IC 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2286 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2018 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

AN ACT 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to provide greater protection 

and services for Peace Corps volunteers, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 

Sec. 101. Peace Corps volunteer medical care reform. 

Sec. 102. Post-service Peace Corps volunteer medical care reform. 

Sec. 103. Peace Corps impact survey. 

Sec. 104. Extension of positions for Peace Corps employees. 

TITLE II—PEACE CORPS OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 201. Peace Corps volunteer access to Inspector General. 

Sec. 202. Consultation with Congress required before opening or closing overseas offices and country programs. 

Sec. 203. Publication requirement for volunteer surveys. 

TITLE III—CRIME RISK REDUCTION ENHANCEMENTS 

Sec. 301. Independent review of volunteer death. 

Sec. 302. Monitoring training records. 

Sec. 303. Additional disclosures to applicants for enrollment as volunteers. 

Sec. 304. Additional protections against sexual misconduct. 

Sec. 305. Immediate victim advocacy notification. 

Sec. 306. Extension of the Office of Victim Advocacy. 

Sec. 307. Reform and extension of the Sexual Assault Advisory Council. 

Sec. 308. Definitions. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

12 the Senate; 


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1 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the Senate; 

3 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

4 the House of Representatives; and 

5 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

7 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

8 the Director of the Peace Corps. 

9 (3) PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.—The term 

10 ‘‘Peace Corps volunteer’’ means an individual de11 scribed in section 5(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 2504(a)). 

13 TITLE I—PEACE CORPS 

14 VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 

15 SEC. 101. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CARE RE16 FORM. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

18 2501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2504) the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 5A. HEALTH CARE FOR VOLUNTEERS AT PEACE 

21 CORPS POSTS. 

22 ‘‘(a) HEALTH CARE MEDICAL OFFICERS SELECTION

23 CRITERIA.—In selecting medical officers and support staff 

24 for overseas Peace Corps posts, the Director shall strive 

25 to hire well-qualified and capable personnel to support the 


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1 effectiveness of health care for Peace Corps volunteers by 

2 evaluating each candidate’s— 

3 ‘‘(1) medical training, experience, and accredi4 tations or other qualifications; 

5 ‘‘(2) record of performance; 

6 ‘‘(3) administrative capabilities; 

7 ‘‘(4) understanding of the local language and 

8 culture; 

9 ‘‘(5) ability to work in the English language; 

10 ‘‘(6) interpersonal skills; and 

11 ‘‘(7) such other factors that the Director con12 siders to be appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(b) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, acting 

15 through the Associate Director of the Office of 

16 Health Services and the country directors, shall re17 view and evaluate the performance and health care 

18 delivery of all Peace Corps medical staff, including 

19 medical officers— 

20 ‘‘(A) to ensure compliance with all relevant 

21 Peace Corps policies, practices, and guidelines; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) to ensure that medical staff complete 

24 the necessary continuing medical education to 

25 maintain their skills and satisfy licensing and 


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1 credentialing standards, as designated by the 

2 Director. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director 

4 shall include, in the annual Peace Corps congres5 sional budget justification, a confirmation that the 

6 review and evaluation of all Peace Corps medical 

7 staff required under paragraph (1) has been com8 pleted. 

9 ‘‘(c) ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS.—The Director shall 

10 consult with experts at the Centers for Disease Control 

11 and Prevention regarding recommendations for pre12 scribing malaria prophylaxis, in order to provide the best 

13 standard of care within the context of the Peace Corps 

14 environment.’’. 

15 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY

16 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE PEACE CORPS.— 

17 (1) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—As prompt18 ly as practicable, the Director shall implement the 

19 actions outlined in the agency response for all open 

20 recommendations of the Inspector General of the 

21 Peace Corps set forth in the report entitled ‘‘Final 

22 Program Evaluation Report: OIG Follow-up Evalua23 tion of Issues Identified in the 2010 Peace Corps/ 

24 Morocco Assessment of Medical Care’’ (Report No. 

25 IG–16–01–E). 


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1 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.— 

2 (A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 

3 months after the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act, the Director shall submit a report to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees that de6 scribes the Director’s strategy for implementing 

7 the recommendations referred to in paragraph 

8 (1). 

9 (B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later 

10 than 6 months after the submission of the re11 port required under subparagraph (A), and 

12 semiannually thereafter, the Director shall sub13 mit a report to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees that describes the progress in imple15 menting the recommendations referred to in 

16 paragraph (1) until all such recommendations 

17 have been implemented in accordance with the 

18 agency’s response to the report referred to in 

19 such paragraph. 

20 (3) NOTIFICATION.—After the submission of 

21 each report required under paragraph (2), the In22 spector General of the Peace Corps may notify the 

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1 graph (1) that the Inspector General determines re2 main unresolved. 

3 SEC. 102. POST-SERVICE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MED4 ICAL CARE REFORM. 

5 Section 8142 of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall authorize the Director of 

8 the Peace Corps to furnish medical benefits to a volunteer, 

9 who is injured during the volunteer’s period of service, for 

10 a period of 120 days following the termination of such 

11 service if the Director certifies that the volunteer’s injury 

12 probably meets the requirements under subsection (c)(3). 

13 The Secretary may then certify vouchers for these ex14 penses for such volunteer out of the Employees’ Com15 pensation Fund. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall prescribe the form and con17 tent of the certification required under paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(3) A certification under paragraph (1) will cease 

19 to be effective if the volunteer sustains compensable dis20 ability in connection with volunteer service. 

21 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to 

22 authorize the furnishing of any medical benefit that the 

23 Secretary of Labor is not otherwise authorized to reim24 burse for former Peace Corps volunteers who receive treat25 ment for injury or disease proximately caused by their 


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1 service in the Peace Corps in accordance with this chap2 ter.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. PEACE CORPS IMPACT SURVEY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act and once every 

6 2 years for the following 6 years, the Director shall con7 duct a survey of former Peace Corps volunteers. 

8 (b) SCOPE OF SURVEY.—The survey required under 

9 subsection (a) shall assess, with respect to each former 

10 Peace Corps volunteer completing the survey, the impact 

11 of the Peace Corps on the former volunteer, including the 

12 volunteer’s— 

13 (1) well-being; 

14 (2) career; 

15 (3) civic engagement; and 

16 (4) commitment to public service. 

17 (c) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a report 

18 containing the results of the survey conducted under sub19 section (a) to— 

20 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate; 

22 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

23 House of Representatives; 

24 (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

25 Senate; and 


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1 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (d) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.— 

4 Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 

5 (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 

6 1980’’), shall not apply to the collection of information 

7 through the survey required under this section. 

8 SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF POSITIONS FOR PEACE CORPS EM9 PLOYEES. 

10 Section 7(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

11 2506(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(8) DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL POSITIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

14 Peace Corps may designate Peace Corps posi15 tions as critical management or management 

16 support positions that require specialized tech17 nical or professional skills and knowledge of 

18 Peace Corps operations. Such positions may in19 clude positions in the following fields: 

20 ‘‘(i) Volunteer health services. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Financial management. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Information technology. 

23 ‘‘(iv) Procurement. 

24 ‘‘(v) Personnel. 

25 ‘‘(vi) Legal services. 


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1 ‘‘(vii) Safety and security. 

2 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subpara3 graphs (C) and (D), with respect to positions 

4 designated pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 

5 Director may make or extend renewable ap6 pointments or assignments under paragraph (2) 

7 notwithstanding limitations under subpara8 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and para9 graph (5). 

10 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS.—In exercising au11 thority under subparagraph (B), the Director 

12 shall ensure that all decisions regarding the ap13 pointment, assignment, or extension of employ14 ees to any such position— 

15 ‘‘(i) are consistent with Federal law 

16 and Peace Corps policy; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) are based upon operational and 

18 programmatic factors. 

19 ‘‘(D) DURATION OF APPOINTMENTS.—The 

20 term of any appointment or assignment to any 

21 position designated under subparagraph (A) 

22 may not exceed 5 years.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—PEACE CORPS OVER2 SIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

3 SEC. 201. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCESS TO INSPEC4 TOR GENERAL. 

5 Section 8 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in8 serting ‘‘the President’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR

11 GENERAL.— 

12 ‘‘(1) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—As part of the 

13 training provided to all volunteers under subsection 

14 (a), and in coordination with the Inspector General 

15 of the Peace Corps, the President shall provide all 

16 volunteers with— 

17 ‘‘(A) information regarding the mandate of 

18 the Inspector General and the availability of the 

19 Inspector General as a resource for volunteers; 

20 ‘‘(B) the contact information of the Inspec21 tor General; 

22 ‘‘(C) information regarding the mandate of 

23 the Office of Victim Advocacy and the avail24 ability of the Office of Victim Advocacy as a re25 source for volunteers; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the contact information of the Office 

2 of Victim Advocacy. 

3 ‘‘(2) FREQUENCY OF TRAINING.—The Presi4 dent shall ensure that volunteers receive the infor5 mation described in paragraph (1) not less fre6 quently than— 

7 ‘‘(A) once during pre-enrollment training; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(B) once during each significant training 

10 provided by the Peace Corps to volunteers after 

11 enrollment.’’. 

12 SEC. 202. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REQUIRED BE13 FORE OPENING OR CLOSING OVERSEAS OF14 FICES AND COUNTRY PROGRAMS. 

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

16 amended by inserting after section 10 (22 U.S.C. 2509) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 10A. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REQUIRED BE19 FORE OPENING OR CLOSING OVERSEAS OF20 FICES AND COUNTRY PROGRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

22 (b), the Director of the Peace Corps may not open, close, 

23 significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas of24 fice or country program unless the Director has notified 

25 and consulted with the Committee on Foreign Relations 


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1 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

4 the House of Representatives. 

5 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Director may waive the applica6 tion of subsection (a) if an action described in such sub7 section is necessary to ameliorate a substantial security 

8 risk to Peace Corps volunteers or other Peace Corps per9 sonnel.’’. 

10 SEC. 203. PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VOLUNTEER 

11 SURVEYS. 

12 Section 8E of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507e) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the first 

15 sentence the following: ‘‘The President shall ensure 

16 that each performance plan established under this 

17 subsection for a Peace Corps representative includes 

18 a consideration of the results, with respect to such 

19 representative and the country of service of such 

20 representative, of each survey conducted under sub21 section (c).’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘The President shall publish, on a publicly 

3 available website of the Peace Corps, a report 

4 summarizing the results of each survey related 

5 to volunteer satisfaction in each country in 

6 which volunteers serve, and the early termi7 nation rate of volunteers serving in each such 

8 country. The information published shall be 

9 posted in an easily accessible place near the de10 scription of the appropriate country and shall 

11 be written in an easily understood manner.’’. 

12 TITLE III—CRIME RISK 

13 REDUCTION ENHANCEMENTS 

14 SEC. 301. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF VOLUNTEER DEATH. 

15 Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504) 

16 is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

17 ‘‘(d)(1) Consistent with the Inspector General Act of 

18 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Inspector General of the Peace 

19 Corps may independently review the facts and cir20 cumstances surrounding the death of a volunteer and the 

21 actions taken by the Peace Corps in responding to such 

22 incident. 

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1 vide a briefing to the Inspector General, which shall in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(A)(i) the available facts and circumstances 

4 surrounding the death of the volunteer, including a 

5 preliminary timeline of the events immediately pre6 ceding the death of the volunteer, subsequent actions 

7 taken by the Peace Corps, and any information 

8 available to the Peace Corps reflecting on the cause 

9 or root cause of the volunteer’s death; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of any steps the Peace Corps 

11 plans to take to inquire further into the cause or 

12 root cause of the volunteer’s death, including the an13 ticipated date of the completion of such inquiry; or 

14 ‘‘(B) an explanation of why the Peace Corps 

15 has determined that no further inquiry into the 

16 cause or root cause of the volunteer’s death is nec17 essary, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) a description of the steps the Peace 

19 Corps took to determine further inquiry was not 

20 necessary; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the basis for such determination. 

22 ‘‘(3) If the Peace Corps has performed or engaged 

23 another entity to perform a root cause analysis or similar 

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1 of a volunteer death, the President shall provide the In2 spector General of the Peace Corps with— 

3 ‘‘(A) a copy of all information provided to such 

4 entity at the time such information is provided to 

5 such entity or used by the Peace Corps to perform 

6 the analysis; 

7 ‘‘(B) a copy of any report or study received 

8 from the entity or used by the Peace Corps to per9 form the analysis; and 

10 ‘‘(C) any supporting documentation upon which 

11 the Peace Corps or such entity relied to make its de12 termination, including the volunteer’s complete med13 ical record, as soon as such information is available 

14 to the Peace Corps. 

15 ‘‘(4) If a volunteer dies, the Peace Corps shall take 

16 reasonable measures, in accordance with local laws, to pre17 serve any information or material, in any medium or for18 mat, that may be relevant to determining the cause or root 

19 cause of the volunteer’s death, including personal effects, 

20 medication, and other tangible items belonging to the vol21 unteer, as long as such measures do not interfere with 

22 the legal procedures of the host country if the government 

23 of the host country is exercising jurisdiction over the in24 vestigation of such death. The Inspector General of the 


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1 Peace Corps shall be provided an opportunity to inspect 

2 such items before their final disposition. 

3 ‘‘(5) For the purposes of undertaking a review under 

4 this section, an officer or employee of the United States 

5 or a member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the 

6 Inspector General of the Peace Corps from another de7 partment of the United States Government on a nonreim8 bursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the Inspector Gen9 eral and the detailing department, for a period not to ex10 ceed 1 year. This paragraph may not be construed to limit 

11 or modify any other source of authority for reimbursable 

12 or nonreimbursable details. A nonreimbursable detail 

13 made under this section shall not be considered an aug14 mentation of the appropriations of the Peace Corps. 

15 ‘‘(6) Upon request, the Peace Corps may make avail16 able necessary funds to the Inspector General of the Peace 

17 Corps for reviews conducted by the Inspector General 

18 under this section. The request shall be limited to costs 

19 relating to hiring, procuring, or otherwise obtaining med20 ical-related experts or expert services, and associated trav21 el. 

22 ‘‘(7) The undertaking of a review under this section 

23 shall not be considered a transfer of program operating 

24 responsibilities to the Inspector General of the Peace 

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1 SEC. 302. MONITORING TRAINING RECORDS. 

2 Section 8 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507), 

3 as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) TRAINING RECORDS.—The President shall im6 plement procedures to maintain a written record verifying 

7 the attendance of each individual completing the training 

8 required under this section and sections 8A, 8B, and 8F.’’. 

9 SEC. 303. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES TO APPLICANTS FOR 

10 ENROLLMENT AS VOLUNTEERS. 

11 Section 8A(d) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

12 2507a(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION REGARDING CRIMES AND

14 RISKS.—Each applicant for enrollment as a volunteer 

15 shall be provided, with respect to the country in which the 

16 applicant has been invited to serve, with information re17 garding crimes against and risks to volunteers, includ18 ing— 

19 ‘‘(1) an overview of past crimes against volun20 teers in such country; 

21 ‘‘(2) the current early termination rate of vol22 unteers serving in such country; 

23 ‘‘(3) health risks in such country; and 

24 ‘‘(4) the level of satisfaction reported by volun25 teers serving in such country.’’. 


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1 SEC. 304. ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL 

2 MISCONDUCT. 

3 Section 8B(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

4 2507b(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

6 end; 

7 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(7) maintains a record documenting the res11 ignation of any employee or volunteer of the Peace 

12 Corps who resigns before a determination has been 

13 made regarding an alleged violation of the sexual 

14 misconduct policy or other serious policy violations; 

15 ‘‘(8) takes into account the record maintained 

16 under paragraph (7) before such employee or volun17 teer is hired, is enrolled, or otherwise work with the 

18 Peace Corps; and 

19 ‘‘(9) provides orientation or information regard20 ing the awareness and prevention of sexual assault 

21 to— 

22 ‘‘(A) Peace Corps-selected host families; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(B) a designated person of authority at 

25 the volunteer’s initial workplace.’’. 


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1 SEC. 305. IMMEDIATE VICTIM ADVOCACY NOTIFICATION. 

2 Section 8B(a)(3) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

3 2507b(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘SARLs to imme4 diately contact’’ and inserting ‘‘the Peace Corps to des5 ignate the staff at each post who shall be responsible for 

6 providing the services described in subsection (c) and for 

7 immediately contacting’’. 

8 SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM ADVO9 CACY. 

10 Section 8C of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507c) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in the heading to subsection (a), by striking 

13 ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIM’’; and 

14 (2) by striking subsection (e). 

15 SEC. 307. REFORM AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL AS16 SAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

17 Section 8D of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

18 2507d) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘not less than 

20 8 individuals selected by the President, not later 

21 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘not fewer than 8 and 

23 not more than 14 individuals selected by the Presi24 dent’’; and 

25 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

26 inserting ‘‘2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 308. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 26 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2522) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), 

5 (d), (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (1), (6), (2), (3), 

6 (8), (7), and (5), respectively, by arranging such re7 designated paragraphs in numerical order, and by 

8 moving such paragraphs 2 ems to the right; 

9 (2) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by strik10 ing ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘In this Act: 

12 ‘‘(1)’’; and 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesig14 nated, the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) The term ‘medical officer’ means a physi16 cian, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, or 

17 registered nurse with the professional qualifications, 

18 expertise, and abilities consistent with the needs of 

19 the Peace Corps and the post to which he or she is 

20 assigned, as determined by the Director of the Peace 

21 Corps.’’. 

Passed the Senate March 13, 2018. 

Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, 

Secretary. 


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