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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1111 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 18, 2021 

Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and 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 2021’’. 

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. 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. 


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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.’’. 

13 (2) The Constitution of the United States, in 

14 its preamble, further sets forth the insurance of the 

15 cause of peace in stating, ‘‘We the People of the 

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1 quility, provide for the common defence, promote the 

2 general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty 

3 to ourselves and our Posterity’’. 

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

5 only 21 entire years since its birth during the Revo6 lutionary War. During the course of the 20th cen7 tury, more than 100,000,000 people perished in 

8 wars. Many of our citizens today have never known 

9 a peaceful year in their lifetimes. 

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

11 1,000,000 people have died in conflict and war. The 

12 United Nations reports that as of 2019 over 79.6 

13 million people have fled their homes due to war, per14 secution and conflict. Since late 2001, the United 

15 States appropriated and was obligated to spend an 

16 estimated $6.4 trillion through Fiscal Year 2020 in 

17 budgetary costs related to and caused by post 9/11 

18 wars and an additional minimum of $1 trillion to 

19 care for veterans of these wars for several decades. 

20 (5) The physical, emotional, monetary, and 

21 other costs of violence are enormous, cut across all 

22 sectors of society in the United States, dispropor23 tionately impact people of color, and are inter24 related. A World Health Organization report esti25 mates that interpersonal violence within the United 


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1 States costs approximately $300 billion annually, not 

2 including war-related costs. The Centers for Disease 

3 Control and Prevention reports one in four children 

4 experience some form of child abuse or neglect in 

5 their lifetimes; nearly one in four women report hav6 ing experienced severe physical violence from an inti7 mate partner; Native American women are sexually 

8 assaulted, murdered and disappeared at higher rates 

9 than other American women. There are 3.3 million 

10 reports of violence against children that result in 

11 foster care placements every year; 25 percent of kids 

12 in foster care experience PTSD, fewer than 3 per13 cent earn a college degree; 20 percent become home14 less after the age of 18; and only 50 percent will be 

15 employed by the age of 24. One in five high school 

16 students reported being bullied at school during 

17 2017 and cyberbullying impacts many young people. 

18 Criminalization disproportionately impacts African 

19 Americans and other people of color, including high 

20 rates of school suspensions and expulsions and in21 carceration. African Americans are incarcerated at 

22 more than five times the rate of Whites. Suicide im23 pacts young people in both affluent and non-affluent 

24 communities. In 2015, 17 percent of students con25 sidered attempting suicide. Suicide is the second 


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1 leading cause of death among American Indian and 

2 Alaska Natives aged 10 to 34. Approximately 20 

3 veterans a day commit suicide nationwide. About 14 

4 young people die from homicides each day. Research 

5 shows victims of one form of violence are more likely 

6 to experience other forms of violence. A past history 

7 of violence, including domestic violence; use of alco8 hol or illegal drugs; being young and male; or a per9 sonal history of physical or sexual abuse or trauma, 

10 increases the risk of more violence, obesity, high-risk 

11 sexual behavior, depression, academic difficulties, 

12 school dropout and suicide. 

13 (6) More people have died from guns in the 

14 United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all 

15 the wars in United States history. Every year 

16 250,000 people are killed by gun violence around the 

17 world, a third of those in Brazil and the United 

18 States. Firearms are the second leading cause of 

19 death for American children and teens and the first 

20 leading cause of death for Black children and teens. 

21 Every day 47 children and teens in the United 

22 States are shot and 96 Americans are killed by gun 

23 violence. During 2017 and 2018, there was one mass 

24 shooting almost every day in the United States. 

25 Young people go to school wondering where to hide 


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1 when a shooter enters their classroom. Each gun in2 jury and fatality results in trauma to family mem3 bers and loved ones. 

4 (7) According to a report by the Institute of 

5 Economics and Peace, which measures the economic 

6 impact of violence and conflict to the global econ7 omy, the economic impact of violence to the global 

8 economy was $14.76 trillion in 2017. The report 

9 also found that the regional impact of violence in 

10 North America, 99 percent of which can be attrib11 uted to the United States, amounted to $2.73 tril12 lion in 2017. If violence containment spending was 

13 reduced by 15 percent, the world would save $1.4 

14 trillion, which would be the funding required to 

15 achieve the United Nations Millennium Development 

16 Goals of halving extreme poverty rates, ensuring 

17 healthy lives for all, halting the spread of HIV and 

18 AIDS, providing universal primary education, decent 

19 jobs, gender equality, promoting peaceful, inclusive 

20 and just societies, and more. Three percent of 

21 United States military spending could end starvation 

22 on earth. 

23 (8) Peace is the essential prerequisite for the 

24 survival of humanity as we know it in the 21st cen25 tury. Preventing violence and redirecting funds spent 


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1 on the costs of violence free monies and resources to 

2 create conditions that are conducive to a culture of 

3 peace. 

4 (9) Violence prevention is cost effective. For 

5 every dollar spent on violence prevention and 

6 peacebuilding, thousands of lives and dollars are 

7 saved. Research indicates that investing early to pre8 vent conflicts from escalating into violent crises is, 

9 on average, 60 times more cost effective than inter10 vening after violence erupts. The philosophy and 

11 techniques of nonviolence and the science of 

12 peacebuilding provide tools and techniques that can 

13 be applied not only at the levels of individual and 

14 community growth, but also within the Federal Gov15 ernment and at national and international levels. 

16 (10) The United Nations recognizes that pro17 motion of peace is vital for the full enjoyment of all 

18 human rights and the United Nations Declaration 

19 on the Right of Peoples to Peace mandates that 

20 preservation of the right to peace is a fundamental 

21 obligation of each country. In 1999, the United Na22 tions adopted a Programme of Action on a Culture 

23 of Peace, stating that a culture of peace is an inte24 gral approach to preventing violence and violent con25 flicts, an alternative to the culture of war and vioVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Mar 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1111.IH H1111

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1 lence, and is based on education for peace, the pro2 motion of sustainable economic and social develop3 ment, respect for human rights, equality between 

4 women and men, democratic participation, tolerance, 

5 the free flow of information, and disarmament. The 

6 United Nations declared the years 2001 through 

7 2010 an International Decade for a Culture of Peace 

8 and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, and 

9 the United Nations supports a culture of peace. In 

10 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable 

11 development goals, including promotion of peaceful 

12 and inclusive societies which recognize the link be13 tween justice, human rights, and government based 

14 on the rule of law and peace. 

15 (11) Peacebuilding is defined by the United Na16 tions as a range of measures targeted to reduce the 

17 risk of lapsing or relapsing into conflict by strength18 ening national capacities at all levels for conflict 

19 management and to lay the foundations for sustain20 able peace and development. Peacebuilding is built 

21 upon research into the root causes of violence in the 

22 United States and the world, through promotion and 

23 promulgation of effective policies and programs that 

24 ameliorate those root causes of violence, and through 

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1 mental bodies with opportunities to learn about and 

2 practice the essential tools of nonviolent conflict res3 olution and peacebuilding. 

4 (12) In 2000, the Earth Charter Commission 

5 released the Earth Charter, an international declara6 tion of fundamental values and principles created to 

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

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

9 move forward we must recognize that in the midst 

10 of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms 

11 we are one human family and one Earth community 

12 with a common destiny. We must join together to 

13 bring forth a sustainable global society founded on 

14 respect for nature, universal human rights, economic 

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

16 working together with all countries to protect both 

17 life and land and hold the Earth in balance. 

18 (13) Systemic racism is a significant driver of 

19 violence and key obstacle to peace in the United 

20 States. Confronting and uprooting systemic racism 

21 in America will require efforts by the Federal Gov22 ernment both to properly acknowledge, memorialize, 

23 and be a catalyst for progress toward permanently 

24 eliminating persistent racial inequities, including 

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1 cial Healing, and Transformation, and to develop 

2 material remedies for the institution of slavery, in3 cluding through a United States Commission to 

4 Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for Afri5 can-Americans. 

6 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

7 DEPARTMENT OF 

8 PEACEBUILDING 

9 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 

10 PEACEBUILDING. 

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

12 Department of Peacebuilding, which shall— 

13 (1) be within the executive branch of the Fed14 eral Government; and 

15 (2) be dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, 

16 and the study and promotion of conditions conducive 

17 to both domestic and international peace and a cul18 ture of peace. 

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

20 at the head of the Department a Secretary of 

21 Peacebuilding, who shall be appointed by the President, 

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

23 (c) MISSION.—The Department shall— 

24 (1) cultivate peace and peacebuilding as a stra25 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) address the interconnection of all life and 

15 the intersectionality of peace and justice, equality, 

16 health, healing, national security, education, the 

17 economy, rule of law, democracy, planetary survival, 

18 and other aspects of civil rights, civil liberties, and 

19 human rights; 

20 (7) provide an institutional platform for the 

21 growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dra22 matically reduce the national and global epidemic of 

23 violence; 


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1 (8) support local communities in finding, fund2 ing, replicating, and expanding programs to reduce 

3 and prevent violence; 

4 (9) invest in nongovernmental organizations 

5 that have implemented successful initiatives to re6 duce and prevent violence, both internationally and 

7 domestically; and 

8 (10) consult with other Federal agencies to 

9 apply and practice the science of peacebuilding in 

10 their respective fields of responsibility. 

11 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, on an ongo13 ing basis— 

14 (1) work proactively and interactively with each 

15 branch of the Federal Government on all policy mat16 ters relating to conditions of peace; 

17 (2) call on the experience and expertise of indi18 viduals and seek participation in the development of 

19 policy from private, public, and nongovernmental or20 ganizations; 

21 (3) monitor and analyze causative principles of 

22 conflict and make policy recommendations for devel23 oping conditions of peace and maintaining peaceful 

24 conduct; 


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1 (4) research effective violence reduction pro2 grams and promote and promulgate such programs 

3 within the Federal Government and society; and 

4 (5) consult with private, public, and nongovern5 mental organizations to develop a metric model that 

6 provides the means to measure and report progress 

7 toward peace in the United States to the President, 

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

9 progress annually with those reports to be available 

10 to the public on the website of the Department. 

11 (b) DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 

12 shall collaborate with governmental and nongovernmental 

13 organizations and individuals to promote personal and 

14 community security and peace by— 

15 (1) developing new policies and supporting ex16 isting policies that effectively address personal and 

17 family violence, including suicide, domestic violence, 

18 spousal abuse, child abuse, and mistreatment of the 

19 elderly and others; 

20 (2) creating new policies and programs and ex21 panding existing policies and programs that effec22 tively reduce drug and alcohol abuse; 

23 (3) analyzing existing policies, employing suc24 cessful, field-tested programs, and developing new 

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1 cluding handguns and assault weapons, especially 

2 among youth; 

3 (4) developing new and expanding effective pro4 grams that address and ameliorate societal chal5 lenges such as school violence, gangs, police violence, 

6 hate crimes, economic injustice, human trafficking, 

7 racial or ethnic violence, violence against LGBTQ+ 

8 individuals, and police-community relations disputes; 

9 (5) making policy recommendations to the At10 torney General of the United States regarding civil 

11 rights and labor law; 

12 (6) assisting in the establishment and funding 

13 of community-based violence prevention programs, 

14 including virtual violence prevention programs for 

15 at-home participation, violence prevention counseling 

16 and peer mediation in schools and via video con17 ferences, and unarmed civilian peacekeeping and cri18 sis mitigation at a local level; 

19 (7) providing counseling and advocacy on behalf 

20 of individuals victimized by violence, including those 

21 with mental health; 

22 (8) providing for public education programs and 

23 counseling strategies that promote acceptance and 

24 respect for the diversity of all individuals in the 

25 United States without regard to race, religion, creed, 


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1 gender and gender identification, sexual orientation, 

2 age, ethnicity, national origin, class and economic 

3 status, and other perceived differences; and 

4 (9) supporting local community initiatives that 

5 draw on neighborhood resources to create peace 

6 projects that facilitate the development of conflict 

7 resolution and healing of societal wounds such as pa8 triarchy, racism, war, manifest destiny, and eco9 nomic injustice to thereby inform and inspire na10 tional policy. 

11 (c) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec12 retary shall— 

13 (1) advise the Secretary of Defense and the 

14 Secretary of State on matters relating to national 

15 security, including the protection of human rights 

16 and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-esca17 lation of unarmed and armed international conflict; 

18 (2) contribute to and participate in the develop19 ment of training of all United States personnel who 

20 administer post-conflict reconstruction and demobili21 zation in war-torn societies; 

22 (3) sponsor national and regional conflict-pre23 vention and dispute-resolution initiatives, create spe24 cial task forces, and draw on local, regional, and na25 tional expertise to develop plans and programs for 


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1 addressing the root sources and issues of conflict in 

2 troubled areas; 

3 (4) develop violence prevention, amelioration 

4 and violence de-escalation training for the general 

5 public to provide tools and educate about 

6 peacebuilding skills and to promote sustainable 

7 peace, peacebuilding buy-in and peacebuilding 

8 awareness; 

9 (5) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

10 victimized by violence, including rape, situations 

11 leading up to conflict, conflicts, and post-conflict sit12 uations; 

13 (6) counsel and advocate on behalf of victims of 

14 human trafficking both domestically and internation15 ally and work to end the trafficking of human 

16 beings; 

17 (7) provide for exchanges between the United 

18 States and other countries that endeavor to develop 

19 domestic and international peace-based initiatives; 

20 (8) encourage the development of international 

21 sister city programs, pairing United States cities 

22 with cities around the world for artistic, cultural, 

23 economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges; 

24 (9) establish and administer a budget des25 ignated for the training and deployment of unarmed 


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1 civilian peacekeepers to participate in multinational 

2 nonviolent peacekeeping forces that may be con3 ducted by civilian, governmental, or multilateral or4 ganizations; 

5 (10) jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

6 strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and 

7 training monitors and investigators to help with the 

8 enforcement of international arms embargoes; 

9 (11) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

10 bring together all stakeholders who are impacted by 

11 a conflict by facilitating peace summits where such 

12 stakeholders may gather under carefully prepared 

13 conditions to promote nonviolent communication and 

14 mutually beneficial solutions and to prevent future; 

15 (12) submit to the President recommendations 

16 for reductions and elimination of weapons of mass 

17 destruction, and make annual reports to the Presi18 dent on the sale of arms from the United States to 

19 other countries, with an analysis of the impact of 

20 such sales on the defense of the United States, how 

21 such sales affect peace and security, and how reduc22 tion or cessation of such sales affect peace and secu23 rity; 


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1 (13) in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

2 develop strategies for sustainability and management 

3 of the distribution of international funds; 

4 (14) advise the Permanent Representative of 

5 the United States to the United Nations on matters 

6 pertaining to the United Nations Security Council; 

7 (15) support the implementation of inter8 national peacebuilding strategies through a balanced 

9 use of peacebuilding, reconciliation, diplomacy, devel10 opment, and defense with the goal of preventing and 

11 ending war and violence; and 

12 (16) encourage all nations to create infrastruc13 tures for peace within their nations and among na14 tions. 

15 (d) MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECRETARY OF

16 PEACEBUILDING ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUN17 CIL.—Section 101(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 

18 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Sec19 retary of Peacebuilding’’ after ‘‘Treasury’’. 

20 (e) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec21 retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu22 tion strategies and suggest resources for unarmed civilian 

23 peacekeepers to the appropriate relevant parties on issues 

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1 gious, ethnic, gender-based, racial, or class-based in its or2 igin, derives from economic concerns, health concerns or 

3 is initiated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural 

4 resources (such as water and energy resources), food, 

5 health resources (such as life-saving medicine, medical and 

6 protective equipment and supplies, including viral and bac7 terial infection testing supplies and vaccines), trade, or cli8 mate and environmental concerns. 

9 (f) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect10 ing the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 

11 United States of America and the requirement for free and 

12 independent media, the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) seek assistance in the design and implemen14 tation of nonviolent policies from media profes15 sionals; 

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

17 and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter18 national levels, including the role of fear-inducing 

19 and hate-inducing speech and actions, and making 

20 the findings of such study public; and 

21 (3) make recommendations to professional 

22 media organizations in order to provide opportuni23 ties to increase media awareness of peacebuilding 

24 initiatives. 


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1 (g) EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec2 retary shall— 

3 (1) consult with the United States Institute of 

4 Peace, the Department of Education and other con5 cerned individuals and organizations and develop a 

6 peace education curriculum that includes studies 

7 of— 

8 (A) the civil rights movement in the United 

9 States and throughout the world and human 

10 rights and liberties movements, with special em11 phasis on the role of nonviolence and how indi12 vidual endeavor and involvement have contrib13 uted to advancements in peace and justice; 

14 (B) underlying causes of violence and con15 ditions of peace; 

16 (C) practices that enhance peace and 

17 peacebuilding; 

18 (D) the contributions to the United States 

19 of its diverse ethnicities, races, and religious 

20 communities; 

21 (E) peace agreements and circumstances in 

22 which peaceful intervention has worked to stop 

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1 (F) the patriarchal structure of society and 

2 the inherent violence of such structure in the 

3 shaping of relationships and institutions; 

4 (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Edu5 cation— 

6 (A) commission and participate in the de7 velopment of such curriculum and make such 

8 curriculum available to local school districts to 

9 enable the use of peace education objectives at 

10 pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, 

11 and secondary schools in the United States; 

12 (B) support in early childhood, pre-kinder13 garten schools, elementary schools, secondary 

14 schools, and institutions of higher education a 

15 well-resourced, balanced education that includes 

16 math, environmental stewardship, science, 

17 English, history, ethnic studies, economics, jus18 tice, critical thinking, social studies, health, 

19 physical education, foreign languages, the arts, 

20 and music that will prepare students for success 

21 in a globally interconnected world; and 

22 (C) offer incentives in the form of grants 

23 and training to encourage the development of 

24 State peace curricula and assist schools in ap25 plying for such grants and training; 


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1 (3) work with educators to equip students to 

2 become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, 

3 and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 

4 conflict resolution; 

5 (4) ensure that schools are nonviolence zones 

6 that provide a peaceful educational environment; 

7 (5) create school and community cultures where 

8 students and staff do not feel threatened and are 

9 free from bullying and harassment by developing 

10 and implementing curricula in nonviolent conflict 

11 resolution education, mindfulness, and restorative 

12 practices for teachers, students, parents, the school 

13 community, and the community at large; 

14 (6) maintain a public website to solicit and re15 ceive ideas for the development of peace from the 

16 wealth of the politically, socially, and culturally di17 verse public; 

18 (7) proactively engage the critical thinking ca19 pabilities, including civic education on citizen duties 

20 to foster democratic principles, of students and 

21 teachers of pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 

22 schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 

23 education through the internet and other media and 

24 issue periodic reports concerning any submissions 

25 from such students and teachers; 


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1 (8) establish a Peace Academy that shall— 

2 (A) be modeled after the military service 

3 academies; and 

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

5 in peace education, after which graduates will 

6 be required to serve 5 years in public service in 

7 programs dedicated to domestic or international 

8 nonviolent conflict resolution; and 

9 (9) provide grants for peace studies depart10 ments in institutions of higher education throughout 

11 the United States. 

12 SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

13 (a) UNDER SECRETARY OF PEACEBUILDING.—The 

14 President shall appoint an Under Secretary of 

15 Peacebuilding in the Department, by and with the advice 

16 and consent of the Senate. During the absence or dis17 ability of the Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in 

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

19 as Secretary. The Secretary shall designate the order in 

20 which other officials of the Department shall act and per21 form the functions of the Secretary during the absence 

22 or disability of both the Secretary and Under Secretary 

23 or in the event of vacancies in both offices. 

24 (b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.— 


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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 

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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 create and 

8 support the development and dissemination of effective 

9 peace curricula and supporting materials for distribution 

10 to the State educational agency in each State and territory 

11 of the United States and any other interested institutions. 

12 Each peace curriculum shall include— 

13 (1) building communicative peace skills and 

14 nonviolent conflict resolution skills; 

15 (2) teaching and fostering compassion, empa16 thy, mindfulness, kindness, acceptance, under17 standing, respect, inclusion, and forgiveness; 

18 (3) teaching about historical and contemporary 

19 events utilizing nonviolent and peacebuilding prin20 ciples to promote a culture of peace and about indi21 viduals and organizations employing nonviolent and 

22 peacebuilding principles to improve society; 

23 (4) teaching about the benefits of a peaceful so24 ciety, including economic, health, social, and sci25 entific implications of peace; and 


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1 (5) promoting other objectives to increase the 

2 knowledge of peace processes. 

3 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu4 cation and Training shall— 

5 (1) provide peace education grants to institu6 tions of higher education for the creation and expan7 sion of peace studies departments and the education 

8 and training of teachers in peace studies, violence 

9 prevention, peacebuilding, community building, and 

10 nonviolent conflict resolution skills; and 

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

12 the Community Peace Block Grant program under 

13 which the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit 

14 organizations and nongovernmental organizations for 

15 the purposes of developing innovative school and 

16 neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict reso17 lution and creating local peacebuilding initiatives. 

18 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACEBUILDING ACTIVI19 TIES. 

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

21 an Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities, the head 

22 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic 

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1 ties, including the development of policies that prevent do2 mestic violence and that increase awareness about inter3 vention and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 

4 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

5 Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall— 

6 (1) develop policy and disseminate best prac7 tices from the field for the treatment of drug and al8 cohol abuse; 

9 (2) develop community-based strategies for cele10 brating diversity and promoting acceptance; 

11 (3) develop new policies and build upon existing 

12 proven programs to prevent the school-to-prison 

13 pipeline by promoting restorative and conflict resolu14 tion practices at pre-kindergarten, elementary, sec15 ondary, university, and post graduate levels and in 

16 police academies, with funding for teacher, staff, 

17 student, and community training in nonviolence, re18 storative practices, conflict resolution, and diversity 

19 understanding and appreciation; 

20 (4) develop new policies and build on existing 

21 proven programs— 

22 (A) to assist in the prevention of hate, a 

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1 gies, mindfulness, and conflict de-escalation 

2 training, and other peaceful settlement skills 

3 among police and other public safety officers; 

4 (B) to assist in the re-entry into the com5 munity by individuals who have been incarcer6 ated by providing trauma healing, including 

7 training in anger management, conflict resolu8 tion, peacebuilding skills, life skills, and edu9 cational and job skills; 

10 (C) to assist in creating strong, happy, and 

11 healthy families, including supporting mental 

12 health services, domestic violence prevention, 

13 gang prevention, anti-bullying programs, animal 

14 cruelty prevention, substance abuse prevention, 

15 and the development of peaceful parenting 

16 skills; 

17 (D) to promote peacebuilding and commu18 nity-building and to provide restorative justice 

19 and restorative practice programs at all levels 

20 of the criminal justice system that bring to21 gether offenders, victims, and community mem22 bers in an effort to repair the damage caused 

23 by criminal activity through accountability and 

24 rehabilitation; 


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1 (E) to develop violence prevention and vio2 lence de-escalation training for the general pub3 lic to provide peacebuilding tools for all and to 

4 promote sustainable peace, peacebuilding buy5 in, and peacebuilding awareness; 

6 (F) to provide for training and deployment 

7 into neighborhoods of nonmilitary domestic con8 flict prevention and peacemaking personnel, in9 cluding violence interrupters, community safety 

10 task force, and civilian community peace11 keepers; 

12 (G) to implement respectful, non-targeting, 

13 and non-harassing community-based policing to 

14 break down barriers between law enforcement 

15 officers and the people such officers serve; and 

16 (H) to encourage and facilitate formation 

17 of locally and State-run and administered citi18 zen’s boards to recommend any appropriate 

19 training as needed for working compassionately 

20 and effectively with local, regional, and State 

21 populations and to review and hold accountable 

22 actions of all local, regional, and State police 

23 and law enforcement departments in the United 

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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— 

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 establish a grant program 

14 to be known as the Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant 

15 program under which the Secretary shall make grants to 

16 pre-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, sports, science, and other 

21 academic disciplines, that promote diplomacy and cultural 

22 understanding between neighborhoods and members of 

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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, de-escalation, and peaceful dispute21 resolution initiatives in countries experiencing 

22 social, political, medical, or economic strife and 

23 among all nations; 

24 (C) develop violence prevention, ameliora25 tion and de-escalation training for the general 

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1 to promote sustainable peace, peacebuilding 

2 buy-in and peacebuilding awareness; 

3 (D) provide training for the administration 

4 of post-conflict reconstruction and demobiliza5 tion in war-torn societies; 

6 (E) address root causes of violence; 

7 (F) eradicate extreme hunger, infectious 

8 and other diseases, and poverty; 

9 (G) eradicate genocide; 

10 (H) achieve universal primary education; 

11 (I) empower women and girls; 

12 (J) eradicate human trafficking; and 

13 (K) eradicate dehumanization and mis14 treatment of individuals; 

15 (2) support the creation of a multinational non16 violent peace force; 

17 (3) provide for exchanges between individuals of 

18 the United States and other countries that are en19 deavoring to develop domestic and international 

20 peace-based initiatives; and 

21 (4) disseminate applicable policies and research 

22 in consultation with— 

23 (A) the Department of State; 

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1 (D) the United States Institute of Peace. 

2 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Inter3 national Peacebuilding Activities shall establish a grant 

4 program to be known as the International Cultural Diplo5 macy for Peace grant program under which the Secretary 

6 shall make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 

7 schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher edu8 cation, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental or9 ganizations for the purpose of developing international 

10 cultural exchanges, including exchanges related to the 

11 arts, sports, science, and other academic disciplines, that 

12 promote diplomacy and cultural understanding between 

13 the United States and other countries. 

14 SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 

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

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

17 be the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace. The 

18 Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall carry 

19 out those functions in the Department affecting the 

20 awareness, study, ethical implications and impact of evolv21 ing existing technologies and developing new technologies, 

22 including artificial intelligence and data science and infor23 mation, on the creation and maintenance of domestic and 

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1 and research in consultation with appropriate entities of 

2 the Department of State. 

3 (b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Tech4 nology for Peace shall make grants for the research and 

5 development of technologies in transportation, commu6 nications, agriculture, medicine, and energy that— 

7 (1) are nonviolent in application; 

8 (2) encourage the conservation and sustain9 ability of natural resources, including air, water, 

10 land, in order to prevent future conflicts regarding 

11 scarce resources due to overuse or natural or 

12 human-caused disasters, including climate change 

13 and pandemics; and 

14 (3) promote a green, peaceful economy. 

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

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

17 an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 

18 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 

19 and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary for Arms Con20 trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 

21 the Department affecting arms control programs and 

22 arms limitation agreements. 

23 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

24 Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 


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1 (1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus2 sions and international negotiations, including dis3 cussions involving the United Nations, the Secretary 

4 of State, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the 

5 Secretary of Defense, regarding the increase or re6 duction and elimination of weapons of mass destruc7 tion throughout the world, including the dismantling 

8 of such weapons and the safe and secure storage of 

9 materials related thereto and efforts to limit or cease 

10 development, testing, manufacture or possession of 

11 nuclear weapons or threats to use them or to allow 

12 any nuclear arms to be stationed in the territory of 

13 any nation; 

14 (2) assist countries, international agencies, and 

15 nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca16 tions of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weap17 ons of mass destruction; 

18 (3) develop nonviolent strategies to prevent and 

19 deter testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear 

20 weapons, weaponized drones, assault weapons, and 

21 other weapons of mass destruction, whether based 

22 on land, underground, 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, and the protec2 tion 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 the Department of State and 

8 the Department of Commerce; and 

9 (7) address and support nuclear waste cleanup 

10 at nuclear test sites, nuclear research facilities and 

11 laboratories, Superfund Sites of former and present 

12 military bases in the United States and abroad and 

13 at lands, in waters, and in the air adjacent to old 

14 and new nuclear reactors and nuclear-contaminated 

15 sites. 

16 SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING INFORMATION AND 

17 RESEARCH. 

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

19 an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the 

20 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for 

21 Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant 

22 Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research 

23 shall carry out those functions in the Department affect24 ing research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, 


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1 and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and non2 violent conflict resolution. 

3 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

4 Peacebuilding Information and Research shall— 

5 (1) commission or compile studies on the im6 pact of war, mass shootings, police violence and 

7 other types of violence, especially on the physical 

8 and mental condition of children (using the 10-point 

9 anti-war agenda in the United Nations Children’s 

10 Fund report, State of the World’s Children 1996, as 

11 a guide) that shall include the study of the effect of 

12 war on the environment and public health; 

13 (2) commission or compile studies on the im14 pact of war and other types of violence on soldiers, 

15 veterans and civilians; 

16 (3) commission or compile studies on the effect 

17 of war and other types of violence on the environ18 ment, public health, the economy, and national secu19 rity; 

20 (4) commission or compile studies on the im21 pact of violence, racism and inequality on such con22 ditions of peace as health care, employment, edu23 cation, economic equity, food security, voting rights, 

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1 (5) compile information on effective community 

2 peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor3 mation to local governments and nongovernmental 

4 organizations in the United States and abroad; 

5 (6) commission or compile research on the ef6 fect of violence in the media, including the use of 

7 untruths, misinformation and false information and 

8 make such reports available to Congress annually; 

9 (7) commission or compile research on the num10 ber and circumstances of deaths caused by law en11 forcement using guns or other weapons, devices or 

12 methods, the number and circumstances of deaths to 

13 law enforcement officials caused by guns or other 

14 weapons, devices or methods, the effects of gun vio15 lence in the United States, and make such reports 

16 available to Congress annually; 

17 (8) commission or compile research on the ef18 fect of teaching nonviolent conflict resolution skills 

19 and practices and social emotional education in 

20 schools and disseminate such information to edu21 cational institutions, Congress and the public annu22 ally; 

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1 causes of violence, the root conditions of peace, and 

2 policies and practices to promote a culture of peace; 

3 (10) publish a monthly journal of the activities 

4 of the Department and encourage scholarly partici5 pation; 

6 (11) sponsor conferences throughout the United 

7 States to create awareness of the work of the De8 partment; 

9 (12) make available to the public reports, stud10 ies, and compiled research described in this Act; and 

11 (13) where applicable, work to carry out the re12 sponsibilities under this subsection in consultation 

13 with the United States Institute of Peace and other 

14 governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 

15 including— 

16 (A) the Department of Health and Human 

17 Services; 

18 (B) the Department of Justice; and 

19 (C) the Department of State. 

20 SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 

21 RIGHTS. 

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

23 an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 

24 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 

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1 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 

2 functions in the Department that support the principles 

3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 

4 by the General Assembly of the United Nations on Decem5 ber 10, 1948. 

6 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

7 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 

8 (1) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 

9 the Secretary of State, in furthering the incorpora10 tion of the principles of human rights, as enunciated 

11 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into 

12 all agreements between the United States and other 

13 countries to help prevent and reduce the causes of 

14 violence; 

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

16 United Nations, the Atrocities Prevention Board of 

17 the White House, the Department of Justice, and 

18 other similarly concerned governmental and non19 governmental organizations to gather information on 

20 and document domestic and international human 

21 rights abuses, including genocide, torture, State exe22 cutions, police brutality, detention for profit, caging 

23 of children and other individuals, murder of un24 armed civilians, solitary confinement (especially 

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1 child labor, and slave labor and recommend to the 

2 Secretary nonviolent responses to promote aware3 ness, understanding, and correction of abuses; 

4 (3) make such information available to other 

5 governmental and nongovernmental organizations in 

6 order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolution; 

7 (4) provide trained observers to work with non8 governmental organizations for purposes of creating 

9 a climate conducive to the respect for human rights; 

10 (5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 

11 human and natural resources as a source of conflict 

12 and make recommendations to the Secretary for 

13 nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 

14 intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel15 opment of programs to assist people facing such 

16 scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, greed, 

17 misdistribution of resources, overuse or other human 

18 causes, including climate disruption, or natural 

19 causes; 

20 (6) conduct economic analyses of the impact of 

21 violence within and among nations as a source of 

22 human displacement and criminalization, vilification, 

23 victimization and mistreatment of those fleeing their 

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1 tions and development of programs to assist people 

2 facing such conditions; 

3 (7) 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 (8) 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 (9) 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 (10) 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 

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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 inter8 national bodies, the Federal Government, Tribal gov9 ernments, and State and local governments to dis10 cuss peace issues, including practices, traditions and 

11 policies that promote peacebuilding and crises and 

12 wellness issues; 

13 (2) promote better intergovernmental relations 

14 and offer professional mediation services to amelio15 rate and resolve intergovernmental and 

16 intragovernmental conflict as needed, including 

17 elimination of inflammatory rhetoric; and 

18 (3) submit biennially, or more frequently if de19 termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 

20 President, the Secretary, and Congress reviewing the 

21 impact of Federal peace activities on the Federal 

22 Government and on State and local governments. 

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

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1 SEC. 112. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed3 eral Interagency Committee on Peace (in this section re4 ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 

5 (1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha6 nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 

7 the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 

8 coordinated; and 

9 (2) study and make recommendations for assur10 ing effective coordination of Federal programs, poli11 cies, and administrative practices affecting peace, 

12 peacebuilding and violence prevention, and wellness. 

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

14 members of the Committee. 

15 SEC. 113. STAFF. 

16 The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 

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

18 functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 

19 as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap20 pointed in accordance with applicable laws and the com21 pensation of such employees fixed in accordance with title 

22 5, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 114. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a con2 flict between the United States and any other gov3 ernment or entity is foreseeable, imminent, or occur4 ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

5 State shall consult with the Secretary of 

6 Peacebuilding concerning violence prevention, non7 violent means of conflict resolution, and 

8 peacebuilding. 

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

10 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) is ongo11 ing or recently concluded, the Secretary shall con12 duct an independent study of diplomatic initiatives 

13 undertaken by the United States and other parties 

14 to such conflict. 

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

16 which a conflict described in paragraph (1) has re17 cently concluded, the Secretary shall assess the ef18 fectiveness of any initiatives in ending such conflict. 

19 (4) CONSULTATION PROCESS.—The Secretary 

20 shall establish a formal process of consultation in a 

21 timely manner with the Secretary of State, the Sec22 retary of Defense, and the National Security Coun23 cil— 

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1 lence and of any armed conflict between the 

2 United States and any other country; and 

3 (B) for any matter involving— 

4 (i) the use of Department of Defense 

5 personnel within the United States; or 

6 (ii) the proposed or actual distribution 

7 of equipment of the Department of De8 fense to local or State law enforcement en9 tities or to other individuals or entities. 

10 (b) CONSULTATION IN DRAFTING TREATIES AND

11 AGREEMENTS.—The head of each appropriate Federal 

12 agency shall consult with the Secretary in drafting treaties 

13 and peace agreements. 

14 SEC. 115. COLLABORATION. 

15 The Secretary shall, for the greatest effectiveness in 

16 promoting peace and peacebuilding, collaborate with other 

17 Federal agencies, applicable experts, nongovernmental or18 ganization stakeholders, appropriate non-profit organiza19 tion stakeholders and State, Tribal, and local leaders and 

20 stakeholders regarding all related programs in all Federal 

21 agencies. The collaboration shall include and prioritize 

22 those who are most impacted by the programs for the pur23 pose implementing or updating such programs and for the 

24 purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of 

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1 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 201. LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEC3 RETARY. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of the appoint5 ment of the first Secretary, the Secretary shall prepare 

6 and submit to Congress proposed legislation containing 

7 any necessary and appropriate amendments to the laws 

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

9 SEC. 202. PEACE DAYS. 

10 The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and 

11 celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create 

12 peace on Peace Days. Such days shall include discussions 

13 of the professional activities and the achievements in the 

14 lives of peacemakers. 

15 SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

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

18 means the Department of Peacebuilding established 

19 under section 101(a). 

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

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

22 agency’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec23 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 


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

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

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

4 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

6 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High7 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

8 (5) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

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

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

11 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

12 501(c)(3)); and 

13 (B) is exempt from tax under section 

14 501(a) of such Code. 

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

16 the Secretary of Peacebuilding appointed under sec17 tion 101(b). 

18 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro20 priated to carry out this Act such sums as may be nec21 essary. 

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

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

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