[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6416 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6416
To direct the President to detail Peace Corps volunteers to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2020
Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Haaland, and Ms. Schakowsky)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the President to detail Peace Corps volunteers to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mobilizing America to Help Act''.
SEC. 2. DETAIL OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
The President shall exercise the authority provided for in section
5(h) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(h)) to detail or assign
Peace Corps volunteers or otherwise make such volunteers available to
the Federal Emergency Management Agency during an emergency period (as
defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b-5(g)(1))) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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