tion, peacebuilding skills, life skills, and edu-
cational and job skills; 
(C) to assist in creating strong, happy, and 
healthy families, including supporting mental 
health services, domestic violence prevention, 
gang prevention, anti-bullying programs, animal 
cruelty prevention, substance abuse prevention, 
and the development of peaceful parenting 
skills; 
(D) to promote peacebuilding and commu-
nity-building and to provide restorative justice 
and restorative practice programs at all levels 
of the criminal justice system that bring to-
gether offenders, victims, and community mem-
bers in an effort to repair the damage caused 
by criminal activity through accountability and 
rehabilitation; 
(E) to develop violence prevention and vio-
lence de-escalation training for the general pub-
lic to provide peacebuilding tools for all and to 
promote sustainable peace, peacebuilding buy- 
in, and peacebuilding awareness; 
(F) to provide for training and deployment 
into neighborhoods of nonmilitary domestic con-
flict prevention and peacemaking personnel, in-
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cluding violence interrupters, community safety 
task force, and civilian community peace-
keepers; 
(G) to implement respectful, non-targeting, 
and non-harassing community-based policing to 
break down barriers between law enforcement 
officers and the people such officers serve; and 
(H) to encourage and facilitate formation 
of locally and State-run and administered citi-
zen’s boards to recommend any appropriate 
training as needed for working compassionately 
and effectively with local, regional, and State 
populations and to review and hold accountable 
actions of all local, regional, and State police 
and law enforcement departments in the United 
States; 
(5) promote informal and cultural exchanges 
between individuals and groups of proximate neigh-
borhoods and regions to encourage understanding 
and acceptance; and 
(6) disseminate applicable policies and research 
in consultation with— 
(A) the Department of Justice; 
(B) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
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(C) the Department of State; and 
(D) the Department of Education. 
(c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Domestic 
Peacebuilding Activities shall establish a grant program 
to be known as the Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant 
program under which the Secretary shall make grants to 
pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary 
schools, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organi-
zations, and nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
pose of developing domestic cultural exchanges, including 
exchanges relating to the arts, sports, science, and other 
academic disciplines, that promote diplomacy and cultural 
understanding between neighborhoods and members of 
such neighborhoods. 
SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING AC-
TIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of International Peacebuilding Activities, the 
head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary 
for International Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out 
those functions in the Department affecting international 
peace activities. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
International Peacebuilding Activities shall— 
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(1) develop new programs and promote existing 
proven programs to— 
(A) provide for the training and deploy-
ment of graduates of the Peace Academy estab-
lished under section 102(g) and other non-
military conflict prevention and peacemaking 
personnel; 
(B) support national and regional conflict- 
prevention, de-escalation, and peaceful dispute- 
resolution initiatives in nations experiencing so-
cial, political, environmental, medical, or eco-
nomic strife and among all nations; 
(C) develop community building, violence 
prevention, 
amelioration 
and 
de-escalation 
training for the general public to educate about 
peacebuilding skills and to promote sustainable 
peace, peacebuilding buy-in and peacebuilding 
awareness; 
(D) provide training for the administration 
of post-conflict reconstruction and demobiliza-
tion in war-torn societies; 
(E) address root causes of violence; 
(F) eradicate extreme hunger, infectious 
and other diseases, and poverty; 
(G) eradicate genocide; 
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(H) achieve universal primary education; 
(I) empower women and girls; 
(J) eradicate human trafficking; and 
(K) eradicate dehumanization and mis-
treatment of individuals; 
(2) support the creation of a multinational non-
violent peace force; 
(3) provide for exchanges between individuals of 
the United States and other nations that are endeav-
oring to develop domestic and international peace- 
based initiatives; and 
(4) disseminate applicable policies and research 
in consultation with— 
(A) the Department of State; 
(B) the Department of Labor; 
(C) the Peace Corps; 
(D) the United States Institute of Peace; 
and 
(E) any other applicable entities. 
(c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Peacebuilding Activities shall establish a grant 
program to be known as the International Cultural Diplo-
macy for Peace grant program under which the Secretary 
shall make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary 
schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher edu-
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cation, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental or-
ganizations for the purpose of developing international 
cultural exchanges, including exchanges related to the 
arts, sports, science, and other academic disciplines, that 
promote diplomacy and cultural understanding between 
the United States and other nations. 
SEC. 107. OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Technology for Peace, the head of which shall 
be the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace. The 
Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall carry 
out those functions in the Department affecting the 
awareness, study, ethical implications and impact of evolv-
ing existing technologies and developing new technologies, 
including artificial intelligence, mobile technologies, social 
media, drones, and data science and information, on the 
creation and maintenance of domestic and international 
peace, and disseminate applicable policies and research in 
consultation with appropriate entities of the Department 
of State. 
(b) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Tech-
nology for Peace shall make grants for the research and 
development of technologies in transportation, commu-
nications, agriculture, medicine, and energy that— 
(1) are nonviolent in application; 
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(2) encourage the conservation and sustain-
ability of natural resources, including air, water, 
land, in order to prevent future conflicts regarding 
scarce resources due to overuse or natural or 
human-caused disasters, including climate change 
and pandemics; and 
(3) promote a green, peaceful economy. 
SEC. 108. OFFICE OF ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head 
of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 
and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary for Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in 
the Department affecting arms control programs and 
arms limitation agreements. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Arms Control and Disarmament shall— 
(1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus-
sions and international negotiations, including dis-
cussions involving the United Nations, the Secretary 
of State, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the 
Secretary of Defense, regarding the increase or re-
duction and elimination of weapons of mass destruc-
tion throughout the world, including the dismantling 
of such weapons and the safe and secure storage of 
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materials related thereto and efforts to limit or cease 
development, testing, manufacture or possession of 
nuclear weapons or threats to use them or to allow 
any nuclear arms to be stationed in the territory of 
any nation; 
(2) assist nations, international agencies, and 
nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca-
tions of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weap-
ons of mass destruction; 
(3) develop nonviolent strategies to prevent and 
deter testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear 
weapons, weaponized drones, assault weapons, and 
other weapons of mass destruction, whether based 
on land, underground, air, sea, or in space; 
(4) serve as a depository for copies of all con-
tracts, agreements, and treaties that address the re-
duction and elimination of nuclear weapons and 
other weapons of mass destruction, and the protec-
tion of space from militarization; 
(5) provide technical support and legal assist-
ance for the implementation of such contracts, 
agreements, and treaties; 
(6) disseminate applicable policies and research 
in consultation with the Department of State and 
the Department of Commerce; and 
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(7) address and support nuclear waste cleanup 
at nuclear test sites, nuclear research facilities and 
laboratories, Superfund Sites of former and present 
military bases in the United States and abroad and 
at lands, in waters, and in the air adjacent to old 
and new nuclear reactors and nuclear-contaminated 
sites. 
SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING INFORMATION AND 
RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the 
head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for 
Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant 
Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research 
shall carry out those functions in the Department affect-
ing research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, 
and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and non-
violent conflict resolution and shall make this information 
available to Congress, the public, and other interested en-
tities on an ongoing basis. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Peacebuilding Information and Research shall— 
(1) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of war, mass shootings, police violence and 
other types of violence, especially on the physical 
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and mental condition of children (using the 10-point 
anti-war agenda in the United Nations Children’s 
Fund report, State of the World’s Children 1996, as 
a guide) that shall include the study of the effect of 
war on the environment and public health; 
(2) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of war and other types of violence on soldiers, 
veterans and civilians; 
(3) commission or compile studies on the effect 
of war and other types of violence on the environ-
ment, public health, the economy, and national secu-
rity; 
(4) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of violence, racism and inequality on such con-
ditions of peace as health care, employment, edu-
cation, economic equity, food security, voting rights, 
housing, justice, and rule of law; 
(5) compile information on effective community 
peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor-
mation to local governments and nongovernmental 
organizations in the United States and abroad; 
(6) commission or compile research on the ef-
fect of violence in the media, including the use of 
untruths, misinformation and false information and 
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make such reports available to Congress and the 
public annually; 
(7) commission or compile research on the num-
ber and circumstances of deaths caused by law en-
forcement using guns or other weapons, devices or 
methods, the number and circumstances of deaths to 
law enforcement officials caused by guns or other 
weapons, devices or methods, the effects of gun vio-
lence in the United States, and make such reports 
available to Congress and the public annually; 
(8) commission or compile research on the ef-
fect of teaching nonviolent conflict resolution skills 
and practices and social emotional education in 
schools and disseminate such information to edu-
cational institutions, Congress and the public annu-
ally; 
(9) commission or compile any other such re-
search that will foster understanding of the root 
causes of violence, the root conditions of peace, and 
policies and practices to promote a culture of peace; 
(10) publish a monthly journal of the activities 
of the Department and encourage scholarly partici-
pation; 
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(11) sponsor conferences throughout the United 
States to create awareness of the work of the De-
partment; 
(12) make available to the public reports, stud-
ies, and compiled research described in this Act; and 
(13) where applicable, work to carry out the re-
sponsibilities under this subsection in consultation 
with the United States Institute of Peace and other 
governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 
including— 
(A) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(B) the Department of Justice; and 
(C) the Department of State. 
SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 
RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 
head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 
Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 
Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those 
functions in the Department that support the principles 
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 
by the General Assembly of the United Nations on Decem-
ber 10, 1948. 
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(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Human Rights and Economic Rights shall— 
(1) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, in furthering the incorpora-
tion of the principles of human rights, as enunciated 
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into 
all agreements between the United States and other 
nations to help prevent and reduce the causes of vio-
lence; 
(2) consult with the Secretary of State, the 
United Nations, the Atrocities Prevention Board of 
the White House, the Department of Justice, and 
other similarly concerned governmental and non-
governmental organizations to gather information on 
and document domestic and international human 
rights abuses, including genocide, torture, State exe-
cutions, police brutality, detention for profit, caging 
of children and other individuals, murder of un-
armed civilians, solitary confinement (especially 
among children), human trafficking, child soldiers, 
child labor, and slave labor and recommend to the 
Secretary nonviolent responses to promote aware-
ness, understanding, and correction of abuses; 
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(3) make such information available to other 
governmental and nongovernmental organizations in 
order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolution; 
(4) provide trained observers to work with non-
governmental organizations for purposes of creating 
a climate conducive to the respect for human rights; 
(5) conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of 
human and natural resources as a source of conflict 
and make recommendations to the Secretary for 
nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent 
intervention in case of such scarcity, and the devel-
opment of programs to assist people facing such 
scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, greed, 
misdistribution of resources, overuse or other human 
causes, including climate disruption, or natural 
causes; 
(6) conduct economic analyses of the impact of 
violence within and among nations as a source of 
human displacement and criminalization, vilification, 
victimization and mistreatment of those fleeing their 
homes to seek better and safer lives and make rec-
ommendations to the Secretary for nonviolent solu-
tions and development of programs to assist people 
facing such conditions; 
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(7) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in developing strategies regarding the sus-
tainability and the management of the distribution 
of funds from international agencies, the conditions 
regarding the receipt of such funds, and the impact 
of those conditions on the peace and stability of the 
recipient nations; 
(8) assist the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, 
in developing strategies to promote full compliance 
with domestic and international labor rights law; 
(9) conduct policy analysis to ensure that the 
international development investments of the United 
States positively impact the peace and stability of 
the recipient country; and 
(10) disseminate policies and research in con-
sultation with appropriate entities of the Depart-
ment of State. 
SEC. 111. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 
PEACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an advisory committee known as the Intergovernmental 
Advisory Council on Peace (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Council’’). The Council shall provide assistance and 
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make recommendations to the President and the Secretary 
concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace 
and nonviolent conflict resolution. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall— 
(1) provide a forum for representatives of inter-
national bodies, the Federal Government, Tribal gov-
ernments, and State and local governments to dis-
cuss peace issues, including practices, traditions and 
policies that promote peacebuilding and crises and 
wellness issues; 
(2) promote better intergovernmental relations 
and offer professional mediation services to amelio-
rate 
and 
resolve 
intergovernmental 
and 
intragovernmental conflict as needed, including 
elimination of inflammatory rhetoric; and 
(3) submit biennially, or more frequently if de-
termined necessary by the Council, a report to the 
President, the Secretary, and Congress reviewing the 
impact of Federal peace activities on the Federal 
Government and on State and local governments. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 
members of the Council. 
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SEC. 112. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON PEACE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed-
eral Interagency Committee on Peace (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall— 
(1) assist the Secretary in providing a mecha-
nism to assure that the procedures and actions of 
the Department and other Federal agencies are fully 
coordinated; and 
(2) study and make recommendations for assur-
ing effective coordination of Federal programs, poli-
cies, and administrative practices affecting peace, 
peacebuilding and violence prevention, and wellness. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint the 
members of the Committee. 
SEC. 113. STAFF. 
The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation 
of such employees as may be necessary to carry out the 
functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except 
as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be ap-
pointed in accordance with applicable laws and the com-
pensation of such employees fixed in accordance with title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 114. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 
(a) CONSULTATION IN CASES OF CONFLICT AND VIO-
LENCE PREVENTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a con-
flict between the United States and any other gov-
ernment or entity is foreseeable, imminent, or occur-
ring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
State 
shall 
consult 
with 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Peacebuilding concerning violence prevention, non-
violent 
means 
of 
conflict 
resolution, 
and 
peacebuilding. 
(2) DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES.—In any case in 
which a conflict described in paragraph (1) is ongo-
ing or recently concluded, the Secretary shall con-
duct an independent study of diplomatic initiatives 
undertaken by the United States and other parties 
to such conflict. 
(3) INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT.—In any case in 
which a conflict described in paragraph (1) has re-
cently concluded, the Secretary shall assess the ef-
fectiveness of any initiatives in ending such conflict. 
(4) CONSULTATION
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall establish a formal process of consultation in a 
timely manner with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the National Security Coun-
cil— 
(A) prior to the initiation of policies or 
withdrawal of resources that may lead to vio-
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lence and of any armed conflict between the 
United States and any other country; and 
(B) for any matter involving— 
(i) the use of Department of Defense 
personnel within the United States; or 
(ii) the proposed or actual distribution 
of equipment of the Department of De-
fense to local or State law enforcement en-
tities or to other individuals or entities. 
(b) CONSULTATION
IN DRAFTING TREATIES
AND 
AGREEMENTS.—The head of each appropriate Federal 
agency shall consult with the Secretary in drafting treaties 
and peace agreements. 
SEC. 115. COLLABORATION. 
The Secretary shall, for the greatest effectiveness in 
promoting peace and peacebuilding, collaborate with other 
Federal agencies, applicable experts, nongovernmental or-
ganization stakeholders, appropriate non-profit organiza-
tion stakeholders and State, Tribal, and local leaders and 
stakeholders regarding all related programs in all Federal 
agencies. The collaboration shall include and prioritize 
those who are most impacted by the programs for the pur-
pose implementing or updating such programs and for the 
purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of 
such programs. 
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TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEC-
RETARY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the appoint-
ment of the first Secretary, the Secretary shall prepare 
and submit to Congress proposed legislation containing 
any necessary and appropriate amendments to the laws 
of the United States to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 202. PEACE DAYS. 
The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and 
celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create 
peace on Peace Days. Such days shall include discussions 
of the professional activities and the achievements in the 
lives of peacemakers. 
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Peacebuilding established 
under section 101(a). 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational 
agency’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(3) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 
in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(5) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
501(c)(3)); and 
(B) is exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of such Code. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Peacebuilding appointed under sec-
tion 101(b). 
SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), at least 
85 percent shall be used for domestic peace programs, in-
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cluding administrative costs associated with such pro-
grams. 
Æ 
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