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Calendar No. 492 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1456 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to reauthorize the Peace 

Corps, better support current and returned volunteers, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

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. Authorization of appropriations; integration of information age Peace 

Corps volunteer opportunities. 

Sec. 3. Readjustment allowances; expedited re-enrollment and transition assistance. 

Sec. 4. Health care continuation for Peace Corps volunteers. 


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Sec. 5. Access to antimalarial drugs and menstrual products for Peace Corps 

volunteers. 

Sec. 6. Codification of Executive Order 11103. 

Sec. 7. Volunteers providing virtual services for the Peace Corps. 

Sec. 8. Protection of Peace Corps volunteers against reprisal or retaliation. 

Sec. 9. Comprehensive illegal drug use policy with respect to Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 10. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

Sec. 11. Peace Corps volunteers serving within the United States at the request 

of another agency. 

Sec. 12. Use of official seal, emblem, and name of the Peace Corps. 

Sec. 13. Clarification regarding eligibility of United States nationals. 

Sec. 14. Memorandum of Agreement with Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the 

Department of State. 

Sec. 15. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 16. Workers compensation for Peace Corps volunteers. 

Sec. 17. Technical and conforming edits. 

Sec. 18. Determination of budgetary effects. 

1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; INTEGRA2 TION OF INFORMATION AGE PEACE CORPS 

3 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. 

4 Section 3 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

7 ‘‘$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $298,000,000 

8 for fiscal year 2001, $327,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2002, and $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2003’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘$430,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

11 2023 and 2024’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub13 section (e); and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(f) In recognition of the transformative power of 

17 internet access in international development efforts, and, 


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1 as exemplified by its virtual service pilot initiative, the 

2 Peace Corps shall be administered to— 

3 ‘‘(1) give particular attention to the expansion 

4 of those programs, projects, training, and other ac5 tivities that leverage the internet, as appropriate, for 

6 development, education, and social and economic 

7 mobility; and 

8 ‘‘(2) develop positions for Peace Corps volun9 teers that include such programs, projects, training, 

10 and other activities.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES; EXPEDITED RE-EN12 ROLLMENT AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE. 

13 (a) VOLUNTEERS.—Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act 

14 (22 U.S.C. 2504) is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by in16 serting ‘‘, safety,’’ after ‘‘health’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

19 ‘‘$125’’ and inserting ‘‘$375’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears 

21 and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

23 volunteer’’; 

24 (3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (p) 

25 as subsections (d) through (o), respectively; 


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1 (4) by amending subsection (e), as so redesig2 nated— 

3 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

4 ‘‘AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE’’ after ‘‘PRE5 SCRIPTION OF MEDICATIONS’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘concerning the mental 

7 health care provided to volunteers during their 

8 service,’’ after ‘‘experts licensed in the field of 

9 mental health,’’; 

10 (5) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by 

11 striking ‘‘subsequent’’; 

12 (6) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director’’; 

14 (7) in subsection (m), as so redesignated— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ each 

17 place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 

18 (d)’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘the President’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sub22 section (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (k)’’; 

23 (8) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting 

25 ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; and 


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1 (9) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections: 

3 ‘‘(p) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec4 tion, with respect to Peace Corps volunteers and trainees 

5 whose service ended involuntarily as a result of an emer6 gency, suspension of operations, or otherwise through no 

7 fault of the volunteer or trainee, the Director of the Peace 

8 Corps shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) waive such non-medical or non-security ap10 plication requirements as the Director may deter11 mine for the re-enrollment of each such volunteer 

12 and trainee during the 2-year period beginning on 

13 the date of such involuntary end of service; 

14 ‘‘(2) prioritize the medical clearance for each 

15 such volunteer and trainee to facilitate re-enroll16 ment; and 

17 ‘‘(3) permit each such volunteer and trainee, to 

18 the extent practicable and in consideration of the 

19 needs of overseas posts and the suitability of the vol20 unteer or trainee to meet those needs, to resume the 

21 activity of each such volunteer and trainee at the 

22 time of the involuntary end of service. 

23 ‘‘(q) The Director of the Peace Corps may authorize 

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1 ice ended involuntarily as a result of an emergency, sus2 pension of operations, or otherwise through no fault of the 

3 volunteer or trainee.’’. 

4 (b) VOLUNTEER LEADERS.—Section 6 of the Peace 

5 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2505) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$125’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘$375’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

10 Director’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘in section 5(e)’’ each 

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘in section 5(d)’’. 

13 SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE CONTINUATION FOR PEACE CORPS 

14 VOLUNTEERS. 

15 Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Peace Corps Act 

16 (22 U.S.C. 2504), as redesignated pursuant to section 4, 

17 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(d)(1) Volunteers and trainees shall receive such 

19 health care (including, if necessary, for volunteers and 

20 trainees, services under section 8B) during their service, 

21 as the Director of the Peace Corps may determine to be 

22 necessary or appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(2) Applicants for enrollment shall receive such 

24 health examinations preparatory to their service, appli25 cants for enrollment who have accepted an invitation to 


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1 begin a period of training under section 8(a) shall receive, 

2 preparatory to their service, such immunization, dental 

3 care, and information on prescription options and poten4 tial interactions, as necessary and appropriate and in ac5 cordance with subsection (e). 

6 ‘‘(3) Returned volunteers shall receive such health ex7 aminations within six months after termination of their 

8 service, including services provided in accordance with sec9 tion 8B (except that the six-month limitation shall not 

10 apply in the case of such services). 

11 ‘‘(4) Subject to such conditions as the President may 

12 prescribe, such health care may be provided in any facility 

13 of any agency of the United States Government, and in 

14 such cases the appropriation for maintaining and oper15 ating such facility shall be reimbursed from appropriations 

16 available under this Act. Health care may not be provided 

17 under this subsection in a manner inconsistent with the 

18 Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (Public 

19 Law 105–12). 

20 ‘‘(5) Returned volunteers, including those whose pe21 riod of service is subject to early termination as the result 

22 of an emergency, shall receive upon termination of their 

23 service with the Peace Corps two months of short-term 

24 non-service-related health insurance for transition and 

25 travel (SHIFTT), to provide coverage for a 60-day period 


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1 within which such volunteer will be advised to obtain quali2 fying health insurance, and an opportunity to extend for 

3 an additional 1 month such SHIFTT insurance, at the 

4 expense of such volunteer. 

5 ‘‘(6) Not later than 30 days before the date on which 

6 the period of service of a volunteer or trainee terminates, 

7 or 30 days after the date of such termination if such ter8 mination is the result of an emergency, the Director of 

9 the Peace Corps, in consultation with the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services, shall provide detailed infor11 mation to such volunteer or trainee on options for health 

12 care after termination other than health care provided by 

13 the Peace Corps, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) where additional, detailed information, in15 cluding on the application process and eligibility re16 quirements for medical assistance through State 

17 plans under title XIX of the Social Security Act (or 

18 waiver of State plans), may be obtained, including 

19 through external health care ‘navigators’ or health 

20 care option identification services available within 

21 the public and private sectors; 

22 ‘‘(B) where detailed information on qualified 

23 health plans may be obtained, including through ex24 ternal health care ‘navigators’ or health care option 


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1 identification services available within the public and 

2 private sectors; and 

3 ‘‘(C) if such volunteer or trainee is 25 years of 

4 age or younger, detailed information regarding the 

5 eligibility of such volunteer or trainee to enroll as a 

6 dependent child in a group health plan or health in7 surance coverage in which the parent of such volun8 teer or trainee is enrolled if such plan or coverage 

9 offers such dependent coverage.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. ACCESS TO ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS AND MEN11 STRUAL PRODUCTS FOR PEACE CORPS VOL12 UNTEERS. 

13 Section 5A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (e); 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol19 lowing new subsections: 

20 ‘‘(c) ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

22 Corps shall consult with experts at the Centers for 

23 Disease Control and Prevention regarding rec24 ommendations for prescribing malaria prophylaxis, 

25 and implement such recommendations to the extent 


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1 practicable, in order to provide the best standard of 

2 care within the context of the Peace Corps environ3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN TRAINING.—The Director of the 

5 Peace Corps shall ensure that each Peace Corps 

6 medical officer serving in a malaria-endemic country 

7 receives training in the recognition of the side effects 

8 of such medications. 

9 ‘‘(d) ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

12 the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a 

13 comprehensive policy to ensure Peace Corps volun14 teers who require menstrual products are able to ac15 cess such products by— 

16 ‘‘(A) increasing stipends for such volun17 teers to purchase such products; or 

18 ‘‘(B) providing such volunteers with such 

19 products in the generic product types selected 

20 by such volunteer, if available in the country of 

21 service. 

22 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—The policy required 

23 under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration 

24 the availability for purchase locally of menstrual 


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1 products, the price of such products, and cultural 

2 norms regarding menstruation. 

3 ‘‘(3) COST.—If stipends are increased pursuant 

4 to the policy required under paragraph (1), the Di5 rector of the Peace Corps shall ensure that such in6 crease is sufficient to cover the average cost within 

7 the country of service of menstrual products re8 quired by volunteers.’’; and 

9 (4) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (e), as so 

10 redesignated, by inserting ‘‘, patient confidentiality 

11 standards’’ before ‘‘, and guidelines’’. 

12 SEC. 6. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11103. 

13 The Peace Corps Act is amended by inserting after 

14 section 5A (22 U.S.C. 2504a) the following new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 5B. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11103. 

16 ‘‘(a) Executive Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note; 

17 28 Fed. Reg. 3571; relating to Providing for the Appoint18 ment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian 

19 Career Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 

20 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commis21 sion and Labor-Management in the Federal Service), as 

22 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

23 this section, shall remain in effect and have the full force 

24 and effect of law, consistent with subsection (b). 


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1 ‘‘(b)(1) The period of eligibility for noncompetitive 

2 appointment to the civil service provided to an individual 

3 by operation of subsection (a), including any individual 

4 who is so eligible on the date of the enactment of this 

5 section, shall be extended by the total number of days 

6 that, during such period— 

7 ‘‘(A) a hiring freeze for civilian employees of 

8 the Executive branch is in effect by order of the 

9 President with respect to any Executive agency at 

10 which the individual has applied for employment; 

11 ‘‘(B) there is a lapse in appropriations with re12 spect to any Executive agency at which the indi13 vidual has applied for employment; or 

14 ‘‘(C) the individual is receiving disability com15 pensation under section 8142 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, based on their service as a Peace Corps 

17 volunteer, retroactive to the date the individual ap18 plied for such compensation. 

19 ‘‘(2) The period of eligibility for noncompetitive ap20 pointment status to the civil service by operation of sub21 section (a) shall apply to a Peace Corps volunteer— 

22 ‘‘(A) whose service ended involuntarily as the 

23 result of a suspension of volunteer operations by the 

24 Director of the Peace Corps, but shall not last 


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1 longer than 12 months from the date on which such 

2 service ended involuntarily; or 

3 ‘‘(B) who re-enrolls as a volunteer in the Peace 

4 Corps after completion of a term of service. 

5 ‘‘(3) In this subsection: 

6 ‘‘(A) The term ‘hiring freeze’ means any memo7 randum, Executive order, or other action by the 

8 President that prohibits an Executive agency from 

9 filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or 

10 creating new such positions. 

11 ‘‘(B) The term ‘Executive agency’ has the 

12 meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, 

13 United States Code, and includes the United States 

14 Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commis15 sion, but does not include the Government Account16 ability Office. 

17 ‘‘(c) Subject to subsection (b), Executive Order 

18 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note; 28 Fed. Reg. 3571; relating 

19 to Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps 

20 Volunteers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended 

21 by Executive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating 

22 to the Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management 

23 in the Federal Service), as in effect on the day before the 

24 date of the enactment of this section, shall, except as set 

25 forth herein, remain in effect and have the full force and 


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1 effect of law. In the event of a conflict between the lan2 guage herein and Executive Order 11103, the language 

3 herein shall prevail. 

4 ‘‘(d) Any volunteer whose service terminated after 

5 January 1, 2020, and who has been certified by the Direc6 tor as having served satisfactorily as a volunteer under 

7 the Act may, for two years after their separation from the 

8 Peace Corps, be appointed to a position in any United 

9 States department, agency, or establishment in the com10 petitive service under title 5, United States Code without 

11 competitive examination and in accordance with such reg12 ulations and conditions consistent with this subsection as 

13 may be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management.’’. 

15 SEC. 7. VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING VIRTUAL SERVICES FOR 

16 THE PEACE CORPS. 

17 The Peace Corps Act is amended by inserting after 

18 section 5B, as added by section 6 of this Act, the following 

19 new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 5C. VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING VIRTUAL SERVICES 

21 FOR THE PEACE CORPS. 

22 ‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares 

23 that the Peace Corps has a demonstrated ability to deliver 

24 information, training, and technical assistance virtually 


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1 through the internet and other electronic means to com2 munities abroad. 

3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Director of the Peace Corps 

4 is authorized to recruit individuals, who may be located 

5 within the United States or third countries, to provide 

6 services virtually by electronic means to communities in 

7 host countries to flexibly meet the expressed needs of those 

8 countries. 

9 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—The Director of 

10 the Peace Corps— 

11 ‘‘(1) may recruit, train, and accept, on such 

12 terms and conditions as the Director may determine 

13 necessary or appropriate, the services of individuals, 

14 especially those individuals who face barriers to serv15 ing physically in a host country, who shall serve on 

16 a part-time basis as virtual service volunteers to 

17 meet the expressed needs of host countries, such as 

18 information, training, and technical assistance, 

19 through the internet or other electronic or virtual 

20 means; and 

21 ‘‘(2) may provide for incidental expenses of 

22 such individuals, as determined by the Director to be 

23 appropriate for the nature of the assignments. 

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1 authority of this section shall not be considered to be a 

2 volunteer for purposes of section 5 unless the Director of 

3 the Peace Corps requires the individual to physically serve 

4 in the host country on a temporary basis. 

5 ‘‘(e) INDIVIDUALS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FED6 ERAL EMPLOYEES.—An individual who provides services 

7 under the authority of this section shall not be considered 

8 a Federal employee except for the purposes described in 

9 section 5(h).’’. 

10 SEC. 8. PROTECTION OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS 

11 AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIATION. 

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

13 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION AGAINST REPRISAL OR RETALIA16 TION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

18 Corps shall take all reasonable measures, including 

19 through the development and implementation of a 

20 comprehensive policy, to prevent and address re21 prisal or retaliation against a volunteer by any Peace 

22 Corps officer or employee, or any other person with 

23 supervisory authority over the volunteer during the 

24 volunteer’s period of service. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION; RE2 LIEF.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may re4 port a complaint or allegation of reprisal or re5 taliation— 

6 ‘‘(i) directly to the Inspector General 

7 of the Peace Corps, and the Inspector Gen8 eral may conduct such investigations and 

9 make such recommendations with respect 

10 to the complaint or allegation as the In11 spector General considers appropriate; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) through other channels provided 

13 by the Peace Corps, including through the 

14 process for confidential reporting required 

15 in subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(B) RELIEF.—The Director of the Peace 

17 Corps— 

18 ‘‘(i) may order any relief for an af19 firmative finding of a proposed or final res20 olution of a complaint or allegation of re21 prisal or retaliation in accordance with 

22 policies, rules, and procedures of the Peace 

23 Corps; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) shall ensure such relief is 

25 promptly provided to the volunteer. 


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1 ‘‘(3) APPEAL.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A volunteer may ap3 peal to the Director of the Peace Corps any 

4 proposed or final resolution of a complaint or 

5 allegation of reprisal or retaliation. 

6 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

7 in this paragraph may be construed to affect 

8 any other right of recourse a volunteer may 

9 have under any other provision of law. 

10 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS AND REM11 EDIES.—The Director of the Peace Corps shall en12 sure that volunteers are informed in writing of the 

13 rights and remedies provided under this section. 

14 ‘‘(5) DISPUTE MEDIATION.—The Director of 

15 the Peace Corps shall offer the opportunity for vol16 unteers to resolve disputes concerning a complaint 

17 or allegation of reprisal or retaliation through medi18 ation in accordance with procedures developed by the 

19 Peace Corps. 

20 ‘‘(6) STAFF MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER CO21 OPERATION.—The Director of the Peace Corps may 

22 take such disciplinary or other administrative action, 

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1 ably refuses to cooperate with an investigation con2 ducted by the Inspector General of the Peace Corps 

3 into a complaint or allegation of reprisal or retalia4 tion. 

5 ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

6 ‘‘(A) REPRISAL OR RETALIATION.—The 

7 term ‘reprisal or retaliation’ means taking, 

8 threatening to take, or initiating adverse ad9 ministrative action against a volunteer because 

10 the volunteer made a report pursuant to sub11 section (a) or otherwise disclosed to a covered 

12 official or office any information pertaining to 

13 waste, fraud, abuse of authority, misconduct, 

14 mismanagement, violations of law, or a signifi15 cant threat to health and safety, whenever the 

16 activity or occurrence complained of is based 

17 upon the reasonable belief of the volunteer that 

18 it has taken place. 

19 ‘‘(B) COVERED OFFICIAL OR OFFICE.— 

20 The term ‘covered official or office’ means any 

21 of the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) Any Peace Corps employee, in23 cluding an employee of the Office of In24 spector General. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) A Member of Congress or a rep2 resentative of a committee of Congress. 

3 ‘‘(iii) An Inspector General (other 

4 than the Peace Corps Inspector General). 

5 ‘‘(iv) The Government Accountability 

6 Office. 

7 ‘‘(v) An authorized official of the De8 partment of Justice or other law enforce9 ment agency. 

10 ‘‘(vi) A United States court or grand 

11 jury.’’. 

12 SEC. 9. COMPREHENSIVE ILLEGAL DRUG USE POLICY WITH 

13 RESPECT TO PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 

14 The Peace Corps Act is amended by inserting after 

15 section 8I (22 U.S.C. 2507i) the following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 8J. COMPREHENSIVE ILLEGAL DRUG USE POLICY 

17 WITH RESPECT TO PEACE CORPS VOLUN18 TEERS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop and 

20 implement a comprehensive drug use policy with respect 

21 to Peace Corps volunteers. Such policy shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) establish a zero tolerance policy regarding 

23 volunteer or trainee involvement with illegal drugs; 

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1 ‘‘(2) require that every case of volunteer or 

2 trainee illegal drug involvement be brought imme3 diately to the attention of relevant Peace Corps lead4 ership, including the Director, and be reported expe5 ditiously by the Peace Corps to the Office of the In6 spector General. 

7 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the policy de8 scribed in subsection (a), the Director may consult with 

9 and incorporate, as appropriate, the recommendations and 

10 views of experts in the field of substance abuse, and shall 

11 consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

13 Relations of the Senate. 

14 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 

16 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

18 the Senate a report on the illegal drug use policy required 

19 to be developed and implemented under this section.’’. 

20 SEC. 10. PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

21 Section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511) 

22 is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

25 President and’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding subpara3 graph (A), by striking ‘‘conduct on-site in4 spections, and make examinations, of the 

5 activities of the Peace Corps in the United 

6 States and in other countries in order to’’; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘the President, 

9 the Director of the Peace Corps, and, 

10 as the Council considers appropriate, 

11 the Congress,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Di12 rector and, as the Council considers 

13 appropriate, the Congress’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

15 semicolon at the end; 

16 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (D) as subparagraph (G); and 

18 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (C) the following new subparagraphs: 

20 ‘‘(D) make recommendations for utilizing 

21 the expertise of returned Peace Corps volun22 teers in fulfilling the goals of the Peace Corps; 

23 ‘‘(E) make recommendations for increasing 

24 recruitment of volunteers from diverse back25 grounds and better supporting such volunteers 


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1 during their training and enrollment in the 

2 Peace Corps; 

3 ‘‘(F) make recommendations to reduce any 

4 financial barriers to application, training, or en5 rollment in the Peace Corps, including a volun6 teer’s medical expenses and other out-of-pocket 

7 costs; and’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (I) in the first sentence— 

12 (aa) by striking ‘‘fifteen’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘seven’’; and 

14 (bb) by striking ‘‘the Presi15 dent, by and with the advice and 

16 consent of the Senate’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the Director of the 

18 Peace Corps’’; and 

19 (II) by striking the second sen20 tence and inserting the following new 

21 sentence: ‘‘At least four of such mem22 bers shall be returned Peace Corps 

23 volunteers, and not more than four of 

24 such members may be members of the 

25 same political party.’’; 


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1 (ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(C) No member of the Council appointed under this 

4 paragraph may be an officer or employee of the Peace 

5 Corps.’’; 

6 (iii) by amending subparagraph (D) to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(D) The members of the Council shall be appointed 

9 to 2-year terms.’’; and 

10 (iv) by striking subparagraphs (E), 

11 (F), (G), (H), and (I); and 

12 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(3) The Director of the Peace Corps shall designate 

15 one of the members of the Council as Chair, who shall 

16 serve in such capacity for a term of two years.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘his or 

18 her’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (g)— 

20 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘At 

21 its first meeting and at its first regular meeting 

22 in each calendar year thereafter’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘At its first meeting each calendar year’’; and 

24 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

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1 and each shall serve in that capacity for a term 

2 of two years. The Director of the Peace Corps 

3 may renew, not more than once per member, 

4 the term of a voting member appointed as 

5 Chair of the Council under the preceding sen6 tence’’; 

7 (5) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘The Coun8 cil’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

9 end and inserting the following: ‘‘The Council shall 

10 hold a regular meeting during each calendar quarter 

11 at a date and time to be determined by the Chair 

12 of the Council or at the call of the Director of the 

13 Peace Corps.’’; 

14 (6) in subsection (i)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘the President and’’ (in16 cluding in the subsection heading) each place 

17 such term appears; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘the President shall’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘the Director shall’’; and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘the President or’’; and 

21 (7) by adding at the end the following new sub22 sections: 

23 ‘‘(k) INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

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1 persede the duties of the Inspector General of the Peace 

2 Corps. 

3 ‘‘(l) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal 

4 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

5 to the Council. 

6 ‘‘(m) FUNDING OF THE COUNCIL.—The Council shall 

7 be fully funded from amounts made available to the Peace 

8 Corps to carry out this Act.’’. 

9 SEC. 11. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS SERVING WITHIN THE 

10 UNITED STATES AT THE REQUEST OF AN11 OTHER AGENCY. 

12 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares 

13 that the Peace Corps provided emergency disaster relief 

14 in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2006 and provided 

15 COVID–19 relief in 2021 at the request of the Federal 

16 Emergency Management Agency and therefore it is the 

17 policy of the United States that the Peace Corps be au18 thorized to recruit volunteers to serve within the United 

19 States at the request of another agency. 

20 (b) RECRUITMENT OF DOMESTIC VOLUNTEERS.— 

21 The Peace Corps Act is amended by inserting after section 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 14A. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS SERVING WITHIN 

2 THE UNITED STATES AT THE REQUEST OF 

3 ANOTHER AGENCY. 

4 ‘‘The Director may recruit, train, and accept, for lim5 ited periods of time, on such terms and conditions as the 

6 Director may determine necessary or appropriate, the 

7 services of individuals who are not then serving outside 

8 the United States as volunteers or trainees (unless such 

9 appointment is made with the consent of the volunteer or 

10 trainee serving outside the United States as an extension 

11 of such service), who shall serve without compensation as 

12 domestic volunteers within the United States to provide 

13 assistance at the request of any Federal Government agen14 cy with authority to do so. Such service within the United 

15 States may be initiated by the Director following the re16 quest from the other agency and a determination by the 

17 Director that such action is in the best interests of the 

18 United States and the Peace Corps. Domestic volunteers 

19 shall not be considered volunteers under section 5 and 

20 shall not be deemed a Federal employee except for the pur21 poses described in section 5(h). The Director may provide 

22 for incidental expenses of domestic volunteers, as deter23 mined by the Director to be appropriate for the nature 

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1 SEC. 12. USE OF OFFICIAL SEAL, EMBLEM, AND NAME OF 

2 THE PEACE CORPS. 

3 Section 19 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2518) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and in7 serting ‘‘The Director of the Peace Corps’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

9 Director’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

12 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except 

13 that the official seal or emblem and the name 

14 ‘Peace Corps’ may be used on any death an15 nouncement, gravestone, plaque, or other grave 

16 marker of any person who served as a volunteer 

17 or as an officer or employee of the Peace Corps 

18 under such rules as may be prescribed by the 

19 Director’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 

21 by inserting ‘‘or in accordance with the excep22 tion specified in paragraph (1),’’ before ‘‘shall 

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1 SEC. 13. CLARIFICATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OF 

2 UNITED STATES NATIONALS. 

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

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 7(a)(5), by striking ‘‘United 

6 States citizens’’ each place such term appears and 

7 inserting ‘‘nationals of the United States’’; 

8 (2) in section 8(b), by striking ‘‘citizens’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘nationals’’; 

10 (3) in section 10(b), by striking ‘‘citizen or resi11 dent’’ and inserting ‘‘national’’; 

12 (4) in section 12(g), by striking ‘‘citizens’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘nationals’’; and 

14 (5) in section 26— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

16 through (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), re17 spectively; and 

18 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

19 following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(5) The term ‘national of the United States’ 

21 has the meaning given such term in section 

22 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

23 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).’’. 


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1 SEC. 14. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU OF 

2 DIPLOMATIC SECURITY OF THE DEPART3 MENT OF STATE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and at least once every 

6 five years thereafter, the Director of the Peace Corps, in 

7 coordination with the Assistant Secretary of State for Dip8 lomatic Security, shall review the Memorandum of Agree9 ment between the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the 

10 Department of State and the Peace Corps relating to secu11 rity support and protection of Peace Corps volunteers and 

12 staff members abroad and update such Memorandum of 

13 Agreement, as appropriate. 

14 (b) NOTIFICATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Peace 

16 Corps and the Assistant Secretary of State for Dip17 lomatic Security shall jointly submit to the Com18 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela20 tions of the Senate a written notification relating to 

21 an update to the Memorandum of Agreement made 

22 pursuant to subsection (a). 

23 (2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—A written noti24 fication submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 

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1 SEC. 15. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS.—The Peace Corps Act is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in section 8E (22 U.S.C. 2507e)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘President’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears; 

7 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Sep8 tember 30, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

9 2025’’; and 

10 (C) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking 

11 ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep12 tember 30, 2025’’; and 

13 (2) in section 8I (22 U.S.C. 2507i)— 

14 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sep15 tember 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

16 2025’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Presi18 dent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Di19 rector’’. 

20 (b) GAO REPORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub24 mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

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1 the post-service health care delivery and insurance 

2 coverage pursuant to subsection (d) of section 5 of 

3 the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504), as amended 

4 by section 4 of this Act, and section 8B of the Peace 

5 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507b). 

6 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para7 graph (1) shall include the following: 

8 (A) Information relating to examinations, 

9 counseling, and other mental health care serv10 ices provided by the Peace Corps to returned 

11 volunteers in the six months following the end 

12 of the term of service of such volunteers. 

13 (B) Recommendations relating to— 

14 (i) better protection of patient con15 fidentiality for returned Peace Corps vol16 unteers for mental health care services; 

17 (ii) improved access to mental health 

18 providers that will accept payment from 

19 the Peace Corps; and 

20 (iii) whether such mental health care 

21 services for returned volunteers would be 

22 better provided under the Short-term 

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1 mercially available insurance plan to be 

2 paid for by the Peace Corps. 

3 (c) REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION

4 STANDARDS.—Not later than one year after the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps 

6 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

8 Relations of the Senate a report on the guidelines and 

9 standards used to evaluate the mental health of Peace 

10 Corps applicants prior to service. Such report shall in11 clude— 

12 (1) a detailed description of mental health 

13 screening guidelines and evaluation standards used 

14 by the Peace Corps to determine medical eligibility 

15 of applicants for service, including a description of 

16 the most common mental health conditions of appli17 cants; 

18 (2) specific standards in the mental health 

19 screening process that could lead to an applicant’s 

20 disqualification from service, and a description of 

21 how these determinations are made; 

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1 (4) a description of periods of stability related 

2 to certain mental health conditions and symptoms 

3 recommended prior to an applicant’s clearance to 

4 serve; 

5 (5) an assessment of the impact of updated 

6 mental health evaluation guidance, including a com7 parison of mental health related volunteer medevacs 

8 in years before and after updated guidelines were 

9 implemented; and 

10 (6) a review of these screening guidelines, con11 ducted by a panel of certified and qualified medical 

12 professionals in the United States, that evaluates 

13 these standards based on scientific evidence and 

14 mental health research and proposes relevant up15 dates or additions to current guidance. 

16 (d) REPORT ON VOLUNTEER MEDICAL EVACU17 ATIONS.—Not later than the first May 1 occurring after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there19 after for five years, the Director of the Peace Corps shall 

20 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

21 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela22 tions of the Senate a report on volunteer medical and men23 tal health evacuations. Such report shall include— 


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1 (1) the number of Peace Corps volunteer med2 ical and mental health evacuations during the pre3 vious year; 

4 (2) a breakdown of these evacuations into med5 ical and mental health evacuation categories; and 

6 (3) the estimated cost of these evacuations for 

7 each year, including a breakdown of costs between 

8 medical and mental health evacuation categories. 

9 (e) REPORT AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL AS10 SAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8D of the Peace 

11 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507d) is amended— 

12 (1) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—On an annual basis for the duration 

15 of its mandate, the Council shall submit to the Director, 

16 the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 

17 on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 

18 Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives a report on its findings 

20 based on the reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (c) 

21 and shall include relevant recommendations. Such reports 

22 shall be made publicly available.’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

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1 (f) REPORT ON PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION.—Not 

2 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to 

4 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

6 the Senate a report on— 

7 (1) the presence of the Peace Corps in the Pa8 cific Islands region; and 

9 (2) a strategy to expand such presence, as prac10 ticable, including— 

11 (A) outcomes of consultations with regional 

12 allies and partners on areas in which coopera13 tion can reduce factors limiting Peace Corps ex14 pansion; and 

15 (B) timelines for expanding and reopening 

16 country programs in the Pacific Islands region. 

17 SEC. 16. WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR PEACE CORPS 

18 VOLUNTEERS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8142 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘GS–7’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘GS–7, step 5’’; 

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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

2 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

3 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

4 (c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’. 

5 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub6 section (a)(1)(A) shall apply to any volunteer (as that 

7 term is defined in subsection (a) of section 8142 of title 

8 5, United States Code) with respect to whom benefits 

9 under chapter 81 of such title commence, by operation of 

10 such section, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act. 

12 SEC. 17. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING EDITS. 

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

14 amended— 

15 (1) by amending section 1 to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

18 ‘Peace Corps Act’. 

19 ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 

20 for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘TITLE I—THE PEACE CORPS 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Declaration of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 2A. Peace Corps as an independent agency. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Authorization. 

‘‘Sec. 4. Director of the Peace Corps and delegation of functions. 

‘‘Sec. 5. Peace Corps volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 5A. Health care for volunteers at Peace Corps posts. 

‘‘Sec. 5B. Codification of Executive Order 11103. 

‘‘Sec. 5C. Volunteers providing virtual services for the Peace Corps. 

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‘‘Sec. 7. Peace Corps employees. 

‘‘Sec. 8. Volunteer training. 

‘‘Sec. 8A. Sexual assault risk-reduction and response training. 

‘‘Sec. 8B. Sexual assault policy. 

‘‘Sec. 8C. Office of victim advocacy. 

‘‘Sec. 8D. Establishment of sexual assault advisory council. 

‘‘Sec. 8E. Volunteer feedback and Peace Corps review. 

‘‘Sec. 8F. Establishment of a policy on stalking. 

‘‘Sec. 8G. Establishment of a confidentiality protection policy. 

‘‘Sec. 8H. Removal and assessment and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 8I. Reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 8J. Comprehensive illegal drug use policy with respect to Peace Corps 

volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 9. Participation of foreign nationals. 

‘‘Sec. 10. General powers and authorities. 

‘‘Sec. 11. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 12. Peace Corps National Advisory Council. 

‘‘Sec. 13. Experts and consultants. 

‘‘Sec. 14. Detail of personnel to foreign governments and international organizations. 

‘‘Sec. 14A. Peace corps volunteers serving within the United States at the request of another agency. 

‘‘Sec. 15. Utilization of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 16. Foreign currency fluctuations account. 

‘‘Sec. 17. Use of foreign currencies. 

‘‘Sec. 18. Activities promoting Americans’ understanding of other peoples. 

‘‘Sec. 19. Exclusive right to seal and name. 

‘‘Sec. 20. [Reserved.] 

‘‘Sec. 21. [Reserved.] 

‘‘Sec. 22. Security investigations. 

‘‘Sec. 23. Universal military training and service act. 

‘‘Sec. 24. Foreign language proficiency act. 

‘‘Sec. 25. Nonpartisan appointments. 

‘‘Sec. 26. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 27. Construction. 

‘‘Sec. 28. Effective date. 

‘‘TITLE II—AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND 

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 

‘‘Sec. 201. [Reserved.] 

‘‘Sec. 202. [Reserved.] 

‘‘TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

PROGRAMS 

‘‘Sec. 301. Voluntary Service Programs.’’; 

1 (2) in subsection (a) of section 2— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘help the peoples’’ and in2 serting ‘‘partner with the peoples’’; and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘trained manpower’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘trained individuals’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (e) of section 3 (as so redesig6 nated by section 2 of this Act), by striking ‘‘disabled 

7 people’’ and inserting ‘‘people with disabilities’’ each 

8 place it appears; 

9 (4) in subsection (b) of section 4— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

11 President’’; 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

13 Director’’; and 

14 (C) by striking ‘‘of his subordinates’’ and 

15 all that follows through ‘‘functions.’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘subordinate of the Director the authority 

17 to perform any such functions.’’; 

18 (5) in section 7— 

19 (A) in subsection (a), by moving the mar20 gins of paragraphs (7) and (8) two ems to the 

21 left; 

22 (B) in the second sentence of subsection 

23 (c), by striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ and inserting 

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1 (C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub2 section (b); 

3 (6) in section 8A— 

4 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his or 

5 her’’ and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), by 

7 inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘information’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (f)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 

10 (2), by striking ‘‘his or her’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the volunteer’s’’ each place it appears; 

12 and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 

14 (4), by striking ‘‘his or her’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘that person’s’’; 

16 (7) in section 8C, in the heading of subsection 

17 (a), by striking ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIM’’; 

18 (8) in section 8E— 

19 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub20 section (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(F), by striking 

22 ‘‘Corp’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps’’; 

23 (9) in section 9— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘under which he’’ and in2 serting ‘‘under which that person’’; and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘for which he’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘for which that person’’; 

5 (10) in section 10— 

6 (A) in subsection (b) (as amended by sec7 tion 13 of this Act), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in8 serting ‘‘the President’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

10 3709’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1949’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘sections 3101(a), 3101(c), 3104, 

12 3106, 3301(b)(2), and 6101 of title 41, United 

13 States Code’’; 

14 (11) in section 14— 

15 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘his’’ 

16 after ‘‘of’’ and before ‘‘agency’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘that’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘preserving his’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘preserving the’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ after ‘‘assigned, 

22 and’’; 

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1 (A) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, 

2 by striking ‘‘that Act’’ and inserting ‘‘such sub3 chapter’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (d)(7), by striking ‘‘his 

5 designee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director’s des6 ignee’’; 

7 (13) in section 23, by striking ‘‘Universal Mili8 tary Training and Service Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Mili9 tary Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.)’’; 

10 (14) in section 24, by striking— 

11 (A) ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the volunteer’s’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and insert14 ing ‘‘the volunteer’’; 

15 (15) in section 26 (as amended by section 13 

16 of this Act)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘which 

18 he or she’’ and inserting ‘‘which the medical of19 ficer’’; 

20 (B) by further redesignating paragraphs 

21 (2) through (9) (as so redesignated by section 

22 13) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respec23 tively; 

24 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

2 the Peace Corps.’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, 

4 by striking ‘‘5(m)’’ and inserting ‘‘5(n)’’; and 

5 (E) in paragraph (10), as so redesig6 nated— 

7 (i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 

8 (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec9 tively, and moving such subparagraphs, as 

10 so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (A), as so redes12 ignated, by striking ‘‘section 5(f)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘section 5(e)’’; and 

14 (16) in section 301, by striking ‘‘Sec. 301. (a) 

15 The Congress’’ and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMS

17 ‘‘SEC. 301. 

18 ‘‘(a) The Congress’’. 

19 SEC. 18. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

20 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

21 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

22 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

23 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

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1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

2 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 492 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1456 

AN ACT 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to reauthorize the 

volunteers, and for other purposes. Peace Corps, better support current and returned 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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