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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 850 

To establish the Global Health Corps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 19, 2005 

Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. LUGAR) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To establish the Global Health Corps, 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 ‘‘Global Health Corps 

5 Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS. 

7 Title II of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 202 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘PART D—GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

2 ‘‘SEC. 271. DEFINITIONS. 

3 ‘‘In this part: 

4 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means the 

5 United States Agency for International Develop6 ment. 

7 ‘‘(2) CANDIDATE.—The term ‘candidate’ means 

8 an individual described in section 273(d). 

9 ‘‘(3) CORPS.—Except as otherwise provided, the 

10 term ‘Corps’ means the Global Health Corps estab11 lished under section 273(a). 

12 ‘‘(4) DEPARTMENT.—Except as otherwise pro13 vided, the term ‘Department’ means the Department 

14 of Health and Human Services. 

15 ‘‘(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

16 the Director of the Global Health Corps described in 

17 section 272(a)(3). 

18 ‘‘(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of19 fice of the Global Health Corps established under 

20 section 272(a)(1). 

21 ‘‘(7) PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘participant’ 

22 means a member of the Corps as described in sec23 tion 273(e). 

24 ‘‘SEC. 272. OFFICE OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS. 

25 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

2 within the Department an Office of the Global 

3 Health Corps to assist in improving the health, wel4 fare, and development of communities in foreign 

5 countries and regions through the provision of 

6 health care personnel, items, and related services. 

7 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Office 

8 are— 

9 ‘‘(A) to expand the availability of health 

10 care personnel, items, and related services to 

11 improve the health, welfare, and development of 

12 communities in select foreign countries and re13 gions; 

14 ‘‘(B) to promote United States public di15 plomacy in such foreign countries and regions 

16 by matching the needs of such communities 

17 with the services available from the Global 

18 Health Corps; 

19 ‘‘(C) to provide for the effective manage20 ment and administration of the Global Health 

21 Corps; and 

22 ‘‘(D) to coordinate, unify, strengthen, and 

23 focus the provision of health care personnel, 

24 items, and related services to foreign countries 

25 and regions by departments, agencies, and of-
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1 fices of the United States, by non-Federal vol2 unteers, and by private voluntary organizations. 

3 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The head of the Office shall 

4 be the Director of the Global Health Corps, who 

5 shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the 

6 Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE.—The functions of 

8 the Office include the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) Recruiting individuals to serve in the 

10 Corps, including distributing recruiting information 

11 to colleges, universities, hospitals, clinics, and non12 governmental organizations. Such individuals may 

13 include those with fellowship or scholarship support 

14 from private or public institutions and organizations. 

15 ‘‘(2) Processing applications for enrollment in 

16 the Corps. 

17 ‘‘(3) Verifying the training and credentials of 

18 candidates seeking to participate in the Corps. 

19 ‘‘(4) Reviewing requests for Corps personnel 

20 and services made by the head of a United States 

21 mission, a foreign country, a nongovernmental orga22 nization, an agency of the Government of the United 

23 States or other person, as determined by the Sec24 retary. 
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1 ‘‘(5) Matching the skills of participants with the 

2 requests for health care personnel, items, and re3 lated services described in paragraph (4) to provide 

4 such services effectively and efficiently. 

5 ‘‘(6) Providing administrative support and man6 agement for the Corps, including— 

7 ‘‘(A) assisting candidates in the application 

8 and training process, as appropriate; 

9 ‘‘(B) facilitating the travel of participants 

10 to foreign countries and regions and the work 

11 of participants in foreign countries and regions; 

12 ‘‘(C) ensuring participants have appro13 priate legal protections and immunities through 

14 mechanisms including bilateral agreements with 

15 agencies, organizations, or countries receiving 

16 participants, hiring non-Federal volunteers as 

17 intermittent Federal employees, or providing 

18 participants status as employees of the Govern19 ment of the United States for the purposes of 

20 such protections, as appropriate; 

21 ‘‘(D) providing strategic guidance and pol22 icy for the human resources management of the 

23 Corps; 
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1 ‘‘(E) carrying out activities to retain par2 ticipants in the Corps, including maintaining a 

3 database of current and former participants; and 

4 ‘‘(F) ensuring participants have appro5 priate health, security, and cultural training 

6 prior to arriving in a foreign country. 

7 ‘‘(7) Serving as a liaison between the Corps and 

8 other appropriate persons or government agencies, 

9 including— 

10 ‘‘(A) leading or participating in inter11 agency working groups, as appropriate; 

12 ‘‘(B) coordinating the activities of the 

13 Corps with activities carried out by other bu14 reaus of the Department and by the Agency, 

15 the Department of Defense, the Department of 

16 State, the Peace Corps, and other executive de17 partment, as appropriate, to advance and pro18 mote the purpose and activities of the Corps as 

19 effectively and efficiently as possible; 

20 ‘‘(C) meeting routinely with representatives 

21 from the Agency, the Peace Corps, the National 

22 Disaster Medical System, the Medical Reserve 

23 Corps, the Office of Force Readiness and De24 ployment, Volunteers for Prosperity, the Office 

25 of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the Agency, 
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1 the Bureau of Global Health Affairs of the 

2 Agency, the Coordinator of United States Gov3 ernment Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Glob4 ally, and others, as appropriate, to improve the 

5 health, welfare, and development of commu6 nities in foreign countries and regions through 

7 the provision of health care personnel, items, 

8 and related services on a short-term or long9 term basis; and 

10 ‘‘(D) maintaining contact with appropriate 

11 international organizations to carry out the pur12 pose of the Corps and with foreign governments 

13 that are current or prospective recipients of 

14 services provided by the Corps. 

15 ‘‘(8) Providing participants with appropriate 

16 training and equipment, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) ensuring participants have the appro18 priate medical equipment, supplies, and other 

19 resources necessary to provide health care serv20 ices under austere and challenging conditions 

21 while serving in the Corps; and 

22 ‘‘(B) establishing, managing, and directing 

23 any training provided under section 274(e). 

24 ‘‘(9) Maintaining contact with participants dur25 ing their service in the Corps. 
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1 ‘‘(10) Establishing performance objectives for 

2 the Corps, and appropriate metrics to assess the 

3 performance of the Corps in achieving its purposes, 

4 consistent with this part, and assessing the perform5 ance of the Office in achieving its purposes, con6 sistent with section 272. 

7 ‘‘(11) Submitting to Congress an annual report 

8 on the objectives and metrics described in paragraph 

9 (10) and on the Corps performance in meeting such 

10 objectives. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 273. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH 

12 CORPS. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consulta14 tion with the Secretary of State, shall establish a Global 

15 Health Corps. 

16 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Corps is to im17 prove the health, welfare, and development of communities 

18 in select foreign countries and regions, to advance United 

19 States public diplomacy in such locations, and to provide 

20 individuals in the United States with the opportunity to 

21 serve such communities by providing a broad range of 

22 needed health care and related services in such commu23 nities. 

24 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF THE CORPS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corps shall include the 

2 following components: 

3 ‘‘(A) Volunteers who are not employees of 

4 the Government of the United States or en5 rolled in the Peace Corps. 

6 ‘‘(B) Employees of the Government of the 

7 United States. 

8 ‘‘(C) Peace Corps volunteers who partici9 pate in the Corps under section 5A of the Peace 

10 Corps Act. 

11 ‘‘(D) The Director and any staff of the Of12 fice. 

13 ‘‘(E) Any other individual that the Direc14 tor determines is appropriate to include in the 

15 Corps. 

16 ‘‘(d) CANDIDATE.—An individual may be a candidate 

17 for the Corps if such individual meets the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL VOLUNTEER.—A individual 

19 who— 

20 ‘‘(A)(i) is a citizen or national of the 

21 United States; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) is a resident of the United States, at 

23 the discretion of the Secretary; 

24 ‘‘(B) is not an employee of the Government 

25 of the United States; 
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1 ‘‘(C)(i) is a trained health care professional 

2 and meets the educational and licensure re3 quirements necessary to be such a professional, 

4 including a physician, nurse, dentist, veteri5 narian, or other professional determined to be 

6 appropriate by the Director; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) is a trained health care practitioner 

8 or other professional that meets the educational 

9 requirements determined to be appropriate by 

10 the Secretary; and 

11 ‘‘(D) is seeking membership in the Corps 

12 and is willing to work under austere and chal13 lenging conditions. 

14 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—A citizen, national, 

15 or resident of the United States who— 

16 ‘‘(A) is an employee of the Government of 

17 the United States; 

18 ‘‘(B) meets the requirements of clause (i) 

19 or (ii) of paragraph (1)(C); and 

20 ‘‘(C) is seeking membership in the Corps, 

21 or is designated as a candidate by the head of 

22 the executive department that employs such cit23 izen, national, or resident. 

24 ‘‘(3) PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.—A citizen or 

25 national of the United States who— 
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1 ‘‘(A) is a Peace Corp volunteer; 

2 ‘‘(B)(i) meets the requirements of clause 

3 (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(C); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) is qualified to participate in the com5 prehensive training program established under 

6 section 274(e)(2), as determined by the Direc7 tor; and 

8 ‘‘(C) is seeking enrollment in the Corps. 

9 ‘‘(e) MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may— 

11 ‘‘(A) enroll and accept the services of can12 didates who are not employees of the Govern13 ment of the United States in the Corps, without 

14 regard to section 1342 of title 31, United 

15 States Code; 

16 ‘‘(B) designate candidates who are employ17 ees of the Government of the United States as 

18 members of the Corps, with the approval of the 

19 head of the executive department that employs 

20 such employee; and 

21 ‘‘(C) accept details or assignments of em22 ployees of the Government of the United States 

23 to serve in the Corps on a reimbursable or non24 reimbursable basis. 
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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—The Director shall estab2 lish procedures for individuals to submit applications 

3 for enrollment in the Corps. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 274. FUNCTIONS AND TRAINING OF THE CORPS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Participants shall be available to 

6 provide the services described in subsection (b) to individ7 uals and communities in the locations described in sub8 section (c). 

9 ‘‘(b) SERVICES.—Subject to subsection (f), the serv10 ices referred to in subsection (a) are services, including 

11 assistance and training, provided to individuals and com12 munities to carry out the purpose of the Corps, including 

13 the provision of— 

14 ‘‘(1) health care items and related services, in15 cluding dental care; 

16 ‘‘(2) preventive care, treatment, and services; 

17 ‘‘(3) veterinary and related services; 

18 ‘‘(4) sanitation, hygiene, food preparation, and 

19 clean water training; 

20 ‘‘(5) disease surveillance and basic health care 

21 services to individuals and communities affected by 

22 diseases or illnesses as identified by the Director; 

23 ‘‘(6) education and training related to the serv24 ices described in paragraphs (1) through (5); 
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1 ‘‘(7) education and training to local persons to 

2 improve health care outcomes, and to assist in the 

3 development of local and indigenous health care de4 livery capacity and self-sufficiency; and 

5 ‘‘(8) other health care items and related serv6 ices determined to be appropriate by the Director, 

7 including health care training, health systems devel8 opment, and technical support. 

9 ‘‘(c) LOCATIONS.—The Director is authorized to pro10 vide, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the 

11 services described in subsection (b) to individuals and 

12 communities in a foreign country or region if— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has determined that 

14 such country or region is in need of such services; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of State has determined that 

17 the provision of such services may help promote a 

18 better understanding of the people of the United 

19 States on the part of the peoples served in such a 

20 foreign country or region. 

21 ‘‘(d) PLACEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall decide 

23 on the placement of a participant in a foreign coun24 try or region described in subsection (c) after— 
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1 ‘‘(A) determining that the location or orga2 nization is in need of the services provided by 

3 the Corps in which the participant has expertise 

4 and training; 

5 ‘‘(B) consulting with the Secretary of State 

6 on the extent to which the placement of the 

7 participant in a particular location or organiza8 tion advances the foreign policy and public di9 plomacy objectives of the United States; and 

10 ‘‘(C) considering the skills, qualifications, 

11 and availability of the participant. 

12 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—The Director 

13 shall, prior to placing a participant in a foreign 

14 country or region, consult with— 

15 ‘‘(A) the head of the executive department 

16 that employs the participant, if the participant 

17 is an employee of the Government of the United 

18 States; 

19 ‘‘(B) the United States Ambassador to 

20 such foreign country; and 

21 ‘‘(C) the head of any executive department 

22 that is providing health care or related services 

23 in such foreign country. 

24 ‘‘(e) TRAINING.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall en2 sure that appropriate training programs are avail3 able, including the comprehensive training program 

4 described in paragraph (2) and appropriate health, 

5 security, and cultural training for participants, to 

6 prepare participants to provide the services described 

7 in subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director 

10 shall establish and carry out a program, either 

11 separately or jointly with a Federal, public, or 

12 private sector health care provider or health 

13 care institution, to provide members of Corps 

14 selected by the Director training in a variety of 

15 health care disciplines, including basic medical, 

16 dental, public health, nursing, epidemiological 

17 services, and veterinary care. 

18 ‘‘(B) TRAINING PROVIDED.—The program 

19 established under subparagraph (A) shall be de20 signed by the Director, in consultation with the 

21 Secretary, Administrator of the Agency, the 

22 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of De23 fense, the Secretary of State and the Director 

24 of the Peace Corps, to provide comprehensive 

25 basic training for a period of not more than 6 
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1 months to each participant who is a member of 

2 the Peace Corps and each other participant that 

3 the Director determines is appropriate to enable 

4 such participant to provide the services described 

5 in subsection (b), including training in a variety 

6 of health care disciplines, including basic med7 ical, dental, public health, nursing, epidemiolog8 ical service, and veterinary care. 

9 ‘‘(C) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director is 

10 authorized to permit a participant who is not a 

11 member of the Peace Corps to receive training 

12 in the program established under subparagraph 

13 (A) on a reimbursable basis, unless determined 

14 otherwise by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(D) PROGRAM MODEL.—The program es16 tablished under subparagraph (A) should be 

17 modeled on successful public and private pro18 grams, including the Joint Special Operations 

19 Medical Training Center program conducted by 

20 the Department of Defense and those conducted 

21 by various medical and nursing schools around 

22 the country. 

23 ‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION IN

24 SIMILAR TRAINING.—A participant may not 

25 participate in the Joint Special Operations 
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1 Medical Training Center program conducted at 

2 Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

3 ‘‘(3) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL VOLUNTEERS.—A 

5 participant who is not an employee of the Gov6 ernment of the United States or a Peace Corps 

7 volunteer and who attends a training program 

8 established under paragraph (1), other than the 

9 training program established under paragraph 

10 (2), shall be obligated to complete the amount 

11 of service in the Corps, commensurate with the 

12 type and amount of training received, that the 

13 Secretary determines is appropriate. 

14 ‘‘(B) ALL PARTICIPANTS.—A participant 

15 who attends the training program established 

16 under paragraph (2) shall be obligated to com17 plete the amount of service in the Corps, com18 mensurate with the type and amount of train19 ing received, that the Secretary deems appro20 priate. Such service shall be at the discretion of 

21 the Director, during any 5-year period, and in 

22 a manner consistent with this part and with the 

23 concurrence of the Director of the Peace Corps 

24 if such participant is a Peace Corps volunteer. 
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1 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION.—A member of the Corps may not 

2 carry out an activity under this part if— 

3 ‘‘(1) section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)) prohibits pro5 viding funding for such activity; or 

6 ‘‘(2) any provision of the annual Foreign Oper7 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 

8 Appropriations Act that relates to abortion prohibits 

9 providing assistance for such activity. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 275. PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) COMPENSATION OF PARTICIPANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL VOLUNTEERS.—A partici13 pant who is not an employee of the Government of 

14 the United States or a Peace Corps volunteer shall 

15 serve in the Corps without compensation from the 

16 Government of the United States to either the par17 ticipant or to any other person. 

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A participant 

19 who is an officer or employee of the Government of 

20 the United States shall serve without compensation 

21 in addition to that received for their services as offi22 cers or employees of the United States. 

23 ‘‘(3) PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.—A partici24 pant who is a Peace Corps volunteer shall serve 

25 without compensation in addition to that received for 
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1 their services in the Peace Corps under the Peace 

2 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.). 

3 ‘‘(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL VOLUNTEERS.—The Direc5 tor may provide a participant who is a not an em6 ployee of the Government of the United States or a 

7 Peace Corps volunteer travel expenses, excluding per 

8 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 

9 employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 

10 57 of title 5, United States Code, while such partici11 pant is serving in the Corps. 

12 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Director 

13 shall provide a participant who is an employee of the 

14 Government of the United States travel expenses, in15 cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au16 thorized for employees of agencies under subchapter 

17 I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

18 away from their homes or regular places of business 

19 in the performance of services for the Corps. 

20 ‘‘(3) PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.—The Direc21 tor may not provide a participant who is a Peace 

22 Corps volunteer travel expenses in addition to such 

23 expenses provided for under the Peace Corp Act (22 

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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS TO NON-FEDERAL

2 VOLUNTEERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Corps 

4 who is not an employee of the Government of the 

5 United States or a Peace Corps volunteer may not 

6 be considered an employee of the Government of the 

7 United States, except for the purposes of— 

8 ‘‘(A) section 272(b)(6)(C); 

9 ‘‘(B) chapter 81 of title 5, United States 

10 Code (relating to compensation for work-related 

11 injuries); and 

12 ‘‘(C) chapter 11 of title 18, United States 

13 Code (relating to conflicts of interest). 

14 ‘‘(2) VOLUNTEER PROTECTION ACT OF 1997.— 

15 ‘‘(A) VOLUNTEER STATUS.—A member of 

16 the Corps who is not an employee of the United 

17 States or a Peace Corps volunteer shall be 

18 deemed to be a volunteer for a nonprofit organi19 zation or governmental entity for the purposes 

20 of the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 

21 U.S.C. 14501 et seq.). 

22 ‘‘(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF EXCEPTIONS.— 

23 Section 4(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14503(d)) 

24 may not apply to a member of the Corps who 
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1 is not an employee of the United States or a 

2 Peace Corps volunteer. 

3 ‘‘(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—With respect to the 

4 membership of a candidate in the Corps, the terms and 

5 conditions of the enrollment, training, compensation, 

6 hours of work, benefits, leave, termination, and all other 

7 terms and conditions of the service of such participant 

8 shall be exclusively those set forth in this part and those 

9 consistent with such terms and conditions which the Sec10 retary may prescribe. 

11 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The membership in the Corps 

12 of a participant may be terminated at any time at the 

13 pleasure of the Director. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 276. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MEMBERS IN THE 

15 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS. 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ENROLL.—A member of the 

17 Service may enroll in the Corps and provide services as 

18 a member of the Corps described in this part. 

19 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM NUMBER.—Not later than 2 years 

20 after the date of enactment of the Global Health Corps 

21 Act of 2005, the Secretary shall designate not less than 

22 500 employees of the Service as members of the Corps 

23 and make such employees available to provide non-emer24 gency, routine health care items and related services in 
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1 the Corps, as the Secretary and the Secretary of State 

2 determine appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) RAPID RESPONSE CAPACITY.—Not later than 2 

4 years after the date of enactment of the Global Health 

5 Corps Act of 2005, the Secretary shall establish within 

6 the Commissioned Corps of the Service a rapid response 

7 capacity, consisting of not less than 250 individuals, to 

8 provide health care items and related services in foreign 

9 countries or regions to carry out the purpose of the Corps 

10 on short notice, in coordination with the Secretary of 

11 State. A member of the Commissioned Corps who is in12 cluded in such rapid response capacity shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) be trained, equipped, and able to deploy to 

14 a foreign country or region within 72 hours of notifi15 cation of such deployment; and 

16 ‘‘(2) be considered a participant in the Corps.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN THE CORPS. 

18 The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501) is amended 

19 by inserting after section 5 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS VOLUNTEERS

21 ‘‘SEC. 5A. (a) Volunteers are authorized to partici22 pate in the Global Health Corps, established in section 

23 273 of the Public Health Service Act. 

24 ‘‘(b) Not later than 2 years after the date of enact25 ment of the Global Health Corps Act of 2005, the Director 

26 of the Peace Corps shall make available not less than 250 
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1 positions within the Peace Corps for volunteers to serve 

2 in the Global Health Corps. 

3 ‘‘(c) A volunteer may apply and be approved for en4 rollment in the Global Health Corps at such time and in 

5 such manner as the Director of the Peace Corps and the 

6 Secretary of Health and Human Services require. 

7 ‘‘(d) A volunteer who is enrolled in the Global Health 

8 Corps shall receive training under section 274(e)(2) of the 

9 Public Health Service Act, unless such volunteer meets the 

10 requirements of clause (i) or (ii) of section 273(d)(1)(C) 

11 of such Act. 

12 ‘‘(e) A volunteer who is enrolled in the Global Health 

13 Corps shall provide services as a member of the Global 

14 Health Corps as described in part D of title II of the Pub15 lic Health Service Act. 

16 ‘‘(f) A volunteer who is enrolled in the Global Health 

17 Corps shall be subject to all other terms and conditions 

18 of service under this Act.’’. 

19 SEC. 4. VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 

20 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Volunteers for 

21 Prosperity program, organized pursuant to Executive 

22 Order 13317 (42 U.S.C. 12501 note), is a model to link 

23 non-Federal volunteers with non-Federal organizations to 

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1 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR CORPS INITIATIVE.—The 

2 head of the Volunteers for Prosperity program shall estab3 lish an initiative known as the Health Care for Peace ini4 tiative within such program for the purpose of making 

5 available non-Federal volunteers to participate in the 

6 Global Health Corps established under section 273 of the 

7 Public Health Service Act. 

8 SEC. 5. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under the authority of sub10 sections (a) and (b) of section 601 of the Foreign Assist11 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351) and section 635(d) 

12 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2395(d)), the Director of the Glob13 al Health Corps may establish private-public partnerships 

14 in furtherance of the purposes of this Act and the Global 

15 Health Corps. Such partnerships may include activities 

16 such as— 

17 (1) corporate volunteer programs; 

18 (2) training; 

19 (3) transportation; 

20 (4) field support; 

21 (5) volunteer identification; 

22 (6) lodging; 

23 (7) communications; 

24 (8) fellowships and scholarships; and 
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1 (9) other activities relevant to the mission of 

2 the Global Health Corps or the operation of the Of3 fice of the Global Health Corps, as determined by 

4 the Director of the Global Health Corps. 

5 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Global 

6 Health Corps shall consult with the Global Development 

7 Alliance Secretariat at the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development to develop a model for such public9 private partnerships and gain information on established 

10 best practices. 

11 SEC. 6. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION. 

12 Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

14 shall submit to Congress a detailed plan for the implemen15 tation of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

16 Such report shall include recommendations for improving 

17 the functioning and activities of the Global Health Corps, 

18 including the feasibility, cost, utility, and desirability of 

19 establishing incentives to recruit candidates into the 

20 Corps. 

21 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

23 as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amend24 ments made by this Act. 

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