Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§2507h Removal and Assessment and Evaluation
Title 22 › CHAPTER 34 — THE PEACE CORPS › § 2507h
Summary
If a volunteer asks to be removed because they face immediate physical harm, the President must remove them quickly. After that request, the President must check the site's safety and cannot send another volunteer there until it is cleared. Volunteers already at the site may stay during the check. If the site is unsafe for anyone remaining, the President must remove all volunteers. The President must also set up a worldwide system to record crimes against volunteers.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2507h
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In general
If a volunteer requests removal from the site in which such volunteer is serving because the volunteer feels at risk of imminent bodily harm, the President shall, as expeditiously as practical after receiving such request, remove the volunteer from the site. If the President receives such a request, the President shall assess and evaluate the safety of such site and may not assign another volunteer to the site until such time as the assessment and evaluation is complete and the site has been determined to be safe. Volunteers may remain at a site during the assessment and evaluation.
(b)Determination of site as unsafe
If the President determines that a site is unsafe for any remaining volunteers at the site, the President shall, as expeditiously as practical, remove all volunteers from the site.
(c)Tracking and recording
The President shall establish a global tracking and recording system to track and record incidents of crimes against volunteers.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2507h
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110