Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act
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.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2017 to Jun 26, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | David Young | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 9, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 10, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 15, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Nov 1, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 7, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jun 26, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 36, March 1, 2017, page H1464.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1411 | Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
