Volume 77 · 360
Public Law 88–200
To amend further the Peace Corps Act, as amended.
Approved December 13, 1963
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend further the Peace Corps Act, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3(b)
Peace Corps Act, amendments.
of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which authorizes appropriations to cany out the purposes of that Act, is amended by striking out “1963” and “$63,750,000” and substituting “1964” and “$102,000,000”, respectively.
Sec. 2.
Section 5 of the Pence Corps Act, as amended, which relates
to Peace Corps volunteers, is amended as follows:
In subsection (b), insert the following sentence immediately after the first sentence: “Supplies or equipment provided volunteers to insure their capacity to serve effectively may be transferred to the government or to other entities of the country or area with which they have been serving, when no longer necessary for such purpose, and when such transfers would further the purposes of this Act.”
Strike out subsection (e) and substitute therefor the following:
“(c) Volunteers shall be entitled to receive a readjustment allowance at a rate not to exceed $75 for each month of satisfactory service as determined by the President. The readjustment allowance of each volunteer shall be payable on his return to the United States: Provided, however, That, under such circumstances as the President may determine, the accrued readjustment allowance, or any part thereof, may lie paid to the volunteer, members of his family or others, during the period of his service, or prior to his return to the United States. In the event of the volunteer’s death during the period of his service, the amount of any unpaid readjustment allowance shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 3, 1950, chapter 518, section 1 (5 U.S.C. 61f).”
In subsection (f)(2), strike out “termination payments” and substitute therefor “readjustment allowances”.
In subsection (g), add immediately after “may determine” the following proviso: “: Provided, That not to exceed one hundred volunteers in the aggregate may be assigned to carry out secretarial or clerical duties on the staffs of the Peace Corps representatives abroad”.
In subsection (h), strike out “and for the purposes of” immedlately after “tort liability statute,” and substitute therefor “the
Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (5 U.S.C. 2171 et seq.), the Act of June 4, 1954, chapter 264, section 4 (5 U.S.C. 73b–5), and”.
Add a new subsection at the end of section 5 as follows:
“(k) In order to assure that the skills and experience which former volunteers have derived from their training and their service abroad are best utilized in the national interest, the President may, in cooperation with agencies of the United States, private employers, educational institutions and other entities of the United States, undertake programs under which volunteers would be counseled with respect to opportunities for further education and employment.”
Sec. 3.
Section 6(1) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which relates to Peace Corps volunteer leaders, is amended by striking out “termination payments” and substituting therefor “a readjustment allowance”.
Sec. 4.
Section 7(b) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which relates to the compensation of persons engaged in the United States in activities authorized by the Act, is amended by striking out “so” in the first sentence thereof.
Sec. 5.
Section 10(a) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which relates to general powers and authorities, is amended by inserting immediately after “or otherwise” in paragraph (3) “, and transfer such property to the government or other entities of the country or area with which the volunteers are serving, when such transfers would further the general purposes of the Act”.
Sec. 6.
Section 13 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which, relates to the employment of experts and consultants, is amended as follows:
In subsection (a), strike out “Peace Corps” and substitute therefor “President”.
In subsection (b), strike out all that appears between “shall not” in the first clause thereof and “be considered” in the second clause thereof.
Sec. 7.
Section 19 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which relates to the Peace Corps seal, is amended by striking out the short title and substituting therefor “Exclusive Right to Seal and Name”, by inserting “(a)” before “The President may”, and by adding a new subsection as follows:
“(b) (1) The use of the official seal or emblem and the use of the name ‘Peace Corps’ shall be restricted exclusively to designate programs authorized under this Act.
(2) Whoever, whether an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, uses the seal for which provision is made in this section, or any sign, insignia, or symbol in colorable imitation thereof, or the words ‘Peace Corps’ or any combination of these or other words or characters in colorable imitation thereof, other than to designate programs authorized under this Act, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. A violation of this subsection may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, United States attorneys, or other persons duly authorized to represent the United States.”
Sec. 8.
The Peace Corps Act, as amended, is amended to add after title II thereof a new title as follows:
“TITLE III— ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMS
“Sec. 301.
(a) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and a further purpose, of this Act to encourage countries and areas to establish programs under which their citizens and nationals would volunteer to serve in order to help meet the needs of less developed countries or areas for trained manpower, and to encourage less developed countries or areas to establish programs under which their citizens and nationals would volunteer to serve in order to meet their needs for trained manpower.
“(b) Not more than $300,000 may be used t o carry out the purposes of this title in fiscal year 1964. Activities carried out by the President in furtherance of the purposes of this title shall be limited to the furnishing of knowledge and skills relating to the selection, training, and programing of volunteer manpower. None of the funds available to carry out trie purposes of this Act which are used in furtherance of the purposes of this title may be contributed to any international organization or to any foreign government or agency thereof; nor may such funds be used to pay the costs of developing or operating volunteer programs of such organization, government, or agency, or to pay any other costs of such organization, government, or agency.
“(c) Such activities shall not compromise the national character of the Peace Corps.”
Approved December 13, 1963.