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Calendar No. 107

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 669

[Report No. 106–46]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 3, 1999

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

MAY 11, 1999

Reported by Mr. HELMS, without amendment

AN ACT

To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations

for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry out that

Act, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

4 FISCAL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2003 TO CARRY

5 OUT THE PEACE CORPS ACT.

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

7 2502(b)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

2 carry out the purposes of this Act $270,000,000 for fiscal

3 year 2000, $298,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

4 $327,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $365,000,000 for

5 fiscal year 2003.

6 ‘‘(2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under

7 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are authorized to remain

8 available for that fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal

9 year.’’.

10 SEC. 2. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE PEACE

11 CORPS ACT.

12 (a) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.—Section 15(d) of such

13 Act (22 U.S.C. 2514(d)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

15 end;

16 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

19 ‘‘(13) the transportation of Peace Corps em20 ployees, Peace Corps volunteers, dependents of such

21 employees and volunteers, and accompanying bag22 gage, by a foreign air carrier when the transpor23 tation is between two places outside the United

24 States without regard to section 40118 of title 49,

25 United States Code.’’.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section

2 5(f)(1)(B) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(f)(1)(B)) is

3 amended by striking ‘‘Civil Service Commission’’ and in4 serting ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’.

5 (2) Section 5(h) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(h)) is

6 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Voting Assistance Act

7 of 1955 (5 U.S.C. 2171 et seq.)’’ and all that follows

8 through ‘‘(31 U.S.C. 492a),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3342

9 of title 31, United States Code, section 5732 and’’.

10 (3) Section 5(j) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(j)) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘section 1757 of the Revised Statutes

12 of the United States’’ and all that follows and inserting

13 ‘‘section 3331 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

14 (4) Section 10(a)(4) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

15 2509(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘31 U.S.C. 665(b)’’

16 and inserting ‘‘section 1342 of title 31, United States

17 Code’’.

18 (5) Section 15(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2514(c))

19 is amended by striking ‘‘Public Law 84–918 (7 U.S.C.

20 1881 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter VI of chapter

21 33 of title 5, United States Code’’.

22 (6) Section 15(d)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

23 2514(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 9 of Public

24 Law 60–328 (31 U.S.C. 673)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

25 1346 of title 31, United States Code’’.
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1 (7) Section 15(d)(6) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

2 2514(d)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘without regard to

3 section 3561 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 543)’’.

4 (8) Section 15(d)(11) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

5 2514(d)(11)), as amended by this section, is further

6 amended by striking ‘‘Foreign Service Act of 1946, as

7 amended (22 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign

8 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.)’’.

Passed the House of Representatives March 3,

1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 107

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 669

[Report No. 106–46]

A BILL

To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize approcarry out that Act, and for other purposes. priations for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to

MAY 11, 1999

Reported without amendment