Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2507g Establishment of a Confidentiality Protection Policy

Title 22 › CHAPTER 34 — THE PEACE CORPS › § 2507g

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must create and keep a system for Peace Corps volunteers to report misconduct, mismanagement, or policy violations that protects the volunteers’ privacy and safety and follows current confidentiality best practices. The President must also train staff who can see these reports so they do not improperly disclose them and so volunteers remain safe. Any volunteer or staff who is supposed to keep these reports secret and who breaks that duty will face discipline, including being fired. Staff who do this can also be banned from working for the Peace Corps again.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2507g

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(a)In general

The President shall establish and maintain a process to allow volunteers to report incidents of misconduct or mismanagement, or violations of any policy, of the Peace Corps in order to protect the confidentiality and safety of such volunteers and of the information reported, and to ensure that such information is acted on appropriately. This process shall conform to existing best practices regarding confidentiality.

(b)Guidance

The President shall provide additional training to officers and employees of the Peace Corps who have access to information reported by volunteers under subsection (a) in order to protect against the inappropriate disclosures of such information and ensure the safety of such volunteers.

(c)Penalty

Any Peace Corps volunteer or staff member who is responsible for maintaining confidentiality under subsection (a) and who breaches such duty shall be subject to disciplinary action, including termination, and in the case of a staff member, ineligibility for re-employment with the Peace Corps.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2507g

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110