Title: Menstrual Equity in the Peace Corps Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Menstrual Equity in the Peace Corps Act
This bill requires the Peace Corps to ensure access to menstrual hygiene products for its volunteers who require them, either by increasing stipends for such products or providing such products to its volunteers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6118

  To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual hygiene 
      products for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2020

    Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Hastings, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Lee 
of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. 
 Beyer, Ms. Speier, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, 
Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Peace Corps Act to ensure access to menstrual hygiene 
      products for Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL HYGIENE 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 subsection (b) 
        and redesignating such transferred subsection as the first 
        subsection (c);
            (2) in such first subsection (c), as so redesignated and 
        transferred, by striking ``The Director'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Director'';
            (3) in the second subsection (c) (relating to certain 
        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 subsection (e) 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Access to Menstrual Hygiene 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 comprehensive policy to ensure Peace 
        Corps volunteers who require menstrual hygiene products are 
        able to access such products, either by increasing stipends for 
        such volunteers to purchase such products or providing such 
        volunteers with such products in the generic 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 
        hygiene 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 Director of the Peace 
        Corps shall ensure that such increase covers fully the cost of 
        menstrual hygiene products purchased by Peace Corps volunteers 
        described in such paragraph.''.
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