# 116-hr-6833: Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act

116-hr-6833, Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN); status Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6833
- Congress: 116
- Title: Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2020-05-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act This bill provides benefits for Peace Corps volunteers, including health insurance for volunteers whose service was terminated due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. Such a terminated Peace Corps volunteer shall receive health insurance for two months upon return to the United States. The volunteer may elect to extend such insurance, at the volunteer's expense, until the last day in which the volunteer would be eligible for unemployment benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Executive branch departments and agencies with hiring needs, as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service, shall establish expedited processes for hiring and enrolling such terminated Peace Corps volunteers.The Peace Corps shall (1) resume all programs, to the extent possible, as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided; and (2) establish an expedited process for reenrolling Peace Corps volunteers whose service was terminated due to COVID-19. For the purpose of Foreign Service officer appointments, a candidate's previous Peace Corps service shall be considered a significant affirmative factor but shall be less significant than the affirmative factor afforded to a veteran. The Peace Corps shall inform exiting volunteers of various health care options available after leaving the Peace Corps. The bill allows the official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps and the name Peace Corps to be used on any death announcement, plaque, gravestone, or other grave marker of a former volunteer, officer, or employee.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2020-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act
- 116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1140: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
- 116-hr-943: Never Again Education Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6833 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6833)

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