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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1467 
To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual products 
for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2021 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. DEAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CASE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
KHANNA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. KEATING, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual 
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 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 PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a 
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comprehensive policy to ensure Peace Corps volun-
teers who require menstrual products are able to ac-
cess such products, either by increasing stipends for 
such volunteers to purchase such products or pro-
viding such volunteers with such products in the ge-
neric product types selected by such volunteer as 
their preferences. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—The policy required 
under paragraph (1) shall take into consideration 
the availability of menstrual products for purchase 
locally, the price of such products, and cultural 
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 products 
purchased by Peace Corps volunteers described in 
such paragraph.’’. 
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