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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 808 

To establish a Department of Peace. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2009 

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, 

Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

DEFAZIO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. AL GREEN of 

Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, 

Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 

California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, 

Mr. STARK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WEXLER, 

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 

and Ms. WATERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a Department of Peace. 


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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 Peace Act’’. 

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 PEACE 

Sec. 101. Establishment of Department of Peace. 

Sec. 102. Responsibilities and powers. 

Sec. 103. Principal officers. 

Sec. 104. Office of Peace Education and Training. 

Sec. 105. Office of Domestic Peace Activities. 

Sec. 106. Office of International Peace Activities. 

Sec. 107. Office of Technology for Peace. 

Sec. 108. Office of Arms Control and Disarmament. 

Sec. 109. Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. 

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

Sec. 111. Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace. 

Sec. 112. Consultation required. 

Sec. 113. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND TRANSFERS OF 

AGENCY FUNCTIONS 

Sec. 201. Staff. 

Sec. 202. Transfers. 

Sec. 203. Conforming amendments. 

TITLE III—FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE 

Sec. 301. Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. 

TITLE IV—PEACE DAY 

Sec. 401. Peace Day. 

8 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress finds the following: 

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

11 Congress unanimously declared the independence of 


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1 the 13 colonies, and the achievement of peace was 

2 recognized as one of the highest duties of the new 

3 organization of free and independent States. 

4 (2) In declaring, ‘‘We hold these truths to be 

5 self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that 

6 they are endowed by their Creator with certain 

7 unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Lib8 erty and the Pursuit of Happiness’’, the drafters of 

9 the Declaration of Independence, appealing to the 

10 Supreme Judge of the World, derived the creative 

11 cause of nationhood from ‘‘the Laws of Nature’’ and 

12 the entitlements of ‘‘Nature’s God’’, such literal re13 ferrals in the Declaration of Independence thereby 

14 serving to celebrate the unity of human thought, 

15 natural law, and spiritual causation. 

16 (3) The architects of the Declaration of Inde17 pendence ‘‘with a firm reliance on the protection of 

18 divine providence’’ spoke to the connection between 

19 the original work infusing principle into the struc20 ture of a democratic government seeking to elevate 

21 the condition of humanity, and the activity of a 

22 higher power which moves to guide the Nation’s for23 tune. 

24 (4) The Constitution of the United States of 

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1 surance of the cause of peace in stating: ‘‘We the 

2 People of the United States, in Order to Form a 

3 more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domes4 tic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 

5 promote the general Welfare, and secure the Bless6 ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity’’. 

7 (5) The Founders of this country gave America 

8 a vision of freedom for the ages and provided people 

9 with a document which gave this Nation the ability 

10 to adapt to an undreamed of future. 

11 (6) It is the sacred duty of the people of the 

12 United States to receive the living truths of our 

13 founding documents and to think anew to develop 

14 institutions that permit the unfolding of the highest 

15 moral principles in this Nation and around the 

16 world. 

17 (7) During the course of the 20th century, 

18 more than 100,000,000 people perished in wars, and 

19 now, at the dawn of the 21st century, violence seems 

20 to be an overarching theme in the world, encom21 passing personal, group, national, and international 

22 conflict, extending to the production of nuclear, bio23 logical, and chemical weapons of mass destruction 

24 which have been developed for use on land, air, sea, 

25 and in space. 


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1 (8) Such conflict is often taken as a reflection 

2 of the human condition without questioning whether 

3 the structures of thought, word, and deed which the 

4 people of the United States have inherited are any 

5 longer sufficient for the maintenance, growth, and 

6 survival of the United States and the world. 

7 (9) Personal violence in the United States has 

8 great human and financial costs. A 2004 World 

9 Health Organization report estimates that inter10 personal violence within the United States costs ap11 proximately $300 billion annually, not including 

12 war-related costs. The U.S. Centers for Disease 

13 Control and Prevention states that an average of 16 

14 young people age 10 to 24 were murdered each day 

15 in the United States in 2005. The Pew Charitable 

16 Trust calculates that child abuse and neglect in the 

17 United States cost $103.8 billion in 2007. 

18 (10) Promoting a culture of peace has been rec19 ognized by the United Nations Educational, Sci20 entific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 

21 through passage of a resolution declaring an Inter22 national Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Vi23 olence for the Children 2001–2010. The objective is 

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1 ture of peace following the observance of the Inter2 national Year for the Culture of Peace in 2000. 

3 (11) We are in a new millennium, and the time 

4 has come to review age-old challenges with new 

5 thinking wherein we can conceive of peace as not 

6 simply being the absence of violence, but the active 

7 presence of the capacity for a higher evolution of the 

8 human awareness, of respect, trust, and integrity; 

9 wherein we all may tap the infinite capabilities of 

10 humanity to transform consciousness and conditions 

11 which impel or compel violence at a personal, group, 

12 or national level toward developing a new under13 standing of, and a commitment to, compassion and 

14 love, in order to create a ‘‘shining city on a hill’’, the 

15 light of which is the light of nations. 

16 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

17 DEPARTMENT OF PEACE 

18 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. 

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

20 Department of Peace (hereinafter in this Act referred to 

21 as the ‘‘Department’’), which shall— 

22 (1) be a cabinet-level department in the execu23 tive branch of the Government; and 


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1 (2) be dedicated to peacemaking and the study 

2 of conditions that are conducive to both domestic 

3 and international peace. 

4 (b) SECRETARY OF PEACE.—There shall be at the 

5 head of the Department a Secretary of Peace (hereinafter 

6 in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), who shall be 

7 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

8 consent of the Senate. 

9 (c) MISSION.—The Department shall— 

10 (1) hold the cultivation of peace as a strategic 

11 national policy objective; 

12 (2) reduce and prevent violence in the United 

13 States and internationally through peacebuilding and 

14 effective nonviolent conflict resolution; 

15 (3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peace16 making; 

17 (4) work to create peace, prevent violence, pre18 vent armed conflict, use field-tested programs, and 

19 promote best practices in nonviolent dispute resolu20 tion; 

21 (5) take a proactive, strategic approach in the 

22 development of policies that promote national and 

23 international conflict prevention, nonviolent interven24 tion, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and 

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1 (6) address matters both domestic and inter2 national in scope; 

3 (7) provide an institutional platform for the 

4 growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dra5 matically reduce the national and global epidemic of 

6 violence; 

7 (8) support local communities in finding, fund8 ing, replicating, and expanding programs to reduce 

9 and prevent violence; 

10 (9) invest in non-governmental organizations 

11 that have implemented successful initiatives to re12 duce and prevent violence, both internationally and 

13 domestically; and 

14 (10) work with other government agencies to 

15 apply and practice the science of peacebuilding in 

16 their respective fields of responsibility. 

17 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS. 

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

19 (1) work proactively and interactively with each 

20 branch of the Government on all policy matters re21 lating to conditions of peace; 

22 (2) serve as a delegate to the National Security 

23 Council; 

24 (3) call on the experience and expertise of the 

25 people of the United States and seek participation in 


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1 the development of policy from private, public, and 

2 non-governmental organizations; and 

3 (4) monitor and analyze causative principles of 

4 conflict and make policy recommendations for devel5 oping and maintaining peaceful conduct. 

6 (b) DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 

7 shall— 

8 (1) develop policies that address domestic vio9 lence, including spousal abuse, child abuse, and mis10 treatment of the elderly; 

11 (2) create new policies and programs and ex12 pand existing policies and programs that effectively 

13 reduce drug and alcohol abuse; 

14 (3) develop new policies and programs and ex15 pand existing policies and programs that effectively 

16 address crime, punishment, and rehabilitation, in17 cluding— 

18 (A) working to reduce prison recidivism 

19 rates; 

20 (B) supporting the implementation of non21 violent conflict resolution education and train22 ing for victims, perpetrators, and those who 

23 work with them; and 

24 (C) supporting effective police and commu25 nity relations; 


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1 (4) analyze existing policies, employ successful, 

2 field-tested programs, and develop new approaches 

3 for dealing with the tools of violence, including 

4 handguns, especially among youth; 

5 (5) analyze existing policies and develop new 

6 policies to address violence against animals; 

7 (6) develop new and expand current effective 

8 programs that relate to the societal challenges of 

9 school violence, gangs, racial or ethnic violence, vio10 lence against gays and lesbians, and police-commu11 nity relations disputes; 

12 (7) make policy recommendations to the Attor13 ney General regarding civil rights and labor law; 

14 (8) assist in the establishment and funding of 

15 community-based violence prevention programs, in16 cluding violence prevention counseling and peer me17 diation in schools and unarmed civilian peacekeeping 

18 at a local level; 

19 (9) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

20 victimized by violence; 

21 (10) provide for public education programs and 

22 counseling strategies concerning hate crimes; 

23 (11) promote racial, religious, and ethnic toler24 ance; and 


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1 (12) finance local community initiatives that 

2 can draw on neighborhood resources to create peace 

3 projects that facilitate the development of conflict 

4 resolution at a national level and thereby inform and 

5 inspire national policy. 

6 (c) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec7 retary shall— 

8 (1) advise the Secretary of Defense and the 

9 Secretary of State on matters relating to national 

10 security, including the protection of human rights 

11 and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-esca12 lation of unarmed and armed international conflict; 

13 (2) contribute to and participate in the develop14 ment of training of all United States personnel who 

15 administer post-conflict reconstruction and demobili16 zation in war-torn societies; 

17 (3) sponsor country and regional conflict pre18 vention and dispute resolution initiatives, create spe19 cial task forces, and draw on local, regional, and na20 tional expertise to develop plans and programs for 

21 addressing the root sources of conflict in troubled 

22 areas; 

23 (4) counsel and advocate on behalf of women 

24 victimized by violence, including rape, during conflict 

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1 (5) provide for exchanges between the United 

2 States and other nations of individuals who endeavor 

3 to develop domestic and international peace-based 

4 initiatives; 

5 (6) encourage the development of international 

6 sister city programs, pairing United States cities 

7 with cities around the globe for artistic, cultural, 

8 economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges; 

9 (7) establish and administer a budget des10 ignated for the training and deployment of unarmed 

11 civilian peacekeepers to participate in multinational 

12 nonviolent peacekeeping forces. Such training and 

13 deployment may be conducted by civilian, govern14 mental, or multilateral organizations; 

15 (8) jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

16 strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and 

17 training monitors and investigators to help with the 

18 enforcement of international arms embargoes; 

19 (9) facilitate the development of peace summits 

20 at which parties to a conflict may gather under care21 fully prepared conditions to promote nonviolent com22 munication and mutually beneficial solutions; 

23 (10) submit to the President recommendations 

24 for reductions in weapons of mass destruction, and 

25 make annual reports to the President on the sale of 


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1 arms from the United States to other nations, with 

2 analysis of the impact of such sales on the defense 

3 of the United States and how such sales affect 

4 peace; 

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

6 develop strategies for sustainability and management 

7 of the distribution of international funds; 

8 (12) advise the United States Ambassador to 

9 the United Nations on matters pertaining to the 

10 United Nations Security Council; and 

11 (13) support the implementation of inter12 national peacebuilding strategies through a balanced 

13 use of defense, diplomacy, and development. 

14 (d) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec15 retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu16 tion strategies and unarmed civilian peacekeepers to the 

17 appropriate relevant parties on issues of human security 

18 if such security is threatened by conflict, whether such 

19 conflict is geographic, religious, ethnic, racial, or class20 based in its origin, derives from economic concerns, or is 

21 initiated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural 

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

23 trade, or environmental concerns. 

24 (e) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect25 ing the first amendment of the Constitution of the United 


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1 States and the requirement for free and independent 

2 media, the Secretary shall— 

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

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

7 and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter8 national levels and make findings public; and 

9 (3) make recommendations to professional 

10 media organizations in order to provide opportuni11 ties to increase media awareness of peace-building 

12 initiatives. 

13 (f) EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec14 retary shall— 

15 (1) develop a peace education curriculum, which 

16 shall include studies of— 

17 (A) the civil rights movement in the United 

18 States and throughout the world, with special 

19 emphasis on how individual endeavor and in20 volvement have contributed to advancements in 

21 peace and justice; and 

22 (B) peace agreements and circumstances 

23 in which peaceful intervention has worked to 

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1 (2) in cooperation with the Secretary of Edu2 cation— 

3 (A) commission the development of such 

4 curricula and make such curricula available to 

5 local school districts to enable the utilization of 

6 peace education objectives at all elementary and 

7 secondary schools in the United States; and 

8 (B) offer incentives in the form of grants 

9 and training to encourage the development of 

10 State peace curricula and assist schools in ap11 plying for such curricula; 

12 (3) work with educators to equip students to 

13 become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, 

14 and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 

15 conflict resolution; 

16 (4) support the development and implementa17 tion of curricula in nonviolent conflict resolution 

18 education for teachers and students; 

19 (5) maintain a site on the Internet for the pur20 poses of soliciting and receiving ideas for the devel21 opment of peace from the wealth of political, social, 

22 and cultural diversity; 

23 (6) proactively engage the critical thinking ca24 pabilities of grade school, high school, and college 

25 students and teachers through the Internet and 


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1 other media and issue periodic reports concerning 

2 submissions; 

3 (7) create and establish a Peace Academy, 

4 which shall— 

5 (A) be modeled after the military service 

6 academies; and 

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

8 in peace education, after which graduates will 

9 be required to serve 5 years in public service in 

10 programs dedicated to domestic or international 

11 nonviolent conflict resolution; and 

12 (8) provide grants for peace studies depart13 ments in colleges and universities throughout the 

14 United States. 

15 SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

16 (a) UNDER SECRETARY OF PEACE.—The President 

17 shall appoint an Under Secretary of Peace in the Depart18 ment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

19 During the absence or disability of the Secretary, or in 

20 the event of a vacancy in the office of the Secretary, the 

21 Under Secretary shall act as Secretary. The Secretary 

22 shall designate the order in which other officials of the 

23 Department shall act for and perform the functions of the 

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1 retary and Under Secretary or in the event of vacancies 

2 in both of those offices. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.—(1) The President 

4 shall appoint in the Department, by and with the advice 

5 and consent of the Senate— 

6 (A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Education 

7 and Training; 

8 (B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace 

9 Activities; 

10 (C) an Assistant Secretary for International 

11 Peace Activities; 

12 (D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology for 

13 Peace; 

14 (E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 

15 and Disarmament; 

16 (F) an Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coex17 istence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution; 

18 (G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 

19 Economic Rights; and 

20 (H) a General Counsel. 

21 (2) The President shall appoint an Inspector General 

22 in the Department, in accordance with the Inspector Gen23 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

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1 sent of the Senate. The officers appointed under this para2 graph shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall 

3 prescribe, including— 

4 (A) congressional relations functions; 

5 (B) public information functions, including pro6 viding, through the use of the latest technologies, 

7 useful information about peace and the work of the 

8 Department; 

9 (C) management and budget functions; and 

10 (D) planning, evaluation, and policy develop11 ment functions, including development of policies to 

12 promote the efficient and coordinated administration 

13 of the Department and its programs and encourage 

14 improvements in conflict resolution and violence pre15 vention. 

16 (4) In any case in which the President submits the 

17 name of an individual to the Senate for confirmation as 

18 an officer of the Department under this subsection, the 

19 President shall state the particular functions such indi20 vidual will exercise upon taking office. 

21 (c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Each officer de22 scribed in this section shall report directly to the Secretary 

23 and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or re24 quired to be delegated to such officer, perform such addi25 tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe. 


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

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

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

4 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu5 cation and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace 

6 Education and Training shall carry out those functions 

7 of the Department relating to the creation, encourage8 ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 

9 elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, 

10 including the development of a Peace Academy. 

11 (b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 

12 of Peace Education and Training, in cooperation with the 

13 Secretary of Education, shall support the dissemination 

14 and development of effective peace curricula and sup15 porting materials for distribution to departments of edu16 cation in each State and territory of the United States. 

17 The peace curriculum shall include the building of commu18 nicative peace skills, nonviolent conflict resolution skills, 

19 and other objectives to increase the knowledge of peace 

20 processes. 

21 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu22 cation and Training shall— 

23 (1) provide peace education grants to colleges 

24 and universities for the creation and expansion of 

25 peace studies departments and the education and 

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1 (2) create a Community Peace Block Grant 

2 program under which the Secretary shall make 

3 grants to not-for-profit and non-governmental orga4 nizations for the purpose of developing innovative 

5 neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict reso6 lution and creating local peacebuilding initiatives. 

7 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACE ACTIVITIES. 

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

9 an Office of Domestic Peace Activities, the head of which 

10 shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac11 tivities. The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac12 tivities shall carry out those functions in the Department 

13 affecting domestic peace activities, including the develop14 ment of policies that increase awareness about interven15 tion and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 

16 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

17 Domestic Peace Activities shall— 

18 (1) develop policy alternatives and disseminate 

19 best practices from the field for the treatment of 

20 drug and alcohol abuse; 

21 (2) develop new policies and build on existing 

22 programs responsive to the prevention of crime, in23 cluding the development of community policing 

24 strategies and peaceful settlement skills among po25 lice and other public safety officers; and 


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1 (3) develop community-based strategies for cele2 brating diversity and promoting tolerance. 

3 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACTIVITIES. 

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

5 an Office of International Peace Activities, the head of 

6 which shall be the Assistant Secretary for International 

7 Peace Activities. The Assistant Secretary for International 

8 Peace Activities shall carry out those functions in the De9 partment affecting international peace activities and shall 

10 be a member of the National Security Council. 

11 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

12 International Peace Activities shall— 

13 (1) provide for the training and deployment of 

14 all Peace Academy graduates and other nonmilitary 

15 conflict prevention and peacemaking personnel; 

16 (2) support country and regional conflict pre17 vention and dispute resolution initiatives in countries 

18 experiencing social, political, or economic strife; 

19 (3) advocate for the creation of a multinational 

20 nonviolent peace force; 

21 (4) provide training for the administration of 

22 post-conflict reconstruction and demobilization in 

23 war-torn societies; and 

24 (5) provide for the exchanges between individ25 uals of the United States and other nations who are 


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1 endeavoring to develop domestic and international 

2 peace-based initiatives. 

3 (c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Inter4 national Peace Activities shall create a Cultural Diplomacy 

5 for Peace Grant program under which the Secretary shall 

6 make grants to schools, non-profits, and non-governmental 

7 organizations for the purpose of developing international 

8 cultural exchanges, including the arts and sports that pro9 mote diplomacy and cultural understanding between the 

10 United States and members of the international commu11 nity. 

12 SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 

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

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

15 be the Assistant Secretary of Technology for Peace. The 

16 Assistant Secretary of Technology for Peace shall carry 

17 out those functions in the Department affecting the 

18 awareness, study, and impact of developing new tech19 nologies on the creation and maintenance of domestic and 

20 international peace. 

21 (b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Technology 

22 for Peace shall make grants for the research and develop23 ment of technologies in transportation, communications, 

24 and energy that— 

25 (1) are nonviolent in their application; and 


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1 (2) encourage the conservation and sustain2 ability of natural resources in order to prevent fu3 ture conflicts regarding scarce resources. 

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

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

6 an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 

7 of which shall be the Assistant Secretary of Arms Control 

8 and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary of Arms Con9 trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 

10 the Department affecting arms control programs and 

11 arms limitation agreements. 

12 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary of 

13 Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 

14 (1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus15 sions and international negotiations regarding the 

16 reduction and elimination of weapons of mass de17 struction throughout the world, including the dis18 mantling of such weapons and the safe and secure 

19 storage of materials related thereto; 

20 (2) assist nations, international agencies, and 

21 non-governmental organizations in assessing the lo22 cations of the buildup of nuclear arms; 

23 (3) develop nonviolent strategies to deter the 

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1 (4) serve as a depository for copies of all con2 tracts, agreements, and treaties that deal with the 

3 reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons or the 

4 protection of space from militarization; and 

5 (5) provide technical support and legal assist6 ance for the implementation of such agreements. 

7 SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NON8 VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION. 

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

10 an Office of Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict 

11 Resolution, the head of which shall be the Assistant Sec12 retary for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict 

13 Resolution. The Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coexist14 ence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution shall carry out 

15 those functions in the Department affecting research and 

16 analysis relating to creating, initiating, and modeling ap17 proaches to peaceful coexistence and nonviolent conflict 

18 resolution. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

20 Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution 

21 shall— 

22 (1) commission or compile studies on the im23 pact of war, especially on the physical and mental 

24 condition of children (using the ten-point anti-war 

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1 port, State of the World’s Children 1996, as a 

2 guide), which shall include the study of the effect of 

3 war on the environment and public health; 

4 (2) compile information on effective community 

5 peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor6 mation to local governments and non-governmental 

7 organizations in the United States and abroad; 

8 (3) commission or compile research on the ef9 fect of violence in the media and make such reports 

10 available to the Congress annually; 

11 (4) publish a monthly journal of the activities 

12 of the Department and encourage scholarly partici13 pation; and 

14 (5) sponsor conferences throughout the United 

15 States to create awareness of the work of the De16 partment. 

17 SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 

18 RIGHTS. 

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

20 an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 

21 head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 

22 Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 

23 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 

24 functions in the Department that support the principles 

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1 the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 

2 10, 1948. 

3 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 

4 Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 

5 (1) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

6 Secretary of State, in furthering the incorporation of 

7 the principles of human rights, as enunciated in the 

8 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217A 

9 (III) of December 10, 1948, into all agreements be10 tween the United States and other nations to help 

11 reduce the causes of violence; 

12 (2) gather information on and document human 

13 rights abuses, both domestically and internationally, 

14 and recommend to the Secretary nonviolent re15 sponses to correct abuses; 

16 (3) make such findings available to other agen17 cies in order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolu18 tion; 

19 (4) provide trained observers to work with non20 governmental organizations for purposes of creating 

21 a climate that is conducive to the respect for human 

22 rights; 

23 (5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 

24 human and natural resources as a source of conflict 

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1 nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 

2 intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel3 opment of programs to assist people facing such 

4 scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, maldistribu5 tion of resources, or natural causes; 

6 (6) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

7 Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treas8 ury, in developing strategies regarding the sustain9 ability and the management of the distribution of 

10 funds from international agencies, the conditions re11 garding the receipt of such funds, and the impact of 

12 those conditions on the peace and stability of the re13 cipient nations; 

14 (7) assist the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

15 Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, in 

16 developing strategies to promote full compliance with 

17 domestic and international labor rights law; and 

18 (8) conduct policy analysis to ensure that the 

19 international development investments of the United 

20 States positively impact the peace and stability of 

21 the recipient nation. 

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 (hereinafter in this Act re2 ferred to as the ‘‘Council’’). The Council shall provide as3 sistance and make recommendations to the Secretary and 

4 the President concerning intergovernmental policies relat5 ing to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution. 

6 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 

7 (1) provide a forum for representatives of Fed8 eral, State, and local governments to discuss peace 

9 issues; 

10 (2) promote better intergovernmental relations 

11 and offer professional mediation services to resolve 

12 intergovernmental conflict as needed; and 

13 (3) submit, biennially or more frequently if de14 termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 

15 Secretary, the President, and the Congress reviewing 

16 the impact of Federal peace activities on State and 

17 local governments. 

18 SEC. 112. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 

19 (a) CONSULTATION IN CASES OF CONFLICT.—(1) In 

20 any case in which a conflict between the United States 

21 and any other government or entity is imminent or occur22 ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 

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1 (2) In any case in which such a conflict is ongoing 

2 or recently concluded, the Secretary shall conduct inde3 pendent studies of diplomatic initiatives undertaken by the 

4 United States and other parties to the conflict. 

5 (3) In any case in which such a conflict has recently 

6 concluded, the Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of 

7 those initiatives in ending the conflict. 

8 (4) The Secretary shall establish a formal process of 

9 consultation in a timely manner with the Secretary of the 

10 Department of State and the Secretary of Defense— 

11 (A) prior to the initiation of any armed conflict 

12 between the United States and any other nation; 

13 and 

14 (B) for any matter involving the use of Depart15 ment of Defense personnel within the United States. 

16 (b) CONSULTATION IN DRAFTING TREATIES AND

17 AGREEMENTS.—The executive branch shall consult with 

18 the Secretary in drafting treaties and peace agreements. 

19 SEC. 113. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 this Act for a fiscal year beginning after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act $10,000,000,000 for each fiscal 

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1 peace programs, including administrative costs associated 

2 with such programs. 

3 TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PRO4 VISIONS AND TRANSFERS OF 

5 AGENCY FUNCTIONS 

6 SEC. 201. STAFF. 

7 The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 

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

9 functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 

10 as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap11 pointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their 

12 compensation fixed in accordance with title 5 of the 

13 United States Code. 

14 SEC. 202. TRANSFERS. 

15 There are hereby transferred to the Department the 

16 functions, assets, and personnel of— 

17 (1) the Peace Corps; 

18 (2) the United States Institute of Peace; 

19 (3) the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms 

20 Control and International Security Affairs of the 

21 Department of State; 

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1 (5) the SafeFutures program of the Office of 

2 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the 

3 Department of Justice. 

4 SEC. 203. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

5 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 

7 to Congress proposed legislation containing any necessary 

8 and appropriate technical and conforming amendments to 

9 the laws of the United States to reflect and carry out the 

10 provisions of this Act. 

11 TITLE III—FEDERAL INTER12 AGENCY COMMITTEE ON 

13 PEACE 

14 SEC. 301. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE. 

15 There is established a Federal Interagency Com16 mittee on Peace (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 

17 ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 

18 (1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha19 nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 

20 the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 

21 coordinated; and 

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1 TITLE IV—PEACE DAY 

2 SEC. 401. PEACE DAY. 

3 The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and 

4 celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create 

5 peace on a Peace Day. Such day shall include discussions 

6 of the professional activities and the achievements in the 

7 lives of peacemakers. 

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