Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act
Latest action · May 12, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act
This bill provides benefits for Peace Corps volunteers, including health insurance for volunteers whose service was terminated due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak.
Such a terminated Peace Corps volunteer shall receive health insurance for two months upon return to the United States. The volunteer may elect to extend such insurance, at the volunteer's expense, until the last day in which the volunteer would be eligible for unemployment benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Executive branch departments and agencies with hiring needs, as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service, shall establish expedited processes for hiring and enrolling such terminated Peace Corps volunteers.
The Peace Corps shall (1) resume all programs, to the extent possible, as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided; and (2) establish an expedited process for reenrolling Peace Corps volunteers whose service was terminated due to COVID-19.
For the purpose of Foreign Service officer appointments, a candidate's previous Peace Corps service shall be considered a significant affirmative factor but shall be less significant than the affirmative factor afforded to a veteran.
The Peace Corps shall inform exiting volunteers of various health care options available after leaving the Peace Corps.
The bill allows the official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps and the name Peace Corps to be used on any death announcement, plaque, gravestone, or other grave marker of a former volunteer, officer, or employee.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2020 to Sep 16, 2020; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Aug 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Sep 16, 2020 |
Committees 2
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 May 12, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 12, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2020Introduced in House
- May 12, 2020Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 166, no. 89, May 12, 2020, page H1994.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1411 | Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act | Related bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
| S 3700 | Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act | Related bill | May 12, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide Peace Corps volunteers and trainees whose service was terminated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with health insurance, an expedited redeployment process, and domestic service opportunities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Cemeteries and funerals
- China
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mongolia
- Monuments and memorials
- National and community service
- National symbols
- Peace Corps
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2020Introduced 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.
