Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1411 To amend the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers and officers and employees to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers and officers and employees to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Respect for Peace 4 Corps Volunteers Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Mar 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1411.IH H1411 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1411 IH SEC. 2. USE OF OFFICIAL SEAL, EMBLEM, AND NAME OF 1 THE PEACE CORPS. 2 Subsection (b) of section 19 of the Peace Corps Act 3 (22 U.S.C. 2518) is amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe- 5 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that the offi- 6 cial seal or emblem and the name ‘Peace Corps’ may 7 be used on any death announcement, gravestone, 8 plaque, or other grave marker of any person who 9 served as a volunteer or as an officer or employee 10 of the Peace Corps under such rules as may be pre- 11 scribed by the Director’’; and 12 (2) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by 13 inserting ‘‘or in accordance with the exception speci- 14 fied in paragraph (1),’’ before ‘‘shall be fined’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Mar 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1411.IH H1411 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS