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22 U.S.C. § 2517 — Activities promoting Americans’ understanding of other peoples
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In order to further the goal of the Peace Corps, as set forth in [section 2501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2501&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to the promotion of a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people, the Director, utilizing the authorities under [section 2509(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2509/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and other provisions of law, shall, as appropriate, encourage, facilitate, and assist activities carried out by former volunteers in furtherance of such goal and the efforts of agencies, organizations, and other individuals to support or assist in former volunteers’ carrying out such activities.
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In order to further the goal of the Peace Corps, as set forth in [section 2501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2501&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to the promotion of a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people, the Director, utilizing the authorities under [section 2509(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2509/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and other provisions of law, shall, as appropriate, encourage, facilitate, and assist activities carried out by former volunteers in furtherance of such goal and the efforts of agencies, organizations, and other individuals to support or assist in former volunteers’ carrying out such activities.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 96–72, § 2, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 99–64, title I, § 102, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 120; Pub. L. 103–199, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2320, set forth Congressional findings with respect to the Export Administration Act of 1979.
Section was formerly classified to section 2401 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
A prior section 2401 of the former Appendix to this title, Pub. L. 91–184, § 2, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 841; Pub. L. 92–412, title I, § 102, Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 644; Pub. L. 93–500, § 4(a), Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1553, set forth findings of Congress with respect to the Export Administration Act of 1969, prior to the expiration of Pub. L. 91–184 on Sept. 30, 1979.
#### Short Title of 1985 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–64, § 1, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 120, provided that: “Titles I and II of this Act [enacting sections 4051 to 4053 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, [section 1864 of Title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1864&num=0&edition=prelim), Customs Duties, and [section 466c of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section466c&num=0&edition=prelim), Appendix, Shipping, amending this section and sections 4602 to 4606, 4609, 4610, 4614, 4615 to 4620, and 4622 of this title, sections 5314 and 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, sections 2304 and 2778 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and [section 185 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section185&num=0&edition=prelim), Mineral Lands and Mining, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 4604, 4605, and
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**(a)** The Congress of the United States declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower, particularly in meeting the basic needs of those living in the poorest areas of such countries, and to help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served and a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people.
**(b)** The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and a purpose of the Peace Corps to maintain, to the maximum extent appropriate and consistent with programmatic and fiscal considerations, a volunteer corps of at least 10,000 individuals.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2516
(e) Limitation on transfers back
A transfer of funds back to the account under
subsection (d) may not be made after the end of
the fiscal year or other period for which the ap-
propriation, to which the funds were originally
transferred, is available for obligation.
(f) Transfers to account from regular appropria-
tions
(1) At the end of the fiscal year or other period
for which appropriations for the expenses of the
Peace Corps are made available, unobligated
balances of such appropriation may be trans-
ferred into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Peace Corps, Account, to be merged with, and to
be available for the same period and purposes as,
that account.
(2) The authority of this subsection shall be
exercised only to the extent that specific
amounts are provided in advance in an appro-
priation Act.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Peace Corps,
Account for each fiscal year such sums as may
be necessary to maintain a balance of $5,000,000
in such account at the beginning of such fiscal
year.
(h) Reports
Each year the Director of the Peace Corps
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on
funds transferred under this section.
(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 16, as added Pub. L.
102–565, § 2(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4265.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2515, Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 16, Sept.
22, 1961, 75 Stat. 622, related to appointment of persons
serving under prior law, prior to repeal by Pu
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