On September 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1456). The Act would offer whistleblower protections to Peace Corps Volunteers, among other provisions.
The bipartisan Act passed the House 290 – 125. The vote was unanimous among Democrat Representatives and received 79 yea votes and 125 nay votes amongst Republicans. The Act will now move to the Senate for consideration, according to a press release from Representative John Garamendi’s (D-CA) office.
Garamendi, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Ethiopia from 1966-1968, is also the co-chair for the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus. In the press release, Garamendi said, “This week, we will celebrate the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s signing of the Peace Corps Act into law on September 22, 1961. Today, to commemorate this occasion, my legislation to re-authorize the Peace Corps for the first time in over two decades has passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a strong bipartisan vote.”
The Peace Corps Reauthorization Act “would provide additional federal funding and resources to advance the Peace Corps’ mission around the world and better support current, returning, and former Peace Corps volunteers,” the press release explains. Specifically, the Act “[e]xtends whistleblower and anti-retaliatory protections to Peace Corps volunteers, including protections against reprisals by any Peace Corps employee, volunteer supervisor, or...
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