Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act
Latest action · Jan 8, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Director of the Peace Corps to report to Congress on: (1) efforts undertaken to improve coordination of Peace Corps activities with activities of international voluntary service organizations, such as the United Nations (UN) volunteer program, and of host country voluntary service organizations; (2) any major new Peace Corps initiatives under review for the upcoming fiscal year or undertaken in the previous fiscal year; (3) the Peace Corp's plans for doubling the number of volunteers from 2002; (4) any standard or special security procedures for any country in which the Peace Corps operates programs or is considering doing so, including an assessment whether security conditions would be enhanced by colocating volunteers with international or local nongovernmental organizations or placing multiple volunteers in one location; (5) student loan forgiveness programs currently available to Peace Corps volunteers; and (6) initiatives the Peace Corps intends to pursue with eligible countries where the presence of volunteers would facilitate a greater understanding that there exists a universe of commonly shared human values and aspirations.
Requires the Director to develop a training program for all Peace Corps volunteers in the education, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases.
Increases Peace Corps volunteer readjustment allowances from $125 to $275 a month.
Establishes a program to award grants to private nonprofit corporations to enable returned Peace Corps volunteers to use their knowledge and expertise to develop and carry out programs and projects that promote the goals of the Peace Corps.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2003 to May 6, 2003, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Jan 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Jan 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Mar 31, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 31, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 6, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | May 6, 2003 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 6, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- Jan 8, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E57-58)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- 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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