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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5680 
To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service under the umbrella of an American Volunteering Corpora-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service under the umbrella of 
an American Volunteering Corporation, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Volunteering 
Corporation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERING CORPORATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as an 
independent agency within the executive branch of the 
Federal Government the American Volunteering Corpora-
tion, to coordinate and promote service at all levels across 
the country and internationally. 
(b) ADMINISTRATOR.—The American Volunteering 
Corporation shall be headed by an Administrator of the 
American Volunteering Corporation who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. 
(c) DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS.—There shall 
be a Director of the Peace Corps and a Deputy Director 
of the Peace Corps, who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
The Director shall report directly to the Administrator ap-
pointed under subsection (b). 
(d) CEO OF CORPORATION
FOR NATIONAL
AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE.—There shall be a Chief Executive 
Officer for National and Community Service, who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Chief Executive Officer shall 
report directly to the Administrator appointed under sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS.—The au-
thorities, duties, and responsibilities of the Director 
of the Peace Corps appointed pursuant to section 4 
of the Peace Corps Act, as of the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, are transferred as 
of such date of enactment to the Director of the 
Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of this 
Act. 
(2) PEACE CORPS.—The assets, liabilities, and 
obligations of the Peace Corps, as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, are trans-
ferred as of such date to the American Volunteering 
Corporation established under section 2(a) of this 
Act. 
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law or 
regulation to the ‘‘Director of the Peace Corps’’, on 
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reference to the Director of the 
Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of this 
Act. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2503) is amended in section 12(c)(3), by 
inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the American Volun-
teering Corporation,’’ after ‘‘or their designees,’’. 
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