Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/295

 PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 273

"(D) To promote the continuity of functions in administering the Peace Corps. At no time may the number of appointments or assignments of United States citizens in effect under paragraph (2) for periods in excess of five years exceed fifteen percent of the total of all appointments and assignments of United States citizens then in effect under paragraph (2). "(6) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in paragraph (2)(A) on the length of an appointment or assignment under paragraph (2) and notwithstanding the limitations set forth in paragraph (5) on the circumstances under which such an appointment or assignment may exceed five years, the Director of the Peace Corps, under special circumstances, may personally approve an extension of an appointment or assignment under paragraph (2) for not more than one year on an individual basis.". (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Peace Corps shall, 22 USC 2506 not later than January 1, 1986, submit to the Committee on Foreign note. Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report describing the criteria to be applied by the Director in exercising the authority provided by the amendments made by subsection (a) to make appointments or assignments of individuals for periods of more than five years. Not later than each January 1 thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Committees referred to in the preceding sentence a report on— (1) the exercise of such authority during the preceding fiscal year for each of the purposes specified in paragraph (5) of section 7(a) of the Peace Corps Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section; and (2) the exercise during that fiscal year of the authority under paragraph (6) of such section 7(a), as added by subsection (a) of this section. SEC. 1104. PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.—The Peace Corps Act (22 U S.C. 2501 and following) is amended by inserting after section 11 the following new section: "PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

"SEC. 12. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A Peace Corps National Advisory 22 USC 2511. Council (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Council') shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this section. "(b) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Council shall advise and consult with the President and the Director of the Peace Corps with regard to policies and programs designed to further the purposes of this Act and shall, as the Council considers appropriate, periodically report to the Congress with regard to the Peace Corps. "(2) Members of the Council shall (subject to subsection (d)(1)) conduct on-site inspections, and make examinations, of the activities of the Peace Corps in the United States and in other countries in order to— "(A) evaluate the accomplishments of the Peace Corps; "(B) assess the potential capabilities and the future role of the Peace Corps; "(C) make recommendations to the President, the Director of the Peace Corps, and, as the Council considers appropriate, the Congress, for the purpose of guiding the future direction of the

�