(d) HUMAN SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolu-
tion strategies to all relevant parties on issues of human 
security if such security is threatened by conflict, whether 
such conflict is geographic, religious, ethnic, racial, or 
class-based in its origin, derives from economic concerns 
(including trade or maldistribution of wealth), or is initi-
ated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural re-
sources (such as water and energy resources), food, trade, 
or environmental concerns. 
(e) MEDIA-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.—Respect-
ing the first amendment of the Constitution of the United 
States and the requirement for free and independent 
media, the Secretary shall— 
(1) seek assistance in the design and implemen-
tation of nonviolent policies from media profes-
sionals; 
(2) study the role of the media in the escalation 
and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and inter-
national levels and make findings public; and 
(3) make recommendations to professional 
media organizations in order to provide opportuni-
ties to increase media awareness of peace-building 
initiatives.
(f) EDUCATIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) develop a peace education curriculum, which 
shall include studies of— 
(A) the civil rights movement in the United 
States and throughout the world, with special 
emphasis on how individual endeavor and in-
volvement have contributed to advancements in 
peace and justice; and 
(B) peace agreements and circumstances 
in which peaceful intervention has worked to 
stop conflict; 
(2) in cooperation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation— 
(A) commission the development of such 
curricula and make such curricula available to 
local school districts to enable the utilization of 
peace education objectives at all elementary and 
secondary schools in the United States; and 
(B) offer incentives in the form of grants 
and training to encourage the development of 
State peace curricula and assist schools in ap-
plying for such curricula; 
(3) work with educators to equip students to 
become skilled in achieving peace through reflection,
and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 
conflict resolution; 
(4) maintain a site on the Internet for the pur-
poses of soliciting and receiving ideas for the devel-
opment of peace from the wealth of political, social 
and cultural diversity; 
(5) proactively engage the critical thinking ca-
pabilities of grade school, high school, and college 
students and teachers through the Internet and 
other media and issue periodic reports concerning 
submissions; 
(6) create and establish a Peace Academy, 
which shall— 
(A) be modeled after the military service 
academies; 
(B) provide a 4-year course of instruction 
in peace education, after which graduates will 
be required to serve 5 years in public service in 
programs dedicated to domestic or international 
nonviolent conflict resolution; and 
(7) provide grants for peace studies depart-
ments in colleges and universities throughout the 
United States.
SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 
(a) UNDER
SECRETARY
OF
PEACE
AND
NON-
VIOLENCE.—There shall be in the Department an Under 
Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence, who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. During the absence or disability of the 
Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of 
the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act as Secretary. 
The Secretary shall designate the order in which other of-
ficials of the Department shall act for and perform the 
functions of the Secretary during the absence or disability 
of both the Secretary and Under Secretary or in the event 
of vacancies in both of those offices. 
(b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.—(1) There shall be in 
the Department— 
(A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Education 
and Training; 
(B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace 
Activities; 
(C) an Assistant Secretary for International 
Peace Activities; 
(D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology for 
Peace; 
(E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 
and Disarmament;