[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5338]
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  SA 3579. Ms. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1210. USE OF OFFICIAL SEAL, EMBLEM, AND NAME OF THE 
                   PEACE CORPS.

       Section 19(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2518(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The use'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in paragraph (3), the use'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in paragraph (3), whoever''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the official 
     seal, emblem, and name of the Peace Corps may be used for a 
     death announcement, gravestone, plaque, or other grave marker 
     of any person who served as a volunteer or as an officer or 
     employee of the Peace Corps, in accordance with such rules as 
     may be prescribed by the Director.''.
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