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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1467 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual products 

for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2021 

Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

GARCIA of Texas, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. DEAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CASE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

KHANNA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. KEATING, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual 

products for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Menstrual Equity in 

5 the Peace Corps Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS FOR PEACE 

2 CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 

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

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by transferring subsection (e) (relating to 

6 antimalarial drugs) to appear immediately after sub7 section (b) and redesignating such transferred sub8 section as the first subsection (c); 

9 (2) in such first subsection (c), as so redesig10 nated and transferred, by striking ‘‘The Director’’ 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 

13 (3) in the second subsection (c) (relating to cer14 tain training), by— 

15 (A) redesignating such second subsection 

16 (c) as paragraph (2); and 

17 (B) moving such paragraph (2) two ems to 

18 the right; 

19 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) (relating to 

20 review and evaluation) as subsection (e); and 

21 (5) by inserting before such redesignated sub22 section (e) the following new subsection: 

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

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

25 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

26 the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a 


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1 comprehensive policy to ensure Peace Corps volun2 teers who require menstrual products are able to ac3 cess such products, either by increasing stipends for 

4 such volunteers to purchase such products or pro5 viding such volunteers with such products in the ge6 neric product types selected by such volunteer as 

7 their preferences. 

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

9 under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration 

10 the availability of menstrual products for purchase 

11 locally, the price of such products, and cultural 

12 norms regarding menstruation. 

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

14 to the policy required under paragraph (1), the Di15 rector of the Peace Corps shall ensure that such in16 crease covers fully the cost of menstrual products 

17 purchased by Peace Corps volunteers described in 

18 such paragraph.’’. 

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