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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1111 

To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 

Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LEWIS

of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. TED LIEU of 

California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, 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 ‘‘Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING 

Sec. 101. Establishment of Department of Peacebuilding. 

Sec. 102. Responsibilities and powers. 

Sec. 103. Principal officers. 

Sec. 104. Office of Peace Education and Training. 

Sec. 105. Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities. 

Sec. 106. Office of International Peacebuilding Activities. 

Sec. 107. Office of Technology for Peace. 

Sec. 108. Office of Arms Control and Disarmament. 

Sec. 109. Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research. 

Sec. 110. Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights. 

Sec. 111. Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace. 

Sec. 112. Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. 

Sec. 113. Staff. 

Sec. 114. Consultation required. 

Sec. 115. Collaboration. 

TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Legislative recommendations of the Secretary. 

Sec. 202. Peace Days. 

Sec. 203. Definitions. 

Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental 

4 Congress unanimously declared the independence of 

5 the 13 colonies, and the achievement of peace was 

6 recognized as one of the highest duties of the new 

7 organization of free and independent States by de8 claring, ‘‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, 

9 that all men are created equal, that they are en10 dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 

11 Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the 

12 pursuit of Happiness.’’. 


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1 (2) The Constitution of the United States of 

2 America, in its preamble, further sets forth the in3 surance of the cause of peace in stating, ‘‘We the 

4 People of the United States, in Order to form a 

5 more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domes6 tic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 

7 promote the general Welfare, and secure the Bless8 ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity’’. 

9 (3) The United States has been at peace for 

10 only 21 entire years since its birth during the Revo11 lutionary War. During the course of the 20th cen12 tury, more than 100,000,000 people perished in 

13 wars. Many of our citizens today have never known 

14 a peaceful year in their lifetimes. 

15 (4) Thus far in the 21st century, nearly 

16 1,000,000 people have died in conflict and war. In 

17 2015 alone, 65.3 million people, or one person in 

18 113, were displaced from their homes by conflict and 

19 persecution. The United States has been at war over 

20 15 years, with more than 6,800 members of the 

21 Armed Forces and hundreds of thousands of civil22 ians estimated to have been killed in the conflicts in 

23 Iraq, Afghanistan, and territories occupied by ISIL. 

24 (5) Every year 300,000 people are killed by gun 

25 violence around the world. In the United States, 


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1 100,000 people are shot each year in murders, as2 saults, suicides and suicide attempts, accidents, and 

3 police actions. Approximately 20 veterans a day 

4 commit suicide nationwide. Over 33,000 people die 

5 each year of gunshot wounds, 12,000 of whom are 

6 murdered. Every day, 50 children are shot, eight of 

7 whom are fatally shot, and each gun injury and fa8 tality results in trauma to family members and loved 

9 ones. More people have died from guns in the United 

10 States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars 

11 in United States history. 

12 (6) A World Health Organization report esti13 mates that interpersonal violence within the United 

14 States costs approximately $300 billion annually, not 

15 including war-related costs. The Centers for Disease 

16 Control and Prevention states that an average of 34 

17 people age 10 to 24 were murdered each day in the 

18 United States in 2014. The Pew Charitable Trust 

19 calculates that child abuse and neglect in the United 

20 States cost $103.8 billion in 2007. 

21 (7) On April 4, 2012, the Institute for Econom22 ics and Peace released the United States Peace 

23 Index, which assesses peacefulness at the State and 

24 city levels and analyzes the costs associated with vio25 lence and the socio-economic measures associated 


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1 with peace. While violence within the United States 

2 has declined since the year 2015, violence and vio3 lence containment still cost the average taxpayer 

4 $6,417 per year. The total cost of violence to the 

5 United States—including lost productivity from vio6 lence—is conservatively calculated to be over $460 

7 billion. 

8 (8) A 2015 study by the Institute for Econom9 ics and Peace reports conservative estimates that 12 

10 percent of the gross domestic product of the United 

11 States was spent on containing violence. The study 

12 included government, corporate, and individual ex13 penditures, regardless of whether the expenditure 

14 was related to international affairs such as offshore 

15 military activities, or domestic spending such as 

16 dealing with crime and the consequences of crime. 

17 (9) Violence prevention is cost effective. For 

18 every dollar spent on violence prevention and 

19 peacebuilding, thousands of lives and dollars are 

20 saved. Research indicates that investing early to pre21 vent conflicts from escalating into violent crises is, 

22 on average, 60 times more cost effective than inter23 vening after violence erupts. The philosophy and 

24 techniques of nonviolence and the science of 

25 peacebuilding provide tools and techniques that can 


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1 be applied not only at the levels of individual and 

2 community growth, but also within the Federal Gov3 ernment and at national and international levels. 

4 (10) The United Nations recognizes that pro5 motion of peace is vital for the full enjoyment of all 

6 human rights and the United Nations Declaration 

7 on the Right of Peoples to Peace mandates that 

8 preservation of the right to peace is a fundamental 

9 obligation of each country. In 1999, the United Na10 tions adopted a Programme of Action on a Culture 

11 of Peace, stating that a culture of peace is an inte12 gral approach to preventing violence and violent con13 flicts, an alternative to the culture of war and vio14 lence, and is based on education for peace, the pro15 motion of sustainable economic and social develop16 ment, respect for human rights, equality between 

17 women and men, democratic participation, tolerance, 

18 and the free flow of information and disarmament. 

19 The United Nations declared the years 2001 

20 through 2010 an International Decade for a Culture 

21 of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the 

22 World, and the United Nations supports a culture of 

23 peace. In 2015, the UN adopted 17 sustainable de24 velopment goals, including promotion of peaceful and 

25 inclusive societies. 


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1 (11) Peacebuilding is defined by the United Na2 tions as a range of measures targeted to reduce the 

3 risk of lapsing or relapsing into conflict by strength4 ening national capacities at all levels for conflict 

5 management and to lay the foundations for sustain6 able peace and development. Peacebuilding is built 

7 upon research into the root causes of violence in the 

8 United States and the world, through promotion and 

9 promulgation of effective policies and programs that 

10 ameliorate those root causes of violence, and through 

11 providing all citizens, organizations, and govern12 mental bodies with opportunities to learn about and 

13 practice the essential tools of nonviolent conflict res14 olution and peacebuilding. 

15 (12) In 2000, the Earth Charter Commission 

16 released the Earth Charter, an international declara17 tion of fundamental values and principles created to 

18 build a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. 

19 The preamble of the Earth Charter provides, ‘‘To 

20 move forward we must recognize that in the midst 

21 of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms 

22 we are one human family and one Earth community 

23 with a common destiny. We must join together to 

24 bring forth a sustainable global society founded on 

25 respect for nature, universal human rights, economic 


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1 justice, and a culture of peace.’’. Peacebuilding is 

2 working together with all countries to protect both 

3 life and land and hold the Earth in balance. 

4 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

5 DEPARTMENT OF PEACE6 BUILDING 

7 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 

8 PEACEBUILDING. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 

10 Department of Peacebuilding, which shall— 

11 (1) be within the executive branch of the Fed12 eral Government; and 

13 (2) be dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, 

14 and the study and promotion of conditions conducive 

15 to both domestic and international peace and a cul16 ture of peace. 

17 (b) SECRETARY OF PEACEBUILDING.—There shall be 

18 at the head of the Department a Secretary of 

19 Peacebuilding, who shall be appointed by the President, 

20 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

21 (c) MISSION.—The Department shall— 

22 (1) cultivate peace and peacebuilding as a stra23 tegic national policy objective; 


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1 (2) reduce and prevent violence in the United 

2 States and internationally through peacebuilding and 

3 effective nonviolent conflict resolution; 

4 (3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace5 making; 

6 (4) take a proactive, strategic approach in the 

7 development of field-tested, best practices and poli8 cies that promote national and international conflict 

9 prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, 

10 peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured medi11 ation of conflict; 

12 (5) address matters both domestic and inter13 national in scope; 

14 (6) provide an institutional platform for the 

15 growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dra16 matically reduce the national and global epidemic of 

17 violence; 

18 (7) support local communities in finding, fund19 ing, replicating, and expanding programs to reduce 

20 and prevent violence; 

21 (8) invest in nongovernmental organizations 

22 that have implemented successful initiatives to re23 duce and prevent violence, both internationally and 

24 domestically; and 


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1 (9) consult with other Federal agencies to apply 

2 and practice the science of peacebuilding in their re3 spective fields of responsibility. 

4 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

6 (1) work proactively and interactively with each 

7 branch of the Federal Government on all policy mat8 ters relating to conditions of peace; 

9 (2) call on the experience and expertise of indi10 viduals and seek participation in the development of 

11 policy from private, public, and nongovernmental or12 ganizations; 

13 (3) monitor and analyze causative principles of 

14 conflict and make policy recommendations for devel15 oping and maintaining peaceful conduct; 

16 (4) research effective violence reduction pro17 grams and promote and promulgate such programs 

18 within Government and society; and 

19 (5) consult with private, public, and nongovern20 mental organizations to develop a metric model that 

21 provides the means to measure and report progress 

22 toward peace in the United States to the President, 

23 Congress, and the public, and issue reports on such 

24 progress annually. 


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1 (b) DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 

2 shall collaborate with governmental and nongovernmental 

3 organizations and individuals to promote personal and 

4 community security and peace by— 

5 (1) developing new policies and supporting ex6 isting policies that effectively address personal and 

7 family violence, including suicide, domestic violence, 

8 spousal abuse, child abuse, and mistreatment of the 

9 elderly; 

10 (2) creating new policies and programs and ex11 panding existing policies and programs that effec12 tively reduce drug and alcohol abuse; 

13 (3) developing new policies and programs and 

14 expanding existing policies and programs that effec15 tively address crime, punishment, and rehabilitation, 

16 including— 

17 (A) working to reduce prison recidivism 

18 rates; 

19 (B) supporting the implementation of non20 violent conflict resolution education and train21 ing for victims, perpetrators, and those who 

22 work with them; and 

23 (C) supporting effective police and commu24 nity relations; 


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1 (4) analyzing existing policies, employing suc2 cessful, field-tested programs, and developing new 

3 approaches for dealing with the tools of violence, in4 cluding handguns and assault weapons, especially 

5 among youth; 

6 (5) developing new and expanding effective pro7 grams that address and ameliorate societal chal8 lenges such as school violence, gangs, hate crimes, 

9 economic injustice, human trafficking, racial or eth10 nic violence, violence against LGBTQ+ individuals, 

11 and police-community relations disputes; 

12 (6) making policy recommendations to the At13 torney General regarding civil rights and labor law; 

14 (7) assisting in the establishment and funding 

15 of community-based violence prevention programs, 

16 including violence prevention counseling and peer 

17 mediation in schools and unarmed civilian peace18 keeping at a local level; 

19 (8) providing counseling and advocacy on behalf 

20 of individuals victimized by violence; 

21 (9) providing for public education programs and 

22 counseling strategies that promote tolerance and re23 spect for the diversity of all individuals in the 

24 United States with regard to race, religion, creed, 


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1 gender and gender identification, sexual orientation, 

2 age, ethnicity, and other perceived differences; and 

3 (10) supporting local community initiatives that 

4 draw on neighborhood resources to create peace 

5 projects that facilitate the development of conflict 

6 resolution and healing of societal wounds such as pa7 triarchy, racism, war, manifest destiny, and eco8 nomic injustice to thereby inform and inspire na9 tional policy. 

10 (c) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec11 retary shall— 

12 (1) advise the Secretary of Defense and the 

13 Secretary of State on matters relating to national 

14 security, including the protection of human rights 

15 and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-esca16 lation of unarmed and armed international conflict; 

17 (2) contribute to and participate in the develop18 ment of training of all United States personnel who 

19 administer post-conflict reconstruction and demobili20 zation in war-torn societies; 

21 (3) sponsor national and regional conflict-pre22 vention and dispute-resolution initiatives, create spe23 cial task forces, and draw on local, regional, and na24 tional expertise to develop plans and programs for 


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1 addressing the root sources of conflict in troubled 

2 areas; 

3 (4) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

4 victimized by violence, including rape, situations 

5 leading up to conflict, conflicts, and post-conflict sit6 uations; 

7 (5) counsel and advocate on behalf of victims of 

8 human trafficking both domestically and internation9 ally and work to end the trafficking of human 

10 beings; 

11 (6) provide for exchanges between the United 

12 States and other countries that endeavor to develop 

13 domestic and international peace-based initiatives; 

14 (7) encourage the development of international 

15 sister city programs, pairing United States cities 

16 with cities around the world for artistic, cultural, 

17 economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges; 

18 (8) establish and administer a budget des19 ignated for the training and deployment of unarmed 

20 civilian peacekeepers to participate in multinational 

21 nonviolent peacekeeping forces that may be con22 ducted by civilian, governmental, or multilateral or23 ganizations; 

24 (9) jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

25 strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and 


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1 training monitors and investigators to help with the 

2 enforcement of international arms embargoes; 

3 (10) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

4 bring together all stakeholders who are impacted by 

5 a conflict by facilitating peace summits where such 

6 stakeholders may gather under carefully prepared 

7 conditions to promote nonviolent communication and 

8 mutually beneficial solutions; 

9 (11) submit to the President recommendations 

10 for reductions in weapons of mass destruction, and 

11 make annual reports to the President on the sale of 

12 arms from the United States to other countries, with 

13 an analysis of the impact of such sales on the de14 fense of the United States and how such sales affect 

15 peace; 

16 (12) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

17 develop strategies for sustainability and management 

18 of the distribution of international funds; 

19 (13) advise the Permanent Representative of 

20 the United States to the United Nations on matters 

21 pertaining to the United Nations Security Council; 

22 and 

23 (14) support the implementation of inter24 national peacebuilding strategies through a balanced 


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1 use of peacebuilding, diplomacy, development, and 

2 defense. 

3 (d) MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECRETARY OF

4 PEACEBUILDING ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUN5 CIL.—Section 101(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 

6 (50 U.S.C. 3021(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para9 graph (7); and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(6) the Secretary of Peacebuilding; and’’. 

13 (e) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec14 retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu15 tion strategies and suggest resources for unarmed civilian 

16 peacekeepers to the appropriate relevant parties on issues 

17 of human security if such security is threatened by con18 flict, whether such conflict is geographic, religious, ethnic, 

19 racial, or class-based in its origin, derives from economic 

20 concerns, or is initiated through disputes concerning scar21 city of natural resources (such as water and energy re22 sources), food, trade, or climate and environmental con23 cerns. 

24 (f) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect25 ing the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 


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1 United States of America and the requirement for free and 

2 independent media, the Secretary shall— 

3 (1) seek assistance in the design and implemen4 tation of nonviolent policies from media profes5 sionals; 

6 (2) study the role of the media in the escalation 

7 and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter8 national levels, including the role of fear-inducing 

9 and hate-inducing speech and actions, and making 

10 the findings of such study public; and 

11 (3) make recommendations to professional 

12 media organizations in order to provide opportuni13 ties to increase media awareness of peacebuilding 

14 initiatives. 

15 (g) EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec16 retary shall— 

17 (1) with the support of, and in consultation 

18 with, the United States Institute of Peace, develop 

19 a peace education curriculum that includes studies 

20 of— 

21 (A) the civil rights movement in the United 

22 States and throughout the world, with special 

23 emphasis on the role of nonviolence and how in24 dividual endeavor and involvement have contrib25 uted to advancements in peace and justice; 


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1 (B) peace agreements and circumstances 

2 in which peaceful intervention has worked to 

3 stop conflict; and 

4 (C) the patriarchal structure of society and 

5 the inherent violence of such structure in the 

6 shaping of relationships and institutions; 

7 (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Edu8 cation— 

9 (A) commission the development of such 

10 curriculum and make such curriculum available 

11 to local school districts to enable the use of 

12 peace education objectives at pre-kindergarten 

13 schools, elementary schools, and secondary 

14 schools in the United States; 

15 (B) support in early childhood, pre-kinder16 garten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

17 schools, and institutions of higher education a 

18 well-resourced, balanced education that includes 

19 math, science, English, history, ethnic studies, 

20 social studies, health, physical education, for21 eign languages, the arts, and music that will 

22 prepare students for success in a globally inter23 connected world; and 

24 (C) offer incentives in the form of grants 

25 and training to encourage the development of 


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1 State peace curricula and assist schools in ap2 plying for such grants and training; 

3 (3) work with educators to equip students to 

4 become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, 

5 and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 

6 conflict resolution; 

7 (4) ensure that schools are nonviolence zones 

8 that provide a peaceful educational environment; 

9 (5) create school and community cultures where 

10 students and staff do not feel threatened and are 

11 free from bullying and harassment by developing 

12 and implementing curricula in nonviolent conflict 

13 resolution education for teachers, students, parents, 

14 the school community, and the community at large; 

15 (6) maintain a public website to solicit and re16 ceive ideas for the development of peace from the 

17 wealth of the politically, socially, and culturally di18 verse public; 

19 (7) proactively engage the critical thinking ca20 pabilities of students and teachers of pre-kinder21 garten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

22 schools, and institutions of higher education through 

23 the Internet and other media and issue periodic re24 ports concerning any submissions from such stu25 dents and teachers; 


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1 (8) create and establish a Peace Academy that 

2 shall— 

3 (A) be modeled after the military service 

4 academies; and 

5 (B) provide a 4-year course of instruction 

6 in peace education, after which graduates will 

7 be required to serve 5 years in public service in 

8 programs dedicated to domestic or international 

9 nonviolent conflict resolution; and 

10 (9) provide grants for peace studies depart11 ments in institutions of higher education throughout 

12 the United States. 

13 SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

14 (a) UNDER SECRETARY OF PEACEBUILDING.—The 

15 President shall appoint an Under Secretary of 

16 Peacebuilding in the Department, by and with the advice 

17 and consent of the Senate. During the absence or dis18 ability of the Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in 

19 the office of the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act 

20 as Secretary. The Secretary shall designate the order in 

21 which other officials of the Department shall act and per22 form the functions of the Secretary during the absence 

23 or disability of both the Secretary and Under Secretary 

24 or in the event of vacancies in both offices. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint 

2 in the Department, by and with the advice and con3 sent of the Senate— 

4 (A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu5 cation and Training; 

6 (B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

7 Peacebuilding Activities; 

8 (C) an Assistant Secretary for Inter9 national Peacebuilding Activities; 

10 (D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology 

11 for Peace; 

12 (E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Con13 trol and Disarmament; 

14 (F) an Assistant Secretary for 

15 Peacebuilding Information and Research; 

16 (G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 

17 Economic Rights; and 

18 (H) a General Counsel. 

19 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING.—Section 

21 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

22 App.) is amended— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

24 ‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’; 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

2 ‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’. 

3 (3) ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.—The President 

4 shall appoint 4 additional officers in the Depart5 ment, by and with the advice and consent of the 

6 Senate. The officers appointed under this paragraph 

7 shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall 

8 prescribe, including— 

9 (A) congressional relations functions; 

10 (B) public information functions, including 

11 providing, through the use of the latest tech12 nologies, useful information about peace and 

13 the work of the Department; 

14 (C) management and budget functions; 

15 and 

16 (D) planning, evaluation, and policy devel17 opment functions, including development of 

18 policies to promote the efficient and coordinated 

19 administration of the Department and its pro20 grams and encourage improvements in conflict 

21 resolution and violence prevention. 

22 (4) DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS.—In any case 

23 in which the President submits the name of an indi24 vidual to the Senate for confirmation as an officer 

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1 dent shall state the particular functions such indi2 vidual will exercise upon taking office. 

3 (c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Each officer de4 scribed in this section shall report directly to the Secretary 

5 and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or re6 quired to be delegated to such officer, perform such addi7 tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe. 

8 SEC. 104. OFFICE OF PEACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

10 an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of 

11 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu12 cation and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace 

13 Education and Training shall carry out those functions 

14 of the Department relating to the creation, encourage15 ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 

16 pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, university, and 

17 postgraduate levels, and disseminate applicable policies 

18 and research in consultation with entities of the Depart19 ment of Health and Human Services, including— 

20 (1) the Administration for Children and Fami21 lies; 

22 (2) the Administration on Aging; 

23 (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven24 tion; and 

25 (4) the National Institutes of Health. 


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1 (b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 

2 of Peace Education and Training, in consultation with the 

3 Secretary of Education, the United States Institute of 

4 Peace, nongovernmental organizations, public institutions, 

5 peace and conflict studies programs of institutions of high6 er education, and Federal agencies that provide effective 

7 peace training materials and curricula, shall support the 

8 development and dissemination of effective peace curricula 

9 and supporting materials for distribution to the State edu10 cational agency in each State and territory of the United 

11 States. Each peace curriculum shall include— 

12 (1) building communicative peace skills and 

13 nonviolent conflict resolution skills; 

14 (2) teaching and fostering compassion, empa15 thy, tolerance, respect, inclusion, and forgiveness; 

16 and 

17 (3) promoting other objectives to increase the 

18 knowledge of peace processes. 

19 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu20 cation and Training shall— 

21 (1) provide peace education grants to institu22 tions of higher education for the creation and expan23 sion of peace studies departments and the education 

24 and training of teachers in peace studies; and 


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1 (2) establish a grant program to be known as 

2 the Community Peace Block Grant program under 

3 which the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit 

4 organizations and nongovernmental organizations for 

5 the purposes of developing innovative neighborhood 

6 programs for nonviolent conflict resolution and cre7 ating local peacebuilding initiatives. 

8 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACEBUILDING ACTIVI9 TIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

11 an Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities, the head 

12 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

13 Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary for Do14 mestic Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out those func15 tions in the Department affecting domestic peace activi16 ties, including the development of policies that increase 

17 awareness about intervention and counseling on domestic 

18 violence and conflict. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

20 Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall— 

21 (1) develop policy and disseminate best prac22 tices from the field for the treatment of drug and al23 cohol abuse; 

24 (2) develop community-based strategies for cele25 brating diversity and promoting tolerance; 


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1 (3) develop new policies and build upon existing 

2 proven programs to prevent the school-to-prison 

3 pipeline by promoting restorative and conflict resolu4 tion practices at pre-kindergarten, elementary, sec5 ondary, university, and post graduate levels and in 

6 police academies, with funding for teacher training 

7 in nonviolence, restorative practices, and conflict res8 olution; 

9 (4) develop new policies and build on existing 

10 proven programs— 

11 (A) to assist in the prevention of crime, in12 cluding the development of community policing 

13 strategies, mindfulness and conflict de-esca14 lation training, and other peaceful settlement 

15 skills among police and other public safety offi16 cers; 

17 (B) to assist in the re-entry into the com18 munity by individuals who have been incarcer19 ated, including training in anger management, 

20 conflict resolution, peacebuilding skills, life 

21 skills, and educational and job skills; 

22 (C) to assist in creating strong and healthy 

23 families, including supporting mental health 

24 services, domestic violence prevention, gang pre25 vention, anti-bullying programs, substance 


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1 abuse prevention, and the development of par2 enting skills; 

3 (D) to provide restorative justice programs 

4 at all levels of the criminal justice system that 

5 bring together offenders, victims, and commu6 nity members in an effort to repair the damage 

7 caused by criminal activity through account8 ability and rehabilitation; 

9 (E) to provide for training and deployment 

10 into neighborhoods of nonmilitary domestic con11 flict prevention and peacemaking personnel, in12 cluding violence interrupters and civilian com13 munity peacekeepers; 

14 (F) to implement community-based polic15 ing to break down barriers between law enforce16 ment officers and the people such officers serve; 

17 and 

18 (G) to encourage and facilitate formation 

19 of locally run and administered citizen’s boards 

20 to recommend any appropriate training as need21 ed for working compassionately and effectively 

22 with local populations and to review and hold 

23 accountable actions of all local police depart24 ments in the United States; 


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1 (5) promote informal and cultural exchanges 

2 between individuals and groups of proximate neigh3 borhoods and regions to encourage understanding 

4 and acceptance; and 

5 (6) disseminate applicable policies and research 

6 in consultation with appropriate entities of— 

7 (A) the Department of Justice; 

8 (B) the Department of Health and Human 

9 Services; 

10 (C) the Department of State; and 

11 (D) the Department of Education. 

12 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

13 Peacebuilding Activities shall create a grant program to 

14 be known as the Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant pro15 gram under which the Secretary shall make grants to pre16 kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

17 schools, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organi18 zations, and nongovernmental organizations for the pur19 pose of developing domestic cultural exchanges, including 

20 exchanges relating to the arts and sports, that promote 

21 diplomacy and cultural understanding between neighbor22 hoods and members of such neighborhoods. 


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1 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING AC2 TIVITIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

4 an Office of International Peacebuilding Activities, the 

5 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Inter6 national Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary 

7 for International Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out 

8 those functions in the Department affecting international 

9 peace activities. 

10 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

11 International Peacebuilding Activities shall— 

12 (1) develop new programs and promote existing 

13 proven programs to— 

14 (A) provide for the training and deploy15 ment of graduates of the Peace Academy estab16 lished under section 102(g) and other non17 military conflict prevention and peacemaking 

18 personnel; 

19 (B) support national and regional conflict20 prevention and dispute-resolution initiatives in 

21 countries experiencing social, political, or eco22 nomic strife; 

23 (C) provide training for the administration 

24 of post-conflict reconstruction and demobiliza25 tion in war-torn societies; 

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1 (E) eradicate extreme hunger and poverty; 

2 (F) achieve universal primary education; 

3 and 

4 (G) empower women and girls; 

5 (2) support the creation of a multinational non6 violent peace force; 

7 (3) provide for exchanges between individuals of 

8 the United States and other countries that are en9 deavoring to develop domestic and international 

10 peace-based initiatives; and 

11 (4) disseminate applicable policies and research 

12 in consultation with appropriate entities of— 

13 (A) the Department of State; 

14 (B) the Department of Labor; 

15 (C) the Peace Corps; and 

16 (D) the United States Institute of Peace. 

17 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Inter18 national Peacebuilding Activities shall create a grant pro19 gram to be known as the International Cultural Diplomacy 

20 for Peace grant program under which the Secretary shall 

21 make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 

22 schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher edu23 cation, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental or24 ganizations for the purpose of developing international 

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1 and sports, that promote diplomacy and cultural under2 standing between the United States and other countries. 

3 SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

5 an Office of Technology for Peace, the head of which shall 

6 be the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace. The 

7 Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall carry 

8 out those functions in the Department affecting the 

9 awareness, study, and impact of developing new tech10 nologies on the creation and maintenance of domestic and 

11 international peace, and disseminate applicable policies 

12 and research in consultation with appropriate entities of 

13 the Department of State. 

14 (b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Tech15 nology for Peace shall make grants for the research and 

16 development of technologies in transportation, commu17 nications, agriculture, and energy that— 

18 (1) are nonviolent in application; and 

19 (2) encourage the conservation and sustain20 ability of natural resources in order to prevent fu21 ture conflicts regarding scarce resources. 

22 SEC. 108. OFFICE OF ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

24 an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 

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1 and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary for Arms Con2 trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 

3 the Department affecting arms control programs and 

4 arms limitation agreements. 

5 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

6 Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 

7 (1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus8 sions and international negotiations, including dis9 cussions involving the Secretary of State, the Atomic 

10 Energy Commission, and the Secretary of Defense, 

11 regarding the reduction and elimination of weapons 

12 of mass destruction throughout the world, including 

13 the dismantling of such weapons and the safe and 

14 secure storage of materials related thereto; 

15 (2) assist countries, international agencies, and 

16 nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca17 tions of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weap18 ons of mass destruction; 

19 (3) develop nonviolent strategies to deter test20 ing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear weapons 

21 and other weapons of mass destruction, whether 

22 based on land, air, sea, or in space; 

23 (4) serve as a depository for copies of all con24 tracts, agreements, and treaties that address the re25 duction and elimination of nuclear weapons and 


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1 other weapons of mass destruction, or the protection 

2 of space from militarization; 

3 (5) provide technical support and legal assist4 ance for the implementation of such contracts, 

5 agreements, and treaties; 

6 (6) disseminate applicable policies and research 

7 in consultation with appropriate entities of the De8 partment of State and the Department of Com9 merce; and 

10 (7) address and support nuclear waste cleanup 

11 at Superfund Sites of former and present military 

12 bases in the United States and abroad. 

13 SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING INFORMATION AND 

14 RESEARCH. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

16 an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the 

17 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for 

18 Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant 

19 Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research 

20 shall carry out those functions in the Department affect21 ing research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, 

22 and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and non23 violent conflict resolution. 

24 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

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1 (1) commission or compile studies on the im2 pact of war and other types of violence, especially on 

3 the physical and mental condition of children (using 

4 the 10-point anti-war agenda in the United Nations 

5 Children’s Fund report, State of the World’s Chil6 dren 1996, as a guide) that shall include the study 

7 of the effect of war on the environment and public 

8 health; 

9 (2) compile information on effective community 

10 peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor11 mation to local governments and nongovernmental 

12 organizations in the United States and abroad; 

13 (3) commission or compile research on the ef14 fect of violence in the media and make such reports 

15 available to Congress annually; 

16 (4) commission or compile research on the ef17 fects of gun violence in the United States, and make 

18 such reports available to Congress annually; 

19 (5) publish a monthly journal of the activities 

20 of the Department and encourage scholarly partici21 pation; 

22 (6) sponsor conferences throughout the United 

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1 (7) where applicable, work to carry out the re2 sponsibilities under this subsection in consultation 

3 with the United States Institute of Peace and other 

4 governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 

5 including— 

6 (A) the Department of Health and Human 

7 Services; 

8 (B) the Department of Justice; and 

9 (C) the Department of State. 

10 SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 

11 RIGHTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

13 an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 

14 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 

15 Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 

16 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 

17 functions in the Department that support the principles 

18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 

19 by the General Assembly of the United Nations on Decem20 ber 10, 1948. 

21 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

22 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 

23 (1) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

24 the Secretary of State, in furthering the incorpora25 tion of the principles of human rights, as enunciated 


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1 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into 

2 all agreements between the United States and other 

3 countries to help reduce the causes of violence; 

4 (2) consult with the Secretary of State, the 

5 Atrocities Prevention Board of the White House, 

6 and other similarly concerned governmental and 

7 nongovernmental organizations to gather informa8 tion on and document domestic and international 

9 human rights abuses, including genocide, torture, 

10 human trafficking, child soldiers, and child labor, 

11 and recommend to the Secretary nonviolent re12 sponses to promote awareness, understanding, and 

13 correction of abuses; 

14 (3) make such information available to other 

15 governmental and nongovernmental organizations in 

16 order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolution; 

17 (4) provide trained observers to work with non18 governmental organizations for purposes of creating 

19 a climate conducive to the respect for human rights; 

20 (5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 

21 human and natural resources as a source of conflict 

22 and make recommendations to the Secretary for 

23 nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 

24 intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel25 opment of programs to assist people facing such 


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1 scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, 

2 misdistribution of resources, or natural causes; 

3 (6) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

4 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury, in developing strategies regarding the sus6 tainability and the management of the distribution 

7 of funds from international agencies, the conditions 

8 regarding the receipt of such funds, and the impact 

9 of those conditions on the peace and stability of the 

10 recipient countries; 

11 (7) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

12 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, 

13 in developing strategies to promote full compliance 

14 with domestic and international labor rights law; 

15 (8) conduct policy analysis to ensure that the 

16 international development investments of the United 

17 States positively impact the peace and stability of 

18 the recipient country; and 

19 (9) disseminate policies and research in con20 sultation with appropriate entities of the Depart21 ment of State. 

22 SEC. 111. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

23 PEACE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 

25 an advisory committee known as the Intergovernmental 


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1 Advisory Council on Peace (in this section referred to as 

2 the ‘‘Council’’). The Council shall provide assistance and 

3 make recommendations to the President and the Secretary 

4 concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace 

5 and nonviolent conflict resolution. 

6 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 

7 (1) provide a forum for representatives of the 

8 Federal Government and of State and local govern9 ments to discuss peace issues; 

10 (2) promote better intergovernmental relations 

11 and offer professional mediation services to amelio12 rate and resolve intergovernmental and 

13 intragovernmental conflict as needed, including 

14 elimination of inflammatory rhetoric; and 

15 (3) submit biennially, or more frequently if de16 termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 

17 President, the Secretary, and Congress reviewing the 

18 impact of Federal peace activities on the Federal 

19 Government and on State and local governments. 

20 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 

21 members of the Council. 

22 SEC. 112. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed24 eral Interagency Committee on Peace (in this section re25 ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 


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1 (1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha2 nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 

3 the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 

4 coordinated; and 

5 (2) study and make recommendations for assur6 ing effective coordination of Federal programs, poli7 cies, and administrative practices affecting peace. 

8 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 

9 members of the Committee. 

10 SEC. 113. STAFF. 

11 The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 

12 of such employees as may be necessary to carry out the 

13 functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 

14 as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap15 pointed in accordance with applicable laws and the com16 pensation of such employees fixed in accordance with title 

17 5, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 114. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 

19 (a) CONSULTATION IN CASES OF CONFLICT AND VIO20 LENCE PREVENTION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a con22 flict between the United States and any other gov23 ernment or entity is foreseeable, imminent, or occur24 ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

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1 Peacebuilding concerning violence prevention, non2 violent means of conflict resolution, and 

3 peacebuilding. 

4 (2) DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES.—In any case in 

5 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) is ongo6 ing or recently concluded, the Secretary shall con7 duct an independent study of diplomatic initiatives 

8 undertaken by the United States and other parties 

9 to such conflict. 

10 (3) INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT.—In any case in 

11 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) has re12 cently concluded, the Secretary shall assess the ef13 fectiveness of any initiatives in ending such conflict. 

14 (4) CONSULTATION PROCESS.—The Secretary 

15 shall establish a formal process of consultation in a 

16 timely manner with the Secretary of State, the Sec17 retary of Defense, and the National Security Coun18 cil— 

19 (A) prior to the initiation of any armed 

20 conflict between the United States and any 

21 other country; and 

22 (B) for any matter involving the use of De23 partment of Defense personnel within the 

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1 (b) CONSULTATION IN DRAFTING TREATIES AND

2 AGREEMENTS.—The head of each appropriate Federal 

3 agency shall consult with the Secretary in drafting treaties 

4 and peace agreements. 

5 SEC. 115. COLLABORATION. 

6 The Secretary shall, for the greatest effectiveness in 

7 promoting peace and peacebuilding, collaborate with all re8 lated programs in all Federal agencies. 

9 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

10 SEC. 201. LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEC11 RETARY. 

12 Not later than 1 year after the date of the appoint13 ment of the first Secretary, the Secretary shall prepare 

14 and submit to Congress proposed legislation containing 

15 any necessary and appropriate amendments to the laws 

16 of the United States to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

17 SEC. 202. PEACE DAYS. 

18 The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and 

19 celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create 

20 peace on Peace Days. Such days shall include discussions 

21 of the professional activities and the achievements in the 

22 lives of peacemakers. 

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1 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

2 means the Department of Peacebuilding established 

3 under section 101(a). 

4 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

5 school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational 

6 agency’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec7 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (3) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

10 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 

11 in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

12 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

13 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

14 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High15 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

16 (5) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

17 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an entity that— 

18 (A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

19 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

20 (B) is exempt from tax under section 

21 501(a) of such Code. 

22 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

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1 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this Act such sums as may be nec4 essary. 

5 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the 

6 amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), at least 

7 85 percent shall be used for domestic peace programs, in8 cluding administrative costs associated with such pro9 grams. 

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