[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 341 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 341

  Expressing the sense of Congress that Federal funding of the Peace 
    Corps should be doubled to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2002

   Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
Petri, Mr. Nadler, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Ms. Woolsey, 
  Mr. Honda, Mr. Hall of Ohio, and Mr. Ford) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress that Federal funding of the Peace 
    Corps should be doubled to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other 
                               purposes.

Whereas, since 1961, more than 165,000 volunteers have served in the Peace Corps 
        in 134 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, Eastern 
        and Central Europe, and Central and South America;
Whereas the President has put forward a national call to service and plans to 
        increase the number of Peace Corps volunteers to almost 15,000 over the 
        next 5 years;
Whereas visits to the Peace Corps internet web site and requests for 
        applications increased 300 percent since the President's call to service 
        during his report on the State of the Union in January 2002;
Whereas Peace Corps volunteers provide an invaluable service to the Nation by 
        responding to the real global crises of hunger, poverty, HIV and AIDS, 
        maternal and child health, lack of education, and development challenges 
        and have improved the lives of individuals and communities throughout 
        the world;
Whereas the Peace Corps has enriched and strengthened the Nation by promoting 
        international peace, cross-cultural awareness, and mutual understanding 
        between the United States and the world; and
Whereas the spirit of service and commitment to helping others is a fundamental 
        component of democracy: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring) 
That the Congress--
            (1) recognizes the President's call to double the number of 
        Peace Corps volunteers to almost 15,000 in 5 years as an 
        opportunity to improve understanding between the people of the 
        United States and the world; and
            (2) recognizes the need to double funding for the Peace 
        Corps to $550,000,000 by 2007.
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