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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 34 — The Peace Corps

§ 2507d. Establishment of Sexual Assault Advisory Council

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (in this section referred to as the “Council”).

(b)

Membership

The Council shall be composed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President who are returned volunteers (including volunteers who were victims of sexual assault and volunteers who were not victims of sexual assault) and governmental and nongovernmental experts and professionals in the sexual assault field. 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. No Peace Corps employee shall be a member of the Council. The number of governmental experts appointed to the Council shall not exceed the number of nongovernmental experts.

(c)

Functions; meetings

The Council shall meet not less often than annually to review the sexual assault risk-reduction and response training developed under section 2507a of this title, the sexual assault policy developed and implemented under section 2507b of this title, and such other matters related to sexual assault the Council views as appropriate, to ensure that such training and policy conform to the extent practicable to best practices in the sexual assault field. 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 2507e of this title, 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.

(d)

Reports

On an annual basis for 5 years after , and at the discretion of the Council thereafter, the Council shall submit to the President and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on its findings based on the reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (c).

(e)

Employee status

Members of the Council shall not be considered employees of the United States Government for any purpose and shall not receive compensation other than reimbursement of travel expenses and per diem allowance in accordance with section 5703 of title 5.

(f)

Nonapplicability of chapter 10 of title 5

Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the Council.

(g)

Sunset

This section shall cease to be effective on .

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 87–293 title I § 8D · 75 Stat. 612

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d

    Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8D, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 740

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8D, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 740

  2. Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–256 § 305(1) · 132 Stat. 3650

    1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(b)

      Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(1), substituted “not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President” for “not less than 8 individuals selected by the President, not later than 180 days after November 21, 2011,”

    2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(b)

      Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(1), inserted “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.” after “sexual assault field.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(1), substituted “not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President” for “not less than 8 individuals selected by the President, not later than 180 days after November 21, 2011,” and inserted “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.” after “sexual assault field.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “not less than 8 individuals selected by the President, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,” and inserting “not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President”; and (B) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “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.”; and

  3. Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–256 § 305(2) · 132 Stat. 3650

    1. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(c)

      Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(2), inserted “and implemented” after “sexual assault policy developed”

    2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(c)

      Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(2), inserted at end “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 2705e of this title, 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.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(2), inserted “and implemented” after “sexual assault policy developed” and inserted at end “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 2705e of this title, 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.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting “and implemented” after “sexual assault policy developed”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “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.”; and

  4. Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–256 § 305(3) · 132 Stat. 3650

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(g)

    Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(3), substituted “2023” for “2018”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(3), substituted “2023” for “2018”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) in subsection (g), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”.

  5. Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(a)(168) · 136 Stat. 4196

    1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(f)

      Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5” for “FACA” in text

    2. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507d(f)

      Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “Chapter 10 of title 5” for “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5” for “FACA” in heading and “Chapter 10 of title 5” for “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (168) Section 8D(f) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2507d(f)) is amended— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking “FACA” and inserting “Chapter 10 of Title 5, United States Code”; and (B) in text, by striking “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” and inserting “Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code,”.

7 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018–2022 · 2 rounds

2022

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5” for “FACA” in heading and “Chapter 10 of title 5” for “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” in text.

2018

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(1), substituted “not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 individuals selected by the President” for “not less than 8 individuals selected by the President, not later than 180 days after ,” and inserted “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.” after “sexual assault field.”

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(2), inserted “and implemented” after “sexual assault policy developed” and inserted at end “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 2705e of this title, 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.”

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–256, § 305(3), substituted “2023” for “2018”.

Credits

2011–2022 · 3 acts
  1. 2011Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8D, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, , 125 Stat. 740
  2. 2018amended Pub. L. 115–256, title III, § 305, , 132 Stat. 3658
  3. 2022Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(168), , 136 Stat. 4324.
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(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8D, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, , 125 Stat. 740; amended Pub. L. 115–256, title III, § 305, , 132 Stat. 3658; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(168), , 136 Stat. 4324.)

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