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(A) by striking ‘‘not less than 8 individuals 
selected by the President, not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘not fewer than 8 and not 
more than 14 individuals selected by the Presi-
dent’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the first sentence 
the following new sentence: ‘‘At least one mem-
ber should be licensed in the field of mental 
health and have prior experience working as a 
counselor or therapist providing mental health 
care to survivors of sexual assault in a victim 
services agency or organization.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and implemented’’ after 
‘‘sexual assault policy developed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘To carry out this subsection, the 
Council may conduct case reviews and is au-
thorized to have access, including through inter-
views, to current and former volunteers (to the 
extent that such volunteers provide the Peace 
Corps express consent to be interviewed by the 
Council), to volunteer surveys under section 8E, 
to all data collected from restricted reporting, 
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and to any other information necessary to con-
duct case reviews, except that the Council may 
not have access to any personally identifying in-
formation associated with such surveys, data, or 
information.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 306. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 26 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2522) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), 
(d), (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (1), (6), (2), (3), 
(8), (7), and (5), respectively, by arranging such re-
designated paragraphs in numerical order, and by 
moving such paragraphs 2 ems to the right; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘medical officer’ means a physi-
cian, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, or 
registered nurse with the professional qualifications, 
expertise, and abilities consistent with the needs of 
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the Peace Corps and the post to which he or she is 
assigned, as determined by the Director of the Peace 
Corps.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 508 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2259 
AN ACT 
To amend the Peace Corps Act to expand services 
and benefits for volunteers, and for other purposes. 
JULY 11, 2018 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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