IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 70 
Recognizing the critical contributions international volunteers provide to the 
United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2013 
Mr. NOLAN (for himself, Mr. FARR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. WALZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. LOEBSACK) 
submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the critical contributions international volunteers 
provide to the United States. 
Whereas December 5 marks ‘‘International Volunteer Day’’, 
a day to increase awareness of the important contribu-
tions of volunteer service; 
Whereas international volunteering provides meaningful op-
portunities to build cross-cultural understanding while 
addressing vital human development needs; 
Whereas a 2006 Terror Free Tomorrow poll of the world’s 
three largest Muslim countries (Indonesia, Bangladesh, 
and Pakistan) indicates that development assistance re-
sults in substantial favorable change in opinion toward 
the United States; 
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Whereas for more than 50 years, the United States Peace 
Corps has sent more than 200,000 United States citizens 
abroad on 27-month volunteer assignments to advance 
development and build understanding; 
Whereas Kosovo recently announced it will become the 140th 
country since 1961 to receive Peace Corps volunteers; 
Whereas in the past 10 years, nearly 120,000 United States 
professionals have served the Nation internationally 
through Volunteers for Prosperity, sharing their skills to 
support programs of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to advance agriculture, economic 
development, environment, health, democracy, govern-
ance, and more; 
Whereas more than 300 member organizations of the Build-
ing Bridges Coalition are actively involved in organizing 
and documenting effective practices, increasing public 
awareness, and energizing campus and corporate engage-
ment in support of United States international service 
opportunities; 
Whereas Duke University has sent over 1,600 students to 
volunteer overseas in more than 50 countries, just one 
example of the increasing number of institutions of high-
er education committed to international service; 
Whereas Global Volunteers, the pioneer nonprofit inter-
national short-term volunteer service organization, has 
engaged 
30,000 
volunteers 
since 
1984, 
providing 
2,400,000 hours of volunteer service and now provides 
comprehensive services by helping deliver the United Na-
tions ‘‘The Essential Package’’ for the benefit of devel-
oping communities; 
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Whereas over 200 volunteers have served abroad as Harris 
Wofford Global Service Fellows in 2012 and 2013 
through full and partial scholarships from the private 
and nonprofit sectors; 
Whereas since 1986, more than 7,000 individuals in 30 coun-
tries in 11,700,000 hours have served as educators 
through year-long opportunities provided through World 
Teach, including its newest program in 2013 in Vietnam; 
Whereas 2014 will mark the 50th anniversary of Partners of 
the Americas, a people-to-people organization that 
evolved from the Alliance for Progress, which connects 
more than 10,000 volunteers in the Western Hemisphere 
to serve and to change lives through lasting partnerships; 
Whereas 2014 will also mark the 20th anniversary of Cross 
Cultural Solutions, which has sent more than 30,000 vol-
unteers on short-term service projects across Africa, Asia, 
and Latin America; 
Whereas Habitat for Humanity since 1976 has served more 
than 750,000 families around the world in providing ade-
quate and stable housing with the help of 1,000,000 vol-
unteers each year; 
Whereas this is one example of the increasing number of 
faith-based institutions committed to international serv-
ice; 
Whereas Atlas Corps, an organization that promotes multi- 
lateral, long-term professional exchange, has supported 
the ‘‘reverse flow’’ of volunteers through the engagement 
of more than 200 professionals from 54 countries in 
400,000 hours of service in the United States and Latin 
America; 
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Whereas the On Demand Community reflects 14,000,000 
hours of IBM’s employees and retirees volunteer efforts 
in over 120 countries, an example of the increasing num-
ber of corporations committed to international service; 
Whereas the programs and organizations listed above are rep-
resentative of dozens of similar other international volun-
teer initiatives that, taken together, provide United 
States citizens with a flexibility of offerings to serve fel-
low citizens across the globe and engage volunteers at 
home; 
Whereas in a July 15, 2013, memorandum, President Barack 
Obama said ‘‘National service and volunteering can be ef-
fective solutions to national challenges and can have posi-
tive and lasting impacts that reach beyond the immediate 
service experience.’’; 
Whereas in a March 29, 2013, opinion piece in the Wall 
Street Journal, General Stanley McChrystal called for ‘‘a 
cultural shift that makes service an expected rite of citi-
zenship’’; and 
Whereas the Franklin Project is proposing a 21st century 
National Service System to offer at least 1,000,000 full- 
time civilian national service opportunities each year for 
young adults: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes ‘‘International Service Day’’ as a 
day to appreciate citizens around the world who vol-
unteer in other nations in service to others; 
(2) honors and congratulates the tens of thou-
sands of United States citizens who selflessly take 
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part in international volunteer service activities each 
year; 
(3) expresses its hope that tens of thousands of 
United States citizens will continue to engage in 
international service, bringing the spirit and values 
of the Nation’s people to all corners of the globe; 
and 
(4) calls on the Administration to further de-
velop the strong spirit of partnership and global 
service connecting the United States Peace Corps 
with its nonprofit, faith-based, and corporate actors 
in service for enhanced impacts in cross-cultural un-
derstanding and development outcomes. 
Æ 
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