SEC. 
1103. 
SPECIAL 
VOLUNTEER 
RECRUITMENT 
AND 
PLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that—
(1) describes the recruitment strategies to be 
employed by the Peace Corps to recruit and train 
volunteers with the appropriate language skills and 
interest in serving in host countries; and 
(2) lists the countries that the Director has de-
termined should be priorities for special recruitment 
and placement of Peace Corps volunteers. 
(b) USE OF RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS 
AND FORMER STAFF.—The Director is authorized and 
strongly urged to utilize the services of returned Peace 
Corps volunteers and former Peace Corps staff who have 
relevant language and cultural experience and may have 
served previously in countries with substantial Muslim 
populations, in order to open or reopen Peace Corps pro-
grams in such countries. 
SEC. 1104. GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES INITIATIVE; CO-
ORDINATION OF HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES. 
(a) INITIATIVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in cooperation 
with international public health experts, such as the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, the World Health Orga-
nization, the Pan American Health Organization, 
and local public health officials, shall expand the 
Peace Corps’ program of training for Peace Corps 
volunteers in the areas of education, prevention, and 
treatment of infectious diseases which are prevalent 
in host countries in order to ensure that the Peace 
Corps increases its contribution to the global cam-
paign against such diseases. 
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Activities for 
the education, prevention, and treatment of infec-
tious diseases in host countries by the Peace Corps 
shall be undertaken in a manner that is consistent 
with activities authorized under sections 104(c), 
104A, 104B, and 104C of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
(b) COORDINATION OF HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director should des-
ignate an officer or employee of the Peace Corps 
who is located in the United States to coordinate all 
HIV/AIDS activities within the Peace Corps. Such 
individual may be an individual who is an officer or 
employee of the Peace Corps on the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(2) FIELD COORDINATION.—In addition to the 
position established under paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor should designate an individual within each coun-
try in sub-Saharan Africa, the Western Hemisphere, 
and Asia in which Peace Corps volunteers carry out 
HIV/AIDS activities to coordinate all such activities 
of the Peace Corps in such countries. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDS.—The term ‘‘AIDS’’ means the ac-
quired immune deficiency syndrome. 
(2) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means the human 
immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that causes 
AIDS. 
(3) 
HIV/AIDS.—The 
term 
‘‘HIV/AIDS’’ 
means, with respect to an individual, an individual 
who is infected with HIV or living with AIDS. 
(4) INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—The term ‘‘infec-
tious diseases’’ means HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
malaria. 
SEC. 1105. PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
Section 12 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511; 
relating to the Peace Corps National Advisory Council) 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) make recommendations for utilizing the 
expertise of returned Peace Corps volunteers and 
former Peace Corps staff in fulfilling the goals of 
the Peace Corps; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in the first sentence—
(I) by striking ‘‘fifteen’’ and in-
serting ‘‘eleven’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘President, by 
and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Director 
of the Peace Corps’’; 
(ii) by striking the second sentence 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Six of the 
members shall be former Peace Corps vol-
unteers, at least one of whom shall have 
been a former staff member abroad or in 
the Washington headquarters, and not
more than six shall be members of the 
same political party.’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(C) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(D) The members of the Council shall be appointed 
to 2-year terms.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (I), by striking 
‘‘President shall nominate’’ and inserting ‘‘Di-
rector shall appoint’’; and 
(F) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) as subpara-
graphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H), 
respectively; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) CHAIR.—The Director shall designate one of the 
voting members of the Council as Chair, who shall serve 
in that capacity for a term of two years. The Director may 
renew the term of a voting member appointed as Chair 
under the preceding sentence.’’. 
SEC. 1106. READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES. 
The Peace Corps Act is amended—
(C) audio-visual projects that utilize mate-
rials collected by the volunteers during their 
service that would be of educational value to 
communities. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—To be eligible 
to compete for grants under this section, a nonprofit 
corporation shall have a board of directors composed 
of returned Peace Corps volunteers and former 
Peace Corps staff with a background in community 
service, education, or health. If the grants are made 
by the Corporation, the nonprofit corporation shall 
meet all appropriate Corporation management re-
quirements, as determined by the Corporation. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Such grants shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement between the Peace 
Corps or the Corporation and the nonprofit corporation 
that requires that—
(1) the grant funds will only be used to support 
programs and projects described in subsection (a) 
pursuant to proposals submitted by returned Peace 
Corps volunteers (either individually or cooperatively 
with other returned volunteers); 
(2) the nonprofit corporation will give consider-
ation to funding individual programs or projects by
returned Peace Corps volunteers, in amounts of not 
more than $50,000, under this section; 
(3) not more than 20 percent of the grant 
funds made available to the nonprofit corporation 
will be used for the salaries, overhead, or other ad-
ministrative expenses of the nonprofit corporation; 
(4) the nonprofit corporation will not receive 
grant funds for programs or projects under this sec-
tion for a third or subsequent year unless the non-
profit corporation makes available, to carry out the 
programs or projects during that year, non-Federal 
contributions—
(A) in an amount not less than $2 for 
every $3 of Federal funds provided through the 
grant; and 
(B) provided directly or through donations 
from private entities, in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including plant, equipment, or serv-
ices; and 
(5) the nonprofit corporation shall manage, 
monitor, and submit reports to the Peace Corps or 
the Corporation, as the case may be, on each pro-
gram or project for which the nonprofit corporation 
receives a grant under this section.
(d) STATUS OF THE FUND.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to make any nonprofit corporation sup-
ported under this section an agency or establishment of 
the Federal Government or to make the members of the 
board of directors or any officer or employee of such non-
profit corporation an officer or employee of the United 
States. 
(e) FACTORS
IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In deter-
mining the number of nonprofit corporations to receive 
grants under this section for any fiscal year, the Peace 
Corps or the Corporation—
(1) shall take into consideration the need to 
minimize overhead costs that direct resources from 
the funding of programs and projects; and 
(2) shall seek to ensure a broad geographical 
distribution of grants for programs and projects 
under this section. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Grant recipients 
under this section shall be subject to the appropriate over-
sight procedures of Congress. 
(g) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section up to 
$10,000,000. Such sum shall be in addition to funds
made available to the Peace Corps under this divi-
sion. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
(h) CRISIS CORPS.—
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress states 
that the Crisis Corps has been an effective tool in 
harnessing the skills and talents of returned Peace 
Corps volunteers. 
(2) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CRISIS CORPS AS-
SIGNMENTS.—The Director, in consultation with the 
governments of host countries and appropriate non-
governmental organizations, shall increase the num-
ber of available Crisis Corps assignments for re-
turned Peace Corps volunteers to at least 120 as-
signments in fiscal year 2004, 140 assignments in 
fiscal year 2005, 160 assignments in fiscal year 
2006, and 165 assignments in fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 1108. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress declares its support for the goal announced 
by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps 
volunteers to 14,000 by 2007 and supports the funding 
levels necessary to accomplish this growth.
SEC. 1109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and $365,000,000 
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000 for fiscal 
year 
2003, 
$366,868,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$411,800,000 for fiscal year 2005, $455,930,000 for fis-
cal year 2006, and $499,400,000 for fiscal year 2007’’.
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