Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1573
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Peace Corps

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name &quot;Peace Corps&quot; on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave markers.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1573 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2013 Mr. Sires (for himself, Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Honda , Mr. Petri , and Mr. Kennedy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013 . 2. Use of official seal, emblem, and name of the Peace Corps Subsection (b) of section 19 of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2518 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except that the official seal or emblem and the name Peace Corps may be used on any death announcement, gravestone, plaque, or other grave marker of any person who served as a volunteer or applicant for enrollment as a volunteer under such rules as may be prescribed by the Director ; and (2) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by inserting or in accordance with the exception specified in paragraph (1), before shall be fined .