Sec. 4. Restoration of volunteer opportunities for major disruptions to volunteer service

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Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504 ), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Director shall establish processes for the safe return to service of returning Peace Corps volunteers whose service is interrupted due to mandatory evacuations of volunteers due to catastrophic events or global emergencies of unknowable duration, which processes shall include— the establishment of monitoring and communications systems, protocols, safety measures, policies, and metrics for determining the appropriate approaches for restoring volunteer opportunities for evacuated return volunteers whose service is interrupted by a catastrophic event or global emergency; and streamlining, to the fullest extent practicable, application requirements for the return to service of such volunteers.

Beginning on the date on which any volunteer described in paragraph

(1)returns to service, the Director shall strive to afford evacuated volunteers, to the fullest extent practicable, the opportunity— to return to their previous country of service, except for Peace Corps missions in China; and to continue their service in the most needed sectors within the country in which they had been serving immediately before their evacuation due to a catastrophic event or global emergency, except for Peace Corps missions in China. If a volunteer received a Federal loan held by the Department of Education under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a et seq.) before commencing service in the Peace Corps— all payments due for such loans shall be suspended; and interest shall not accrue on such loan for the duration of such service. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ), the Secretary of Education shall deem each month for which a loan payment was— suspended under this section; or subject to a deferment or forbearance under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as if the borrower of the loan had made a payment for the purpose of any loan forgiveness program or loan rehabilitation program authorized under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a et seq.) for which the borrower would have otherwise qualified. . Section 5A(b) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504a(b) ) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , mental health professionals after medical officers . Section 6 of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2505 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking $125 and inserting $375 ; and in paragraph (3), by striking he and inserting the President .

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