I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6118 
To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual hygiene 
products for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2020 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NAD-
LER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. BEYER, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. 
CASE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual 
hygiene products for Peace Corps volunteers, 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 ‘‘Menstrual Equity in 
the Peace Corps Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR 
PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 
Section 5A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504a) 
is amended— 
(1) by transferring subsection (e) (relating to 
antimalarial drugs) to appear immediately after sub-
section (b) and redesignating such transferred sub-
section as the first subsection (c); 
(2) in such first subsection (c), as so redesig-
nated and transferred, by striking ‘‘The Director’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 
(3) in the second subsection (c) (relating to cer-
tain training), by— 
(A) redesignating such second subsection 
(c) as paragraph (2); and 
(B) moving such paragraph (2) two ems to 
the right; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) (relating to 
review and evaluation) as subsection (e); and 
(5) by inserting before such redesignated sub-
section (e) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ACCESS
TO
MENSTRUAL
HYGIENE
PROD-
UCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
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the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a 
comprehensive policy to ensure Peace Corps volun-
teers who require menstrual hygiene products are 
able to access such products, either by increasing 
stipends for such volunteers to purchase such prod-
ucts or providing such volunteers with such products 
in the generic product types selected by such volun-
teer as their preferences. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—The policy required 
under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration 
the availability of menstrual hygiene products for 
purchase locally, the price of such products, and cul-
tural norms regarding menstruation. 
‘‘(3) COST.—If stipends are increased pursuant 
to the policy required under paragraph (1), the Di-
rector of the Peace Corps shall ensure that such in-
crease covers fully the cost of menstrual hygiene 
products purchased by Peace Corps volunteers de-
scribed in such paragraph.’’. 
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