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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and 

response training, the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a 

Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 2011 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 

COSTA, Mr. FARR, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CONNOLLY of 

Virginia, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BUERKLE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 

Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CAPUANO, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault 

risk-reduction and response training, the development of 

sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment 

of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, 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 ‘‘Kate Puzey Peace 

5 Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER PROTECTION. 

2 The Peace Corps Act is amended by inserting after 

3 section 8 (22 U.S.C. 2507) the following new sections: 

4 ‘‘SEXUAL ASSAULT RISK-REDUCTION AND RESPONSE

5 TRAINING

6 ‘‘SEC. 8A. (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the training 

7 provided to all volunteers under section 8(a), the Director 

8 of the Peace Corps shall develop and implement com9 prehensive sexual assault risk-reduction and response 

10 training that conforms to best practices in the sexual as11 sault field as appropriate for first responders and other 

12 staff. 

13 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION WITH EX14 PERTS.—In developing the sexual assault risk-reduction 

15 and response training under subsection (a), the Director 

16 of the Peace Corps shall consult with and incorporate, as 

17 appropriate, the recommendations and views of experts in 

18 the sexual assault field. 

19 ‘‘(c) SUBSEQUENT TRAINING.—Once a trainee has 

20 arrived in such trainee’s country of service, the Director 

21 of the Peace Corps shall provide such trainee with training 

22 tailored to such country, including cultural training relat23 ing to gender relations, risk-reduction strategies, a safety 

24 plan in the event of an assault, treatment available in such 

25 country (such as forensic rape exams, PEP for HIV expo26 sure, STD screening, and pregnancy testing), MedEvac 


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1 procedures, and information regarding the legal process 

2 for pressing charges against an attacker. 

3 ‘‘(d) HISTORICAL ANALYSIS.—The Director of the 

4 Peace Corps shall provide each applicant for enrollment 

5 with a historical analysis of crimes and risks against vol6 unteers in the country in which the applicant has been 

7 invited to serve. 

8 ‘‘(e) CONTACT INFORMATION.—The Director of the 

9 Peace Corps shall provide each trainee, before each such 

10 trainee enrolls as a volunteer, with— 

11 ‘‘(1) the contact information of the Inspector 

12 General of the Peace Corps for purposes of reporting 

13 violations of the sexual assault protocol under sec14 tion 8B or any other criminal or administrative 

15 wrongdoing by volunteers, personnel (including ex16 perts and consultants), or other individuals (includ17 ing contractors) who do business with the Peace 

18 Corps; and 

19 ‘‘(2) clear, written guidelines regarding whom 

20 to contact, including the direct telephone number for 

21 a victim advocate and what steps to take in the 

22 event of a sexual assault. 

23 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and sections 8B 

24 through 8G: 

25 ‘‘(1) ASSAULT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘assault’ 

2 means an act that— 

3 ‘‘(i) creates an apprehension in an in4 dividual of an imminent, harmful, or offen5 sive contact; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) is a harmful or offensive touch7 ing. 

8 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘assault’ in9 cludes stalking and sexual assault. 

10 ‘‘(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as11 sault’ means any conduct described in chapter 109A 

12 of title 18, United States Code, relating to aggra13 vated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and sexual contact, 

14 whether or not the conduct occurs in the special 

15 maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 

16 States, and includes both assaults committed by of17 fenders who are strangers to the victim and assaults 

18 committed by offenders who are known or related by 

19 blood or marriage to the victim. 

20 ‘‘(3) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 

21 engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe22 cific person that would cause a reasonable person 

23 to— 

24 ‘‘(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety 

25 of others; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) suffer substantial emotional distress. 

2 ‘‘(4) INCLUSION OF TRAINEES.—The term ‘vol3 unteers’ includes trainees. 

4 ‘‘SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTOCOL AND GUIDELINES

5 ‘‘SEC. 8B. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

6 Peace Corps shall develop and implement comprehensive 

7 sexual assault protocol and guidelines that— 

8 ‘‘(1) conform to best practices in the sexual assault 

9 field; and 

10 ‘‘(2) are applicable to all posts at which volunteers 

11 serve. 

12 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION WITH EX13 PERTS.—In developing the sexual assault policy under 

14 subsection (a), the Director of the Peace Corps shall con15 sult with and incorporate, as appropriate, the rec16 ommendations and views of experts in the sexual assault 

17 field. 

18 ‘‘(c) ELEMENTS.—The sexual assault protocol and 

19 guidelines developed under subsection (a) shall include, at 

20 a minimum, the following services with respect to a volun21 teer who has been a victim of sexual assault: 

22 ‘‘(1) Protection of such volunteer’s confidentiality. 

23 ‘‘(2) Provision of a victim’s advocate to such volun24 teer. 

25 ‘‘(3) Provision of a sexual assault forensic evidence 

26 kit to such volunteer upon request. 


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1 ‘‘(4) Provision of emergency health care to such vol2 unteer, including, to the greatest extent practicable, a 

3 choice of medical providers and a mechanism for such vol4 unteer to evaluate such provider. 

5 ‘‘(5) Provision of counseling and psychiatric medica6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(6) Completion of a safety and treatment plan with 

8 such volunteer. 

9 ‘‘(7) Evacuation of such volunteer, accompanied by 

10 a Peace Corps staffer at the request of such volunteer. 

11 ‘‘(8) An explanation to such volunteer of available law 

12 enforcement, prosecutorial options, and legal representa13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION AND TRAINING.—The Director 

15 of the Peace Corps shall distribute to and train all in16 country staff regarding the sexual assault protocol and 

17 guidelines developed under subsection (a). 

18 ‘‘(e) REMOVAL AND ASSESSMENT AND EVALUA19 TION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a volunteer feels at risk of im21 minent bodily harm and requests removal from the site 

22 in which such volunteer is serving, the Director of the 

23 Peace Corps shall, as expeditiously as practical after re24 ceiving such request, remove such volunteer from such 

25 site. If the Director of the Peace Corps receives such a 


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1 request, the Director of the Peace Corps shall assess and 

2 evaluate the safety of such site and may not assign an3 other volunteer to such site until such time as such assess4 ment and evaluation is complete and such site has been 

5 determined to be safe. 

6 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF SITE AS UNSAFE.—Volun7 teers may remain at a site during an assessment and eval8 uation under paragraph (1). If the Director the Peace 

9 Corps determines that a site is unsafe, the Director of the 

10 Peace Corps shall, as expeditiously as practical, remove 

11 all volunteers from such site. 

12 ‘‘(f) SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS.—The Di13 rector of the Peace Corps shall establish sexual assault 

14 response teams, including Safety and Security Officers, 

15 medical staff, and a victim advocate, that can respond to 

16 reports of sexual assault against a volunteer. 

17 ‘‘(g) CASE REVIEW.—The Director of the Peace 

18 Corps shall conduct case reviews of a statistically signifi19 cant number of cases on a quarterly basis to determine 

20 if proper procedures were followed in accordance with the 

21 sexual assault protocols and guidelines developed under 

22 subsection (a) and including the elements specified in sub23 section (c). 

24 ‘‘(h) TRACKING AND RECORDING.—The Director of 

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1 cording system to track and record incidents of assault 

2 against volunteers. 

3 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON COMBINING INCIDENTS.—The 

4 Director of the Peace Corps may not combine into one 

5 incident for purposes of tracking and recording under sub6 section (h) reports by different volunteers of assault 

7 against such volunteers even if such assaults were com8 mitted by one individual against such volunteers at any 

9 one time. 

10 ‘‘(j) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS.—The Director of the 

11 Peace Corps shall establish an alternative reporting sys12 tem and hotline access system through which volunteers 

13 who are victims of assault can report and receive support 

14 on an anonymous basis. Such alternative systems shall be 

15 published in the Volunteer Handbook. 

16 ‘‘VICTIMS ADVOCATES

17 ‘‘SEC. 8C. (a) VICTIMS ADVOCATES.— 

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

19 shall assign a certified victims advocate in Peace Corps 

20 headquarters who shall report directly to the Director. The 

21 Director of the Peace Corps shall assign not fewer than 

22 three additional certified victims advocates to assist such 

23 victims advocate. Such additional victims advocates shall 

24 have regional expertise and may be posted abroad if such 

25 victims advocate determines that such is necessary. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—Peace Corps Medical Officers, 

2 Safety and Security Officers, and program staff may not 

3 serve as victims advocates. The victims advocate and addi4 tional victims advocates may not have any other duties 

5 in the Peace Corps. 

6 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—The victims advocate and addi7 tional victims advocates shall be exempt from the five year 

8 rule on appointments and assignments under section 7. 

9 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The victims advocate and 

10 additional victims advocates shall help develop and imple11 ment the sexual assault risk-reduction and response train12 ing described in section 8A and the sexual assault protocol 

13 and guidelines described in section 8B and ensure such 

14 training and such protocol and guidelines are being prop15 erly updated and followed. The victims advocate and addi16 tional victims advocates shall assist volunteers who are vic17 tims of assault by making such victims aware of the serv18 ices specified in section 8B(c) available to them and facili19 tating their access to such services. 

20 ‘‘(c) STATUS UPDATES.—The victims advocate and 

21 additional victims advocates shall provide to volunteers 

22 who are victims of assault regular updates on the status 

23 of their cases if such volunteers have opted to pursue pros24 ecution. 


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1 ‘‘(d) TRANSITION.—A victims advocate who is work2 ing with a volunteer who is a victim of assault and who 

3 relocates back to the United States shall assist such volun4 teer to receive the services specified in section 8B(c) re5 quired by such volunteer, including through the duration 

6 of the claim with the Department of Labor, even after 

7 such volunteer is medically separated. 

8 ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVISORY

9 COUNCIL

10 ‘‘SEC. 8D. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab11 lished in the Peace Corps a Sexual Assault Advisory Coun12 cil (in this section referred to as the ‘Council’). 

13 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall be composed 

14 of individuals selected by the Director of the Peace Corps 

15 who are returned volunteers (including volunteers who 

16 were victims of sexual assault and volunteers who were 

17 not victims of sexual assault) and governmental and non18 governmental experts and professionals in the sexual as19 sault field. 

20 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS; MEETINGS.—The Council shall 

21 meet not less often than annually to review the sexual as22 sault risk-reduction and response training developed under 

23 section 8A, sexual assault policy developed under section 

24 8B, and the confidentiality policy developed under section 

25 8F to ensure that such training and policies conform to 

26 best practices in the sexual assault field. 


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1 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Council shall annually submit 

2 to the Director of the Peace Corps and the Committee 

3 on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations 

4 of the House of Representatives and Committee on For5 eign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the Senate a report on its findings based on the reviews 

7 conducted pursuant to subsection (c). 

8 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of the Coun9 cil shall not be considered Federal employees for any pur10 pose and shall not receive compensation other than reim11 bursement of travel expenses and per diem allowance. 

12 ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal 

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

14 to the Council. 

15 ‘‘VOLUNTEER FEEDBACK AND PEACE CORPS REVIEW

16 ‘‘SEC. 8E. (a) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Not 

17 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

18 section, the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish 

19 goals, metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for 

20 all Peace Corps programs and Country Directors. Moni21 toring and evaluation plans shall incorporate best prac22 tices from monitoring and evaluation studies and analyses. 

23 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL VOLUNTEER SURVEYS.—The Director 

24 of the Peace Corps shall annually conduct a confidential 

25 survey of volunteers regarding the effectiveness of Peace 

26 Corps programs and staff and the safety of volunteers. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PEACE CORPS INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The In2 spector General of the Peace Corps shall submit to the 

3 Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ap4 propriations of the House of Representatives and Com5 mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appro6 priations of the Senate the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) A biennial report on reports received from 

8 volunteers relating to misconduct, mismanagement, 

9 or policy violations of Peace Corps staff, any 

10 breaches of the confidentiality of volunteers, and any 

11 actions taken to assure the safety of volunteers who 

12 provide such reports. 

13 ‘‘(2) A report, not later than two years after 

14 the date of the enactment of this section and every 

15 five years thereafter, evaluating the effectiveness and 

16 implementation of the assault risk-reduction and re17 sponse training developed under section 8A and the 

18 sexual assault protocol and guidelines developed 

19 under section 8B. 

20 ‘‘(3) A trend analysis every three years of the 

21 annual volunteer surveys, including actions taken in 

22 response to such surveys. 

23 ‘‘(4) A report, not later than two years after 

24 the date of the enactment of this section, describing 

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1 rectors are terminated, and how Country Directors 

2 hire staff. 

3 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

4 section, the term ‘evaluation’ means the systematic collec5 tion and analysis of information about the characteristics 

6 and outcomes of programs and projects as a basis for 

7 judgments, to improve effectiveness, or inform decisions 

8 about current and future programming. 

9 ‘‘NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE

10 INFORMATION

11 ‘‘SEC. 8F. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

12 Peace Corps shall establish and maintain a process to 

13 allow volunteers to report incidents of assault, incidents 

14 of misconduct or mismanagement, or violations of any pol15 icy, of the Peace Corps in order to protect the confiden16 tiality in accordance with subsection (c) and safety of such 

17 volunteers and of the information reported, and to ensure 

18 that such information is acted on appropriately. The Di19 rector of the Peace Corps shall train all volunteers and 

20 staff about this process. 

21 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Peace Corps 

22 shall provide guidance to officers and employees of the 

23 Peace Corps who have access to the information reported 

24 by volunteers under subsection (a) in order to protect 

25 against the inappropriate disclosure of such information 

26 and ensure the safety of such volunteers. 


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1 ‘‘(c) NONDISCLOSURE.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graphs (1) and (2), the Director of the Peace Corps 

4 may not— 

5 ‘‘(A) disclose any personally identifying in6 formation or personal information of a volun7 teer who is a victim of assault collected in con8 nection with services requested, utilized, or de9 nied through Peace Corps programs; or 

10 ‘‘(B) reveal such information without the 

11 informed, purpose-limited, and reasonably time12 limited consent of such volunteer about whom 

13 such information is sought. 

14 ‘‘(2) RELEASE.—If the release of information 

15 described in paragraph (1) is authorized by statute 

16 or compelled by court order, the Director of the 

17 Peace Corps shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) make reasonable attempts to provide 

19 notice to the volunteer with respect to whom 

20 such information is being released; and 

21 ‘‘(B) take such action as is necessary to 

22 protect the privacy and safety of such volunteer. 

23 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Director of 

24 the Peace Corps may share— 


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1 ‘‘(A) nonpersonally identifying information 

2 in the aggregate regarding services to volun3 teers and nonpersonally identifying demo4 graphic information in order to comply with re5 porting, evaluation, or data collection require6 ments; 

7 ‘‘(B) nonpersonally indentifying informa8 tion that would protect the safety of volunteers; 

9 ‘‘(C) court-generated information and law10 enforcement generated information contained in 

11 secure, governmental registries for protection 

12 order enforcement purposes; and 

13 ‘‘(D) law enforcement- and prosecution14 generated information necessary for law en15 forcement and prosecution purposes. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘per17 sonally identifying information’ and ‘personal information’ 

18 mean information for or about a volunteer who is a victim 

19 of assault, including information likely to disclose the loca20 tion of such victim, including the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) A first and last name. 

22 ‘‘(2) A home or other physical address. 

23 ‘‘(3) Contact information (including a postal, 

24 email, or Internet protocol address, or telephone or 

25 facsimile number). 


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1 ‘‘(4) A social security number. 

2 ‘‘(5) Any other information, including date of 

3 birth, racial or ethnic background, or religious affili4 ation, that, in combination with paragraphs (1) 

5 through (4), would serve to identify such victim. 

6 ‘‘REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

7 ‘‘SEC. 8G. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

8 Peace Corps shall annually submit to the Committee on 

9 Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Committee on For11 eign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 

12 the Senate a report summarizing information on— 

13 ‘‘(1) sexual assault against volunteers; 

14 ‘‘(2) assault against volunteers; and 

15 ‘‘(3) the annual rate of early termination of volun16 teers, including, to the maximum extent practicable, demo17 graphic data associated with such early termination. 

18 ‘‘(b) GAO.—Not later than one year after the date 

19 of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General 

20 of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

21 Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives and the Committee on For23 eign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 

24 the Senate a report evaluating the quality and accessibility 

25 of health care provided through the Department of Labor 


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1 to returned volunteers upon their separation from the 

2 Peace Corps. 

3 ‘‘(c) ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS.— 

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

5 Corps, in coordination with all Country Directors, shall 

6 determine the level of access to communication, including 

7 cellular and Internet access, of each volunteer. 

8 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the 

9 date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the 

10 Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 

11 Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

13 Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate a report on the costs of providing all volunteers 

15 with access to adequate communication, including cellular 

16 service and Internet access. 

17 ‘‘(d) REPORT ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 

18 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

19 of this section and annually thereafter, the Director of the 

20 Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 

21 Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

23 Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 Senate a report on the monitoring and evaluation of Peace 


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1 Corps programs and Country Directors, including infor2 mation on the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) A description of the monitoring and evaluation 

4 activities conducted in the preceding year. 

5 ‘‘(2) A forecast of the monitoring and evaluation ac6 tivities planned for the subsequent year. 

7 ‘‘(3) A description of the ways in which the results 

8 of the monitoring and evaluation activities have informed 

9 the design and operation of development policies and pro10 grams during the preceding year.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

12 (a) INCLUSION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT RISK-REDUC13 TION AND RESPONSE TRAINING.—The Peace Corps Act 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) in section 5(a) (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)), in the 

16 second sentence, by inserting ‘‘(including training 

17 under section 8A)’’ after ‘‘training’’; and 

18 (2) in section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 2507(a)), in the 

19 first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, including training 

20 under section 8A,’’ after ‘‘training’’. 

21 (b) CERTAIN SERVICES.—Section 5(e) of the Peace 

22 Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(e)) is amended, in the first 

23 sentence— 


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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(including, if necessary, for 

2 such volunteers and for trainees, services under sec3 tion 8C)’’ after ‘‘health care’’; and 

4 (2) by inserting ‘‘including services provided in 

5 accordance with section 8C (except that the six6 month limitation shall not apply in the case of such 

7 services)’’ before ‘‘as the President’’. 

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