Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

Bill: 115-hr-1295
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-01
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: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act </strong></p> <p> This bill amends the Peace Corps Act to allow the official seal or emblem and the name "Peace Corps" to be used on any death announcement, plaque, grave stone, or other grave marker of a former volunteer, officer, or employee of the Peace Corps.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2017 Mr. Sires (for himself and Mr. Young of Iowa ) 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 and officers and employees 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 as an officer or employee of the Peace Corps 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 .