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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

H.R. 267 · 114th Congress · Jan 9, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act”.

2. Use of official seal, emblem, and name of the Peace Corps

Subsection (b) of section 19 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2518) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that the official seal or emblem and the name “Peace Corps” may be used on any death announcement, gravestone, plaque, or other grave marker of any person who served as a volunteer or applicant for enrollment as a volunteer under such rules as may be prescribed by the Director”; and
(2)
in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by inserting “or in accordance with the exception specified in paragraph (1),” before “shall be fined”.