3.0.0 1756 2023-01-13T04:50:00Z 2023-01-13T04:50:00Z Senate S S 2005-09-22 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-22T20:21:38Z Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act 109 3760 HR 2006-07-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5132) Related bill CRS 2005-09-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-09-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10381-10382) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN N J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-10-28 False Government Operations and Politics Administration of justice Advice and consent of the Senate Alcoholism Alternative dispute resolution Animals Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control agreements Arms control verification Arms sales Arts, Culture, Religion Block grants Cabinet officers Child abuse Child health Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights movements Commemorations Community organization Community policing Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conservation of natural resources Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against women Cultural relations Curricula Democracy Department of Justice Department of State Department of the Treasury Dispute settlement Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Economic research Economics and Public Finance Education Elder abuse Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Embargo Employee rights Employee training Energy Energy research Environmental Protection Ethics Ethnic relations Exchange of persons programs Executive reorganization Families Family violence Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federal employees Federal officials Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Firearms control Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Freedom of the press Gangs Government publications Government publicity Hate crimes Health Higher education Homosexuality Human rights Inspectors general Intergovernmental relations International Affairs Internet Labor and Employment Law Mediation Minorities Nature conservation Nonviolence Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons Peace Peace Corps Peace negotiations Peace treaties Peacekeeping forces Police-community relations Presidential appointments Protection of animals Public Lands and Natural Resources Public health Punishment Rehabilitation of criminals Religion Religious liberty Research and development School security Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Service academies Service learning Social Welfare Space activities Space warfare Special days Storage Summit diplomacy Technological innovations Transportation and Public Works Transportation research United Nations Victims of crimes Violence Violence in mass media War relief Weapons of mass destruction Wife abuse Women Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-15T22:20:14Z Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act - Establishes a Department of Peace and Nonviolence, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the mission of the Department, including to: (1) hold peace as an organizing principle; (2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights; and (3) develop policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict.

Establishes in the Department the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace and Nonviolence, which shall provide assistance and make recommendations to the Secretary and the President concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution.

Transfers to the Department the functions, assets, and personnel of various federal agencies.

Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace and Nonviolence.

Establishes Peace Day. Urges all citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on such day.]]>

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