Congress 107 - S 2667 - Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act

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AIDS (Disease) Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Audiovisual education Authorization Commerce Community organization Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Corporation directors Cost accounting Cultural relations Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee training Ethnic relations Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Geography and mapping Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Health education Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses International Affairs International education Islamic countries Labor and Employment Language and languages Libraries Malaria Minorities Muslims National service Nongovernmental organizations Nonprofit organizations Occupational health and safety Overhead costs Peace Corps Preventive medicine Recruiting of employees Religion Salaries Scholarships Secondary education Security measures Severance pay Social Welfare Student loan funds Transfer of employees Tuberculosis Urban affairs Volunteer workers World health

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Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act - (Sec. 4) Amends the Peace Corps Act to require all recruiting of volunteers to be undertaken primarily by the Peace Corps. Conditions the President's authority to detail or assign Peace Corps volunteers to certain Federal and State agencies and other entities upon a determination that such a detail or assignment does not contradict the independent standing of such volunteers.

(Sec. 5) Amends reporting requirements for the Director of the Peace Corps. Requires the Director to report to Congress at least once per year on various topics, which shall include any recommendations for improving coordination of development projects between the Peace Corps and international or host country voluntary service organizations. States that the Director should consult with the appropriate congressional committees with respect to any major new initiatives not discussed in the latest submitted annual report. Requires the Director to report to Congress on student loan forgiveness programs.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Director to report to Congress on initiatives that the Peace Corps intends to pursue with eligible countries where the presence of Peace Corps volunteers would facilitate a greater understanding that a universe exists of commonly shared human values and aspirations. Authorizes and strongly urges the Director to utilize the services of returned Peace Corps volunteers having language and cultural expertise, including those who may have served previously in countries with substantial Muslim populations, in order to open or reopen Peace Corps programs in such countries.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Director to develop a training program for all Peace Corps volunteers in the education, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases.

(Sec. 8) Amends requirements for membership on the Peace Corps Advisory Council.

(Sec. 9) Increases Peace Corps volunteer readjustment allowances from $125 to $275 a month.

(Sec. 10) Directs the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award grants to private nonprofit corporations for the purpose of enabling returned Peace Corps volunteers to carry out programs and projects to forward Peace Corps goals. States that such programs and projects may include: (1) educational programs; (2) partnerships with libraries; and (3) audio-visual projects. Requires corporations receiving grants to have a board of directors composed of returned Peace Corps volunteers with a background in community service, education, or health.

Sets forth grant requirements, including that the grantee give consideration to funding individual programs or projects by returned Peace Corps volunteers in amounts of not more than $100,000.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations through FY 2007.

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Oct 17, 2002

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Oct 17, 2002

Received in the House.
Oct 17, 2002

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 16, 2002

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10594-10598; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S10595-10596; text as passed Senate: CR S10596-10598)
Oct 16, 2002

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10594-10598; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S10595-10596; text as passed Senate: CR S10596-10598)
Oct 10, 2002

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 700.
Oct 10, 2002

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Oct 8, 2002

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 25, 2002

Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs. Hearings held.
Jun 21, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5903-5905)
Jun 21, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5902-5903)
Jun 21, 2002

Introduced in Senate

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