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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1111 

To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, 

Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

SWALWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, 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 ‘‘Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2023’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING 

Sec. 101. Establishment of Department of Peacebuilding. 

Sec. 102. Responsibilities and powers. 

Sec. 103. Principal officers. 

Sec. 104. Office of Peace Education and Training. 

Sec. 105. Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities. 

Sec. 106. Office of International Peacebuilding Activities. 

Sec. 107. Office of Technology for Peace. 

Sec. 108. Office of Arms Control and Disarmament. 

Sec. 109. Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research. 

Sec. 110. Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights. 

Sec. 111. Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace. 

Sec. 112. Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. 

Sec. 113. Staff. 

Sec. 114. Consultation required. 

Sec. 115. Collaboration. 

TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Legislative recommendations of the Secretary. 

Sec. 202. Peace Days. 

Sec. 203. Definitions. 

Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental 

4 Congress unanimously declared the independence of 

5 the 13 colonies, and the achievement of peace was 

6 recognized as one of the highest duties of the new 

7 organization of free and independent States by de8 claring, ‘‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, 

9 that all men are created equal, that they are en10 dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 

11 Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the 

12 pursuit of Happiness.’’. 


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1 (2) The Constitution of the United States, in 

2 its preamble, further sets forth the insurance of the 

3 cause of peace in stating, ‘‘We the People of the 

4 United States, in Order to form a more perfect 

5 Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tran6 quility, provide for the common defense, promote the 

7 general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty 

8 to ourselves and our Posterity’’. 

9 (3) The United States has been at peace for 

10 only 21 entire years since its birth during the Revo11 lutionary War. During the course of the 20th cen12 tury, more than 100,000,000 people perished in 

13 wars. Thus far in the 21st century, nearly 1,000,000 

14 people have died in conflict and war. Many of our 

15 citizens today have never known a peaceful year in 

16 their lifetimes. In 2022, over 88 million people were 

17 forcibly displaced due to violence in its many forms. 

18 (4) Since late 2001, the United States appro19 priated and was obligated to spend an estimated 

20 $6.4 trillion through Fiscal Year 2020 in budgetary 

21 costs related to and caused by post 9/11 wars and 

22 an additional minimum of $1 trillion to care for vet23 erans of these wars for several decades. 

24 (5) The physical, emotional, monetary, and 

25 other costs of violence are enormous, cut across all 


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1 sectors of society in the United States, dispropor2 tionately impact people of color, and are inter3 related. A World Health Organization report esti4 mates that interpersonal violence within the United 

5 States costs approximately $300 billion annually, not 

6 including war-related costs. The Centers for Disease 

7 Control and Prevention reports one in four children 

8 experience some form of child abuse or neglect in 

9 their lifetimes; nearly one in four women report hav10 ing experienced severe physical violence from an inti11 mate partner; Native American women are sexually 

12 assaulted, murdered and disappeared at higher rates 

13 than other American women. There are 3.3 million 

14 reports of violence against children that result in 

15 foster care placements every year; 25 percent of kids 

16 in foster care experience PTSD, fewer than 3 per17 cent earn a college degree; 20 percent become home18 less after the age of 18; and only 50 percent will be 

19 employed by the age of 24. One in five high school 

20 students reported being bullied at school during 

21 2017 and cyberbullying impacts many young people. 

22 Criminalization disproportionately impacts African 

23 Americans and other people of color, including high 

24 rates of school suspensions and expulsions and in25 carceration. African Americans are incarcerated at 


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1 more than five times the rate of Whites. Suicide im2 pacts young people in both affluent and non-affluent 

3 communities. In 2015, 17 percent of students con4 sidered attempting suicide. Suicide is the second 

5 leading cause of death among American Indian and 

6 Alaska Natives aged 10 to 34. Approximately 20 

7 veterans a day commit suicide nationwide. About 14 

8 young people die from homicides each day. Research 

9 shows victims of one form of violence are more likely 

10 to experience other forms of violence. A past history 

11 of violence, including domestic violence; use of alco12 hol or illegal drugs; being young and male; or a per13 sonal history of physical or sexual abuse or trauma, 

14 increases the risk of more violence, obesity, high-risk 

15 sexual behavior, depression, academic difficulties, 

16 school dropout and suicide. 

17 (6) More people have died from guns in the 

18 United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all 

19 the wars in United States history. Every year 

20 250,000 people are killed by gun violence around the 

21 world, a third of those in Brazil and the United 

22 States. Firearms are the second leading cause of 

23 death for American children and teens and the first 

24 leading cause of death for Black children and teens. 

25 Every day 47 children and teens in the United 


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1 States are shot and 96 Americans are killed by gun 

2 violence. During 2017 and 2018, there was one mass 

3 shooting almost every day in the United States. 

4 Young people go to school wondering where to hide 

5 when a shooter enters their classroom. Each gun in6 jury and fatality results in trauma to family mem7 bers and loved ones. 

8 (7) According to reports by the Institute of Ec9 onomics and Peace (in this Act referred to as 

10 ‘‘IEP’’), which measures the economic impact of vio11 lence and conflict to the global economy, the eco12 nomic impact of violence to the global economy was 

13 $16.5 trillion in 2021. One IEP report found that 

14 the regional impact of violence in North America, 99 

15 percent of which can be attributed to the United 

16 States, amounted to $2.73 trillion in 2017. If vio17 lence containment spending was reduced by 15 per18 cent, the world would save $1.4 trillion, which would 

19 be the funding required to achieve the United Na20 tions Millennium Development Goals of halving ex21 treme poverty rates, ensuring healthy lives for all, 

22 halting the spread of HIV and AIDS, providing uni23 versal primary education, decent jobs, gender equal24 ity, promoting peaceful, inclusive and just societies, 


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1 and more. Three percent of United States military 

2 spending could end starvation on earth. 

3 (8) Peace is a human right and a security issue. 

4 Peace is the essential prerequisite for the survival of 

5 humanity as we know it in the 21st century. The 

6 United Nations defines human rights as those rights 

7 which are inherent to our nature, and without which 

8 we cannot live as human beings. 

9 (9) Violence prevention is cost effective. For 

10 every dollar spent on violence prevention and 

11 peacebuilding, thousands of lives and dollars are 

12 saved. Research indicates that investing early to pre13 vent conflicts from escalating into violent crises is, 

14 on average, 60 times more cost effective than inter15 vening after violence erupts. The philosophy and 

16 techniques of nonviolence and the science of 

17 peacebuilding provide tools and techniques that can 

18 be applied not only at the levels of individual and 

19 community growth, but also within the Federal Gov20 ernment and at national and international levels. 

21 (10) The United Nations recognizes that pro22 motion of peace is vital for the full enjoyment of all 

23 human rights and the United Nations Declaration 

24 on the Right of Peoples to Peace mandates that 

25 preservation of the right to peace is a fundamental 


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1 obligation of each country. In 1999, the United Na2 tions adopted a Programme of Action on a Culture 

3 of Peace, stating that a culture of peace is an inte4 gral approach to preventing violence and violent con5 flicts, an alternative to the culture of war and vio6 lence, and is based on education for peace, the pro7 motion of sustainable economic and social develop8 ment, respect for human rights, equality between 

9 women and men, democratic participation, tolerance, 

10 the free flow of information, and disarmament. The 

11 United Nations declared the years 2001 through 

12 2010 an International Decade for a Culture of Peace 

13 and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, and 

14 the United Nations supports a culture of peace. In 

15 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable 

16 development goals, including promotion of peaceful 

17 and inclusive societies which recognize the link be18 tween justice, human rights, and government based 

19 on the rule of law and peace. 

20 (11) Peacebuilding is defined by the United Na21 tions as a range of measures targeted to reduce the 

22 risk of lapsing or relapsing into conflict by strength23 ening national capacities at all levels for conflict 

24 management and to lay the foundations for sustain25 able peace and development. Peacebuilding is built 


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1 upon research into the root causes of violence in the 

2 United States and the world, through promotion and 

3 promulgation of effective policies and programs that 

4 ameliorate those root causes of violence, and through 

5 providing all citizens, organizations, and govern6 mental bodies with opportunities to learn about and 

7 practice the essential tools of nonviolent conflict res8 olution and peacebuilding. 

9 (12) In 2000, the Earth Charter Commission 

10 released the Earth Charter, an international declara11 tion of fundamental values and principles created to 

12 build a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. 

13 The preamble of the Earth Charter provides, ‘‘To 

14 move forward we must recognize that in the midst 

15 of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms 

16 we are one human family and one Earth community 

17 with a common destiny. We must join together to 

18 bring forth a sustainable global society founded on 

19 respect for nature, universal human rights, economic 

20 justice, and a culture of peace.’’. Peacebuilding is 

21 working together with all nations to protect both life 

22 and land and hold the Earth in balance. 

23 (13) Anthropomorphic climate change threatens 

24 not only the earth and all beings, but also impacts 

25 the present lives of our children and robs them of 


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1 hope for a safe future. A 2021 Lancet global health 

2 study of 10,000 youth found 59 percent are ‘‘very’’ 

3 or ‘‘extremely concerned’’ about climate change and 

4 its impact on their mental health. 

5 (14) Nuclear weapons expose the world to harm 

6 on a vast scale. It has long been held that a nuclear 

7 war cannot be won and must never be fought. Yet, 

8 over the next 30 years, the United States plans to 

9 spend some $1.7 trillion to replace its entire nuclear 

10 weapons infrastructure and upgrade replacement of 

11 its nuclear bombs and warheads and the bombers, 

12 missiles and submarines that deliver them. 

13 (15) Systemic racism is a significant driver of 

14 violence and key obstacle to peace in the United 

15 States. Confronting and uprooting systemic racism 

16 in America will require efforts by the Federal Gov17 ernment both to properly acknowledge, memorialize, 

18 and be a catalyst for progress toward permanently 

19 eliminating persistent racial inequities, including 

20 through a United States Commission on Truth, Ra21 cial Healing, and Transformation, and to develop 

22 material remedies for the institution of slavery, in23 cluding through a United States Commission to 

24 Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for Afri25 can-Americans. 


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1 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

2 DEPARTMENT OF 

3 PEACEBUILDING 

4 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 

5 PEACEBUILDING. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 

7 Department of Peacebuilding, which shall— 

8 (1) be within the executive branch of the Fed9 eral Government; and 

10 (2) be dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, 

11 and the study and promotion of conditions conducive 

12 to both domestic and international peace and a cul13 ture of peace. 

14 (b) SECRETARY OF PEACEBUILDING.—There shall be 

15 at the head of the Department a Secretary of 

16 Peacebuilding, who shall be appointed by the President, 

17 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

18 (c) MISSION.—The Department shall— 

19 (1) cultivate peace and peacebuilding as a stra20 tegic national policy objective; 

21 (2) reduce and prevent violence in the United 

22 States and internationally through peacebuilding and 

23 effective nonviolent conflict resolution; 

24 (3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace25 making; 


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1 (4) take a proactive, strategic approach in the 

2 development of field-tested best practices and poli3 cies that promote national and international conflict 

4 prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, 

5 peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured medi6 ation of conflict; 

7 (5) address matters both domestic and inter8 national in scope; 

9 (6) address the interconnection of all life and 

10 the intersectionality of peace and justice, equality, 

11 health, healing, national security, education, the 

12 economy, rule of law, democracy, planetary survival, 

13 and other aspects of civil rights, civil liberties, and 

14 human rights; 

15 (7) provide an institutional platform for the 

16 growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dra17 matically reduce the national and global epidemic of 

18 violence; 

19 (8) support local communities in finding, fund20 ing, replicating, and expanding programs to reduce 

21 and prevent violence; 

22 (9) invest in nongovernmental organizations 

23 that have implemented successful initiatives to re24 duce and prevent violence, both internationally and 

25 domestically; and 


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1 (10) consult with other Federal agencies to 

2 apply and practice the science of peacebuilding in 

3 their respective fields of responsibility. 

4 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, on an ongo6 ing basis— 

7 (1) work proactively and interactively with each 

8 branch of the Federal Government on all policy mat9 ters relating to conditions of peace; 

10 (2) call on the experience and expertise of indi11 viduals and seek participation in the development of 

12 policy from private, public, and nongovernmental or13 ganizations; 

14 (3) monitor and analyze causative principles of 

15 conflict and make policy recommendations for devel16 oping conditions of peace and maintaining peaceful 

17 conduct; 

18 (4) research effective violence reduction pro19 grams and promote and promulgate such programs 

20 within the Federal Government and society; and 

21 (5) consult with private, public, and nongovern22 mental organizations to develop a metric model that 

23 provides the means to measure and report progress 

24 toward peace in the United States to the President, 

25 Congress, and the public, and issue reports on such 


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1 progress annually with those reports to be available 

2 to the public on the website of the Department. 

3 (b) DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 

4 shall collaborate with governmental and nongovernmental 

5 organizations and individuals to promote personal and 

6 community security and peace by— 

7 (1) developing new policies and supporting ex8 isting policies that effectively address personal and 

9 family violence, including suicide, domestic violence, 

10 spousal abuse, child abuse, and mistreatment of the 

11 elderly and others; 

12 (2) creating new policies and programs and ex13 panding existing policies and programs that effec14 tively reduce drug and alcohol abuse; 

15 (3) analyzing existing policies, employing suc16 cessful, field-tested programs, and developing new 

17 approaches for dealing with the tools of violence, in18 cluding handguns and assault weapons, especially 

19 among youth; 

20 (4) developing new and expanding effective pro21 grams that address and ameliorate societal chal22 lenges such as school violence, gangs, police violence, 

23 hate crimes, economic injustice, human trafficking, 

24 racial or ethnic violence, violence against LGBTQ+ 

25 individuals, and police-community relations disputes; 


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1 (5) making policy recommendations to the At2 torney General of the United States regarding civil 

3 rights and labor law; 

4 (6) assisting in the establishment and funding 

5 of community-based violence prevention programs, 

6 including virtual violence prevention programs for 

7 at-home participation, violence prevention counseling 

8 and peer mediation in schools and via video con9 ferences, and unarmed civilian peacekeeping and cri10 sis mitigation at a local level; 

11 (7) providing counseling and advocacy on behalf 

12 of individuals victimized by violence, including those 

13 with mental health challenges; 

14 (8) providing for public education programs and 

15 counseling strategies that promote acceptance and 

16 respect for the diversity of all individuals in the 

17 United States without regard to race, religion, creed, 

18 gender and gender identification, sexual orientation, 

19 age, ethnicity, national origin, class and economic 

20 status, and other perceived differences; and 

21 (9) supporting local community initiatives that 

22 draw on neighborhood resources to create peace 

23 projects that facilitate the development of conflict 

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1 nomic injustice to thereby inform and inspire na2 tional policy. 

3 (c) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec4 retary shall— 

5 (1) advise the Secretary of Defense and the 

6 Secretary of State on matters relating to national 

7 security, including the protection of human rights 

8 and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-esca9 lation of unarmed and armed international conflict; 

10 (2) contribute to and participate in the develop11 ment of training of all United States personnel who 

12 administer post-conflict reconstruction and demobili13 zation in war-torn societies; 

14 (3) sponsor national and regional conflict-pre15 vention and dispute-resolution initiatives, create spe16 cial task forces, and draw on local, regional, and na17 tional expertise to develop plans and programs for 

18 addressing the root sources and issues of conflict in 

19 troubled areas; 

20 (4) develop violence prevention, amelioration 

21 and violence de-escalation training for the general 

22 public to provide tools and educate about 

23 peacebuilding skills and to promote sustainable 

24 peace, peacebuilding buy-in and peacebuilding 

25 awareness; 


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1 (5) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

2 victimized by violence, including rape, situations 

3 leading up to conflict, conflicts, and post-conflict sit4 uations; 

5 (6) counsel and advocate on behalf of victims of 

6 human trafficking both domestically and internation7 ally and work to end the trafficking of human 

8 beings; 

9 (7) provide for exchanges between the United 

10 States and other nations that endeavor to develop 

11 domestic and international peace-based initiatives; 

12 (8) encourage the development of international 

13 sister city programs, pairing United States cities 

14 with cities around the world for artistic, cultural, 

15 economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges; 

16 (9) establish and administer a budget des17 ignated for the training and deployment of unarmed 

18 civilian peacekeepers to participate in multinational 

19 nonviolent peacekeeping forces that may be con20 ducted by civilian, governmental, or multilateral or21 ganizations; 

22 (10) jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and 

24 training monitors and investigators to help with the 

25 enforcement of international arms embargoes; 


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1 (11) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

2 bring together all stakeholders who are impacted by 

3 a conflict by facilitating peace summits where such 

4 stakeholders may gather under carefully prepared 

5 conditions to promote nonviolent communication and 

6 mutually beneficial solutions and to prevent future 

7 violence; 

8 (12) submit to the President recommendations 

9 for reductions and elimination of weapons of mass 

10 destruction, and make annual reports to the Presi11 dent on the sale of arms from the United States to 

12 other nations, with an analysis of the impact of such 

13 sales on the defense of the United States, how such 

14 sales affect peace and security, and how reduction or 

15 cessation of such sales affect peace and security; 

16 (13) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

17 develop strategies for sustainability and management 

18 of the distribution of international funds; 

19 (14) advise the Permanent Representative of 

20 the United States to the United Nations on matters 

21 pertaining to the United Nations Security Council; 

22 (15) support the implementation of inter23 national peacebuilding strategies through a balanced 

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1 opment, and defense with the goal of preventing and 

2 ending war and violence; and 

3 (16) encourage all nations to create infrastruc4 tures for peace within their nations and among na5 tions. 

6 (d) MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECRETARY OF

7 PEACEBUILDING ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUN8 CIL.—Section 101(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 

9 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Sec10 retary of Peacebuilding’’ after ‘‘Treasury’’. 

11 (e) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec12 retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu13 tion strategies and suggest resources for unarmed civilian 

14 peacekeepers to the appropriate relevant parties on issues 

15 of human security if such security is threatened by conflict 

16 or crisis, whether such conflict or crisis is geographic, reli17 gious, ethnic, gender-based, racial, or class-based in its or18 igin, derives from economic concerns, health concerns or 

19 is initiated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural 

20 resources (such as water and energy resources), food, 

21 health resources (such as life-saving medicine, medical and 

22 protective equipment and supplies, including viral and bac23 terial infection testing supplies and vaccines), trade, or cli24 mate and environmental concerns. 


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1 (f) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect2 ing the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 

3 United States of America and the requirement for free and 

4 independent media, the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) seek assistance in the design and implemen6 tation of nonviolent policies from media profes7 sionals; 

8 (2) study the role of the media in the escalation 

9 and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter10 national levels, including the role of fear-inducing 

11 and hate-inducing speech and actions, and making 

12 the findings of such study public; and 

13 (3) make recommendations to professional 

14 media organizations in order to provide opportuni15 ties to increase media awareness of peacebuilding 

16 initiatives. 

17 (g) EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec18 retary shall— 

19 (1) consult with the United States Institute of 

20 Peace, the Department of Education, Indigenous 

21 communities, and other concerned individuals and 

22 organizations and develop a peace education cur23 riculum that includes studies of— 

24 (A) the civil rights movement in the United 

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1 rights and liberties movements, with special em2 phasis on the role of nonviolence and how indi3 vidual endeavor and involvement have contrib4 uted to advancements in peace and justice; 

5 (B) underlying causes of violence and con6 ditions of peace; 

7 (C) practices that enhance peace and 

8 peacebuilding; 

9 (D) the contributions to the United States 

10 of its diverse ethnicities, races, and religious 

11 communities; 

12 (E) peace agreements and circumstances in 

13 which peaceful intervention has worked to stop 

14 conflict; and 

15 (F) the patriarchal structure of society and 

16 the inherent violence of such structure in the 

17 shaping of relationships and institutions; 

18 (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Edu19 cation— 

20 (A) commission and participate in the de21 velopment of such curriculum and make such 

22 curriculum available to local school districts to 

23 enable the use of peace education objectives at 

24 pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, 

25 and secondary schools in the United States; 


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1 (B) support in early childhood, pre-kinder2 garten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

3 schools, and institutions of higher education a 

4 well-resourced, balanced education that includes 

5 math, environmental stewardship, science, 

6 English, history, ethnic studies, economics, jus7 tice, critical thinking, social studies, health, 

8 physical education, foreign languages, the arts, 

9 and music that will prepare students for success 

10 in a globally interconnected world; and 

11 (C) offer incentives in the form of grants 

12 and training to encourage the development of 

13 State peace curricula and assist schools in ap14 plying for such grants and training; 

15 (3) work with educators to equip students to 

16 become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, 

17 and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 

18 conflict resolution; 

19 (4) ensure that schools are nonviolence zones 

20 that provide a peaceful educational environment; 

21 (5) create school and community cultures where 

22 students and staff do not feel threatened and are 

23 free from bullying and harassment by developing 

24 and implementing curricula in nonviolent conflict 

25 resolution education, mindfulness, and restorative 


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1 practices for teachers, students, parents, the school 

2 community, and the community at large; 

3 (6) maintain a public website to solicit and re4 ceive ideas for the development of peace from the 

5 wealth of the politically, socially, and culturally di6 verse public; 

7 (7) proactively engage the critical thinking ca8 pabilities, including civic education on citizen duties 

9 to foster democratic principles, of students and 

10 teachers of pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 

11 schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 

12 education through the internet and other media and 

13 issue periodic reports concerning any submissions 

14 from such students and teachers; 

15 (8) establish a Peace Academy that shall— 

16 (A) be modeled after the military service 

17 academies; and 

18 (B) provide a 4-year course of instruction 

19 in peace education, after which graduates will 

20 be required to serve 5 years in public service in 

21 programs dedicated to domestic or international 

22 nonviolent conflict resolution; and 

23 (9) provide grants for peace studies depart24 ments in institutions of higher education throughout 

25 the United States. 


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1 SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

2 (a) UNDER SECRETARY OF PEACEBUILDING.—The 

3 President shall appoint an Under Secretary of 

4 Peacebuilding in the Department, by and with the advice 

5 and consent of the Senate. During the absence or dis6 ability of the Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in 

7 the office of the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act 

8 as Secretary. The Secretary shall designate the order in 

9 which other officials of the Department shall act and per10 form the functions of the Secretary during the absence 

11 or disability of both the Secretary and Under Secretary 

12 or in the event of vacancies in both offices. 

13 (b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint 

15 in the Department, by and with the advice and con16 sent of the Senate— 

17 (A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu18 cation and Training; 

19 (B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

20 Peacebuilding Activities; 

21 (C) an Assistant Secretary for Inter22 national Peacebuilding Activities; 

23 (D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology 

24 for Peace; 

25 (E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Con26 trol and Disarmament; 


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1 (F) an Assistant Secretary for 

2 Peacebuilding Information and Research; 

3 (G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 

4 Economic Rights; and 

5 (H) a General Counsel. 

6 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING.—Section 

8 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

9 App.) is amended— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

11 ‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

14 ‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’. 

15 (3) ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.—The President 

16 shall appoint 4 additional officers in the Depart17 ment, by and with the advice and consent of the 

18 Senate. The officers appointed under this paragraph 

19 shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall 

20 prescribe, including— 

21 (A) congressional relations functions; 

22 (B) public information functions, including 

23 providing, through the use of the latest tech24 nologies, useful information about peace and 

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1 (C) management and budget functions; 

2 and 

3 (D) planning, evaluation, and policy devel4 opment functions, including development of 

5 policies to promote the efficient and coordinated 

6 administration of the Department and its pro7 grams and encourage improvements in conflict 

8 resolution and violence prevention. 

9 (4) DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS.—In any case 

10 in which the President submits the name of an indi11 vidual to the Senate for confirmation as an officer 

12 of the Department under this subsection, the Presi13 dent shall state the particular functions such indi14 vidual will exercise upon taking office. 

15 (c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Each officer de16 scribed in this section shall report directly to the Secretary 

17 and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or re18 quired to be delegated to such officer, perform such addi19 tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe. 

20 SEC. 104. OFFICE OF PEACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

22 an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of 

23 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu24 cation and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace 

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1 of the Department relating to the creation, encourage2 ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 

3 pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, university, and 

4 postgraduate levels, and disseminate applicable policies 

5 and research in consultation with entities of the Depart6 ment of Health and Human Services, including— 

7 (1) the Administration for Children and Fami8 lies; 

9 (2) the Administration on Aging; 

10 (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven11 tion; and 

12 (4) the National Institutes of Health. 

13 (b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 

14 of Peace Education and Training, in consultation with the 

15 Secretary of Education, Indigenous communities, the 

16 United States Institute of Peace, nongovernmental organi17 zations, public institutions, peace and conflict studies pro18 grams of institutions of higher education, and Federal 

19 agencies that provide effective peace training materials 

20 and curricula, shall create and support the development 

21 and dissemination of effective peace curricula and sup22 porting materials for distribution to the State educational 

23 agency in each State and territory of the United States 

24 and any other interested institutions. Each peace cur25 riculum shall include— 


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1 (1) building communicative peace skills and 

2 nonviolent conflict resolution skills; 

3 (2) teaching and fostering compassion, empa4 thy, mindfulness, kindness, acceptance, under5 standing, respect, inclusion, and forgiveness; 

6 (3) teaching about historical and contemporary 

7 events utilizing nonviolent and peacebuilding prin8 ciples to promote a culture of peace and about indi9 viduals and organizations employing nonviolent and 

10 peacebuilding principles to improve society; 

11 (4) teaching about the benefits of a peaceful so12 ciety, including economic, health, social, and sci13 entific implications of peace; and 

14 (5) promoting other objectives to increase the 

15 knowledge of peace processes. 

16 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu17 cation and Training shall— 

18 (1) provide peace education grants to institu19 tions of higher education for the creation and expan20 sion of peace studies departments and the education 

21 and training of teachers in peace studies, violence 

22 prevention, peacebuilding, community building, and 

23 nonviolent conflict resolution skills; and 

24 (2) establish a grant program to be known as 

25 the Community Peace Block Grant program under 


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1 which the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit 

2 organizations and nongovernmental organizations for 

3 the purposes of developing innovative school and 

4 neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict reso5 lution and creating local peacebuilding initiatives. 

6 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACEBUILDING ACTIVI7 TIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

9 an Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities, the head 

10 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

11 Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary for Do12 mestic Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out those func13 tions in the Department affecting domestic peace activi14 ties, including the development of policies that prevent do15 mestic violence and that increase awareness about inter16 vention and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 

17 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

18 Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall— 

19 (1) develop policy and disseminate best prac20 tices from the field for the treatment of drug and al21 cohol abuse; 

22 (2) develop community-based strategies for cele23 brating diversity and promoting acceptance; 

24 (3) develop new policies and build upon existing 

25 proven programs to prevent the school-to-prison 


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1 pipeline by promoting restorative and conflict resolu2 tion practices at pre-kindergarten, elementary, sec3 ondary, university, and post graduate levels and in 

4 police academies, with funding for teacher, staff, 

5 student, and community training in nonviolence, re6 storative practices, conflict resolution, and diversity 

7 understanding and appreciation; 

8 (4) develop new policies and build on existing 

9 proven programs— 

10 (A) to assist in the prevention of hate, a 

11 culture of violence and domination, violence and 

12 crime, including the development of non-threat13 ening, non-harassing community policing strate14 gies, mindfulness, and conflict de-escalation 

15 training, and other peaceful settlement skills 

16 among police and other public safety officers; 

17 (B) to assist in the re-entry into the com18 munity by individuals who have been incarcer19 ated by providing trauma healing, including 

20 training in anger management, conflict resolu21 tion, peacebuilding skills, life skills, and edu22 cational and job skills; 

23 (C) to assist in creating strong, happy, and 

24 healthy families, including supporting mental 

25 health services, domestic violence prevention, 


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1 gang prevention, anti-bullying programs, animal 

2 cruelty prevention, substance abuse prevention, 

3 and the development of peaceful parenting 

4 skills; 

5 (D) to promote peacebuilding and commu6 nity-building and to provide restorative justice 

7 and restorative practice programs at all levels 

8 of the criminal justice system that bring to9 gether offenders, victims, and community mem10 bers in an effort to repair the damage caused 

11 by criminal activity through accountability and 

12 rehabilitation; 

13 (E) to develop violence prevention and vio14 lence de-escalation training for the general pub15 lic to provide peacebuilding tools for all and to 

16 promote sustainable peace, peacebuilding buy17 in, and peacebuilding awareness; 

18 (F) to provide for training and deployment 

19 into neighborhoods of nonmilitary domestic con20 flict prevention and peacemaking personnel, in21 cluding violence interrupters, community safety 

22 task force, and civilian community peace23 keepers; 

24 (G) to implement respectful, non-targeting, 

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1 break down barriers between law enforcement 

2 officers and the people such officers serve; and 

3 (H) to encourage and facilitate formation 

4 of locally and State-run and administered citi5 zen’s boards to recommend any appropriate 

6 training as needed for working compassionately 

7 and effectively with local, regional, and State 

8 populations and to review and hold accountable 

9 actions of all local, regional, and State police 

10 and law enforcement departments in the United 

11 States; 

12 (5) promote informal and cultural exchanges 

13 between individuals and groups of proximate neigh14 borhoods and regions to encourage understanding 

15 and acceptance; and 

16 (6) disseminate applicable policies and research 

17 in consultation with— 

18 (A) the Department of Justice; 

19 (B) the Department of Health and Human 

20 Services; 

21 (C) the Department of State; and 

22 (D) the Department of Education. 

23 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

24 Peacebuilding Activities shall establish a grant program 

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1 program under which the Secretary shall make grants to 

2 pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

3 schools, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organi4 zations, and nongovernmental organizations for the pur5 pose of developing domestic cultural exchanges, including 

6 exchanges relating to the arts, sports, science, and other 

7 academic disciplines, that promote diplomacy and cultural 

8 understanding between neighborhoods and members of 

9 such neighborhoods. 

10 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING AC11 TIVITIES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

13 an Office of International Peacebuilding Activities, the 

14 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Inter15 national Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary 

16 for International Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out 

17 those functions in the Department affecting international 

18 peace activities. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

20 International Peacebuilding Activities shall— 

21 (1) develop new programs and promote existing 

22 proven programs to— 

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1 military conflict prevention and peacemaking 

2 personnel; 

3 (B) support national and regional conflict4 prevention, de-escalation, and peaceful dispute5 resolution initiatives in nations experiencing so6 cial, political, medical, or economic strife and 

7 among all nations; 

8 (C) develop community building, violence 

9 prevention, amelioration and de-escalation 

10 training for the general public to educate about 

11 peacebuilding skills and to promote sustainable 

12 peace, peacebuilding buy-in and peacebuilding 

13 awareness; 

14 (D) provide training for the administration 

15 of post-conflict reconstruction and demobiliza16 tion in war-torn societies; 

17 (E) address root causes of violence; 

18 (F) eradicate extreme hunger, infectious 

19 and other diseases, and poverty; 

20 (G) eradicate genocide; 

21 (H) achieve universal primary education; 

22 (I) empower women and girls; 

23 (J) eradicate human trafficking; and 

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1 (2) support the creation of a multinational non2 violent peace force; 

3 (3) provide for exchanges between individuals of 

4 the United States and other nations that are endeav5 oring to develop domestic and international peace6 based initiatives; and 

7 (4) disseminate applicable policies and research 

8 in consultation with— 

9 (A) the Department of State; 

10 (B) the Department of Labor; 

11 (C) the Peace Corps; 

12 (D) the United States Institute of Peace; 

13 and 

14 (E) any other applicable entities. 

15 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Inter16 national Peacebuilding Activities shall establish a grant 

17 program to be known as the International Cultural Diplo18 macy for Peace grant program under which the Secretary 

19 shall make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 

20 schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher edu21 cation, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental or22 ganizations for the purpose of developing international 

23 cultural exchanges, including exchanges related to the 

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1 promote diplomacy and cultural understanding between 

2 the United States and other nations. 

3 SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

5 an Office of Technology for Peace, the head of which shall 

6 be the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace. The 

7 Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall carry 

8 out those functions in the Department affecting the 

9 awareness, study, ethical implications and impact of evolv10 ing existing technologies and developing new technologies, 

11 including artificial intelligence, mobile technologies, social 

12 media, drones, and data science and information, on the 

13 creation and maintenance of domestic and international 

14 peace, and disseminate applicable policies and research in 

15 consultation with appropriate entities of the Department 

16 of State. 

17 (b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Tech18 nology for Peace shall make grants for the research and 

19 development of technologies in transportation, commu20 nications, agriculture, medicine, and energy that— 

21 (1) are nonviolent in application; 

22 (2) encourage the conservation and sustain23 ability of natural resources, including air, water, 

24 land, in order to prevent future conflicts regarding 

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1 human-caused disasters, including climate change 

2 and pandemics; and 

3 (3) promote a green, peaceful economy. 

4 SEC. 108. OFFICE OF ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

6 an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 

7 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 

8 and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary for Arms Con9 trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 

10 the Department affecting arms control programs and 

11 arms limitation agreements. 

12 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

13 Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 

14 (1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus15 sions and international negotiations, including dis16 cussions involving the United Nations, the Secretary 

17 of State, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the 

18 Secretary of Defense, regarding the increase or re19 duction and elimination of weapons of mass destruc20 tion throughout the world, including the dismantling 

21 of such weapons and the safe and secure storage of 

22 materials related thereto and efforts to limit or cease 

23 development, testing, manufacture or possession of 

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1 any nuclear arms to be stationed in the territory of 

2 any nation; 

3 (2) assist nations, international agencies, and 

4 nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca5 tions of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weap6 ons of mass destruction; 

7 (3) develop nonviolent strategies to prevent and 

8 deter testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear 

9 weapons, weaponized drones, assault weapons, and 

10 other weapons of mass destruction, whether based 

11 on land, underground, air, sea, or in space; 

12 (4) serve as a depository for copies of all con13 tracts, agreements, and treaties that address the re14 duction and elimination of nuclear weapons and 

15 other weapons of mass destruction, and the protec16 tion of space from militarization; 

17 (5) provide technical support and legal assist18 ance for the implementation of such contracts, 

19 agreements, and treaties; 

20 (6) disseminate applicable policies and research 

21 in consultation with the Department of State and 

22 the Department of Commerce; and 

23 (7) address and support nuclear waste cleanup 

24 at nuclear test sites, nuclear research facilities and 

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1 military bases in the United States and abroad and 

2 at lands, in waters, and in the air adjacent to old 

3 and new nuclear reactors and nuclear-contaminated 

4 sites. 

5 SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING INFORMATION AND 

6 RESEARCH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

8 an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the 

9 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for 

10 Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant 

11 Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research 

12 shall carry out those functions in the Department affect13 ing research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, 

14 and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and non15 violent conflict resolution and shall make this information 

16 available to Congress, the public, and other interested en17 tities on an ongoing basis. 

18 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

19 Peacebuilding Information and Research shall— 

20 (1) commission or compile studies on the im21 pact of war, mass shootings, police violence and 

22 other types of violence, especially on the physical 

23 and mental condition of children (using the 10-point 

24 anti-war agenda in the United Nations Children’s 

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1 a guide) that shall include the study of the effect of 

2 war on the environment and public health; 

3 (2) commission or compile studies on the im4 pact of war and other types of violence on soldiers, 

5 veterans and civilians; 

6 (3) commission or compile studies on the effect 

7 of war and other types of violence on the environ8 ment, public health, the economy, and national secu9 rity; 

10 (4) commission or compile studies on the im11 pact of violence, racism and inequality on such con12 ditions of peace as health care, employment, edu13 cation, economic equity, food security, voting rights, 

14 housing, justice, and rule of law; 

15 (5) compile information on effective community 

16 peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor17 mation to local governments and nongovernmental 

18 organizations in the United States and abroad; 

19 (6) commission or compile research on the ef20 fect of violence in the media, including the use of 

21 untruths, misinformation and false information and 

22 make such reports available to Congress and the 

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1 forcement using guns or other weapons, devices or 

2 methods, the number and circumstances of deaths to 

3 law enforcement officials caused by guns or other 

4 weapons, devices or methods, the effects of gun vio5 lence in the United States, and make such reports 

6 available to Congress and the public annually; 

7 (8) commission or compile research on the ef8 fect of teaching nonviolent conflict resolution skills 

9 and practices and social emotional education in 

10 schools and disseminate such information to edu11 cational institutions, Congress and the public annu12 ally; 

13 (9) commission or compile any other such re14 search that will foster understanding of the root 

15 causes of violence, the root conditions of peace, and 

16 policies and practices to promote a culture of peace; 

17 (10) publish a monthly journal of the activities 

18 of the Department and encourage scholarly partici19 pation; 

20 (11) sponsor conferences throughout the United 

21 States to create awareness of the work of the De22 partment; 

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1 (13) where applicable, work to carry out the re2 sponsibilities under this subsection in consultation 

3 with the United States Institute of Peace and other 

4 governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 

5 including— 

6 (A) the Department of Health and Human 

7 Services; 

8 (B) the Department of Justice; and 

9 (C) the Department of State. 

10 SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 

11 RIGHTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

13 an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 

14 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 

15 Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 

16 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 

17 functions in the Department that support the principles 

18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 

19 by the General Assembly of the United Nations on Decem20 ber 10, 1948. 

21 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

22 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 

23 (1) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

24 the Secretary of State, in furthering the incorpora25 tion of the principles of human rights, as enunciated 


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1 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into 

2 all agreements between the United States and other 

3 nations to help prevent and reduce the causes of vio4 lence; 

5 (2) consult with the Secretary of State, the 

6 United Nations, the Atrocities Prevention Board of 

7 the White House, the Department of Justice, and 

8 other similarly concerned governmental and non9 governmental organizations to gather information on 

10 and document domestic and international human 

11 rights abuses, including genocide, torture, State exe12 cutions, police brutality, detention for profit, caging 

13 of children and other individuals, murder of un14 armed civilians, solitary confinement (especially 

15 among children), human trafficking, child soldiers, 

16 child labor, and slave labor and recommend to the 

17 Secretary nonviolent responses to promote aware18 ness, understanding, and correction of abuses; 

19 (3) make such information available to other 

20 governmental and nongovernmental organizations in 

21 order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolution; 

22 (4) provide trained observers to work with non23 governmental organizations for purposes of creating 

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1 (5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 

2 human and natural resources as a source of conflict 

3 and make recommendations to the Secretary for 

4 nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 

5 intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel6 opment of programs to assist people facing such 

7 scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, greed, 

8 misdistribution of resources, overuse or other human 

9 causes, including climate disruption, or natural 

10 causes; 

11 (6) conduct economic analyses of the impact of 

12 violence within and among nations as a source of 

13 human displacement and criminalization, vilification, 

14 victimization and mistreatment of those fleeing their 

15 homes to seek better and safer lives and make rec16 ommendations to the Secretary for nonviolent solu17 tions and development of programs to assist people 

18 facing such conditions; 

19 (7) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

20 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury, in developing strategies regarding the sus22 tainability and the management of the distribution 

23 of funds from international agencies, the conditions 

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1 of those conditions on the peace and stability of the 

2 recipient nations; 

3 (8) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

4 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, 

5 in developing strategies to promote full compliance 

6 with domestic and international labor rights law; 

7 (9) conduct policy analysis to ensure that the 

8 international development investments of the United 

9 States positively impact the peace and stability of 

10 the recipient country; and 

11 (10) disseminate policies and research in con12 sultation with appropriate entities of the Depart13 ment of State. 

14 SEC. 111. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

15 PEACE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

17 an advisory committee known as the Intergovernmental 

18 Advisory Council on Peace (in this section referred to as 

19 the ‘‘Council’’). The Council shall provide assistance and 

20 make recommendations to the President and the Secretary 

21 concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace 

22 and nonviolent conflict resolution. 

23 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 

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1 ernments, and State and local governments to dis2 cuss peace issues, including practices, traditions and 

3 policies that promote peacebuilding and crises and 

4 wellness issues; 

5 (2) promote better intergovernmental relations 

6 and offer professional mediation services to amelio7 rate and resolve intergovernmental and 

8 intragovernmental conflict as needed, including 

9 elimination of inflammatory rhetoric; and 

10 (3) submit biennially, or more frequently if de11 termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 

12 President, the Secretary, and Congress reviewing the 

13 impact of Federal peace activities on the Federal 

14 Government and on State and local governments. 

15 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 

16 members of the Council. 

17 SEC. 112. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed19 eral Interagency Committee on Peace (in this section re20 ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 

21 (1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha22 nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 

23 the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 

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4 peacebuilding and violence prevention, and wellness. 

5 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 

6 members of the Committee. 

7 SEC. 113. STAFF. 

8 The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 

9 of such employees as may be necessary to carry out the 

10 functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 

11 as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap12 pointed in accordance with applicable laws and the com13 pensation of such employees fixed in accordance with title 

14 5, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 114. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 

16 (a) CONSULTATION IN CASES OF CONFLICT AND VIO17 LENCE PREVENTION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a con19 flict between the United States and any other gov20 ernment or entity is foreseeable, imminent, or occur21 ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

22 State shall consult with the Secretary of 

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1 (2) DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES.—In any case in 

2 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) is ongo3 ing or recently concluded, the Secretary shall con4 duct an independent study of diplomatic initiatives 

5 undertaken by the United States and other parties 

6 to such conflict. 

7 (3) INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT.—In any case in 

8 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) has re9 cently concluded, the Secretary shall assess the ef10 fectiveness of any initiatives in ending such conflict. 

11 (4) CONSULTATION PROCESS.—The Secretary 

12 shall establish a formal process of consultation in a 

13 timely manner with the Secretary of State, the Sec14 retary of Defense, and the National Security Coun15 cil— 

16 (A) prior to the initiation of policies or 

17 withdrawal of resources that may lead to vio18 lence and of any armed conflict between the 

19 United States and any other country; and 

20 (B) for any matter involving— 

21 (i) the use of Department of Defense 

22 personnel within the United States; or 

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1 fense to local or State law enforcement en2 tities or to other individuals or entities. 

3 (b) CONSULTATION IN DRAFTING TREATIES AND

4 AGREEMENTS.—The head of each appropriate Federal 

5 agency shall consult with the Secretary in drafting treaties 

6 and peace agreements. 

7 SEC. 115. COLLABORATION. 

8 The Secretary shall, for the greatest effectiveness in 

9 promoting peace and peacebuilding, collaborate with other 

10 Federal agencies, applicable experts, nongovernmental or11 ganization stakeholders, appropriate non-profit organiza12 tion stakeholders and State, Tribal, and local leaders and 

13 stakeholders regarding all related programs in all Federal 

14 agencies. The collaboration shall include and prioritize 

15 those who are most impacted by the programs for the pur16 pose implementing or updating such programs and for the 

17 purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of 

18 such programs. 

19 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

20 SEC. 201. LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEC21 RETARY. 

22 Not later than 1 year after the date of the appoint23 ment of the first Secretary, the Secretary shall prepare 

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1 any necessary and appropriate amendments to the laws 

2 of the United States to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

3 SEC. 202. PEACE DAYS. 

4 The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and 

5 celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create 

6 peace on Peace Days. Such days shall include discussions 

7 of the professional activities and the achievements in the 

8 lives of peacemakers. 

9 SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

12 means the Department of Peacebuilding established 

13 under section 101(a). 

14 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

15 school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational 

16 agency’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec17 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu18 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

19 (3) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

20 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 

21 in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

23 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

24 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High25 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 


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1 (5) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

2 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an entity that— 

3 (A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

5 501(c)(3)); and 

6 (B) is exempt from tax under section 

7 501(a) of such Code. 

8 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of Peacebuilding appointed under sec10 tion 101(b). 

11 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro13 priated to carry out this Act such sums as may be nec14 essary. 

15 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the 

16 amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), at least 

17 85 percent shall be used for domestic peace programs, in18 cluding administrative costs associated with such pro19 grams. 

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