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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 31 

Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment 

of S. 1280. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 13, 2011 

Mr. ISAKSON submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction 

in the enrollment of S. 1280. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (S. 1280) 

3 to amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault 

4 risk-reduction and response training, the development of 

5 a sexual assault policy, the establishment of an Office of 

6 Victim Advocacy, the establishment of a Sexual Assault 

7 Advisory Council, and for other purposes, the Secretary 

8 of the Senate shall make the following corrections: 

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1 Amend section 8C of the Peace Corps Act, in the 

2 quoted material in section 2 of the bill, by adding at the 

3 end the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(e) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

5 on October 1, 2018.’’. 

6 Amend section 8D of the Peace Corps Act, in the 

7 quoted material in section 2 of the bill, by adding at the 

8 end the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(g) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

10 on October 1, 2018.’’. 

11 Amend section 8E of the Peace Corps Act, in the 

12 quoted material in section 2 of the bill— 

13 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The Presi14 dent shall annually conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Annu15 ally through September 30, 2018, the President 

16 shall conduct’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (d)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a bi19 ennial report’’ and inserting ‘‘a report, not later 

20 than one year after the date of the enactment 

21 of this section, and biennially through Sep22 tember 30, 2018,’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘not 

24 later than two years after the date of the enact25 ment of this section and every three years 

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1 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than two 

2 years and five years after the date of the enact3 ment of this section’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(e) PORTFOLIO REVIEWS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, at 

8 least once every 3 years, perform a review to evalu9 ate the allocation and delivery of resources across 

10 the countries the Peace Corps serves or is consid11 ering for service. Such portfolio reviews shall at a 

12 minimum include the following with respect to each 

13 such country: 

14 ‘‘(A) An evaluation of the country’s com15 mitment to the Peace Corps program. 

16 ‘‘(B) An analysis of the safety and security 

17 of volunteers. 

18 ‘‘(C) An evaluation of the country’s need 

19 for assistance. 

20 ‘‘(D) An analysis of country program 

21 costs. 

22 ‘‘(E) An evaluation of the effectiveness of 

23 management of each post within a country. 

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1 ‘‘(F) An evaluation of the country’s con2 gruence with the Peace Corp’s mission and 

3 strategic priorities. 

4 ‘‘(2) BRIEFING.—Upon request of the Chair5 man and Ranking Member of the Committee on 

6 Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee 

7 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 

8 the President shall brief such committees on each 

9 portfolio review required under paragraph (1). If re10 quested, each such briefing shall discuss perform11 ance measures and sources of data used (such as 

12 project status reports, volunteer surveys, impact 

13 studies, reports of Inspector General of the Peace 

14 Corps, and any relevant external sources) in making 

15 the findings and conclusions in such review.’’. 

16 Amend section 8I(a) of the Peace Corps Act, in the 

17 quoted material in section 2, by inserting ‘‘through Sep18 tember 30, 2018,’’ after ‘‘annually’’. 

19 Strike section 8. 

20 Redesignate sections 9 and 10 as sections 8 and 9, 

21 respectively. 

22 Strike section 11. 

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