Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the 
Peace Corps’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Six of the members 
shall be former Peace Corps volunteers, at 
least one of whom shall have been a former 
staff member abroad or in the Washington 
headquarters, and not more than six shall 
be members of the same political party.’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B);
(C) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(D) The members of the Council shall be appointed 
to 2-year terms.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (I), by striking 
‘‘President shall nominate’’ and inserting ‘‘Di-
rector shall appoint’’; and 
(F) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) as subpara-
graphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H), re-
spectively; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(g) CHAIR.—The Director shall designate one of the 
voting members of the Council as Chair, who shall serve 
in that capacity for a term of two years. The Director may 
renew the term of a voting member appointed as Chair 
under the preceding sentence.’’. 
SEC. 1106. READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES. 
The Peace Corps Act is amended—
(1) in section 5(c) (22 U.S.C. 2504(c)), by strik-
ing ‘‘$125 for each month of satisfactory service’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$275 for each month of satisfactory service 
during fiscal year 2004 and $300 for each month of 
satisfactory service thereafter’’; and 
(2) in section 6(1) (22 U.S.C. 2505(1)), by strik-
ing ‘‘$125 for each month of satisfactory service’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$275 for each month of satisfactory service 
during fiscal year 2004 and $300 for each month of 
satisfactory service thereafter’’. 
SEC. 1107. PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS OF RETURNED 
PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS AND FORMER 
STAFF. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide support for returned Peace Corps volunteers to develop 
and carry out programs and projects to promote the objec-
tives of the Peace Corps Act, as set forth in section 2(a) 
of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2501(a)).
(b) GRANTS
TO
CERTAIN
NONPROFIT
CORPORA-
TIONS.—
(1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purpose 
of this section, and subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Director may award grants 
on a competitive basis to private nonprofit cor-
porations for the purpose of enabling returned 
Peace Corps volunteers to use their knowledge 
and expertise to develop and carry out the pro-
grams and projects described in paragraph (2). 
(B) 
DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY
AND 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Director may dele-
gate the authority to award grants under sub-
paragraph (A) and may transfer funds author-
ized under this section subject to the notification 
procedures of section 634A of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 to the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Cor-
poration’’). 
(2) PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—Such programs 
and projects may include—
(A) educational programs designed to en-
rich the knowledge and interest of elementary
school and secondary school students in the geog-
raphy and cultures of other countries where the 
volunteers have served; 
(B) projects that involve partnerships with 
local libraries to enhance community knowledge 
about other peoples and countries; and 
(C) audio-visual projects that utilize mate-
rials collected by the volunteers during their 
service that would be of educational value to 
communities. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—To be eligible to 
compete for grants under this section, a nonprofit cor-
poration shall have a board of directors composed of 
returned Peace Corps volunteers and former Peace 
Corps staff with a background in community service, 
education, or health. If the grants are made by the 
Corporation, the nonprofit corporation shall meet all 
appropriate Corporation management requirements, 
as determined by the Corporation. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Such grants shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement between the Peace 
Corps or the Corporation and the nonprofit corporation 
that requires that—
(1) the grant funds will only be used to support 
programs and projects described in subsection (a)
pursuant to proposals submitted by returned Peace 
Corps volunteers (either individually or cooperatively 
with other returned volunteers); 
(2) the nonprofit corporation will give consider-
ation to funding individual programs or projects by 
returned Peace Corps volunteers, in amounts of not 
more than $50,000, under this section; 
(3) not more than 20 percent of the grant funds 
made available to the nonprofit corporation will be 
used for the salaries, overhead, or other administra-
tive expenses of the nonprofit corporation; 
(4) the nonprofit corporation will not receive 
grant funds for programs or projects under this sec-
tion for a third or subsequent year unless the non-
profit corporation makes available, to carry out the 
programs or projects during that year, non-Federal 
contributions—
(A) in an amount not less than $2 for every 
$3 of Federal funds provided through the grant; 
and 
(B) provided directly or through donations 
from private entities, in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including plant, equipment, or serv-
ices; and
(5) the nonprofit corporation shall manage, mon-
itor, and submit reports to the Peace Corps or the 
Corporation, as the case may be, on each program or 
project for which the nonprofit corporation receives a 
grant under this section. 
(d) STATUS OF THE FUND.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to make any nonprofit corporation sup-
ported under this section an agency or establishment of the
Federal Government or to make the members of the board 
of directors or any officer or employee of such nonprofit 
corporation an officer or employee of the United States. 
(e) FACTORS IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In determining 
the number of nonprofit corporations to receive grants 
under this section for any fiscal year, the Peace Corps or 
the Corporation—
(1) shall take into consideration the need to min-
imize overhead costs that direct resources from the 
funding of programs and projects; and 
(2) shall seek to ensure a broad geographical dis-
tribution of grants for programs and projects under 
this section. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Grant recipients 
under this section shall be subject to the appropriate over-
sight procedures of Congress. 
(g) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
section 
up 
to 
$10,000,000. Such sum shall be in addition to funds 
made available to the Peace Corps under this divi-
sion. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
(h) CRISIS CORPS.—
(1) STATEMENT
OF
POLICY.—Congress states 
that the Crisis Corps has been an effective tool in har-
nessing the skills and talents of returned Peace Corps 
volunteers. 
(2) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CRISIS CORPS AS-
SIGNMENTS.—The Director, in consultation with the 
governments of host countries and appropriate non-
governmental organizations, shall increase the number 
of available Crisis Corps assignments for returned 
Peace Corps volunteers to at least 120 assignments in 
fiscal year 2004, 140 assignments in fiscal year 2005, 
160 assignments in fiscal year 2006, and 165 assign-
ments in fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 1108. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress declares its support for the goal announced 
by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps
volunteers to 14,000 by 2007 and supports the funding lev-
els necessary to accomplish this growth. 
SEC. 1109. PEACE CORPS IN SIERRA LEONE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Peace Corps service to Sierra Leone was sus-
pended in 1994 due to a brutal civil war between the 
government and the Revolutionary United Front 
(RUF). 
(2) Backed by British military intervention and 
a United Nations peacekeeping operation, government 
authority has been reestablished throughout the coun-
try and ‘‘free and fair’’ national elections took place 
in May 2002. 
(3) Sierra Leone is a majority Muslim country. 
(4) The Peace Corps has given the safety and se-
curity of its volunteers high priority. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Peace Corps should return its program to Sierra 
Leone as soon as security conditions are consistent with the 
safety and security of its volunteers. 
SEC. 1110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and $365,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2003, $366,868,000 for fiscal year 2004, $411,800,000
for fiscal year 2005, $455,930,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 
$499,400,000 for fiscal year 2007’’.
Union Calendar No. 112
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2441
[Report No. 108–205] 
A BILL 
To establish the Millennium Challenge Account to 
provide increased support for developing coun-
tries that have fostered democracy and the rule 
of law, invested in their citizens, and promoted 
economic freedom; to assess the impact and ef-
fectiveness of United States economic assistance; 
to authorize the expansion of the Peace Corps, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 14, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed