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 99 STAT. 272

PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985 TITLE XI—PEACE CORPS SEC. 1101. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 USC 2502.

Section 3(b) of the Peace Corps Act is amended by amending the first sentence to read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act $130,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987.". SEC. 1102. NUMBER OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the Peace Corps Act (22

U.S.C. 2501) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" immediately after "SEC. 2."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United S t a t ^ 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.". (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 11 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2510) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The President shall also include in the report a description of any plans to carry out the policy set forth in section 2(b) of this Supra.

Act.*. SEC. 1103. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF PEACE CORPS EMPLOYMENT. (a)

AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS OF MORE THAN

FIVE

YEARS.—Section 7(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2506(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking out "five" and inserting in lieu thereof "seven and one-half; and (ii) by striking out "unless" and all that follows through "basis" and inserting in lieu thereof ", subject to paragraph (5) and except as provided in paragraph (6)'*^; and (B) in the third sentence, by inserting "(other than the provisions of section 309)" after "1980"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(5) Except as provided in paragraph (6), the Director of the Peace Corps may ma^e appointments or assignments of United States citizens under paragraph (2) for periods of more than five years only in the case of individuals whose performance as employees of the Peace Corps has been exceptional and only in order to achieve one or more of the following purposes: "(A) To permit individuals who have served at least two and one-half years of such an appointment or assignment abroad to serve in the United States thereafter. "(B) To permit individuals who have served at least two and one-half years of such an appointment or assignment in the United States to serve abroad thereafter. "(C) To permit individuals who have served at least two and one-half years of such an appointment or assignment in a recruitment, selection, or training activity to be reassigned to an activity other than the one in which they have most recently so served.

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