and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful 
conflict resolution; 
(4) maintain a site on the Internet for the pur-
poses of soliciting and receiving ideas for the devel-
opment of peace from the wealth of political, social 
and cultural diversity; 
(5) proactively engage the critical thinking ca-
pabilities of grade school, high school, and college 
students and teachers through the Internet and 
other media and issue periodic reports concerning 
submissions; 
(6) create and establish a Peace Academy, 
which shall— 
(A) be modeled after the military service 
academies; 
(B) provide a 4-year course of instruction 
in peace education, after which graduates will 
be required to serve 5 years in public service in 
programs dedicated to domestic or international 
nonviolent conflict resolution; and 
(7) provide grants for peace studies depart-
ments in colleges and universities throughout the 
United States. 
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SEC. 103. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 
(a) UNDER SECRETARY OF PEACE.—There shall be 
in the Department an Under Secretary of Peace, who shall 
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. During the absence or disability 
of the Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in the office 
of the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act as Sec-
retary. The Secretary shall designate the order in which 
other officials of the Department shall act for and perform 
the functions of the Secretary during the absence or dis-
ability of both the Secretary and Under Secretary or in 
the event of vacancies in both of those offices. 
(b) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.—(1) There shall be in 
the Department— 
(A) an Assistant Secretary for Peace Education 
and Training; 
(B) an Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace 
Activities; 
(C) an Assistant Secretary for International 
Peace Activities; 
(D) an Assistant Secretary for Technology for 
Peace; 
(E) an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 
and Disarmament; 
(F) an Assistant Secretary for Peaceful Coex-
istence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution; 
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(G) an Assistant Secretary for Human and 
Economic Rights; and 
(H) a General Counsel. 
(2) Each of the Assistant Secretaries and the General 
Counsel shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(3) There shall be in the Department an Inspector 
General, who shall be appointed in accordance with the 
provisions in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
(4) There shall be in the Department four additional 
officers who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The officers 
appointed under this paragraph shall perform such func-
tions as the Secretary shall prescribe, including— 
(A) congressional relations functions; 
(B) public information functions, including pro-
viding, through the use of the latest technologies, 
useful information about peace and the work of the 
Department; 
(C) management and budget functions; and 
(D) planning, evaluation, and policy develop-
ment functions, including development of policies to 
promote the efficient and coordinated administration 
of the Department and its programs and encourage 
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improvements in conflict resolution and violence pre-
vention. 
(5) In any case in which the President submits the 
name of an individual to the Senate for confirmation as 
an officer of the Department under this subsection, the 
President shall state the particular functions of the De-
partment such individual 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 
of the Department relating to the creation, encourage-
ment, and impact of peace education and training at the 
elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, 
including the development of a Peace Academy. 
(b) PEACE CURRICULUM.—The Assistant Secretary 
of Peace Education and Training, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Education, shall develop a peace curriculum 
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and supporting materials for distribution to departments 
of education in each State and territory of the United 
States. The peace curriculum shall include the building of 
communicative peace skills, nonviolent conflict resolution 
skills, and 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 colleges 
and universities for the creation and expansion of 
peace studies departments; and 
(2) create a Community Peace Block Grant 
program under which grants shall be provided to 
not-for-profit community and nongovernmental orga-
nizations for the purposes of developing creative, in-
novative neighborhood programs for nonviolent con-
flict resolution and local peacebuilding initiatives. 
SEC. 105. OFFICE OF DOMESTIC PEACE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Domestic Peace Activities, the head of which 
shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac-
tivities. The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peace Ac-
tivities shall carry out those functions in the Department 
affecting domestic peace activities, including the develop-
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ment of policies that increase awareness about interven-
tion and counseling on domestic violence and conflict. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Domestic Peace Activities shall— 
(1) develop policy alternatives for the treatment 
of drug and alcohol abuse; 
(2) develop new policies and build on existing 
programs responsive to the prevention of crime, in-
cluding the development of community policing 
strategies and peaceful settlement skills among po-
lice and other public safety officers; and 
(3) develop community-based strategies for cele-
brating diversity and promoting tolerance. 
SEC. 106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of International Peace Activities, the head of 
which shall be the Assistant Secretary for International 
Peace Activities. The Assistant Secretary for International 
Peace Activities shall carry out those functions in the De-
partment affecting international peace activities and shall 
be a member of the National Security Council. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
International Peace Activities shall— 
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