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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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Peace Corps Improve3 ment and Expansion Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) Firmly established beliefs of the Peace 

7 Corps include the following: 

8 (A) The act of volunteering has inherent 

9 value. 

10 (B) The foreign policy goals of the United 

11 States are advanced by— 

12 (i) contributing to the reduction of 

13 poverty; and 

14 (ii) fostering international under15 standing. 

16 (2) More than 195,000 volunteers have ably 

17 served in the Peace Corps in 139 countries by— 

18 (A) working towards economic and social 

19 development; and 

20 (B) promoting a better understanding of— 

21 (i) the people of the United States on 

22 the part of the peoples served; and 

23 (ii) other peoples on the part of the 

24 people of the United States. 

25 (3) Today, the importance and necessity is 

26 greater than ever for the Peace Corps— 


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1 (A) to promote global economic and social 

2 development; 

3 (B) to promote understanding and friend4 ship; and 

5 (C) to foster collaboration with inter6 national nongovernmental organizations. 

7 (4) Since 1961, a bi-partisan succession of 

8 Presidents and Congresses have endorsed the expan9 sion of the Peace Corps in order— 

10 (A) to meet requests from countries to in11 crease the size of the Peace Corps programs in 

12 their countries; 

13 (B) to initiate Peace Corps programs in 

14 countries where the Peace Corps does not cur15 rently operate; 

16 (C) to provide more opportunities for the 

17 people of the United States to engage in volun18 teer service abroad; and 

19 (D) to renew dormant Peace Corps pro20 grams. 

21 (5) The purpose of the Peace Corps, as de22 clared by section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 

23 U.S.C. 2501), is to promote world peace and friend24 ship by helping— 


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1 (A) the people of interested countries in 

2 meeting their needs for trained men and 

3 women, particularly in meeting the basic needs 

4 of those living in the poorest areas of such 

5 countries; 

6 (B) to promote a better understanding of 

7 people of the United States on the part of the 

8 peoples served; and 

9 (C) to promote a better understanding of 

10 other peoples on the part of the people of the 

11 United States. 

12 (6) As the Peace Corps reaches its 50th anni13 versary in 2010, a new forward-looking strategy 

14 should be developed to improve the effectiveness and 

15 efficiency of the Peace Corps in pursuing the goals 

16 described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para17 graph (5) by analyzing and accounting for the 

18 strengths and weaknesses of the following: 

19 (A) The program model of the Peace 

20 Corps. 

21 (B) The current and planned distribution 

22 of Peace Corps volunteers throughout the 

23 world. 

24 (C) Partnership opportunities and oper25 ations of the Peace Corps. 


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1 (D) Recruitment and management prac2 tices of the Peace Corps with respect to the di3 versity of Peace Corps volunteers and staff. 

4 SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IMPROV5 ING AND EXPANDING PEACE CORPS. 

6 (a) ASSESSMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

9 of the Peace Corps shall complete the assessment 

10 described in paragraph (2) to determine how best— 

11 (A) to strengthen the management capa12 bilities and program effectiveness of the Peace 

13 Corps; 

14 (B) to expand opportunities for Peace 

15 Corps volunteers; and 

16 (C) to increase the size of the Peace Corps. 

17 (2) ASSESSMENT DESCRIBED.—The assessment 

18 described in this paragraph means an assessment 

19 of— 

20 (A) how the purpose of the Peace Corps 

21 declared under section 2(a) of the Peace Corps 

22 Act (22 U.S.C. 2501(a)) translates into tan23 gible strategic plans for the Peace Corps; 

24 (B) the distribution of Peace Corps volun25 teers in country programs, including how and 


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1 why volunteers are assigned to various countries 

2 and jurisdictions of within countries; 

3 (C) the most effective and efficient meth4 ods of improving support for the Peace Corps’ 

5 goal of promoting a better understanding of 

6 other peoples on the part of the people of the 

7 United States; 

8 (D) the prospects for partnerships with 

9 international and host country nongovernmental 

10 organizations and other entities to achieve the 

11 goals of the Peace Corps through development 

12 projects; 

13 (E) the adequacy of the current program 

14 model of the Peace Corps and the feasibility of 

15 program models such as the Peace Corps Re16 sponse Program; 

17 (F) the effectiveness and efficiency of vol18 unteer recruitment strategies, methods, and re19 source allocations used by the Peace Corps; 

20 (G) the effectiveness of the Peace Corps in 

21 recruiting ethnically, socio-economically, and 

22 geographically diverse volunteers with wide23 ranging skills and interests; 

24 (H) the skills and interests of current 

25 Peace Corps volunteers; 


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1 (I) options for diversification of the skills 

2 and interests of Peace Corps volunteers, includ3 ing volunteers with skills and interests that re4 late to public health, information technology, 

5 urban planning, social services, communica6 tions, and community organizing; 

7 (J) the Peace Corps volunteer training 

8 programs; 

9 (K) the options available to volunteers to 

10 suspend payment of student loans while serving 

11 in the Peace Corps; 

12 (L) the medical care received by volunteers 

13 while serving in the Peace Corps; 

14 (M) the procedures of the Peace Corps for 

15 mandatory medical separation of volunteers 

16 serving in the Peace Corps; 

17 (N) the medical screening process for vol18 unteers entering service in the Peace Corps, in19 cluding— 

20 (i) the cost to the Peace Corps of pro21 viding full reimbursement for medical tests 

22 under taken by volunteers applying for or 

23 entering service in the Peace Corps; 


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1 (ii) expanded information for appli2 cants including potentially disqualifying 

3 medical conditions; and 

4 (iii) the cost of extending the medical 

5 care provided by the Peace Corps to volun6 teers serving in the Peace Corps to include 

7 the 5-month period beginning on the date 

8 on which a volunteer completes service in 

9 the Peace Corps; 

10 (O) the causes of the early termination of 

11 service in the Peace Corps, using the cohort 

12 and other statistically appropriate methods and 

13 the reasons cited by volunteers terminating 

14 their service in the Peace Corps early; 

15 (P) how the Peace Corps can utilize infor16 mation technology to improve— 

17 (i) program efficiency, effectiveness, 

18 and coordination; and 

19 (ii) communication among volunteers; 

20 (Q) mechanisms for soliciting the views of 

21 volunteers serving in the Peace Corps, on a con22 fidential basis, regarding— 

23 (i) the support provided to such volun24 teers by senior staff of the Peace Corps; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) the operations of the Peace Corps, 

2 including— 

3 (I) staffing decisions; 

4 (II) site selection; 

5 (III) language training; 

6 (IV) country programs; and 

7 (V) dialogue with host country 

8 partners and ministries; and 

9 (R) mechanisms for incorporating the 

10 views solicited in subparagraph (Q) into pro11 gramming and management decisions of the 

12 Peace Corps. 

13 (3) METHOD.—The assessment shall— 

14 (A) be built on a review of past experiences 

15 and studies; and 

16 (B) draw on the knowledge of— 

17 (i) current Peace Corps volunteers 

18 and staff, at all levels of seniority; 

19 (ii) returned Peace Corps volunteers 

20 and staff; and 

21 (iii) host country nationals and offi22 cials who have worked closely with Peace 

23 Corps volunteers. 

24 (b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di3 rector of the Peace Corps shall develop, based on the 

4 assessment required under subsection (a), a stra5 tegic plan for the Peace Corps that— 

6 (A) encompasses the findings of the Direc7 tor with respect to the assessment required 

8 under subsection (a); and 

9 (B) includes the matters described in para10 graph (2). 

11 (2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters de12 scribed in this paragraph include the following: 

13 (A) 1-year and 5-year goals and bench14 marks for the Peace Corps that address— 

15 (i) each matter included in the assess16 ment required under subsection (a); and 

17 (ii) such other matters as the Director 

18 considers appropriate. 

19 (B) Strategies for— 

20 (i) distributing volunteers to countries 

21 in which they have maximum value-added 

22 for the host country, for the United States, 

23 and for the volunteers themselves; 

24 (ii) identifying countries with strategic 

25 value to Peace Corps goals, currently not 


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1 served or dormant, and proposals for start2 ing new country programs or re-activating 

3 dormant programs, as well as countries 

4 with less strategic relevance to Peace 

5 Corps goals, including proposals for reduc6 ing or closing such country programs; 

7 (iii) balancing the Peace Corps’ inde8 pendence with its need to remain relevant 

9 to broader United States foreign goals; and 

10 (iv) ensuring that Peace Corps oper11 ations and goals are not adversely affected 

12 in situations where the bi-lateral relation13 ship between the host country and the 

14 United States is problematic. 

15 (c) REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di18 rector of the Peace Corps shall submit to the appro19 priate congressional committees a report that in20 cludes— 

21 (A) the findings of the Director with re22 spect to the assessment required under sub23 section (a); and 

24 (B) the strategic plan developed under sub25 section (b). 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap3 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

8 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives. 

10 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL AP11 POINTMENTS UNDER PEACE CORPS ACT. 

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

13 amended by inserting after section 19 the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 20. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINT15 MENTS. 

16 ‘‘Except for appointments made under section 12, the 

17 President may not make more than 15 concurrent ap18 pointments under this Act.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

21 2502(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

24 appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act— 

25 ‘‘(A) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 


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1 ‘‘(B) $575,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(C) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

4 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts au5 thorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) for 

6 a fiscal year are authorized to remain available for 

7 that fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Peace Corps Improve10 ment and Expansion Act of 2010’’. 

11 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

12 Congress makes the following findings: 

13 (1) Firmly established beliefs of the Peace Corps 

14 include the following: 

15 (A) The act of volunteering has inherent 

16 value. 

17 (B) The foreign policy goals of the United 

18 States are advanced by— 

19 (i) contributing to the reduction of 

20 poverty; and 

21 (ii) fostering international under22 standing. 

23 (2) More than 195,000 volunteers have ably 

24 served in the Peace Corps in 139 countries by— 


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1 (A) working towards economic and social 

2 development; and 

3 (B) promoting a better understanding of— 

4 (i) the people of the United States on 

5 the part of the peoples served; and 

6 (ii) other peoples on the part of the 

7 people of the United States. 

8 (3) Today, the importance and necessity is great9 er than ever for the Peace Corps— 

10 (A) to promote global economic and social 

11 development; 

12 (B) to promote understanding and friend13 ship; and 

14 (C) to foster collaboration with inter15 national nongovernmental organizations. 

16 (4) Since 1961, a bi-partisan succession of Presi17 dents and Congresses have endorsed the expansion of 

18 the Peace Corps in order— 

19 (A) to meet requests from countries to in20 crease the size of the Peace Corps programs in 

21 their countries; 

22 (B) to initiate Peace Corps programs in 

23 countries where the Peace Corps does not cur24 rently operate; 


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1 (C) to provide more opportunities for the 

2 people of the United States to engage in volun3 teer service abroad; and 

4 (D) to renew dormant Peace Corps pro5 grams. 

6 (5) The purpose of the Peace Corps, as declared 

7 by section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

8 2501), is to promote world peace and friendship by 

9 helping— 

10 (A) the people of interested countries in 

11 meeting their needs for trained men and women, 

12 particularly in meeting the basic needs of those 

13 living in the poorest areas of such countries; 

14 (B) to promote a better understanding of 

15 people of the United States on the part of the 

16 peoples served; and 

17 (C) to promote a better understanding of 

18 other peoples on the part of the people of the 

19 United States. 

20 (6) As the Peace Corps reaches its 50th anniver21 sary in 2011, a new forward-looking strategy should 

22 be developed to improve the effectiveness and effi23 ciency of the Peace Corps in pursuing the goals de24 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paraVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:39 Jun 30, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1382.RS S1382

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1 graph (5) by analyzing and accounting for the 

2 strengths and weaknesses of the following: 

3 (A) The program model of the Peace Corps. 

4 (B) The current and planned distribution of 

5 Peace Corps volunteers throughout the world. 

6 (C) Partnership opportunities and oper7 ations of the Peace Corps. 

8 (D) Recruitment and management practices 

9 of the Peace Corps with respect to the diversity 

10 of Peace Corps volunteers and staff. 

11 SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IMPROV12 ING AND EXPANDING PEACE CORPS. 

13 (a) ASSESSMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 

16 the Peace Corps shall complete the assessment de17 scribed in paragraph (2) to determine how best— 

18 (A) to strengthen the management capabili19 ties and program effectiveness of the Peace 

20 Corps; 

21 (B) to expand opportunities for Peace Corps 

22 volunteers; and 

23 (C) to increase the size of the Peace Corps. 


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1 (2) ASSESSMENT DESCRIBED.—The assessment 

2 described in this paragraph means an assessment 

3 of— 

4 (A) how the purpose of the Peace Corps de5 clared under section 2(a) of the Peace Corps Act 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2501(a)) translates into tangible stra7 tegic plans for the Peace Corps; 

8 (B) the distribution of Peace Corps volun9 teers in country programs, including how and 

10 why volunteers are assigned to various countries 

11 and jurisdictions of within countries; 

12 (C) the most effective and efficient methods 

13 of improving and strengthening activities relat14 ing to the Peace Corps’ goal of promoting a bet15 ter understanding of other peoples on the part of 

16 the people of the United States, including en17 hanced funding to implement, scale, and rep18 licate such activities; 

19 (D) the prospects for partnerships with 

20 international and host country nongovernmental 

21 organizations and other entities to achieve the 

22 goals of the Peace Corps through development 

23 projects; 

24 (E) the adequacy of the current program 

25 model of the Peace Corps and the feasibility of 


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1 program models such as the Peace Corps Re2 sponse Program; 

3 (F) the effectiveness and efficiency of volun4 teer recruitment strategies, including strategies 

5 for recruitment at graduate schools, methods, 

6 and resource allocations used by the Peace Corps; 

7 (G) the effectiveness of the Peace Corps in 

8 recruiting ethnically, socio-economically, and 

9 geographically diverse volunteers with wide10 ranging skills and interests; 

11 (H) the skills and interests of current Peace 

12 Corps volunteers; 

13 (I) options for diversification of the skills 

14 and interests of Peace Corps volunteers, includ15 ing volunteers with skills and interests that re16 late to public health, information technology, 

17 urban planning, social services, communications, 

18 and community organizing; 

19 (J) the Peace Corps volunteer training pro20 grams; 

21 (K) the options available to volunteers to 

22 suspend payment of student loans while serving 

23 in the Peace Corps; 

24 (L) the medical care received by volunteers 

25 while serving in the Peace Corps; 


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1 (M) the procedures of the Peace Corps for 

2 mandatory medical separation of volunteers serv3 ing in the Peace Corps; 

4 (N) the medical screening process for volun5 teers entering service in the Peace Corps, includ6 ing— 

7 (i) the cost to the Peace Corps of pro8 viding full reimbursement for medical tests 

9 under taken by volunteers applying for or 

10 entering service in the Peace Corps; 

11 (ii) expanded information for appli12 cants including potentially disqualifying 

13 medical conditions; and 

14 (iii) the cost of extending the medical 

15 care provided by the Peace Corps to volun16 teers serving in the Peace Corps to include 

17 the 5-month period beginning on the date 

18 on which a volunteer completes service in 

19 the Peace Corps; 

20 (O) the causes of the early termination of 

21 service in the Peace Corps, using the cohort and 

22 other statistically appropriate methods and the 

23 reasons cited by volunteers terminating their 

24 service in the Peace Corps early; 


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1 (P) how the Peace Corps can utilize infor2 mation technology to improve— 

3 (i) program efficiency, effectiveness, 

4 and coordination; and 

5 (ii) communication among volunteers; 

6 (Q) mechanisms for soliciting the views of 

7 volunteers serving in the Peace Corps, on a con8 fidential basis, regarding— 

9 (i) the support provided to such volun10 teers by senior staff of the Peace Corps; and 

11 (ii) the operations of the Peace Corps, 

12 including— 

13 (I) staffing decisions; 

14 (II) site selection; 

15 (III) language training; 

16 (IV) country programs; and 

17 (V) dialogue with host country 

18 partners and ministries; 

19 (R) mechanisms for incorporating the views 

20 solicited in subparagraph (Q) into programming 

21 and management decisions of the Peace Corps; 

22 and 

23 (S) the adequacy of various post-service 

24 benefits for volunteers and the potential impact 


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1 of such benefits on increasing, diversifying, and 

2 improving the pool of Peace Corps applicants. 

3 (3) METHOD.—The assessment shall— 

4 (A) be built on a review of past experiences 

5 and studies; and 

6 (B) draw on the knowledge of— 

7 (i) current Peace Corps volunteers and 

8 staff, at all levels of seniority; 

9 (ii) returned Peace Corps volunteers 

10 and staff; and 

11 (iii) host country nationals and offi12 cials who have worked closely with Peace 

13 Corps volunteers. 

14 (b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 

17 the Peace Corps shall develop, based on the assessment 

18 required under subsection (a), a strategic plan for the 

19 Peace Corps that— 

20 (A) encompasses the findings of the Director 

21 with respect to the assessment required under 

22 subsection (a); and 

23 (B) includes the matters described in para24 graph (2). 


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1 (2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters de2 scribed in this paragraph include the following: 

3 (A) 1-year and 5-year goals and bench4 marks for the Peace Corps that address— 

5 (i) each matter included in the assess6 ment required under subsection (a); and 

7 (ii) such other matters as the Director 

8 considers appropriate. 

9 (B) Strategies for— 

10 (i) distributing volunteers to countries 

11 in which they have maximum value-added 

12 for the host country, for the United States, 

13 and for the volunteers themselves; 

14 (ii) identifying countries with strategic 

15 value to Peace Corps goals, currently not 

16 served or dormant, and proposals for start17 ing new country programs or re-activating 

18 dormant programs, as well as countries 

19 with less strategic relevance to Peace Corps 

20 goals, including proposals for reducing or 

21 closing such country programs; 

22 (iii) balancing the Peace Corps’ inde23 pendence with its need to remain relevant 

24 to broader United States foreign goals; and 


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1 (iv) ensuring that Peace Corps oper2 ations and goals are not adversely affected 

3 in situations where the bi-lateral relation4 ship between the host country and the 

5 United States is problematic. 

6 (c) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 

9 the Peace Corps shall submit to the appropriate con10 gressional committees a report that includes— 

11 (A) the findings of the Director with respect 

12 to the assessment required under subsection (a); 

13 and 

14 (B) the strategic plan developed under sub15 section (b). 

16 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

17 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

18 congressional committees’’ means— 

19 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate; and 

22 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUMBER OF PRESI2 DENTIAL APPOINTMENTS UNDER PEACE 

3 CORPS ACT. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that, except for appoint5 ments made under section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 

6 U.S.C. 2511), the President should not make more than 15 

7 concurrent appointments under such Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 

8 et seq.). 

9 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

11 2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘are authorized’’ and 

12 all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

13 the following: ‘‘is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

14 out the purposes of this chapter such sums as may be nec15 essary for such purposes.’’. 


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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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