Sec. 2. Expanded benefits for current and former Peace Corps volunteers
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The President shall revise Executive Order 11103 (28 Fed. Reg. 3571; relating to providing for the appointment of former Peace Corps volunteers to the civilian career services) to extend to three years the period during which any appointment under the authority of such Executive Order may be made. Subchapter VIII of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: During the one-year period beginning on the day after the final day of the service of a Peace Corps volunteer, the Secretary shall provide such former volunteer such hospital care or medical services as the former volunteer may elect to receive at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The cost of any care or services furnished under this section to such former volunteer shall be reimbursed at such rates as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the Director of the Peace Corps, based on the cost of the care or service furnished and in accordance with health care otherwise provided to volunteers under section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act. . Section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504(e) ) is amended— by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:
Former volunteers shall also be entitled to such hospital care and medical services as may be provided in accordance with section 1789A of title 38, United States Code. ; and in the second sentence, by inserting (other than health care provided in accordance with such section 1789A) after such health care . The table of sections for chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 1789 the following new item: 1789A. Former Peace Corps volunteers. .
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a readjustment allowance received pursuant to section 5(c) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504(c) ) shall not be subject to taxation under chapter 1 of such Code. The Director of the Peace Corps shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that Peace Corps volunteers receive stipends on a regular and predictable basis (and, to the maximum extent practicable, on the same numerical day of each month), including in the event of a temporary partial or complete government shutdown.
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Expanded benefits for current and former Peace Corps volunteers
Exec. Ord.EO 11103
Fed. Reg.28 FR 3571
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