(F) 
an 
Assistant 
Secretary 
for 
Peacebuilding Information and Research; 
(G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 
Economic Rights; and 
(H) a General Counsel. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING.—Section 
12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’; 
and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘Peacebuilding,’’ after ‘‘Homeland Security,’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
OFFICERS.—The President 
shall appoint 4 additional officers in the Depart-
ment, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. The officers appointed under this paragraph 
shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall 
prescribe, including— 
(A) congressional relations functions; 
(B) public information functions, including 
providing, through the use of the latest tech-
nologies, useful information about peace and 
the work of the Department; 
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(C) management and budget functions; 
and 
(D) planning, evaluation, and policy devel-
opment functions, including development of 
policies to promote the efficient and coordinated 
administration of the Department and its pro-
grams and encourage improvements in conflict 
resolution and violence prevention. 
(4) DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS.—In any case 
in which the President submits the name of an indi-
vidual to the Senate for confirmation as an officer 
of the Department under this subsection, the Presi-
dent shall state the particular functions such indi-
vidual will exercise upon taking office. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Each officer de-
scribed in this section shall report directly to the Secretary 
and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or re-
quired to be delegated to such officer, perform such addi-
tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
SEC. 104. OFFICE OF PEACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of 
which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Edu-
cation and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace 
Education and Training shall carry out those functions 
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of the Department relating to the creation, encourage-
ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 
pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, university, and 
postgraduate levels, and disseminate applicable policies 
and research in consultation with entities of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, including— 
(1) the Administration for Children and Fami-
lies; 
(2) the Administration on Aging; 
(3) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion; and 
(4) the National Institutes of Health. 
(b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 
of Peace Education and Training, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, Indigenous communities, the 
United States Institute of Peace, nongovernmental organi-
zations, public institutions, peace and conflict studies pro-
grams of institutions of higher education, and Federal 
agencies that provide effective peace training materials 
and curricula, shall create and support the development 
and dissemination of effective peace curricula and sup-
porting materials for distribution to the State educational 
agency in each State and territory of the United States 
and any other interested institutions. Each peace cur-
riculum shall include— 
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(1) building communicative peace skills and 
nonviolent conflict resolution skills; 
(2) teaching and fostering compassion, empa-
thy, mindfulness, kindness, acceptance, under-
standing, respect, inclusion, and forgiveness; 
(3) teaching about historical and contemporary 
events utilizing nonviolent and peacebuilding prin-
ciples to promote a culture of peace and about indi-
viduals and organizations employing nonviolent and 
peacebuilding principles to improve society; 
(4) teaching about the benefits of a peaceful so-
ciety, including economic, health, social, and sci-
entific implications of peace; and 
(5) promoting other objectives to increase the 
knowledge of peace processes. 
(c) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary of Peace Edu-
cation and Training shall— 
(1) provide peace education grants to institu-
tions of higher education for the creation and expan-
sion of peace studies departments and the education 
and training of teachers in peace studies, violence 
prevention, peacebuilding, community building, and 
nonviolent conflict resolution skills; and 
(2) establish a grant program to be known as 
the Community Peace Block Grant program under 
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which the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit 
organizations and nongovernmental organizations for 
the purposes of developing innovative school and 
neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict reso-
lution and creating local peacebuilding initiatives. 
SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACEBUILDING ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities, the head 
of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic 
Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary for Do-
mestic Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out those func-
tions in the Department affecting domestic peace activi-
ties, including the development of policies that prevent do-
mestic violence and that increase awareness about inter-
vention and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall— 
(1) develop policy and disseminate best prac-
tices from the field for the treatment of drug and al-
cohol abuse; 
(2) develop community-based strategies for cele-
brating diversity and promoting acceptance; 
(3) develop new policies and build upon existing 
proven programs to prevent the school-to-prison 
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