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Public Law 91–352
To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.
Approved July 24, 1970
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2302(b)), which authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of that Act, is amended by striking out “1970” and “$98,450,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “1971” and “$98,800,000”, respectively.
Sec. 2.
Section 4(c) or such Act (22 U.S.C. 2503(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
“(4) The Director of the Peace Corps may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to assure that no individual performing service for the Peace Corps under any authority contained in this Act shall engage in any activity determined by the Director to be detrimental to the best interests of the United States.”
Sec. 3.
Section 5(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(c)), which relates to a readjustment allowance for volunteers, is amended—
by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence thereof the following: “; except that, in the cases of volunteers who have one or more minor children at the time of their entering a period of pre-enrollment training, one parent shall be entitled to receive a readjustment allowance at a rate not to exceed $125 for each month of satisfactory service as determined by the President”; and
by striking out “the Act of August 3, 1950, chapter 518, section 1 (5 U.S.C. 61f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section
Dependents, benefits.
5582(b) of title 5, United States Code”.
Section 5 of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2504), which relates to Peace Corps volunteers, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:
“(m) The minor children of a volunteer living with the volunteer may receive—
“(1) such living, travel, education, and leave allowances, such housing, transportation, subsistence, and essential special items of clothing as the President may determine;
“(2) such health care, including health care following the volunteer’s service for illness or injury incurred during such service, and health and accident insurance, as the President may determine and upon such terms as he may determine, including health care in any facility referred to in subsection (e) of this section, subject to such conditions as the President may prescribe and subject to reimbursement of appropriations as provided in such subsection (e);
“(3) such orientation, language, and other training necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act as the President may determine; and
“(4) the benefits of subsection (1) of this section on the same basis as volunteers.
“(n) The costs of packing and unpacking, transporting to and from a place of storage, and storing the furniture and household and personal effects of a volunteer who has one or more minor children at the time of his entering a period of pre-enrollment training may be paid from the date of his departure from his place of residence to enter training until no later than three months after termination of his service.
Sec. 4.
Clause (3) of section 6 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2505), which
relates to Peace Corps volunteer leaders, is amended by striking out “, and a married volunteer’s child if born during the volunteer’s service,”.
Sec. 5.
Paragraph (3) of section 7(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
Employees.
2506(a)), which relates to Peace Corps employees, is amended to read as follows:
“(3) The President may specify what additional allowance authorized by section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, and which of the
allowances and differentials authorized by sections 5923 through 5925 of such title 5, may be granted to any person employed, appointed, or assigned under this subsection and may determine the rates thereof not to exceed the rates otherwise granted to employees under the sections of title 5, United States Code, referred to in this paragraph.”
Sec. 6.
Subsection (a) of section 13 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2512),
Experts and consultants, compensation.
which relates to experts and consultants, is amended—
by striking out “section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3109 of title 5, United States Code”; and
by striking out “$75 per diem” and inserting in lieu thereof “the per diem equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code”.
Ante, p. 198–1.
Subsection (b) of such section 13 is amended by striking out “section 13 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2263)” and “section 201 of the Dual Compensation Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “sections 3323(b) and 8344 of title 5, United States Code” and “section 5532 of title 5, United States Code”, respectively.
Sec. 7.
Subsection (b) of section 14 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2513), which relates to detailing personnel to foreign governments and international organizations, is amended by striking out “section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 70)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 5536 of title 5, United States Code”.
Sec. 8.
Subsection (g) of section 25 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2522) is amended by striking out “and 6(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “, 5(m),and6(2)”.
Sec. 9.
Clause (3) of subsection (a) of section 301 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2501a), which relates to encouragement of voluntary service
programs, is amended by striking out all that follows “and participation in,” and inserting in lieu thereof “international voluntary service programs and activities.”
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of such section 301 is amended
International voluntary programs, contributions.
to read as follows:
“(2) Not more than $300,000 may be used in fiscal year 1971 to carry out the provisions of clause (3) of subsection (a) of this section. Such funds may be contributed to educational institutions, private voluntary organizations, international organizations, and foreign governments or agencies thereof, to pay a fair and proportionate share of the costs of encouraging the development of, and participation in, international voluntary programs and activities.”
Approved July 24, 1970.