not to exceed 2 

6 years. The Director may renew the term of 

7 members appointed as Chair and Vice Chair 

8 under this subsection.’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (h), by amending paragraph 

10 (1) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) The Council shall hold 1 regular meeting per 

12 quarter of each calendar year at a date and time to be 

13 determined by the Chair of the Council or at the call of 

14 the Director.’’; and 

15 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(k) INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

17 None of the activities or functions of the Council author18 ized under subsection (b)(2) may undermine the independ19 ence or supersede the duties of the Inspector General of 

20 the Peace Corps.’’. 

21 SEC. 11. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU OF 

22 DIPLOMATIC SECURITY OF THE DEPART23 MENT OF STATE. 

24 (a) QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW AND UPDATE.—Not 

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1 this Act, and at least once every 5 years, the Director of 

2 the Peace Corps and the Assistant Secretary of State for 

3 Diplomatic Security shall— 

4 (1) review the Memorandum of Agreement be5 tween the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the De6 partment of State and the Peace Corps regarding 

7 security support and protection of Peace Corps vol8 unteers, and staff members abroad; and 

9 (2) update such Memorandum of Agreement, as 

10 appropriate. 

11 (b) NOTIFICATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

13 Corps and the Assistant Secretary of State for Dip14 lomatic Security shall jointly submit any update to 

15 the Memorandum of Agreement under subsection (a) 

16 to— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

18 the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

20 the House of Representatives. 

21 (2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—Each written 

22 notification submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 

23 shall be submitted not later than 30 days before the 

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1 SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OF 

2 UNITED STATES NATIONALS. 

3 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as 

4 amended by this Act, is further amended— 

5 (1) in section 7(a)(5) (22 U.S.C. 2506(a)(5)), 

6 by striking ‘‘United States citizens’’ each place such 

7 term appears and inserting ‘‘United States nationals 

8 of American Samoa and citizens of the United 

9 States’’; 

10 (2) in section 8(b) (22 U.S.C. 2507(b)), by in11 serting ‘‘United States nationals of American Samoa 

12 and’’ after ‘‘training for’’; 

13 (3) in section 10(b) (22 U.S.C. 2509(b)), strik14 ing ‘‘any person not a citizen or resident of the 

15 United States’’ and inserting ‘‘any person who is not 

16 a United States national of American Samoa nor a 

17 citizen or resident of the United States’’; and 

18 (4) in section 12(g) (22 U.S.C. 2511(g), by in19 serting ‘‘United States nationals of American Samoa 

20 or’’ after ‘‘who are’’. 

21 SEC. 13. WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR PEACE CORPS 

22 VOLUNTEERS. 

23 Section 8142(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 

24 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 

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1 ‘‘(1) a volunteer injured on or after the date of 

2 the enactment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization 

3 Act of 2022 is deemed to be receiving monthly pay 

4 at the rate for GS–7, step 5; 

5 ‘‘(2)(A) a volunteer or former volunteer whose 

6 injury occurred before the date of the enactment of 

7 the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022 shall 

8 have their disability compensation prospectively ad9 justed so that they are deemed receiving monthly 

10 pay at the rate for GS–7, step 5, unless such adjust11 ment would result in a reduction of compensation 

12 payable; 

13 ‘‘(B) benefits paid under section 8133 due to a 

14 death occurring before such date of enactment shall 

15 be prospectively adjusted to reflect the volunteer’s 

16 deemed receiving monthly pay at the rate for GS– 

17 7, step 5; and 

18 ‘‘(C) nothing in this subsection may be con19 strued to authorize the retroactive adjustment to the 

20 rate for GS–7, step 5 for compensation payable for 

21 any period before such date of enactment.’’. 

22 SEC. 14. SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

23 (a) REPORT AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL AS24 SAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8D of the Peace 

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1 (1) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—On an annual basis through the 

4 date specified in subsection (g), the Council shall submit 

5 a report to the Director of the Peace Corps, the Com6 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 

7 on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on For8 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives that describes its findings based on the reviews con11 ducted pursuant to subsection (c) and includes relevant 

12 recommendations. Each such report shall be made publicly 

13 available.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

15 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2027’’. 

16 SEC. 15. SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. 

17 Section 7 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2506) 

18 is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

19 ‘‘(b) SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY.—(1) The Peace 

20 Corps may suspend (without pay) any employee appointed 

21 or assigned under this section if the Director has deter22 mined that the employee engaged in serious misconduct 

23 that could impact the efficiency of the service and could 

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1 ‘‘(2) Any employee for whom a suspension without 

2 pay is proposed under this subsection shall be entitled 

3 to— 

4 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 

5 for such proposed suspension; 

6 ‘‘(B)(i) up to 15 days to respond orally or in 

7 writing to such proposed suspension if the employee 

8 is assigned in the United States; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) up to 30 days to respond orally or in writ10 ing to such proposed suspension if the employee is 

11 assigned outside of the United States; 

12 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other 

13 representative, at the employee’s own expense; 

14 ‘‘(D) a written decision, including the specific 

15 reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable; 

16 ‘‘(E) a process through which the employee may 

17 submit an appeal to the Director of the Peace Corps 

18 not later than 10 business days after the issuance of 

19 a written decision; and 

20 ‘‘(F) a final decision personally rendered by the 

21 Director of the Peace Corps not later than 30 days 

22 after the receipt of such appeal. 

23 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 

24 final decision under paragraph (2)(F) shall be final and 

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1 ‘‘(4) If the Director fails to establish misconduct by 

2 an employee under paragraph (1) and no disciplinary ac3 tion is taken against such employee based upon the alleged 

4 grounds for the suspension, the employee shall be entitled 

5 to reinstatement, back pay, full benefits, and reimburse6 ment of attorney fees of up to $20,000.’’. 

7 SEC. 16. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

8 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as 

9 amended by this Act, is further amended— 

10 (1) by amending section 1 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

12 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

13 ‘Peace Corps Act’. 

14 ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 

15 for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘TITLE I—THE PEACE CORPS 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Declaration of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 2A. Peace Corps as an independent agency. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Authorization. 

‘‘Sec. 4. Director of the Peace Corps and delegation of functions. 

‘‘Sec. 5. Peace Corps volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 5A. Health care for volunteers at Peace Corps posts. 

‘‘Sec. 5B. Codification of Executive orders relating to noncompetitive eligibility 

Federal hiring status for returning volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 5C. Extension of period of existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring status for returning volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 6. Peace Corps volunteer leaders. 

‘‘Sec. 7. Peace Corps employees. 

‘‘Sec. 8. Volunteer training. 

‘‘Sec. 8A. Sexual assault risk-reduction and response training. 

‘‘Sec. 8B. Sexual assault policy. 

‘‘Sec. 8C. Office of Victim Advocacy. 

‘‘Sec. 8D. Establishment of Sexual Assault Advisory Council. 

‘‘Sec. 8E. Volunteer feedback and Peace Corps review. 

‘‘Sec. 8F. Establishment of a policy on stalking. 

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‘‘Sec. 8H. Removal and assessment and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 8I. Reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 9. Participation of foreign nationals. 

‘‘Sec. 10. General powers and authorities. 

‘‘Sec. 11. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 12. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

‘‘Sec. 13. Experts and consultants. 

‘‘Sec. 14. Detail of personnel to foreign governments and international organizations. 

‘‘Sec. 15. Utilization of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 16. Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account. 

‘‘Sec. 17. Use of foreign currencies. 

‘‘Sec. 18. Activities promoting Americans’ understanding of other peoples. 

‘‘Sec. 19. Exclusive right to seal and name. 

‘‘Sec. 22. Security investigations. 

‘‘Sec. 23. Universal Military Training and Service Act. 

‘‘Sec. 24. Foreign language proficiency. 

‘‘Sec. 25. Nonpartisan appointments. 

‘‘Sec. 26. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 27. Construction. 

‘‘Sec. 28. Effective date. 

‘‘TITLE II—AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND 

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 

‘‘TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

PROGRAMS 

‘‘Sec. 301. ’’; 

1 (2) in section 2(a) (22 U.S.C. 2501(a))— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘help the peoples’’ and in3 serting ‘‘partner with the peoples’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘manpower’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘individuals’’; 

6 (3) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2502)— 

7 (A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub8 section (e); and 

9 (B) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘disabled people’’ each place such term 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

2 President’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

4 Director’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘of his subordinates’’ and 

6 all that follows through ‘‘functions.’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘subordinate of the Director the authority 

8 to perform any such function.’’; 

9 (5) in section 5 (22 U.S.C. 2504)— 

10 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘: Pro11 vided, however,’’ and all that follows through 

12 ‘‘the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘. Under such cir13 cumstances as the President may determine, 

14 the accrued readjustment allowance, or any 

15 part thereof, may be paid to the volunteer, 

16 members of the volunteer’s family, or others, 

17 during the period of the volunteer’s service, or 

18 prior to the volunteer’s return to the United 

19 States. In the event of the volunteer’s death 

20 during the period of his service, the amount’’; 

21 (B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘he may 

22 determine’’ and inserting ‘‘the President may 

23 determine’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (o) by striking ‘‘the date 

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1 serting ‘‘the date of the volunteer’s departure 

2 from the volunteer’s place of residence to enter 

3 training until not later than 3 months after the 

4 termination of the volunteer’s service.’’; 

5 (6) in section 6(3) (22 U.S.C. 2505(3)), by 

6 striking by striking ‘‘he may determine’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘the President may determine’’; 

8 (7) in section 7 (22 U.S.C. 2506)— 

9 (A) in subsection (a), by moving para10 graphs (7) and (8) 2 ems to the left; and 

11 (B) in subsection (b), as redesignated, by 

12 striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

13 the President’s discretion’’; 

14 (8) in section 8A (22 U.S.C. 2507a)— 

15 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his or 

16 her’’ and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting 

18 ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘information’’; and 

19 (C) in subsection (f)— 

20 (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

21 ‘‘his or her’’ each place such phrase ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 

23 (ii) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 

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1 (9) in section 8C(a) (22 U.S.C. 2507c(a)), in 

2 the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘VICTIM’’; 

4 (10) in section 8E (22 U.S.C. 2507e)— 

5 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub6 section (c),,’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c),’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(F), by striking 

9 ‘‘Peace Corp’s mission’’ and inserting ‘‘Peace 

10 Corps’ mission’’; 

11 (11) in section 9 (22 U.S.C. 2508)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘under which he was ad13 mitted or who fails to depart from the United 

14 States at the expiration of the time for which 

15 he was admitted’’ and inserting ‘‘under which 

16 such person was admitted or who fails to depart 

17 from the United States at the expiration of the 

18 period for which such person was admitted’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Act proceedings’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Act. Removal proceedings’’; 

22 (12) in section 10 (22 U.S.C. 2509)— 

23 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘he may 

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1 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

2 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United 

3 States, as amended, section 302 of the Federal 

4 Property and Administrative Services Act of 

5 1949’’; and by inserting ‘‘sections 3101(a), 

6 3101(c), 3104, 3106, 3301(b)(2), and 6101 of 

7 title 41, United States Code’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘of this 

9 section.’’; 

10 (13) in section 12(d)(1)(b) (22 U.S.C. 

11 2511(d)(1)(b)), by striking ‘‘his or her’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘the member’s’’; 

13 (14) in section 14 (22 U.S.C. 2513)— 

14 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘his 

15 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (b)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘his allowance’’ and in18 serting ‘‘the’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’; 

20 (15) in section 15 (22 U.S.C. 2514)— 

21 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘that 

22 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘that subchapter’’; and 

23 (B) in subsection (d)(7), by striking ‘‘his 

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1 (16) in section 19(a) (22 U.S.C. 2518(a)), by 

2 striking ‘‘he shall determine’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

3 President shall determine’’; 

4 (17) in section 23 (22 U.S.C. 2520)— 

5 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERV7 ICE’’ and inserting ‘‘MILITARY SELECTIVE

8 SERVICE’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘Universal Military Train10 ing and Service Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Military 

11 Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.)’’; 

12 (18) in section 24— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term 

14 appears and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

16 volunteer’s’’; 

17 (19) in section 26— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

19 through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (10), re20 spectively; 

21 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

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1 (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘he or she’’ and inserting ‘‘the medical 

3 officer’’; 

4 (D) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by 

5 striking ‘‘5(m)’’ and inserting ‘‘5(n)’’; and 

6 (E) in paragraph (10), as redesignated— 

7 (i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

8 (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec9 tively; and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (A), as redesig11 nated, by striking ‘‘section 5(f)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘section 5(e)’’; and 

13 (20) in section 301(a), by striking ‘‘manpower’’ 

14 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘individ15 uals’’. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

17 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

18 ‘‘Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

19 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

20 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Funding for the Peace Corps; Integration of information age volunteer opportunities. 

Sec. 3. Readjustment allowances for volunteers and volunteer leaders. 

Sec. 4. Restoration of volunteer opportunities for major disruptions to volunteer 

service. 

Sec. 5. Health care continuation for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 6. Access to antimalarial drugs and hygiene products for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 7. Codification of certain Executive orders relating to existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring status for returning volunteers and 

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Sec. 8. Extension of period of existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring 

status for returning volunteers. 

Sec. 9. Protection of Peace Corps volunteers against reprisal or retaliation. 

Sec. 10. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

Sec. 11. Memorandum of Agreement with Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the 

Department of State. 

Sec. 12. Clarification regarding eligibility of United States nationals. 

Sec. 13. Workers compensation for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 14. Sexual Assault Advisory Council. 

Sec. 15. Suspension without pay. 

Sec. 16. Oceania Peace Corps partnerships. 

Sec. 17. Technical and conforming amendments. 

1 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR THE PEACE CORPS; INTEGRATION OF 

2 INFORMATION AGE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNI3 TIES. 

4 Section 3 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (b)— 

7 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) There is authorized to be appropriated 

10 $410,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 

11 to carry out this Act.’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fis13 cal year and the subsequent fiscal year’’ and in14 serting ‘‘obligation until the last day of the sub15 sequent fiscal year’’; and 

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1 SEC. 3. READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES FOR VOLUNTEERS 

2 AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS. 

3 Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘insure their 

6 health’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure their safety, their 

7 health, and’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘$125’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$375’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place such term 

12 appears and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the vol14 unteer’’; 

15 (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

16 (d); 

17 (4) by inserting after subsection (d), as redesig18 nated, the following: 

19 ‘‘(e) The Director shall consult with health experts out20 side of the Peace Corps, including experts licensed in the 

21 field of mental health, and follow guidance by the Centers 

22 for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the prescrip23 tion of medications to volunteers.’’; 

24 (5) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in25 serting ‘‘the President’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ each place 

2 such term appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (d)’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

5 President’’; and 

6 (7) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘his’’ each 

7 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘the volun8 teer’s’’. 

9 SEC. 4. RESTORATION OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 

10 FOR MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO VOLUNTEER 

11 SERVICE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2504), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is 

14 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(q) DISRUPTION OF SERVICE PROTOCOLS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

17 processes for the safe return to service of returning 

18 Peace Corps volunteers whose service is interrupted 

19 due to mandatory evacuations of volunteers due to 

20 catastrophic events or global emergencies of unknow21 able duration, which processes shall include— 

22 ‘‘(A) the establishment of monitoring and 

23 communications systems, protocols, safety meas24 ures, policies, and metrics for determining the 

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1 opportunities for evacuated returned volunteers 

2 whose service is interrupted by a catastrophic 

3 event or global emergency; and 

4 ‘‘(B) streamlining, to the fullest extent prac5 ticable, application requirements for the return 

6 to service of such volunteers. 

7 ‘‘(2) RETURN TO SERVICE.—Beginning on the 

8 date on which any volunteer described in paragraph 

9 (1) returns to service, the Director shall strive to af10 ford evacuated volunteers, to the fullest extent prac11 ticable, the opportunity— 

12 ‘‘(A) to return to their previous country of 

13 service, except for Peace Corps missions in 

14 China; and 

15 ‘‘(B) to continue their service in the most 

16 needed sectors within the country in which they 

17 had been serving immediately before their evacu18 ation due to a catastrophic event or global emer19 gency, except for Peace Corps missions in China. 

20 ‘‘(r) SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS AND ACCRUAL OF IN21 TEREST ON FEDERAL LOANS DURING SERVICE.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a volunteer received a 

23 Federal loan held by the Department of Education 

24 under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Edu25 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a 


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1 et seq.) before commencing service in the Peace 

2 Corps— 

3 ‘‘(A) all payments due for such loans shall 

4 be suspended; and 

5 ‘‘(B) interest shall not accrue on such loan 

6 for the duration of such service. 

7 ‘‘(2) DEFERMENT OR FORBEARANCE.—Notwith8 standing any other provision of the Higher Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Secretary of 

10 Education shall deem each month for which a loan 

11 payment was— 

12 ‘‘(A) suspended under this section; or 

13 ‘‘(B) subject to a deferment or forbearance 

14 under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as if 

15 the borrower of the loan had made a payment for 

16 the purpose of any loan forgiveness program or 

17 loan rehabilitation program authorized under 

18 part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education 

19 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a 

20 et seq.) for which the borrower would have other21 wise qualified.’’. 

22 (b) MEDICAL PERSONNEL.—Section 5A(b) of the Peace 

23 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a(b)) is amended, in the matter 

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1 (c) VOLUNTEER LEADERS.—Section 6 of the Peace 

2 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2505) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$125’’ and in4 serting ‘‘$375’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in6 serting ‘‘the President’’. 

7 SEC. 5. HEALTH CARE CONTINUATION FOR PEACE CORPS 

8 VOLUNTEERS. 

9 Section 5(d) of the Peace Corps Act, as redesignated 

10 by section 3(3) of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(d)(1) Volunteers shall receive such health care during 

12 their service as the Director considers necessary or appro13 priate, including, if necessary, services under section 8B. 

14 ‘‘(2) Applicants for enrollment shall receive such health 

15 examinations preparatory to their service, and applicants 

16 for enrollment who have accepted an invitation to begin a 

17 period of training under section 8(a) shall receive, pre18 paratory to their service, such immunization, dental care, 

19 and information regarding prescription options and poten20 tial interactions, as may be necessary and appropriate and 

21 in accordance with subsection (F). 

22 ‘‘(3) Returned volunteers shall receive the health ex23 aminations described in paragraph (2) during the 6-month 

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1 8B (except that the 6-month limitation shall not apply in 

2 the case of such services), as the Director determines nec3 essary or appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(4) Subject to such conditions as the Director may 

5 prescribe, the health care described in paragraphs (1) 

6 through (3) for serving volunteers, applicants for enroll7 ment, or returned volunteers may be provided in any facil8 ity of any agency of the United States Government, and 

9 in such cases the amount expended for maintaining and 

10 operating such facility shall be reimbursed from appropria11 tions available under this Act. Health care may not be pro12 vided under this subsection in a manner that is inconsistent 

13 with the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 

14 (Public Law 105–12). 

15 ‘‘(5) Returned volunteers, including those whose period 

16 of service is subject to early termination as the result of 

17 an emergency, shall receive, upon termination of their serv18 ice with the Peace Corps, 60 days of short term non-service19 related health insurance for transition and travel, during 

20 which they will be— 

21 ‘‘(A) given an opportunity to extend such transi22 tional health insurance for 1 additional month, at 

23 their expense; and 

24 ‘‘(B) advised to obtain health insurance coverage 

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1 1301 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 18021)). 

3 ‘‘(6) Not later than 30 days before the date on which 

4 the period of service of a volunteer terminates, or 30 days 

5 after such termination date if such termination is the result 

6 of an emergency, the Director, in consultation with the Sec7 retary of Health and Human Services, shall provide de8 tailed information to such volunteer regarding options for 

9 health care after termination other than health care pro10 vided by the Peace Corps, including information regard11 ing— 

12 ‘‘(A) how to find additional, detailed informa13 tion, including information regarding— 

14 ‘‘(i) the application process and eligibility 

15 requirements for medical assistance through a 

16 State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the So17 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), or 

18 under a waiver of such plan; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) health care navigators or health care 

20 option identification services available through 

21 the public and private sectors; 

22 ‘‘(B) the qualified health plans (as defined in 

23 section 1301(a) of the Patient Protection and Afford24 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18021(a))) offered through 

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1 cluding the enrollment periods for enrolling such 

2 plans; and 

3 ‘‘(C) if such volunteer is 25 years of age or 

4 younger, the eligibility of such volunteer to enroll as 

5 a dependent child in a group health plan or health 

6 insurance coverage in which the parent of such volun7 teer is enrolled in such plan or coverage offers such 

8 dependent coverage. 

9 ‘‘(7) Paragraphs (5) and (6) shall apply to volunteers 

10 whose periods of service are subject to early termination.’’. 

11 SEC. 6. ACCESS TO ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS AND HYGIENE 

12 PRODUCTS FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 

13 Section 5A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

17 (e); 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(c) ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall consult 

22 with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and 

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1 best standard of care within the context of the Peace 

2 Corps environment. 

3 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN TRAINING.—The Director shall en4 sure that each Peace Corps medical officer serving in 

5 a malaria-endemic country receives training in the 

6 recognition of the side effects of such medications. 

7 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult 

8 with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Af9 fairs regarding the policy of using mefloquine in the 

10 field as an antimalarial prophylactic. 

11 ‘‘(d) ACCESS TO HYGIENE PRODUCTS.—Not later than 

12 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Peace Corps 

13 Reauthorization Act of 2022, the Director shall establish a 

14 comprehensive policy to ensure Peace Corps volunteers who 

15 require hygiene products are able to access such products.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. CODIFICATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS 

17 RELATING TO EXISTING NONCOMPETITIVE 

18 ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING STATUS FOR 

19 RETURNING VOLUNTEERS AND EXTENSION 

20 OF THE PERIOD OF SUCH STATUS. 

21 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 5B. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING 

2 TO NONCOMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL 

3 HIRING STATUS FOR RETURNING VOLUN4 TEERS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), Execu6 tive Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note; relating to Pro7 viding for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volun8 teers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Execu9 tive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil 

10 Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal 

11 Service), as in effect on the day before the date of the enact12 ment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, shall 

13 remain in effect and have the full force and effect of law. 

14 ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—the term ‘Exec17 utive agency’— 

18 ‘‘(i) has the meaning given such term 

19 in section 105 of title 5, United States 

20 Code; 

21 ‘‘(ii) includes the United States Postal 

22 Service and the Postal Regulatory Commis23 sion; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) HIRING FREEZE.—The term ‘hiring 

2 freeze’ means any memorandum, Executive 

3 order, or other action by the President that pro4 hibits an Executive agency from filling vacant 

5 Federal civilian employee positions or creating 

6 new such positions. 

7 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The period of eligibility for 

8 noncompetitive appointment to the civil service pro9 vided to an individual under subsection (a), includ10 ing any individual who is so eligible on the date of 

11 the enactment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act 

12 of 2022, shall be extended by the total number of days, 

13 during such period, that— 

14 ‘‘(A) a hiring freeze for civilian employees 

15 of the executive branch is in effect by order of the 

16 President with respect to any Executive agency 

17 at which the individual has applied for employ18 ment; 

19 ‘‘(B) there is a lapse in appropriations with 

20 respect to any Executive agency at which the in21 dividual has applied for employment; or 

22 ‘‘(C) the individual is receiving disability 

23 compensation under section 8142 of title 5, 

24 United States Code, based on the individual’s 

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1 the date the individual applied for such com2 pensation. 

3 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—The period of eligibility 

4 for noncompetitive appointment status to the civil 

5 service under subsection (a) shall apply to a Peace 

6 Corps volunteer— 

7 ‘‘(A) whose service ended involuntarily as a 

8 result of a suspension of volunteer operations by 

9 the Director, but may not last longer than 1 year 

10 after the date on which such service ended invol11 untarily; or 

12 ‘‘(B) who re-enrolls as a volunteer in the 

13 Peace Corps after completion of a term of serv14 ice.’’. 

15 SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING NONCOMPETI16 TIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING STATUS 

17 FOR RETURNING VOLUNTEERS. 

18 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is 

19 amended by inserting after section 5B, as added by section 

20 7 of this Act, the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 5C. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING NON22 COMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING 

23 STATUS FOR RETURNING VOLUNTEERS. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5B, Executive 

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1 for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to 

2 the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive 

3 Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Serv4 ice Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal 

5 Service), as in effect on the day before the date of the enact6 ment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, shall 

7 remain in effect and have the full force and effect of law. 

8 ‘‘(b) NONCOMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FEDERAL HIRING

9 STATUS.—Subject to subsection (d), any volunteer whose 

10 Peace Corps service was terminated after April 1, 2020, and 

11 who has been certified by the Director as having satisfac12 torily completed a full term of service, may be appointed 

13 within two years of completion of qualifying service to a 

14 position in any United States department, agency, or estab15 lishment in the competitive service under title 5, United 

16 States Code, without competitive examination, in accord17 ance with such regulations and conditions as may be pre18 scribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage19 ment. 

20 ‘‘(c) EXTENSION.—The appointing authority may ex21 tend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under sub22 section (b) to not more than 3 years after a volunteer’s sepa23 ration from the Peace Corps if the volunteer, following such 

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1 ‘‘(2) the pursuit of studies at a recognized insti2 tution of higher learning; or 

3 ‘‘(3) other activities which, in the view of the ap4 pointing authority, warrant an extension of such eli5 gibility. 

6 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—The appointing authority may not 

7 extend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under 

8 subsection (b) to any volunteer who chooses to be subject 

9 to early termination.’’. 

10 SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS 

11 AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIATION. 

12 Section 8G of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507g) 

13 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIA15 TION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

17 ‘‘(A) COVERED OFFICIAL OR OFFICE.—The 

18 term ‘covered official or office’ means— 

19 ‘‘(i) any Peace Corps employee, includ20 ing an employee of the Office of Inspector 

21 General; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) an Inspector General (other than 

2 the Inspector General for the Peace Corps); 

3 ‘‘(iv) the Government Accountability 

4 Office; 

5 ‘‘(v) any authorized official of the De6 partment of Justice or other Federal law 

7 enforcement agency; and 

8 ‘‘(vi) a United States court, including 

9 any Federal grand jury. 

10 ‘‘(B) RELIEF.—The term ‘relief’ includes all 

11 affirmative relief necessary to make a volunteer 

12 whole, including monetary compensation, equi13 table relief, compensatory damages, and attorney 

14 fees and costs. 

15 ‘‘(C) REPRISAL OR RETALIATION.—The 

16 term ‘reprisal or retaliation’ means taking, 

17 threatening to take, or initiating adverse admin18 istrative action against a volunteer because the 

19 volunteer made a report described in subsection 

20 (a) or otherwise disclosed to a covered official or 

21 office any information pertaining to waste, 

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1 currence complained of is based upon the reason2 able belief of the volunteer. 

3 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

4 Corps shall take all reasonable measures, including 

5 through the development and implementation of a 

6 comprehensive policy, to prevent and address reprisal 

7 or retaliation against a volunteer by any Peace Corps 

8 officer or employee, or any other person with super9 visory authority over the volunteer during the volun10 teer’s period of service. 

11 ‘‘(3) REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION; RELIEF.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may report 

13 a complaint or allegation of reprisal or retalia14 tion— 

15 ‘‘(i) directly to the Inspector General of 

16 the Peace Corps, who may conduct such in17 vestigations and make such recommenda18 tions with respect to the complaint or alle19 gation as the Inspector General considers 

20 appropriate; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) through other channels provided 

22 by the Peace Corps, including through the 

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1 ‘‘(B) RELIEF.—The Director of the Peace 

2 Corps— 

3 ‘‘(i) may order any relief for an af4 firmative finding of a proposed or final res5 olution of a complaint or allegation of re6 prisal or retaliation in accordance with 

7 policies, rules, and procedures of the Peace 

8 Corps; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) shall ensure that such relief is 

10 promptly provided to the volunteer. 

11 ‘‘(4) APPEAL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may sub13 mit an appeal to the Director of the Peace Corps 

14 of any proposed or final resolution of a com15 plaint or allegation of reprisal or retaliation. 

16 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

17 this paragraph may be construed to affect any 

18 other right of recourse a volunteer may have 

19 under any other provision of law. 

20 ‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS AND REM21 EDIES.—The Director of the Peace Corps shall ensure 

22 that volunteers are informed in writing of the rights 

23 and remedies provided under this section. 

24 ‘‘(6) DISPUTE MEDIATION.—The Director of the 

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1 to resolve disputes concerning a complaint or allega2 tion of reprisal or retaliation through mediation in 

3 accordance with procedures developed by the Peace 

4 Corps. 

5 ‘‘(7) VOLUNTEER COOPERATION.—The Director 

6 of the Peace Corps may take such disciplinary or 

7 other administrative action, including termination of 

8 service, with respect to a volunteer who unreasonably 

9 refuses to cooperate with an investigation into a com10 pliant or allegation of reprisal or retaliation con11 ducted by the Inspector General of the Peace Corps.’’. 

12 SEC. 10. PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

13 Section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A), by striking ‘‘(subject to subsection (d)(1)) 

18 conduct on-site inspections, and make examina19 tions, of the activities of the Peace Corps in the 

20 United States and in other countries in order 

21 to’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

23 at the end; 

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1 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(D) make recommendations for utilizing 

4 the expertise of returned Peace Corps volunteers 

5 in fulfilling the goals of the Peace Corps; 

6 ‘‘(E) make recommendations on strength7 ening diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi8 bility principles in the workforce and daily work 

9 of the Peace Corps, including by— 

10 ‘‘(i) increasing the recruitment of vol11 unteers from diverse backgrounds and better 

12 supporting such volunteers during their 

13 training and enrollment in the Peace Corps; 

14 ‘‘(ii) increasing and sustaining a di15 verse and inclusive workforce through data 

16 collection, anti-harassment and anti-dis17 crimination measures, recruitment, reten18 tion, professional development, and pro19 motion and leadership initiatives that also 

20 consider the work and roles of contractors; 

21 ‘‘(iii) ensuring that advisory commit22 tees and boards represent the diversity of 

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1 through work with partners and commu2 nities that are underrepresented or tradi3 tionally marginalized; 

4 ‘‘(F) make recommendations to reduce any 

5 financial barriers to application, training, or 

6 enrollment in the Peace Corps, including medical 

7 expenses and other out-of-pocket costs; and’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

9 (2) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(2)(A) The Council shall be composed of 7 members 

11 who are United States citizens and are not being paid as 

12 officers or employees of the Peace Corps or of any other 

13 United States Government entity. 

14 ‘‘(B) Of the 7 members of the Council— 

15 ‘‘(i) 1 member shall be appointed by the Presi16 dent; 

17 ‘‘(ii) 3 members shall be appointed by the Presi18 dent pro tempore of the Senate, of which— 

19 ‘‘(I) 2 members shall be appointed upon the 

20 recommendation of the leader in the Senate of 

21 the political party that is not the political party 

22 of the President; 

23 ‘‘(II) 1 member shall be appointed upon the 

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1 ‘‘(III) at least 2 members shall be former 

2 Peace Corps volunteers; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) 3 members shall be appointed by the 

4 Speaker of the House of Representatives, of which— 

5 ‘‘(I) 2 members shall be appointed upon the 

6 recommendation of the leader in the House of 

7 Representatives of the political party that is not 

8 the political party of the President; 

9 ‘‘(II) 1 member shall be appointed upon the 

10 recommendation of the leader in the House of 

11 Representatives of the political party of the 

12 President; and 

13 ‘‘(III) at least 2 members shall be former 

14 Peace Corps volunteers. 

15 ‘‘(C) Council members shall be appointed to 2-year 

16 terms. No member of the Council may serve for more than 

17 2 consecutive 2-year terms. 

18 ‘‘(D) Not later than 30 days after any vacancy occurs 

19 on the Council, the Director shall appoint an individual 

20 to fill such vacancy. Any Council member appointed to fill 

21 a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for 

22 which the member’s predecessor was appointed— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) may only serve on the Council for 1 addi2 tional 2-year term. 

3 ‘‘(E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), Council 

4 members shall not be subject to laws relating to Federal em5 ployment, including laws relating to hours of work, rates 

6 of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and 

7 Federal employee benefits. 

8 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), Council members 

9 shall be deemed to be Federal employees for purposes of— 

10 ‘‘(I) chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code 

11 (relating to compensation for work-related injuries); 

12 ‘‘(II) chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code 

13 (relating to conflicts of interest); 

14 ‘‘(III) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 

15 Code (relating to tort claims); and 

16 ‘‘(IV) section 3721 of title 31 (relating to claims 

17 for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident 

18 to service). 

19 ‘‘(F) Council members shall serve at the pleasure of 

20 the Director. The Council may remove a member from the 

21 Council by a vote of 5 members if the Council determines 

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1 ‘‘(ii) persistently neglected, or was unable to suc2 cessfully discharge, his or her duties on the Council; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(iii) committed an offense involving moral tur5 pitude.’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (g)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and at its first regular 

8 meeting in each calendar year thereafter’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘at its first meeting each subsequent 

10 calendar year’’; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘The Chair and Vice Chair shall each serve in 

13 such capacity for a period not to exceed 2 years. 

14 The Director may renew the term of members 

15 appointed as Chair and Vice Chair under this 

16 subsection.’’; 

17 (4) in subsection (h), by amending paragraph 

18 (1) to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(1) The Council shall hold 1 regular meeting per 

20 quarter of each calendar year at a date and time to be deter21 mined by the Chair of the Council or at the call of the Direc22 tor.’’; and 

23 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(k) INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—None 

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1 subsection (b)(2) may undermine the independence or su2 persede the duties of the Inspector General of the Peace 

3 Corps.’’. 

4 SEC. 11. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU OF 

5 DIPLOMATIC SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT 

6 OF STATE. 

7 (a) QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW AND UPDATE.—Not later 

8 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 and at least once every 5 years, the Director of the Peace 

10 Corps and the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic 

11 Security shall— 

12 (1) review the Memorandum of Agreement be13 tween the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the De14 partment of State and the Peace Corps regarding se15 curity support and protection of Peace Corps volun16 teers, and staff members abroad; and 

17 (2) update such Memorandum of Agreement, as 

18 appropriate. 

19 (b) NOTIFICATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

21 Corps and the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplo22 matic Security shall jointly submit any update to the 

23 Memorandum of Agreement under subsection (a) to— 

24 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—Each written no4 tification submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 

5 be submitted not later than 30 days before the update 

6 referred to in such paragraph takes effect. 

7 SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OF 

8 UNITED STATES NATIONALS. 

9 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as 

10 amended by this Act, is further amended— 

11 (1) in section 7(a)(5) (22 U.S.C. 2506(a)(5)), by 

12 striking ‘‘United States citizens’’ each place such term 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘United States nationals of 

14 American Samoa and citizens of the United States’’; 

15 (2) in section 8(b) (22 U.S.C. 2507(b)), by in16 serting ‘‘United States nationals of American Samoa 

17 and’’ after ‘‘training for’’; 

18 (3) in section 10(b) (22 U.S.C. 2509(b)), striking 

19 ‘‘any person not a citizen or resident of the United 

20 States’’ and inserting ‘‘any person who is not a 

21 United States national of American Samoa nor a cit22 izen or resident of the United States’’; and 

23 (4) in section 12(g) (22 U.S.C. 2511(g), by in24 serting ‘‘United States nationals of American Samoa 

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1 SEC. 13. WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR PEACE CORPS VOL2 UNTEERS. 

3 Section 8142(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) a volunteer injured on or after the date of 

7 the enactment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act 

8 of 2022 is deemed to be receiving monthly pay at the 

9 rate for GS–7, step 5; 

10 ‘‘(2)(A) a volunteer or former volunteer whose 

11 injury occurred before the date of the enactment of the 

12 Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022 shall have 

13 their disability compensation prospectively adjusted 

14 so that they are deemed receiving monthly pay at the 

15 rate for GS–7, step 5, unless such adjustment would 

16 result in a reduction of compensation payable; 

17 ‘‘(B) benefits paid under section 8133 due to a 

18 death occurring before such date of enactment shall be 

19 prospectively adjusted to reflect the volunteer’s deemed 

20 receiving monthly pay at the rate for GS–7, step 5; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) nothing in this subsection may be construed 

23 to authorize the retroactive adjustment to the rate for 

24 GS–7, step 5 for compensation payable for any period 

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1 SEC. 14. SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

2 (a) REPORT AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL AS3 SAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8D of the Peace Corps 

4 Act (22 U.S.C. 2507d) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—On an annual basis through the date 

8 specified in subsection (g), the Council shall submit a report 

9 to the Director of the Peace Corps, the Committee on For10 eign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropria11 tions of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

12 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appro13 priations of the House of Representatives that describes its 

14 findings based on the reviews conducted pursuant to sub15 section (c) and includes relevant recommendations. Each 

16 such report shall be made publicly available.’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

18 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2027’’. 

19 SEC. 15. SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. 

20 Section 7 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2506) is 

21 amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

22 ‘‘(b) SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY.—(1) The Peace 

23 Corps may suspend (without pay) any employee appointed 

24 or assigned under this section if the Director has determined 

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1 impact the efficiency of the service and could lead to re2 moval for cause. 

3 ‘‘(2) Any employee for whom a suspension without pay 

4 is proposed under this subsection shall be entitled to— 

5 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 

6 for such proposed suspension; 

7 ‘‘(B)(i) up to 15 days to respond orally or in 

8 writing to such proposed suspension if the employee 

9 is assigned in the United States; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) up to 30 days to respond orally or in writ11 ing to such proposed suspension if the employee is as12 signed outside of the United States; 

13 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other rep14 resentative, at the employee’s own expense; 

15 ‘‘(D) a written decision, including the specific 

16 reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable; 

17 ‘‘(E) a process through which the employee may 

18 submit an appeal to the Director of the Peace Corps 

19 not later than 10 business days after the issuance of 

20 a written decision; and 

21 ‘‘(F) a final decision personally rendered by the 

22 Director of the Peace Corps not later than 30 days 

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1 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 

2 final decision under paragraph (2)(F) shall be final and 

3 not subject to further review. 

4 ‘‘(4) If the Director fails to establish misconduct by 

5 an employee under paragraph (1) and no disciplinary ac6 tion is taken against such employee based upon the alleged 

7 grounds for the suspension, the employee shall be entitled 

8 to reinstatement, back pay, full benefits, and reimbursement 

9 of attorney fees of up to $20,000.’’. 

10 SEC. 16. OCEANIA PEACE CORPS PARTNERSHIPS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace 

13 Corps shall submit to Congress a report on strategies to rea14 sonably and safely expand the number of Peace Corps vol15 unteers in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania, with the 

16 goals of— 

17 (1) expanding the presence of the Peace Corps to 

18 all currently feasible locations in the Indo-Pacific 

19 countries of Oceania; and 

20 (2) working with regional and international 

21 partners of the United States to expand the presence 

22 of Peace Corps volunteers in low-income communities 

23 in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania in support of 

24 climate resilience initiatives. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 shall— 

3 (1) assess the factors contributing to the current 

4 absence of the Peace Corps and its volunteers in the 

5 Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania; 

6 (2) examine potential remedies that include 

7 working with United States Government agencies and 

8 regional governments, including governments of 

9 United States allies— 

10 (A) to increase the health infrastructure and 

11 medical evacuation capabilities of the Indo-Pa12 cific countries of Oceania to better support the 

13 safety of Peace Corps volunteers while in those 

14 countries; 

15 (B) to address physical safety concerns that 

16 have decreased the ability of the Peace Corps to 

17 operate in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania; 

18 and 

19 (C) to increase transportation infrastruc20 ture in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania to 

21 better support the travel of Peace Corps volun22 teers and their access to necessary facilities; 

23 (3) evaluate the potential to expand the deploy24 ment of Peace Corps Response volunteers to help the 

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1 nomic, and development needs of their communities 

2 that require specific professional expertise; and 

3 (4) explore potential new operational models to 

4 address safety and security needs of Peace Corps vol5 unteers in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania, in6 cluding— 

7 (A) changes to volunteer deployment dura8 tions; and 

9 (B) scheduled redeployment of volunteers to 

10 regional or United States-based healthcare facili11 ties for routine physical and behavioral health 

12 evaluation. 

13 (c) VOLUNTEERS IN LOW-INCOME OCEANIA COMMU14 NITIES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In examining the potential to 

16 expand the presence of Peace Corps volunteers in low17 income communities in the Indo-Pacific countries of 

18 Oceania under subsection (a)(2), the Director of the 

19 Peace Corps shall consider the development of initia20 tives described in paragraph (2). 

21 (2) INITIATIVES DESCRIBED.—Initiatives de22 scribed in this paragraph are volunteer initiatives 

23 that help the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania ad24 dress social, economic, and development needs of their 

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1 (A) addressing, through appropriate resil2 ience-based interventions, the vulnerability that 

3 communities in the Indo-Pacific countries of 

4 Oceania face as result of extreme weather, severe 

5 environmental change, and other climate related 

6 trends; and 

7 (B) improving, through smart infrastruc8 ture principles, access to transportation and 

9 connectivity infrastructure that will help address 

10 the economic and social challenges that commu11 nities in the Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania 

12 confront as a result of poor or nonexistent infra13 structure. 

14 (d) INDO-PACIFIC COUNTRIES OF OCEANIA DE15 FINED.—The term ‘‘Indo-Pacific countries of Oceania’’ 

16 means Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mi17 cronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sol18 omon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. 

19 SEC. 17. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

20 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as 

21 amended by this Act, is further amended— 

22 (1) by amending section 1 to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

24 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

25 ‘Peace Corps Act’. 


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1 ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

‘‘TITLE I—THE PEACE CORPS 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Declaration of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 2A. Peace Corps as an independent agency. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Authorization. 

‘‘Sec. 4. Director of the Peace Corps and delegation of functions. 

‘‘Sec. 5. Peace Corps volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 5A. Health care for volunteers at Peace Corps posts. 

‘‘Sec. 5B. Codification of Executive orders relating to noncompetitive eligibility 

Federal hiring status for returning volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 5C. Extension of period of existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring 

status for returning volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 6. Peace Corps volunteer leaders. 

‘‘Sec. 7. Peace Corps employees. 

‘‘Sec. 8. Volunteer training. 

‘‘Sec. 8A. Sexual assault risk-reduction and response training. 

‘‘Sec. 8B. Sexual assault policy. 

‘‘Sec. 8C. Office of Victim Advocacy. 

‘‘Sec. 8D. Establishment of Sexual Assault Advisory Council. 

‘‘Sec. 8E. Volunteer feedback and Peace Corps review. 

‘‘Sec. 8F. Establishment of a policy on stalking. 

‘‘Sec. 8G. Establishment of a confidentiality protection policy. 

‘‘Sec. 8H. Removal and assessment and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 8I. Reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 9. Participation of foreign nationals. 

‘‘Sec. 10. General powers and authorities. 

‘‘Sec. 11. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 12. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

‘‘Sec. 13. Experts and consultants. 

‘‘Sec. 14. Detail of personnel to foreign governments and international organizations. 

‘‘Sec. 15. Utilization of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 16. Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account. 

‘‘Sec. 17. Use of foreign currencies. 

‘‘Sec. 18. Activities promoting Americans’ understanding of other peoples. 

‘‘Sec. 19. Exclusive right to seal and name. 

‘‘Sec. 22. Security investigations. 

‘‘Sec. 23. Universal Military Training and Service Act. 

‘‘Sec. 24. Foreign language proficiency. 

‘‘Sec. 25. Nonpartisan appointments. 

‘‘Sec. 26. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 27. Construction. 

‘‘Sec. 28. Effective date. 

‘‘TITLE II—AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND 

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 

‘‘TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMS 

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1 (2) in section 2(a) (22 U.S.C. 2501(a))— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘help the peoples’’ and in3 serting ‘‘partner with the peoples’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘manpower’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘individuals’’; 

6 (3) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2502)— 

7 (A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub8 section (e); and 

9 (B) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘disabled people’’ each place such term 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’; 

12 (4) in section 4(b) (22 U.S.C. 2503(b))— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

14 President’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Di16 rector’’; and 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘of his subordinates’’ and 

18 all that follows through ‘‘functions.’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘subordinate of the Director the authority to 

20 perform any such function.’’; 

21 (5) in section 5 (22 U.S.C. 2504)— 

22 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘: Pro23 vided, however,’’ and all that follows through 

24 ‘‘the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘. Under such cir25 cumstances as the President may determine, the 


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1 accrued readjustment allowance, or any part 

2 thereof, may be paid to the volunteer, members 

3 of the volunteer’s family, or others, during the 

4 period of the volunteer’s service, or prior to the 

5 volunteer’s return to the United States. In the 

6 event of the volunteer’s death during the period 

7 of his service, the amount’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘he may 

9 determine’’ and inserting ‘‘the President may de10 termine’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (o) by striking ‘‘the date 

12 of his departure’’ and all that follows and insert13 ing ‘‘the date of the volunteer’s departure from 

14 the volunteer’s place of residence to enter train15 ing until not later than 3 months after the ter16 mination of the volunteer’s service.’’; 

17 (6) in section 6(3) (22 U.S.C. 2505(3)), by strik18 ing by striking ‘‘he may determine’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘the President may determine’’; 

20 (7) in section 7 (22 U.S.C. 2506)— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), by moving para22 graphs (7) and (8) 2 ems to the left; and 

23 (B) in subsection (b), as redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘in the 

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1 (8) in section 8A (22 U.S.C. 2507a)— 

2 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his or 

3 her’’ and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘the’’ 

5 before ‘‘information’’; and 

6 (C) in subsection (f)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

8 ‘‘his or her’’ each place such phrase appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 

10 (ii) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 

11 ‘‘his or her’’ and inserting ‘‘the person’s’’; 

12 (9) in section 8C(a) (22 U.S.C. 2507c(a)), in the 

13 subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘VICTIM’’; 

15 (10) in section 8E (22 U.S.C. 2507e)— 

16 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub17 section (c),,’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c),’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(F), by striking 

19 ‘‘Peace Corp’s mission’’ and inserting ‘‘Peace 

20 Corps’ mission’’; 

21 (11) in section 9 (22 U.S.C. 2508)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘under which he was admit23 ted or who fails to depart from the United States 

24 at the expiration of the time for which he was 

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1 son was admitted or who fails to depart from the 

2 United States at the expiration of the period for 

3 which such person was admitted’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘Act proceedings’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Act. Removal proceedings’’; 

6 (12) in section 10 (22 U.S.C. 2509)— 

7 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘he may 

8 prescribe’’ and inserting ‘‘the President may pre9 scribe’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

11 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United 

12 States, as amended, section 302 of the Federal 

13 Property and Administrative Services Act of 

14 1949’’; and by inserting ‘‘sections 3101(a), 

15 3101(c), 3104, 3106, 3301(b)(2), and 6101 of 

16 title 41, United States Code’’; and 

17 (C) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘of this 

18 section.’’; 

19 (13) in section 12(d)(1)(b) (22 U.S.C. 

20 2511(d)(1)(b)), by striking ‘‘his or her’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘the member’s’’; 

22 (14) in section 14 (22 U.S.C. 2513)— 

23 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘his agen24 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘his allowance’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’; 

4 (15) in section 15 (22 U.S.C. 2514)— 

5 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘that Act’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘that subchapter’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (d)(7), by striking ‘‘his 

8 designee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director’s des9 ignee’’; 

10 (16) in section 19(a) (22 U.S.C. 2518(a)), by 

11 striking ‘‘he shall determine’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

12 President shall determine’’; 

13 (17) in section 23 (22 U.S.C. 2520)— 

14 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE’’; 

17 and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘Universal Military Train19 ing and Service Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Military 

20 Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.)’’; 

21 (18) in section 24— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term 

23 appears and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

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1 (19) in section 26— 

2 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

3 through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (10), re4 spectively; 

5 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

8 the Peace Corps.’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘he or she’’ and inserting ‘‘the medical 

11 officer’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘5(m)’’ and inserting ‘‘5(n)’’; and 

14 (E) in paragraph (10), as redesignated— 

15 (i) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) 

16 as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

17 and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (A), as redesig19 nated, by striking ‘‘section 5(f)’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘section 5(e)’’; and 

21 (20) in section 301(a), by striking ‘‘manpower’’ 

22 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘individ23 uals’’. 


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Calendar No. 459 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4466 

A BILL 

To amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing 

for other purposes. current, returning, and former volunteers, and the Peace Corps, providing better support for 

JULY 21, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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