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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1756 

To establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 

Mr. DAYTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. 

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 Peace and Nonviolence Act’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE AND 

NONVIOLENCE 

Sec. 101. Establishment of Department of Peace and Nonviolence. 

Sec. 102. Responsibilities and powers. 

Sec. 103. Principal officers. 

Sec. 104. Office of Peace Education and Training. 

Sec. 105. Office of Domestic Peace Activities. 
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Sec. 106. Office of International Peace Activities. 

Sec. 107. Office of Technology for Peace. 

Sec. 108. Office of Arms Control and Disarmament. 

Sec. 109. Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. 

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

Sec. 111. Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace and Nonviolence. 

Sec. 112. Consultation required. 

Sec. 113. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND TRANSFERS OF 

AGENCY FUNCTIONS 

Sec. 201. Staff. 

Sec. 202. Transfers. 

Sec. 203. Conforming amendments. 

TITLE III—FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE AND 

NONVIOLENCE 

Sec. 301. Federal Interagency Committee on Peace and Nonviolence. 

TITLE IV—ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE DAY 

Sec. 401. Peace Day. 

1 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

2 DEPARTMENT OF PEACE AND 

3 NONVIOLENCE 

4 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE 

5 AND NONVIOLENCE. 

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

7 Department of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this 

8 Act referred to as the ‘‘Department’’), which shall— 

9 (1) be a cabinet-level department in the execu10 tive branch of the Federal Government; and 

11 (2) be dedicated to peacemaking and the study 

12 of conditions that are conducive to both domestic 

13 and international peace. 

14 (b) SECRETARY OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE.— 

15 There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary 
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1 of Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act referred 

2 to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), who shall be appointed by the 

3 President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

4 (c) MISSION.—The Department shall— 

5 (1) hold peace as an organizing principle, co6 ordinating service to every level of American society; 

7 (2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic 

8 principles to expand human rights; 

9 (3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace10 making; 

11 (4) promote the development of human poten12 tial; 

13 (5) work to create peace, prevent violence, di14 vert from armed conflict, use field-tested programs, 

15 and develop new structures in nonviolent dispute 

16 resolution; 

17 (6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the 

18 development of policies that promote national and 

19 international conflict prevention, nonviolent interven20 tion, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and 

21 structured mediation of conflict; 

22 (7) address matters both domestic and inter23 national in scope; and 
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1 (8) encourage the development of initiatives 

2 from local communities, religious groups, and non3 governmental organizations. 

4 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

6 (1) work proactively and interactively with each 

7 branch of the Federal Government on all policy mat8 ters relating to conditions of peace; 

9 (2) serve as a delegate to the National Security 

10 Council; 

11 (3) call on the intellectual and spiritual wealth 

12 of the people of the United States and seek partici13 pation in its administration and in its development 

14 of policy from private, public, and nongovernmental 

15 organizations; and 

16 (4) monitor and analyze causative principles of 

17 conflict and make policy recommendations for devel18 oping and maintaining peaceful conduct. 

19 (b) DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 

20 shall— 

21 (1) develop policies that address domestic vio22 lence, including spousal abuse, child abuse, and mis23 treatment of the elderly; 

24 (2) create new policies and incorporate existing 

25 programs that reduce drug and alcohol abuse; 
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1 (3) develop new policies and incorporate exist2 ing policies regarding crime, punishment, and reha3 bilitation; 

4 (4) develop policies to address violence against 

5 animals; 

6 (5) analyze existing policies, employ successful, 

7 field-tested programs, and develop new approaches 

8 for dealing with the implements of violence, includ9 ing gun-related violence and the overwhelming pres10 ence of handguns; 

11 (6) develop new programs that relate to the so12 cietal challenges of school violence, gangs, racial or 

13 ethnic violence, violence against gays and lesbians, 

14 and police-community relations disputes; 

15 (7) make policy recommendations to the Attor16 ney General regarding civil rights and labor law; 

17 (8) assist in the establishment and funding of 

18 community-based violence prevention programs, in19 cluding violence prevention counseling and peer me20 diation in schools; 

21 (9) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

22 victimized by violence; 

23 (10) provide for public education programs and 

24 counseling strategies concerning hate crimes; 
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1 (11) promote racial, religious, and ethnic toler2 ance; 

3 (12) finance local community initiatives that 

4 can draw on neighborhood resources to create peace 

5 projects that facilitate the development of conflict 

6 resolution at a national level and thereby inform and 

7 inspire national policy; and 

8 (13) provide ethical-based and value-based anal9 yses to the Department of Defense. 

10 (c) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec11 retary shall— 

12 (1) advise the Secretary of Defense and the 

13 Secretary of State on all matters relating to national 

14 security, including the protection of human rights 

15 and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-esca16 lation of unarmed and armed international conflict; 

17 (2) provide for the training of all civilian 

18 United States personnel who administer postconflict 

19 reconstruction and demobilization in war-torn soci20 eties; 

21 (3) sponsor country and regional conflict pre22 vention and dispute resolution initiatives, create spe23 cial task forces, and draw on local, regional, and na24 tional expertise to develop plans and programs for 
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1 addressing the root sources of conflict in troubled 

2 areas; 

3 (4) provide for exchanges between the United 

4 States and other nations of individuals who endeavor 

5 to develop domestic and international peace-based 

6 initiatives; 

7 (5) encourage the development of international 

8 sister city programs, pairing United States cities 

9 with cities around the globe for artistic, cultural, 

10 economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges; 

11 (6) administer the training of civilian peace12 keepers who participate in multinational nonviolent 

13 police forces and support civilian police who partici14 pate in peacekeeping; 

15 (7) jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

16 strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and 

17 training monitors and investigators to help with the 

18 enforcement of international arms embargoes; 

19 (8) facilitate the development of peace summits 

20 at which parties to a conflict may gather under care21 fully prepared conditions to promote nonviolent com22 munication and mutually beneficial solutions; 

23 (9) submit to the President recommendations 

24 for reductions in weapons of mass destruction, and 

25 make annual reports to the President on the sale of 
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1 arms from the United States to other nations, with 

2 analysis of the impact of such sales on the defense 

3 of the United States and how such sales affect 

4 peace; 

5 (10) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

6 develop strategies for sustainability and management 

7 of the distribution of international funds; and 

8 (11) advise the United States Ambassador to 

9 the United Nations on matters pertaining to the 

10 United Nations Security Council. 

11 (d) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec12 retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu13 tion strategies to all relevant parties on issues of human 

14 security if such security is threatened by conflict, whether 

15 such conflict is geographic, religious, ethnic, racial, or 

16 class-based in its origin, derives from economic concerns 

17 (including trade or maldistribution of wealth), or is initi18 ated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural re19 sources (such as water and energy resources), food, trade, 

20 or environmental concerns. 

21 (e) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect22 ing the first amendment of the Constitution of the United 

23 States and the requirement for free and independent 

24 media, the Secretary shall— 
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1 (1) seek assistance in the design and implemen2 tation of nonviolent policies from media profes3 sionals; 

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

5 and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter6 national levels and make findings public; and 

7 (3) make recommendations to professional 

8 media organizations in order to provide opportuni9 ties to increase media awareness of peace-building 

10 initiatives. 

11 (f) EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec12 retary shall— 

13 (1) develop a peace education curriculum, which 

14 shall include studies of— 

15 (A) the civil rights movement in the United 

16 States and throughout the world, with special 

17 emphasis on how individual endeavor and in18 volvement have contributed to advancements in 

19 peace and justice; and 

20 (B) peace agreements and circumstances 

21 in which peaceful intervention has worked to 

22 stop conflict; 

23 (2) in cooperation with the Secretary of Edu24 cation— 
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1 (A) commission the development of such 

2 curricula and make such curricula available to 

3 local school districts to enable the utilization of 

4 peace education objectives at all elementary and 

5 secondary schools in the United States; and 

6 (B) offer incentives in the form of grants 

7 and training to encourage the development of 

8 State peace curricula and assist schools in ap9 plying for such curricula; 

10 (3) work with educators to equip students to 

11 become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, 

12 and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 

13 conflict resolution; 

14 (4) maintain a site on the Internet for the pur15 poses of soliciting and receiving ideas for the devel16 opment of peace from the wealth of political, social 

17 and cultural diversity; 

18 (5) proactively engage the critical thinking ca19 pabilities of grade school, high school, and college 

20 students and teachers through the Internet and 

21 other media and issue periodic reports concerning 

22 submissions; 

23 (6) create and establish a Peace Academy, 

24 which shall— 
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1 (A) be modeled after the military service 

2 academies; and 

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

4 in peace education, after which graduates will 

5 be required to serve 5 years in public service in 

6 programs dedicated to domestic or international 

7 nonviolent conflict resolution; and 

8 (7) provide grants for peace studies depart9 ments in colleges and universities throughout the 

10 United States. 

11 SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

12 (a) DEPUTY SECRETARY OF PEACE AND NON13 VIOLENCE.—There shall be in the Department a Deputy 

14 Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence, who shall be ap15 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con16 sent of the Senate. During the absence or disability of the 

17 Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of 

18 the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary shall act as Secretary. 

19 The Secretary shall designate the order in which other of20 ficials of the Department shall act for and perform the 

21 functions of the Secretary during the absence or disability 

22 of both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary or in the event 

23 of vacancies in both of those offices. 

24 (b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.—(1) There shall be in 

25 the Department— 
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1 (A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Education 

2 and Training; 

3 (B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace 

4 Activities; 

5 (C) an Assistant Secretary for International 

6 Peace Activities; 

7 (D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology for 

8 Peace; 

9 (E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 

10 and Disarmament; 

11 (F) an Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coex12 istence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution; 

13 (G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 

14 Economic Rights; and 

15 (H) a General Counsel. 

16 (2) Each of the Assistant Secretaries and the General 

17 Counsel shall be appointed by the President. 

18 (3) There shall be in the Department an Inspector 

19 General, who shall be appointed in accordance with the 

20 provisions in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.). 

22 (4) There shall be in the Department 4 additional 

23 officers who shall be appointed by the President. The offi24 cers appointed under this paragraph shall perform such 

25 functions as the Secretary shall prescribe, including— 
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1 (A) congressional relations functions; 

2 (B) public information functions, including pro3 viding, through the use of the latest technologies, 

4 useful information about peace and the work of the 

5 Department; 

6 (C) management and budget functions; and 

7 (D) planning, evaluation, and policy develop8 ment functions, including development of policies to 

9 promote the efficient and coordinated administration 

10 of the Department and its programs and encourage 

11 improvements in conflict resolution and violence pre12 vention. 

13 (c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Each officer de14 scribed in this section shall report directly to the Secretary 

15 and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or re16 quired to be delegated to such officer, perform such addi17 tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe. 

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

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

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

21 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu22 cation and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace 

23 Education and Training shall carry out those functions 

24 of the Department relating to the creation, encourage25 ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 
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1 elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, 

2 including the development of a Peace Academy. 

3 (b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 

4 of Peace Education and Training, in cooperation with the 

5 Secretary of Education, shall develop a peace curriculum 

6 and supporting materials for distribution to departments 

7 of education in each State and territory of the United 

8 States. The peace curriculum shall include the building of 

9 communicative peace skills, nonviolent conflict resolution 

10 skills, and other objectives to increase the knowledge of 

11 peace processes. 

12 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu13 cation and Training shall— 

14 (1) provide peace education grants to colleges 

15 and universities for the creation and expansion of 

16 peace studies departments; and 

17 (2) create a Community Peace Block Grant 

18 program under which grants shall be provided to 

19 not-for-profit community and nongovernmental orga20 nizations for the purposes of developing creative, in21 novative neighborhood programs for nonviolent con22 flict resolution and local peacebuilding initiatives. 

23 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACE ACTIVITIES. 

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

25 an Office of Domestic Peace Activities, the head of which 
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1 shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac2 tivities. The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac3 tivities shall carry out those functions in the Department 

4 affecting domestic peace activities, including the develop5 ment of policies that increase awareness about interven6 tion and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 

7 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

8 Domestic Peace Activities shall— 

9 (1) develop policy alternatives for the treatment 

10 of drug and alcohol abuse; 

11 (2) develop new policies and build on existing 

12 programs responsive to the prevention of crime, in13 cluding the development of community policing 

14 strategies and peaceful settlement skills among po15 lice and other public safety officers; and 

16 (3) develop community-based strategies for cele17 brating diversity and promoting tolerance. 

18 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACTIVITIES. 

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

20 an Office of International Peace Activities, the head of 

21 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for International 

22 Peace Activities. The Assistant Secretary for International 

23 Peace Activities shall carry out those functions in the De24 partment affecting international peace activities and shall 

25 be a member of the National Security Council. 
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1 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

2 International Peace Activities shall— 

3 (1) provide for the training and deployment of 

4 all Peace Academy graduates and other nonmilitary 

5 conflict prevention and peacemaking personnel; 

6 (2) sponsor country and regional conflict pre7 vention and dispute resolution initiatives in countries 

8 experiencing social, political, or economic strife; 

9 (3) advocate the creation of a multinational 

10 nonviolent peace force; 

11 (4) provide training for the administration of 

12 postconflict reconstruction and demobilization in 

13 war-torn societies; and 

14 (5) provide for the exchanges between individ15 uals of the United States and other nations who are 

16 endeavoring to develop domestic and international 

17 peace-based initiatives. 

18 SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 

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

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

21 be the Assistant Secretary of Technology for Peace. The 

22 Assistant Secretary of Technology for Peace shall carry 

23 out those functions in the Department affecting the 

24 awareness, study, and impact of developing new tech-
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1 nologies on the creation and maintenance of domestic and 

2 international peace. 

3 (b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Technology 

4 for Peace shall provide grants for the research and devel5 opment of technologies in transportation, communications, 

6 and energy that— 

7 (1) are nonviolent in their application; and 

8 (2) encourage the conservation and sustain9 ability of natural resources in order to prevent fu10 ture conflicts regarding scarce resources. 

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

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

13 an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 

14 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary of Arms Control 

15 and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary of Arms Con16 trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 

17 the Department affecting arms control programs and 

18 arms limitation agreements. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary of 

20 Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 

21 (1) advise the Secretary on all interagency dis22 cussions and all international negotiations regarding 

23 the reduction and elimination of weapons of mass 

24 destruction throughout the world, including the dis-
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1 mantling of such weapons and the safe and secure 

2 storage of materials related thereto; 

3 (2) assist nations, international agencies and 

4 nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca5 tions of the buildup of nuclear arms; 

6 (3) develop nonviolent strategies to deter the 

7 testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear weap8 ons, whether based on land, air, sea, or in outer 

9 space; 

10 (4) serve as a depository for copies of all con11 tracts, agreements, and treaties that deal with the 

12 reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons or the 

13 protection of outer space from militarization; and 

14 (5) provide technical support and legal assist15 ance for the implementation of such agreements. 

16 SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NON17 VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION. 

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

19 an Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict 

20 Resolution, the head of which shall be the Assistant Sec21 retary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict 

22 Resolution. The Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexist23 ence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution shall carry out 

24 those functions in the Department affecting research and 

25 analysis relating to creating, initiating, and modeling ap-
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1 proaches to peaceful coexistence and nonviolent conflict 

2 resolution. 

3 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

4 Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution 

5 shall— 

6 (1) study the impact of war, especially on the 

7 physical and mental condition of children (using the 

8 ten-point agenda in the United Nations Childrens 

9 Fund report, State of the World’s Children 1996, as 

10 a guide), which shall include the study of the effect 

11 of war on the environment and public health; 

12 (2) publish a monthly journal of the activities 

13 of the Department and encourage scholarly partici14 pation; 

15 (3) gather 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 (4) research the effect of violence in the media 

20 and make such reports available to the Congress an21 nually; and 

22 (5) sponsor conferences throughout the United 

23 States to create awareness of the work of the De24 partment. 
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1 SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 

2 RIGHTS. 

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

4 an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 

5 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 

6 Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 

7 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 

8 functions in the Department supporting the principles of 

9 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed by the 

10 General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 

11 1948. 

12 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

13 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 

14 (1) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

15 Secretary of State, in furthering the incorporation of 

16 principles of human rights, as enunciated in the 

17 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217A 

18 (III) of December 10, 1948, into all agreements be19 tween the United States and other nations to help 

20 reduce the causes of violence; 

21 (2) gather information on and document human 

22 rights abuses, both domestically and internationally, 

23 and recommend to the Secretary nonviolent re24 sponses to correct abuses; 
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1 (3) make such findings available to other agen2 cies in order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolu3 tion; 

4 (4) provide trained observers to work with non5 governmental organizations for purposes of creating 

6 a climate that is conducive to the respect for human 

7 rights; 

8 (5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 

9 human and natural resources as a source of conflict 

10 and make recommendations to the Secretary for 

11 nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 

12 intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel13 opment of programs of assistance for people experi14 encing such scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, 

15 maldistribution of resources, or natural causes; 

16 (6) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

17 Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treas18 ury, in developing strategies regarding the sustain19 ability and the management of the distribution of 

20 funds from international agencies, the conditions re21 garding the receipt of such funds, and the impact of 

22 those conditions on the peace and stability of the re23 cipient nations; and 

24 (7) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

25 Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, in 
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1 developing strategies to promote full compliance with 

2 domestic and international labor rights law. 

3 SEC. 111. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

4 PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE. 

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

6 an advisory committee to be known as the Intergovern7 mental Advisory Council on Peace and Nonviolence (here8 inafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Council’’). The 

9 Council shall provide assistance and make recommenda10 tions to the Secretary and the President concerning inter11 governmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent 

12 conflict resolution. 

13 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 

14 (1) provide a forum for representatives of Fed15 eral, State, and local governments to discuss peace 

16 issues; 

17 (2) promote better intergovernmental relations; 

18 and 

19 (3) submit, biennially or more frequently if de20 termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 

21 Secretary, the President, and the Congress reviewing 

22 the impact of Federal peace activities on State and 

23 local governments. 
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1 SEC. 112. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 

2 (a) CONSULTATION IN CASES OF CONFLICT.—(1) In 

3 any case in which a conflict between the United States 

4 and any other government or entity is imminent or occur5 ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 

6 shall consult with the Secretary concerning nonviolent 

7 means of conflict resolution. 

8 (2) In any case in which such a conflict is ongoing 

9 or recently concluded, the Secretary shall conduct inde10 pendent studies of diplomatic initiatives undertaken by the 

11 United States and other parties to the conflict. 

12 (3) In any case in which such a conflict has recently 

13 concluded, the Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of 

14 those initiatives in ending the conflict. 

15 (4) The Secretary shall establish a formal process of 

16 consultation in a timely manner with the Secretary of the 

17 Department of State and the Secretary of the Department 

18 of Defense— 

19 (A) prior to the initiation of any armed conflict 

20 between the United States and any other nation; 

21 and 

22 (B) for any matter involving the use of Depart23 ment of Defense personnel within the United States. 

24 (b) CONSULTATION IN DRAFTING TREATIES AND

25 AGREEMENTS.—The executive branch shall consult with 

26 the Secretary in drafting treaties and peace agreements. 
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1 SEC. 113. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this Act for a fiscal year beginning 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act an amount 

5 equal to at least 2 percent of the total amount appro6 priated for that fiscal year for the Department of Defense. 

7 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed to require a reduction in appropria9 tions for the Department of Defense. 

10 TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PRO11 VISIONS AND TRANSFERS OF 

12 AGENCY FUNCTIONS 

13 SEC. 201. STAFF. 

14 The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 

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

16 functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 

17 as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap18 pointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their 

19 compensation fixed in accordance with title 5 of the 

20 United States Code. 

21 SEC. 202. TRANSFERS. 

22 There are hereby transferred to the Department the 

23 functions, assets, and personnel of— 

24 (1) the Peace Corps; 

25 (2) the United States Institute of Peace; 
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1 (3) the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms 

2 Control and International Security Affairs of the 

3 Department of State; 

4 (4) the Gang Resistance Education and Train5 ing Program of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 

6 Firearms; and 

7 (5) the SafeFutures program of the Office of 

8 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the 

9 Department of Justice. 

10 SEC. 203. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

11 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 

13 to Congress proposed legislation containing any necessary 

14 and appropriate technical and conforming amendments to 

15 the laws of the United States to reflect and carry out the 

16 provisions of this Act. 

17 TITLE III—FEDERAL INTER18 AGENCY COMMITTEE ON 

19 PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE 

20 SEC. 301. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE 

21 AND NONVIOLENCE. 

22 There is established a Federal Interagency Com23 mittee on Peace and Nonviolence (hereinafter in this Act 

24 referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 
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1 (1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha2 nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 

3 the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 

4 coordinated; and 

5 (2) study and make recommendations for assur6 ing effective coordination of Federal programs, poli7 cies, and administrative practices affecting peace. 

8 TITLE IV—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

9 PEACE DAY 

10 SEC. 401. PEACE DAY. 

11 All citizens should be encouraged to observe and cele12 brate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace 

13 on a Peace Day. Such day shall include discussions of the 

14 professional activities and the achievements in the lives of 

15 peacemakers. 

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