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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 509

To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years

2000 through 2003 to carry out that Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 2, 1999

Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. COVERDELL) 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 authorize appropriations

for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry out that

Act, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

4 FISCAL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2003 TO CARRY

5 OUT THE PEACE CORPS ACT.

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

7 2502(b)) is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

9 carry out the purposes of this Act $270,000,000 for fiscal

10 year 2000, $298,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
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1 $327,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $365,000,000 for

2 fiscal year 2003.

3 ‘‘(2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under

4 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are authorized to remain

5 available for that fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal

6 year.’’.

7 SEC. 2. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE PEACE

8 CORPS ACT.

9 (a) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.—Section 15(d) of such

10 Act (22 U.S.C. 2514(d)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

12 end;

13 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at

14 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

16 ‘‘(13) the transportation of Peace Corps em17 ployees, Peace Corps volunteers, dependents of such

18 employees and volunteers, and accompanying bag19 gage, by a foreign air carrier when the transpor20 tation is between two places outside the United

21 States without regard to section 40118 of title 49,

22 United States Code.’’.

23 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section

24 5(f)(1)(B) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(f)(1)(B)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘Civil Service Commission’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’.

3 (2) Section 5(h) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(h)) is

4 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Voting Assistance Act

5 of 1955 (5 U.S.C. 2171 et seq.)’’ and all that follows

6 through ‘‘(31 U.S.C. 492a),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3342

7 of title 31, United States Code, section 5732 and’’.

8 (3) Section 5(j) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(j)) is

9 amended by striking ‘‘section 1757 of the Revised Statutes

10 of the United States’’ and all that follows and inserting

11 ‘‘section 3331 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

12 (4) Section 10(a)(4) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

13 2509(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘31 U.S.C. 665(b)’’

14 and inserting ‘‘section 1342 of title 31, United States

15 Code’’.

16 (5) Section 15(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2514(c))

17 is amended by striking ‘‘Public Law 84–918 (7 U.S.C.

18 1881 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter VI of chapter

19 33 of title 5, United States Code’’.

20 (6) Section 15(d)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

21 2514(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 9 of Public

22 Law 60–328 (31 U.S.C. 673)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

23 1346 of title 31, United States Code’’.
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1 (7) Section 15(d)(6) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

2 2514(d)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘without regard to

3 section 3561 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 543)’’.

4 (8) Section 15(d)(11) of such Act (22 U.S.C.

5 2514(d)(11)), as amended by this section, is further

6 amended by striking ‘‘Foreign Service Act of 1946, as

7 amended (22 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign

8 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.)’’.

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