HCONRES 61 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Recognizing the need to double Federal funding for the Peace Corps from fiscal year 2002 funding levels to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 27, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Betty McCollum D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Recognizes: (1) the President's call to double the number of Peace Corps volunteers as an opportunity to improve understanding between the United States and the world; and (2) the need to double Peace Corps funding by 2007.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2003 to May 1, 2003, with 24 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel	Original	Feb 27, 2003

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