Sec. 4. Resumption of Peace Corps operations
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As soon as practicable after the Director of the Peace Corps determines, as a result of the cessation of the COVID–19 pandemic, that it is safe to resume Peace Corps global operations, the Director shall seek to resume, to the fullest extent possible, all of its programs in every country in which it operated immediately before the March 15, 2020, suspensions of all Peace Corps volunteer activities. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that describes the efforts of the Peace Corps to— offer reenrollment to each Peace Corps volunteer and trainee whose service ended suddenly on March 15, 2020 (or earlier, in the case of volunteers who were serving China and Mongolia), due to the COVID–19 public health emergency; obtain approval from countries, as appropriate, to return reenrolled volunteers and trainees to their previous assignments or countries of service; provide additional measures necessary for the safety and health of volunteers and trainees and develop contingency plans in the event overseas operations are disrupted by future COVID–19 outbreaks; develop and maintain a robust volunteer cohort; and identify the anticipated additional appropriations or new statutory authorities that would be necessary to achieve the goal of safely redeploying 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which Peace Corps operations resume.
The Director of the Peace Corps shall establish an expedited process for the reenrollment of former Peace Corps volunteers and trainees whose service was interrupted as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, including— streamlining, to the fullest extent practicable, all application requirements for the reenrollment of such volunteers and trainees during the 2-year period beginning on March 15, 2020; expediting the medical clearance for such volunteers and trainees to facilitate reenrollment; starting on the date on which such a volunteer or trainee reenrolls, providing such volunteer and trainee with the compensation, allowances, benefits, and other terms and conditions of service to which such volunteer or trainee is entitled under the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); and subject to the discretion of the Director of the Peace Corps, affording evacuated volunteers and trainees, to the fullest extent possible, the opportunity to return to their previous country of service and resume work in the project area in which they had been serving prior to the evacuation due to the COVID–19 public health emergency.
In this section, the term reenroll means a Peace Corps volunteer or trainee that was evacuated due to the COVID–19 public heath emergency resuming service in the Peace Corps for a length of time determined by the Director of the Peace Corps.
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