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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1382 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 454
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1382

                          [Report No. 111-219]

  To improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2009

 Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Begich, Mr. Udall 
of New Mexico, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaufman, 
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Brown 
of Ohio, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr. Isakson) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

                             June 29, 2010

                Reported by Mr. Kerry, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Peace Corps Improvement and 
Expansion Act of 2009''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress makes the following findings:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Firmly established beliefs of the Peace Corps 
        include the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The act of volunteering has inherent 
                value.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The foreign policy goals of the United 
                States are advanced by--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) contributing to the reduction 
                        of poverty; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) fostering international 
                        understanding.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) More than 195,000 volunteers have ably served 
        in the Peace Corps in 139 countries by--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) working towards economic and social 
                development; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) promoting a better understanding of--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the people of the United 
                        States on the part of the peoples served; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) other peoples on the part of 
                        the people of the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Today, the importance and necessity is greater 
        than ever for the Peace Corps--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to promote global economic and social 
                development;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to promote understanding and 
                friendship; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to foster collaboration with 
                international nongovernmental organizations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Since 1961, a bi-partisan succession of 
        Presidents and Congresses have endorsed the expansion of the 
        Peace Corps in order--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to meet requests from countries to 
                increase the size of the Peace Corps programs in their 
                countries;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to initiate Peace Corps programs in 
                countries where the Peace Corps does not currently 
                operate;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to provide more opportunities for the 
                people of the United States to engage in volunteer 
                service abroad; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) to renew dormant Peace Corps 
                programs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The purpose of the Peace Corps, as declared by 
        section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501), is to 
        promote world peace and friendship by helping--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the people of interested countries in 
                meeting their needs for trained men and women, 
                particularly in meeting the basic needs of those living 
                in the poorest areas of such countries;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to promote a better understanding of 
                people of the United States on the part of the peoples 
                served; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to promote a better understanding of 
                other peoples on the part of the people of the United 
                States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) As the Peace Corps reaches its 50th 
        anniversary in 2010, a new forward-looking strategy should be 
        developed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the 
        Peace Corps in pursuing the goals described in subparagraphs 
        (A) through (C) of paragraph (5) by analyzing and accounting 
        for the strengths and weaknesses of the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The program model of the Peace 
                Corps.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) The current and planned distribution 
                of Peace Corps volunteers throughout the 
                world.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Partnership opportunities and 
                operations of the Peace Corps.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Recruitment and management practices 
                of the Peace Corps with respect to the diversity of 
                Peace Corps volunteers and staff.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IMPROVING AND 
              EXPANDING PEACE CORPS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Assessment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace 
        Corps shall complete the assessment described in paragraph (2) 
        to determine how best--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to strengthen the management 
                capabilities and program effectiveness of the Peace 
                Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to expand opportunities for Peace 
                Corps volunteers; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) to increase the size of the Peace 
                Corps.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Assessment described.--The assessment 
        described in this paragraph means an assessment of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) how the purpose of the Peace Corps 
                declared under section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
                U.S.C. 2501(a)) translates into tangible strategic 
                plans for the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the distribution of Peace Corps 
                volunteers in country programs, including how and why 
                volunteers are assigned to various countries and 
                jurisdictions of within countries;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the most effective and efficient 
                methods of improving support for the Peace Corps' goal 
                of promoting a better understanding of other peoples on 
                the part of the people of the United States;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) the prospects for partnerships with 
                international and host country nongovernmental 
                organizations and other entities to achieve the goals 
                of the Peace Corps through development 
                projects;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) the adequacy of the current program 
                model of the Peace Corps and the feasibility of program 
                models such as the Peace Corps Response 
                Program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) the effectiveness and efficiency of 
                volunteer recruitment strategies, methods, and resource 
                allocations used by the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) the effectiveness of the Peace Corps 
                in recruiting ethnically, socio-economically, and 
                geographically diverse volunteers with wide-ranging 
                skills and interests;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) the skills and interests of current 
                Peace Corps volunteers;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) options for diversification of the 
                skills and interests of Peace Corps volunteers, 
                including volunteers with skills and interests that 
                relate to public health, information technology, urban 
                planning, social services, communications, and 
                community organizing;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (J) the Peace Corps volunteer training 
                programs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (K) the options available to volunteers to 
                suspend payment of student loans while serving in the 
                Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (L) the medical care received by 
                volunteers while serving in the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (M) the procedures of the Peace Corps for 
                mandatory medical separation of volunteers serving in 
                the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (N) the medical screening process for 
                volunteers entering service in the Peace Corps, 
                including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the cost to the Peace Corps of 
                        providing full reimbursement for medical tests 
                        under taken by volunteers applying for or 
                        entering service in the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) expanded information for 
                        applicants including potentially disqualifying 
                        medical conditions; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the cost of extending the 
                        medical care provided by the Peace Corps to 
                        volunteers serving in the Peace Corps to 
                        include the 5-month period beginning on the 
                        date on which a volunteer completes service in 
                        the Peace Corps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (O) the causes of the early termination of 
                service in the Peace Corps, using the cohort and other 
                statistically appropriate methods and the reasons cited 
                by volunteers terminating their service in the Peace 
                Corps early;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (P) how the Peace Corps can utilize 
                information technology to improve--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) program efficiency, 
                        effectiveness, and coordination; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) communication among 
                        volunteers;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (Q) mechanisms for soliciting the views of 
                volunteers serving in the Peace Corps, on a 
                confidential basis, regarding--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the support provided to such 
                        volunteers by senior staff of the Peace Corps; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the operations of the Peace 
                        Corps, including--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) staffing 
                                decisions;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) site 
                                selection;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (III) language 
                                training;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (IV) country programs; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (V) dialogue with host 
                                country partners and ministries; 
                                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (R) mechanisms for incorporating the views 
                solicited in subparagraph (Q) into programming and 
                management decisions of the Peace Corps.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Method.--The assessment shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) be built on a review of past 
                experiences and studies; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) draw on the knowledge of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) current Peace Corps volunteers 
                        and staff, at all levels of 
                        seniority;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) returned Peace Corps 
                        volunteers and staff; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) host country nationals and 
                        officials who have worked closely with Peace 
                        Corps volunteers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Strategic Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace 
        Corps shall develop, based on the assessment required under 
        subsection (a), a strategic plan for the Peace Corps that--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) encompasses the findings of the 
                Director with respect to the assessment required under 
                subsection (a); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) includes the matters described in 
                paragraph (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Matters described.--The matters described in 
        this paragraph include the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) 1-year and 5-year goals and benchmarks 
                for the Peace Corps that address--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) each matter included in the 
                        assessment required under subsection (a); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) such other matters as the 
                        Director considers appropriate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Strategies for--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) distributing volunteers to 
                        countries in which they have maximum value-
                        added for the host country, for the United 
                        States, and for the volunteers 
                        themselves;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) identifying countries with 
                        strategic value to Peace Corps goals, currently 
                        not served or dormant, and proposals for 
                        starting new country programs or re-activating 
                        dormant programs, as well as countries with 
                        less strategic relevance to Peace Corps goals, 
                        including proposals for reducing or closing 
                        such country programs;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) balancing the Peace Corps' 
                        independence with its need to remain relevant 
                        to broader United States foreign goals; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) ensuring that Peace Corps 
                        operations and goals are not adversely affected 
                        in situations where the bi-lateral relationship 
                        between the host country and the United States 
                        is problematic.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Report.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace 
        Corps shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
        a report that includes--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the findings of the Director with 
                respect to the assessment required under subsection 
                (a); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the strategic plan developed under 
                subsection (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Appropriate congressional committees 
        defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate 
        congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
                the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS 
              UNDER PEACE CORPS ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 19 the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 20. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF POLITICAL 
              APPOINTMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``Except for appointments made under section 12, the 
President may not make more than 15 concurrent appointments under this 
Act.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 
                2010;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $575,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 
                2012.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts authorized 
        to be appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are 
        authorized to remain available for that fiscal year and the 
        subsequent fiscal year.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Peace Corps Improvement and 
Expansion Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Firmly established beliefs of the Peace Corps include 
        the following:
                    (A) The act of volunteering has inherent value.
                    (B) The foreign policy goals of the United States 
                are advanced by--
                            (i) contributing to the reduction of 
                        poverty; and
                            (ii) fostering international understanding.
            (2) More than 195,000 volunteers have ably served in the 
        Peace Corps in 139 countries by--
                    (A) working towards economic and social 
                development; and
                    (B) promoting a better understanding of--
                            (i) the people of the United States on the 
                        part of the peoples served; and
                            (ii) other peoples on the part of the 
                        people of the United States.
            (3) Today, the importance and necessity is greater than 
        ever for the Peace Corps--
                    (A) to promote global economic and social 
                development;
                    (B) to promote understanding and friendship; and
                    (C) to foster collaboration with international 
                nongovernmental organizations.
            (4) Since 1961, a bi-partisan succession of Presidents and 
        Congresses have endorsed the expansion of the Peace Corps in 
        order--
                    (A) to meet requests from countries to increase the 
                size of the Peace Corps programs in their countries;
                    (B) to initiate Peace Corps programs in countries 
                where the Peace Corps does not currently operate;
                    (C) to provide more opportunities for the people of 
                the United States to engage in volunteer service 
                abroad; and
                    (D) to renew dormant Peace Corps programs.
            (5) The purpose of the Peace Corps, as declared by section 
        2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501), is to promote 
        world peace and friendship by helping--
                    (A) the people of interested countries in meeting 
                their needs for trained men and women, particularly in 
                meeting the basic needs of those living in the poorest 
                areas of such countries;
                    (B) to promote a better understanding of people of 
                the United States on the part of the peoples served; 
                and
                    (C) to promote a better understanding of other 
                peoples on the part of the people of the United States.
            (6) As the Peace Corps reaches its 50th anniversary in 
        2011, a new forward-looking strategy should be developed to 
        improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Peace Corps in 
        pursuing the goals described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
        of paragraph (5) by analyzing and accounting for the strengths 
        and weaknesses of the following:
                    (A) The program model of the Peace Corps.
                    (B) The current and planned distribution of Peace 
                Corps volunteers throughout the world.
                    (C) Partnership opportunities and operations of the 
                Peace Corps.
                    (D) Recruitment and management practices of the 
                Peace Corps with respect to the diversity of Peace 
                Corps volunteers and staff.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IMPROVING AND EXPANDING PEACE 
              CORPS.

    (a) Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps 
        shall complete the assessment described in paragraph (2) to 
        determine how best--
                    (A) to strengthen the management capabilities and 
                program effectiveness of the Peace Corps;
                    (B) to expand opportunities for Peace Corps 
                volunteers; and
                    (C) to increase the size of the Peace Corps.
            (2) Assessment described.--The assessment described in this 
        paragraph means an assessment of--
                    (A) how the purpose of the Peace Corps declared 
                under section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
                2501(a)) translates into tangible strategic plans for 
                the Peace Corps;
                    (B) the distribution of Peace Corps volunteers in 
                country programs, including how and why volunteers are 
                assigned to various countries and jurisdictions of 
                within countries;
                    (C) the most effective and efficient methods of 
                improving and strengthening activities relating to the 
                Peace Corps' goal of promoting a better understanding 
                of other peoples on the part of the people of the 
                United States, including enhanced funding to implement, 
                scale, and replicate such activities;
                    (D) the prospects for partnerships with 
                international and host country nongovernmental 
                organizations and other entities to achieve the goals 
                of the Peace Corps through development projects;
                    (E) the adequacy of the current program model of 
                the Peace Corps and the feasibility of program models 
                such as the Peace Corps Response Program;
                    (F) the effectiveness and efficiency of volunteer 
                recruitment strategies, including strategies for 
                recruitment at graduate schools, methods, and resource 
                allocations used by the Peace Corps;
                    (G) the effectiveness of the Peace Corps in 
                recruiting ethnically, socio-economically, and 
                geographically diverse volunteers with wide-ranging 
                skills and interests;
                    (H) the skills and interests of current Peace Corps 
                volunteers;
                    (I) options for diversification of the skills and 
                interests of Peace Corps volunteers, including 
                volunteers with skills and interests that relate to 
                public health, information technology, urban planning, 
                social services, communications, and community 
                organizing;
                    (J) the Peace Corps volunteer training programs;
                    (K) the options available to volunteers to suspend 
                payment of student loans while serving in the Peace 
                Corps;
                    (L) the medical care received by volunteers while 
                serving in the Peace Corps;
                    (M) the procedures of the Peace Corps for mandatory 
                medical separation of volunteers serving in the Peace 
                Corps;
                    (N) the medical screening process for volunteers 
                entering service in the Peace Corps, including--
                            (i) the cost to the Peace Corps of 
                        providing full reimbursement for medical tests 
                        under taken by volunteers applying for or 
                        entering service in the Peace Corps;
                            (ii) expanded information for applicants 
                        including potentially disqualifying medical 
                        conditions; and
                            (iii) the cost of extending the medical 
                        care provided by the Peace Corps to volunteers 
                        serving in the Peace Corps to include the 5-
                        month period beginning on the date on which a 
                        volunteer completes service in the Peace Corps;
                    (O) the causes of the early termination of service 
                in the Peace Corps, using the cohort and other 
                statistically appropriate methods and the reasons cited 
                by volunteers terminating their service in the Peace 
                Corps early;
                    (P) how the Peace Corps can utilize information 
                technology to improve--
                            (i) program efficiency, effectiveness, and 
                        coordination; and
                            (ii) communication among volunteers;
                    (Q) mechanisms for soliciting the views of 
                volunteers serving in the Peace Corps, on a 
                confidential basis, regarding--
                            (i) the support provided to such volunteers 
                        by senior staff of the Peace Corps; and
                            (ii) the operations of the Peace Corps, 
                        including--
                                    (I) staffing decisions;
                                    (II) site selection;
                                    (III) language training;
                                    (IV) country programs; and
                                    (V) dialogue with host country 
                                partners and ministries;
                    (R) mechanisms for incorporating the views 
                solicited in subparagraph (Q) into programming and 
                management decisions of the Peace Corps; and
                    (S) the adequacy of various post-service benefits 
                for volunteers and the potential impact of such 
                benefits on increasing, diversifying, and improving the 
                pool of Peace Corps applicants.
            (3) Method.--The assessment shall--
                    (A) be built on a review of past experiences and 
                studies; and
                    (B) draw on the knowledge of--
                            (i) current Peace Corps volunteers and 
                        staff, at all levels of seniority;
                            (ii) returned Peace Corps volunteers and 
                        staff; and
                            (iii) host country nationals and officials 
                        who have worked closely with Peace Corps 
                        volunteers.
    (b) Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps 
        shall develop, based on the assessment required under 
        subsection (a), a strategic plan for the Peace Corps that--
                    (A) encompasses the findings of the Director with 
                respect to the assessment required under subsection 
                (a); and
                    (B) includes the matters described in paragraph 
                (2).
            (2) Matters described.--The matters described in this 
        paragraph include the following:
                    (A) 1-year and 5-year goals and benchmarks for the 
                Peace Corps that address--
                            (i) each matter included in the assessment 
                        required under subsection (a); and
                            (ii) such other matters as the Director 
                        considers appropriate.
                    (B) Strategies for--
                            (i) distributing volunteers to countries in 
                        which they have maximum value-added for the 
                        host country, for the United States, and for 
                        the volunteers themselves;
                            (ii) identifying countries with strategic 
                        value to Peace Corps goals, currently not 
                        served or dormant, and proposals for starting 
                        new country programs or re-activating dormant 
                        programs, as well as countries with less 
                        strategic relevance to Peace Corps goals, 
                        including proposals for reducing or closing 
                        such country programs;
                            (iii) balancing the Peace Corps' 
                        independence with its need to remain relevant 
                        to broader United States foreign goals; and
                            (iv) ensuring that Peace Corps operations 
                        and goals are not adversely affected in 
                        situations where the bi-lateral relationship 
                        between the host country and the United States 
                        is problematic.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps 
        shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        report that includes--
                    (A) the findings of the Director with respect to 
                the assessment required under subsection (a); and
                    (B) the strategic plan developed under subsection 
                (b).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS UNDER 
              PEACE CORPS ACT.

    It is the sense of Congress that, except for appointments made 
under section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511), the President 
should not make more than 15 concurrent appointments under such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``are authorized'' and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting the following: ``is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter such sums as may 
be necessary for such purposes.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 454

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1382

                          [Report No. 111-219]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 29, 2010

                       Reported with an amendment
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