118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1203Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2023

A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing the Peace Corps, providing better support for current, returning, and former volunteers, and for other purposes.

International affairs
Introduced Apr 19, 2023
Last action Jul 25, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Apr 19, 2023
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Referred
Apr 19, 2023
Foreign Relations
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Committee
Jul 13, 2023
Reported out
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Senate
Jul 25, 2023
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill reauthorizes the Peace Corps program through FY2028 and requires or authorizes various policies for the Peace Corps program. For example, the bill increases the minimum rate for readjustment allowances paid to Peace Corps volunteers upon their return to the United States; requires the Peace Corps to establish processes to return volunteers to service after their service has been interrupted by a mandatory evacuation, and to strive to allow evacuated volunteers to return to the country in which they had formerly been assigned (except for Peace Corps missions in China); requires the Peace Corps to provide separating volunteers with information on postservice health care options; pr...

Provisions · 18 sectionsReported to Senate
Timeline · 5 actions
Jul 25, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment. Without written report.
Jul 25, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 150.
Jul 13, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Apr 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.