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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2286 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to provide greater protection and services 

for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 10, 2018 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. COONS) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 


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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. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

9 the Senate; 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

11 the House of Representatives; and 

12 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

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

15 the Director of the Peace Corps. 


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1 (3) PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.—The term 

2 ‘‘Peace Corps volunteer’’ means an individual de3 scribed in section 5(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 

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

5 TITLE I—PEACE CORPS 

6 VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 

7 SEC. 101. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CARE RE8 FORM. 

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

10 2501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 (22 

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

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

13 CORPS POSTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) HEALTH CARE MEDICAL OFFICERS SELECTION

15 CRITERIA.—In selecting medical officers and support staff 

16 for overseas Peace Corps posts, the Director shall strive 

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

18 effectiveness of health care for Peace Corps volunteers by 

19 evaluating each candidate’s— 

20 ‘‘(1) medical training, experience, and accredi21 tations or other qualifications; 

22 ‘‘(2) record of performance; 

23 ‘‘(3) administrative capabilities; 

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

25 culture; 


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

2 ‘‘(6) interpersonal skills; and 

3 ‘‘(7) such other factors that the Director con4 siders to be appropriate. 

5 ‘‘(b) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.— 

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

7 through the Associate Director of the Office of 

8 Health Services and the country directors, shall re9 view and evaluate the performance and health care 

10 delivery of all Peace Corps medical staff, including 

11 medical officers— 

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

13 Peace Corps policies, practices, and guidelines; 

14 and 

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

16 the necessary continuing medical education to 

17 maintain their skills and satisfy licensing and 

18 credentialing standards, as designated by the 

19 Director. 

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

21 shall include, in the annual Peace Corps congres22 sional budget justification, a confirmation that the 

23 review and evaluation of all Peace Corps medical 

24 staff required under paragraph (1) has been com25 pleted. 


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

2 consult with experts at the Centers for Disease Control 

3 and Prevention regarding recommendations for pre4 scribing malaria prophylaxis, in order to provide the best 

5 standard of care within the context of the Peace Corps 

6 environment.’’. 

7 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY

8 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE PEACE CORPS.— 

9 (1) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—As prompt10 ly as practicable, the Director shall implement the 

11 actions outlined in the agency response for all open 

12 recommendations of the Inspector General of the 

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

14 Program Evaluation Report: OIG Follow-up Evalua15 tion of Issues Identified in the 2010 Peace Corps/ 

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

17 IG–16–01–E). 

18 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.— 

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

20 months after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act, the Director shall submit a report to the 

22 appropriate congressional committees that de23 scribes the Director’s strategy for implementing 

24 the recommendations referred to in paragraph 

25 (1). 


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1 (B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later 

2 than 6 months after the submission of the re3 port required under subparagraph (A), and 

4 semiannually thereafter, the Director shall sub5 mit a report to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees that describes the progress in imple7 menting the recommendations referred to in 

8 paragraph (1) until all such recommendations 

9 have been implemented in accordance with the 

10 agency’s response to the report referred to in 

11 such paragraph. 

12 (3) NOTIFICATION.—After the submission of 

13 each report required under paragraph (2), the In14 spector General of the Peace Corps may notify the 

15 appropriate congressional committees of any rec16 ommendations from the report referred to in para17 graph (1) that the Inspector General determines re18 main unresolved. 

19 SEC. 102. POST-SERVICE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MED20 ICAL CARE REFORM. 

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

22 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

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


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1 a period of 120 days following the termination of such 

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

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

4 The Secretary may then certify vouchers for these ex5 penses for such volunteer out of the Employees’ Com6 pensation Fund. 

7 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall prescribe the form and con8 tent of the certification required under paragraph (1). 

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

10 to be effective if the volunteer sustains compensable dis11 ability in connection with volunteer service. 

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

13 authorize the furnishing of any medical benefit that the 

14 Secretary of Labor is not otherwise authorized to reim15 burse for former Peace Corps volunteers who receive treat16 ment for injury or disease proximately caused by their 

17 service in the Peace Corps in accordance with this chap18 ter.’’. 

19 SEC. 103. PEACE CORPS IMPACT SURVEY. 

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

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

22 2 years for the following 6 years, the Director shall con23 duct a survey of former Peace Corps volunteers. 

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

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1 Peace Corps volunteer completing the survey, the impact 

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

3 volunteer’s— 

4 (1) well-being; 

5 (2) career; 

6 (3) civic engagement; and 

7 (4) commitment to public service. 

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

9 containing the results of the survey conducted under sub10 section (a) to— 

11 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

12 Senate; 

13 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

14 House of Representatives; 

15 (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate; and 

17 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 (d) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.— 

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

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

22 1980’’), shall not apply to the collection of information 

23 through the survey required under this section. 


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1 SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF POSITIONS FOR PEACE CORPS EM2 PLOYEES. 

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

4 2506(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

7 Peace Corps may designate Peace Corps posi8 tions as critical management or management 

9 support positions that require specialized tech10 nical or professional skills and knowledge of 

11 Peace Corps operations. Such positions may in12 clude positions in the following fields: 

13 ‘‘(i) Volunteer health services. 

14 ‘‘(ii) Financial management. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Information technology. 

16 ‘‘(iv) Procurement. 

17 ‘‘(v) Personnel. 

18 ‘‘(vi) Legal services. 

19 ‘‘(vii) Safety and security. 

20 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subpara21 graphs (C) and (D), with respect to positions 

22 designated pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 

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1 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and para2 graph (5). 

3 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS.—In exercising au4 thority under subparagraph (B), the Director 

5 shall ensure that all decisions regarding the ap6 pointment, assignment, or extension of employ7 ees to any such position— 

8 ‘‘(i) are consistent with Federal law 

9 and Peace Corps policy; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) are based upon operational and 

11 programmatic factors. 

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

13 term of any appointment or assignment to any 

14 position designated under subparagraph (A) 

15 may not exceed 5 years.’’. 

16 TITLE II—PEACE CORPS OVER17 SIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

18 SEC. 201. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCESS TO INSPEC19 TOR GENERAL. 

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

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in23 serting ‘‘the President’’; and 

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


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

2 GENERAL.— 

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

4 training provided to all volunteers under subsection 

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

6 of the Peace Corps, the President shall provide all 

7 volunteers with— 

8 ‘‘(A) information regarding the mandate of 

9 the Inspector General and the availability of the 

10 Inspector General as a resource for volunteers; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) the contact information of the Inspec13 tor General. 

14 ‘‘(2) FREQUENCY OF TRAINING.—The Presi15 dent shall ensure that volunteers receive the infor16 mation described in paragraph (1) not less fre17 quently than— 

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

19 and 

20 ‘‘(B) once during each significant training 

21 provided by the Peace Corps to volunteers after 

22 enrollment.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REQUIRED BE2 FORE OPENING OR CLOSING OVERSEAS OF3 FICES AND COUNTRY PROGRAMS. 

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

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

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 10A. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REQUIRED BE8 FORE OPENING OR CLOSING OVERSEAS OF9 FICES AND COUNTRY PROGRAMS. 

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

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

12 significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas of13 fice or country program unless the Director has notified 

14 and consulted with the Committee on Foreign Relations 

15 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

16 the House of Representatives. 

17 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Director may waive the applica18 tion of subsection (a) if an action described in such sub19 section is necessary to ameliorate a substantial security 

20 risk to Peace Corps volunteers or other Peace Corps per21 sonnel.’’. 

22 SEC. 203. PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VOLUNTEER 

23 SURVEYS. 

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

25 is amended— 


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

2 sentence the following: ‘‘The President shall ensure 

3 that each performance plan established under this 

4 subsection for a Peace Corps representative includes 

5 a consideration of the results, with respect to such 

6 representative and the country of service of such 

7 representative, of each survey conducted under sub8 section (c).’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

11 ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘The President shall publish, on a publicly 

14 available website of the Peace Corps, a report 

15 summarizing the results of each survey related 

16 to volunteer satisfaction in each country in 

17 which volunteers serve, and the early termi18 nation rate of volunteers serving in each such 

19 country. The information published shall be 

20 posted in an easily accessible place near the de21 scription of the appropriate country and shall 

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


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1 TITLE III—CRIME RISK 

2 REDUCTION ENHANCEMENTS 

3 SEC. 301. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF VOLUNTEER DEATH. 

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

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

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

7 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Inspector General of the Peace 

8 Corps may independently review the facts and cir9 cumstances surrounding the death of a volunteer and the 

10 actions taken by the Peace Corps in responding to such 

11 incident. 

12 ‘‘(2) Not later than 10 days after receiving notifica13 tion of the death of a volunteer, the President shall pro14 vide a briefing to the Inspector General, which shall in15 clude— 

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

17 surrounding the death of the volunteer, including a 

18 preliminary timeline of the events immediately pre19 ceding the death of the volunteer, subsequent actions 

20 taken by the Peace Corps, and any information 

21 available to the Peace Corps reflecting on the cause 

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

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

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1 root cause of the volunteer’s death, including the an2 ticipated date of the completion of such inquiry; or 

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

4 has determined that no further inquiry into the 

5 cause or root cause of the volunteer’s death is nec6 essary, including— 

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

8 Corps took to determine further inquiry was not 

9 necessary; and 

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

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

12 another entity to perform a root cause analysis or similar 

13 report that describes the root cause or proximate cause 

14 of a volunteer death, the President shall provide the In15 spector General of the Peace Corps with— 

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

17 entity at the time such information is provided to 

18 such entity or used by the Peace Corps to perform 

19 the analysis; 

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

21 from the entity or used by the Peace Corps to per22 form the analysis; and 

23 ‘‘(C) any supporting documentation upon which 

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1 ical record, as soon as such information is available 

2 to the Peace Corps. 

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

4 reasonable measures, in accordance with local laws, to pre5 serve any information or material, in any medium or for6 mat, that may be relevant to determining the cause or root 

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

8 medication, and other tangible items belonging to the vol9 unteer, as long as such measures do not interfere with 

10 the legal procedures of the host country if the government 

11 of the host country is exercising jurisdiction over the in12 vestigation of such death. The Inspector General of the 

13 Peace Corps shall be provided an opportunity to inspect 

14 such items before their final disposition. 

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

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

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

18 Inspector General of the Peace Corps from another de19 partment of the United States Government on a nonreim20 bursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the Inspector Gen21 eral and the detailing department, for a period not to ex22 ceed 1 year. This paragraph may not be construed to limit 

23 or modify any other source of authority for reimbursable 

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1 made under this section shall not be considered an aug2 mentation of the appropriations of the Peace Corps. 

3 ‘‘(6) Upon request, the Peace Corps may make avail4 able necessary funds to the Inspector General of the Peace 

5 Corps for reviews conducted by the Inspector General 

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

7 relating to hiring, procuring, or otherwise obtaining med8 ical-related experts or expert services, and associated trav9 el. 

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

11 shall not be considered a transfer of program operating 

12 responsibilities to the Inspector General of the Peace 

13 Corps.’’. 

14 SEC. 302. MONITORING TRAINING RECORDS. 

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

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

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(d) TRAINING RECORDS.—The President shall im19 plement procedures to maintain a written record verifying 

20 the attendance of each individual completing the training 

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

22 SEC. 303. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES TO APPLICANTS FOR 

23 ENROLLMENT AS VOLUNTEERS. 

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

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1 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION REGARDING CRIMES AND

2 RISKS.—Each applicant for enrollment as a volunteer 

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

4 applicant has been invited to serve, with information re5 garding crimes against and risks to volunteers, includ6 ing— 

7 ‘‘(1) an overview of past crimes against volun8 teers in such country; 

9 ‘‘(2) the current early termination rate of vol10 unteers serving in such country; 

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

12 ‘‘(4) the level of satisfaction reported by volun13 teers serving in such country.’’. 

14 SEC. 304. ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL 

15 MISCONDUCT. 

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

17 2507b(a)) is amended— 

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

19 end; 

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

21 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

23 ‘‘(7) maintains a record of the resignation of 

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1 garding an allegation that such person committed a 

2 sexual assault or other serious misconduct; 

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

4 under paragraph (7) before such employee or volun5 teer is hired, is enrolled, or otherwise work with the 

6 Peace Corps; and 

7 ‘‘(9) provides orientation to families who host 

8 volunteers regarding the awareness and prevention 

9 of sexual assault.’’. 

10 SEC. 305. IMMEDIATE VICTIM ADVOCACY NOTIFICATION. 

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

12 2507b(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘SARLs to imme13 diately contact’’ and inserting ‘‘the Peace Corps to des14 ignate the staff at each post who shall be responsible for 

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

16 immediately contacting’’. 

17 SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM ADVO18 CACY. 

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

20 is amended— 

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

22 ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIM’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 307. REFORM AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL AS2 SAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

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

4 2507d) is amended— 

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

6 8 individuals selected by the President, not later 

7 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

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

9 not more than 14 individuals selected by the Presi10 dent’’; and 

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

12 inserting ‘‘2023’’. 

13 SEC. 308. DEFINITIONS. 

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

15 is amended— 

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

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

18 (8), (7), and (5), respectively, by arranging such re19 designated paragraphs in numerical order, and by 

20 moving such paragraphs 2 ems to the right; 

21 (2) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by strik22 ing ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘In this Act: 

24 ‘‘(1)’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) The term ‘medical officer’ means a physi2 cian, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, or 

3 registered nurse with the professional qualifications, 

4 expertise, and abilities consistent with the needs of 

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

6 assigned, as determined by the Director of the Peace 

7 Corps.’’. 

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