Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 Public Law 115–256 Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 256 115–256 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 15403 115 2018-10-09 Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 [(Public Law 115–256)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-256. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo amend the Peace Corps Act to expand services and benefits for volunteers, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [22 U.S.C. 2501 note] SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Sec. 2. TITLE I— Sec. 101. Sec. 102. Sec. 103. Sec. 104. TITLE II— Sec. 201. Sec. 202. Sec. 203. TITLE III— Sec. 301. Sec. 302. Sec. 303. Sec. 304. Sec. 305. Sec. 306.
SEC. 2. [22 U.S.C. 2504 note] DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Director.—The term “Director” means the Director of the Peace Corps. (3) Peace corps volunteer.—The term “Peace Corps volunteer” means an individual described in section 5(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)).
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SUPPORT </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CARE REFORM. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Peace Corps Act is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 5 (22 U.S.C. 2504)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (e), in the first sentence, by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">receive such immunization and dental care preparatory to their service</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">receive, preparatory to their service, such immunization, dental care, and information on prescription options and potential interactions, as necessary and appropriate and in accordance with subsection (f)</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by re-designating subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), and (n) as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o);</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/1/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection—<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">“(f) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps shall consult with health experts outside the Peace Corps, including experts licensed in the field of mental health, and follow guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the prescription of medications to a volunteer.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/1/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section, and</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section), and</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after section 5 the following new section:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5A">“SEC. SEC. 5A. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2504a">22 U.S.C. 2504a</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">HEALTH CARE FOR VOLUNTEERS AT PEACE CORPS POSTS </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President shall ensure that each overseas post has the services of a medical office that is consistent in size and scope with the needs of the Peace Corps at such post, including, if necessary, by detailing to any such post the licensed medical staff of other United States departments, agencies, or establishments.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Hiring Criteria.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In selecting medical officers and support staff for overseas Peace Corps posts, the Director of the Peace Corps shall hire well-qualified and capable personnel to support the effectiveness of health care for Peace Corps volunteers by evaluating each candidate’s—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">medical training, experience, and accreditations or other qualifications;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">record of performance;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">administrative capabilities;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">understanding of the local language and culture;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ability to work in the English language;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">interpersonal skills; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">“(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">such other factors that the Director determines appropriate.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Certain Training.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps shall ensure that each Peace Corps medical officer serving in a malaria-endemic country receives training in the recognition of the side effects of such medications.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Review and Evaluation.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps, acting through the Associate Director of the Office of Health Services and the country directors, shall review and evaluate the performance and health care delivery of all Peace Corps medical staff, including medical officers, to—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure compliance with all relevant Peace Corps policies, practices, and guidelines; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that medical staff complete the necessary continuing medical education to maintain their skills and satisfy licensing and credentialing standards, as designated by the Director.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report to congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps shall include, in the annual Peace Corps congressional budget justification, a confirmation that the review and evaluation of all Peace Corps medical staff required under paragraph (1) has been completed.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Antimalarial Drugs.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps shall consult with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding recommendations for prescribing malaria prophylaxis, in order to provide the best standard of care within the context of the Peace Corps environment.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2504">22 U.S.C. 2504 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Implementation of Recommendations by the Inspector General of the Peace Corps.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Inspector general report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">As promptly as practicable, the Director shall implement the actions outlined in the agency response for all open recommendations of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps set forth in the report entitled “Final Program Evaluation Report: OIG Follow-up Evaluation of Issues Identified in the 2010 Peace Corps/Morocco Assessment of Medical Care” (Report No. IG-16-01-E).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Semiannual reports.—</heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Initial report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the Director’s strategy for implementing the recommendations referred to in paragraph (1).</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Subsequent reports.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report required under subparagraph (A), and semiannually thereafter, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the progress in implementing the recommendations referred to in paragraph (1) until all such recommendations have been implemented in accordance with the agency’s response to the report referred to in such paragraph.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s101/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notification.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">After the submission of each report required under paragraph (2), the Inspector General of the Peace Corps may notify the appropriate congressional committees of any recommendations from the report referred to in paragraph (1) that the Inspector General determines remain unresolved.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s102" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">POST-SERVICE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CARE REFORM. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8142 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall authorize the Director of the Peace Corps to furnish medical benefits to a volunteer, who is injured during the volunteer’s period of service, for a period of 120 days following the termination of such service if the Director certifies that the volunteer’s injury probably meets the requirements under subsection (c)(3). The Secretary may then certify vouchers for these expenses for such volunteer out of the Employees’ Compensation Fund.</content></paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall prescribe the form and content of the certification required under paragraph (1).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A certification under paragraph (1) will cease to be effective if the volunteer sustains compensable disability in connection with volunteer service.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing in this subsection may be construed to authorize the furnishing of any medical benefit that the Secretary of Labor is not otherwise authorized to reimburse for former Peace Corps volunteers who receive treatment for injury or disease proximately caused by their service in the Peace Corps in accordance with this chapter.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PEACE CORPS IMPACT SURVEY. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and once every 2 years thereafter for the following 6 years, the Director shall conduct a survey of former Peace Corps volunteers.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scope of Survey.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The survey required under subsection (a) shall assess, with respect to each former Peace Corps volunteer completing the survey, the impact of the Peace Corps on the former volunteer, including the volunteer’s—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">well-being;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">career;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">civic engagement; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/b/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">commitment to public service.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director shall submit a report containing the results of the survey conducted under subsection (a) to—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/c/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s103/c/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tI/s104" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EXTENSION OF POSITIONS FOR PEACE CORPS EMPLOYEES. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 7(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2506(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">“(8)</num><subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps may designate Peace Corps positions as critical management or management support positions that require specialized technical or professional skills and knowledge of Peace Corps operations. Such positions may include positions in the following fields:</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Volunteer health services.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Financial management.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Information technology.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Procurement.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">“(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Personnel.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Legal services.</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Safety and security.</content> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), with respect to positions designated pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Director may make or extend renewable appointments or assignments under paragraph (2) notwithstanding limitations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and paragraph (5).</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In exercising authority under subparagraph (B), the Director shall ensure that all decisions regarding the appointment, assignment, or extension of employees to any position designated pursuant to subparagraph (A)—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are consistent with Federal law and Peace Corps policy; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are based upon operational and programmatic factors.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term of any appointment or assignment to any position designated pursuant to subparagraph (A) may not exceed 5 years.”</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PEACE CORPS OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s201" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCESS TO INSPECTOR GENERAL. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s201/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (a)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s201/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">he</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the President</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s201/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following new sentences: “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">As part of the training provided to all volunteers under subsection (a), and in coordination with the Inspector General of the Peace Corps, the President shall provide all volunteers with information regarding the mandate of the Inspector General and the availability (including contact information) of the Inspector General and the Office of Victim Advocacy as a resource for volunteers. The President shall ensure that volunteers receive such information at least once during training that occurs prior to enrollment and at least once during each significant instance of training after enrollment.</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s201/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President shall implement procedures to maintain a record verifying each individual completing training provided to meet each requirement in this section and sections 8A, 8B, 8F, and 8G(b).”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VOLUNTEER SURVEYS. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8E of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507e) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b), in the first sentence—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, ensure that each such plan includes a consideration of the results, with respect to each such representative and the country of service of each such representative, of each survey conducted under subsection (c),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">standards for Peace Corps representatives</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and shall review</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, and review</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the first sentence, by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2018</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2023</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the third sentence, by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">subsection (a)</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">subsection (b)</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s202/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following new sentences: “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">The President shall publish, on a publicly available website of the Peace Corps, a report summarizing the results of each survey related to volunteer satisfaction in each country in which volunteers serve, and the early termination rate of volunteers serving in each such country. The information published shall be posted in an easily accessible place near the description of the appropriate country and shall be written in an easily understood manner.</quotedText>”.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tII/s203" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REQUIRED BEFORE OPENING OR CLOSING OVERSEAS OFFICES AND COUNTRY PROGRAMS. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 10 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2509) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="k">“(k)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Director of the Peace Corps may not open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or country program unless the Director has notified and consulted with the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days in advance.</content></paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps may waive the application of paragraph (1) for a period of not more than 5 days after an action described in such paragraph if the Director determines such action is necessary to ameliorate a substantial security risk to Peace Corps volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">appropriate congressional committees</quotedText>’ means—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.”</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CRIME RISK REDUCTION ENHANCEMENTS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s301" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF VOLUNTEER DEATH. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504), as amended by section 101 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="p">“(p)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 10 days after receiving notification of the death of a volunteer, the President shall provide a briefing to the Inspector General of the Peace Corps that includes—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A)</num><clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the available facts and circumstances surrounding the death of the volunteer, including a preliminary timeline of the events immediately preceding the death of the volunteer, subsequent actions taken by the Peace Corps, and any information available to the Peace Corps reflecting on the cause or root cause of the death of the volunteer; and</content></clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a description of any steps the Peace Corps plans to take to inquire further into the cause or root cause of the death of the volunteer, including the anticipated date of the completion of such inquiry; or</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">an explanation of why the Peace Corps has determined that no further inquiry into the cause or root cause of the death of the volunteer is necessary, including—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a description of the steps the Peace Corps took to determine further inquiry was not necessary; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the basis for such determination.</content> </clause> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the Peace Corps has performed or engaged another entity to perform a root cause analysis or similar report that describes the cause or root cause of a volunteer death, the President shall provide the Inspector General of the Peace Corps with—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a copy of all information provided to such entity at the time such information is provided to such entity or used by the Peace Corps to perform the analysis;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a copy of any report or study received from the entity or used by the Peace Corps to perform the analysis; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any supporting documentation upon which the Peace Corps or such entity relied to make its determination, including the volunteer’s complete medical record, as soon as such information is available to the Peace Corps.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If a volunteer dies, the Peace Corps shall take reasonable measures, in accordance with local laws, to preserve any information or material, in any medium or format, that may be relevant to determining the cause or root cause of the death of the volunteer, including personal effects, medication, and other tangible items belonging to the volunteer, as long as such measures do not interfere with the legal procedures of the host country if the government of the host country is exercising jurisdiction over the investigation of such death. The Inspector General of the Peace Corps shall be provided an opportunity to inspect such items before their final disposition.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Inspector General of the Peace Corps may independently review the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of a volunteer and the actions taken by the Peace Corps in responding to such incident.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of undertaking a review under this section, an officer or employee of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the Inspector General of the Peace Corps from another department of the United States Government on a nonreimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the Inspector General and the detailing department, for a period not to exceed 1 year. This paragraph may not be construed to limit or modify any other source of authority for reimbursable or nonreimbursable details. A nonreimbursable detail made under this section may not be considered an augmentation of the appropriations of the Peace Corps.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Upon request, the Peace Corps may make available necessary funds to the Inspector General of the Peace Corps for reviews conducted by the Inspector General under this section. The request shall be limited to costs relating to hiring, procuring, or otherwise obtaining medical-related experts or expert services, and associated travel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">“(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The undertaking of a review under this section may not be considered a transfer of program operating responsibilities to the Inspector General of the Peace Corps.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s302" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES TO APPLICANTS FOR ENROLLMENT AS VOLUNTEERS. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507a(d)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s302/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Information Regarding Crimes and Risks.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each applicant for enrollment as a volunteer shall be provided, with respect to each country in which the applicant may be invited to serve, with specific, aggregated, and easily accessible information regarding crimes against and risks to volunteers, including—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an overview of past crimes against volunteers in such country, including statistics regarding unreported crime collected through anonymous surveys;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the current early termination rate of volunteers serving in such country;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">health risks prevalent in such country;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the nature and frequency of sexual harassment reported by volunteers serving in such country;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">“(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the extent and types of services provided by the Peace Corps to volunteers serving in such country, including access to medical care, counseling services, and assistance from the Office of Victim Advocacy; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">“(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the level of satisfaction reported by volunteers serving in such country.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Option to timely decline.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Upon receiving information described in paragraph (1), the applicant shall have the option to change the country of consideration and identify a substitute country.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s302/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (f)(2)(B)(iii), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">victim advocates</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Victim’s Advocates,</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="303">SEC. 303. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8B(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507b(a)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (3)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">SARLs</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">any employee of the Peace Corps</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Victim Advocate</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Victim’s Advocate</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/1/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and require the Peace Corps to designate the staff at each post who shall be responsible for providing the services described in subsection (c)</quotedText>” before the semicolon at the end;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (5), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” at the end;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s303/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">“(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">maintains a record documenting the resignation of any employee or volunteer of the Peace Corps who resigns before a determination has been made regarding an alleged violation of the sexual misconduct policy or other serious policy violations;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">“(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">takes into account the record maintained under paragraph (7) before such employee or volunteer is hired, enrolled, or otherwise invited to work with the Peace Corps;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">“(9) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">provides orientation or information regarding the awareness and prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment to—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Peace Corps-selected host families; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a designated person of authority at the volunteer’s initial workplace; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">“(10) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensures, to the extent practicable and appropriate, that any assault on, or any harm or injury to, a volunteer that is committed by any member of a host family or any national of a host country that was assigned by the Peace Corps to facilitate volunteer work is—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">documented in an appropriate site history file and in the global tracking and recording system established pursuant to section 8H(c); and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">taken into account with respect to determinations regarding placements of future volunteers at such post and the provision of any funds or other benefit by the Peace Corps.”</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s304" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EXTENSION OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM ADVOCACY. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8C of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507c) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s304/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">victim advocate</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Victim’s Advocate</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s304/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">victim advocates</quotedText>” each place it occurs and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Victim’s Advocates</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s304/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Peace Corps shall include the head of the Office of Victim Advocacy in agency-wide policymaking processes in the same manner and to the same extent as the directors or associate directors of other offices within the Peace Corps.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="305">SEC. 305. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REFORM AND EXTENSION OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 8D of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507d) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">not less than 8 individuals selected by the President, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">At least one member should be licensed in the field of mental health and have prior experience working as a counselor or therapist providing mental health care to survivors of sexual assault in a victim services agency or organization.</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and implemented</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">sexual assault policy developed</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">To carry out this subsection, the Council may conduct case reviews and is authorized to have access, including through interviews, to current and former volunteers (to the extent that such volunteers provide the Peace Corps express consent to be interviewed by the Council), to volunteer surveys under section 8E, to all data collected from restricted reporting, and to any other information necessary to conduct case reviews, except that the Council may not have access to any personally identifying information associated with such surveys, data, or information.</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s305/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (g), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2018</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2023</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s306" styleType="OLC" role="definitions"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="306">SEC. 306. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 26 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2522) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s306/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (1), (6), (2), (3), (8), (7), and (5), respectively, by arranging such redesignated paragraphs in numerical order, and by moving such paragraphs 2 ems to the right;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s306/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">(1)</term>” and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">“In this Act:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) ”</num> </paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/115/256/tIII/s306/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term ‘<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">medical officer</term>’ means a physician, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, or registered nurse with the professional qualifications, expertise, and abilities consistent with the needs of the Peace Corps and the post to which he or she is assigned, as determined by the Director of the Peace Corps.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section>