Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act

Bill: 109-s-1756
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administration of justice
Advice and consent of the Senate
Alcoholism
Alternative dispute resolution
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Arms sales
Arts, Culture, Religion
Block grants
Cabinet officers
Child abuse
Child health
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights movements
Commemorations
Community organization
Community policing
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation of natural resources
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Cultural relations
Curricula
Democracy
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Dispute settlement
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elder abuse
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Embargo
Employee rights
Employee training
Energy
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Ethics
Ethnic relations
Exchange of persons programs
Executive reorganization
Families
Family violence
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Federal officials
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Freedom of the press
Gangs
Government publications
Government publicity
Hate crimes
Health
Higher education
Homosexuality
Human rights
Inspectors general
Intergovernmental relations
International Affairs
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Mediation
Minorities
Nature conservation
Nonviolence
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Peace
Peace Corps
Peace negotiations
Peace treaties
Peacekeeping forces
Police-community relations
Presidential appointments
Protection of animals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public health
Punishment
Rehabilitation of criminals
Religion
Religious liberty
Research and development
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Service academies
Service learning
Social Welfare
Space activities
Space warfare
Special days
Storage
Summit diplomacy
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation research
United Nations
Victims of crimes
Violence
Violence in mass media
War relief
Weapons of mass destruction
Wife abuse
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act - Establishes a Department of Peace and
 
Nonviolence
,
 which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence
 
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the mission of the Department, including to: (1) hold peace as an organizing principle; (2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights; and (3) develop policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict.
 
Establishes in the Department the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace and Nonviolence, which shall provide assistance and make recommendations to the Secretary and the President concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution. 
Transfers to the Department the functions, assets, and personnel of various federal agencies. 
Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace
 
and Nonviolence. 
Establishes Peace Day. Urges all citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on such day.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10381-10382)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate