S.Amdt. 3579Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

S.Amdt. 3579

Sponsored by Tina SmithSen. Tina Smith (D-MN)
Submitted August 1, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

August 1, 2025

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SA 3579. Ms. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1210. USE OF OFFICIAL SEAL, EMBLEM, AND NAME OF THE
PEACE CORPS.

Section 19(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2518(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The use'' and inserting
``Except as provided in paragraph (3), the use'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting
``Except as provided in paragraph (3), whoever''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the official
seal, emblem, and name of the Peace Corps may be used for a
death announcement, gravestone, plaque, or other grave marker
of any person who served as a volunteer or as an officer or
employee of the Peace Corps, in accordance with such rules as
may be prescribed by the Director.''.
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