Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

Bill: 114-hr-267
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

National and community service

National symbols

Peace Corps
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act </strong></p> <p> Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name "Peace Corps" on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave markers.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 267 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2015 Mr. Sires 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 . 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 .