Corps shall transmit the report, together with the Director's comments, to the appropriate congressional committees. (e) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section (1) the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af fairs 5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the term "eligible organization" means an independent health-care accreditation organization or other independent organization with expertise in evaluating health-care systems similar to that of the Peace Corps. SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MATTERS. (a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than May 31, 1992, the Director of the Peace Corps and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report which describes (1) the information provided by the Peace Corps to its volunteers and to applicants for volunteer service in the Peace Corps regarding the benefits and services to which Peace Corps volunteers or trainees may be entitled or for which they may be eligible in the event that they sustain injuries or become disabled during their service, or their training for service, with the Peace Corps; (2) the efforts by the Peace Corps and the Department of Labor to coordinate the provision of such information to Peace Corps volunteer-applicants and volunteers and the processing of claims by Peace Corps volunteers under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA); (3) the number of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer-applicants who have filed claims under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) and the percentage of the claims that have been approved; and (4) the timeliness of approvals or denials of claims of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer-applicants under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FEĈA). (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.-The report required by subsection (a) shall also include such recommendations as the Director of the Peace Corps and the Secretary of Labor may determine necessary to facilitate the filing and processing of claims by Peace Corps volunteers regarding the benefits described in that subsection. (c) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section (1) the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the term "Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)" means chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. 5 Sec. 1(a)(5) of Public Law 104-14 (109 Stat. 186) provided that references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. SEC. 5. PEACE CORPS PROGRAMS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.-Up to $6,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out the Peace Corps Act for fiscal year 1993 shall be made available for establishing Small Business Development Programs in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. The programs shall include the promotion of local economic development by providing technical assistance and training in municipal restructuring and financing, privatization, valuation of state-owned enterprises, the development and promotion of business associations, and the identification of investment opportunities and requirements. (b) DEFINITION.-For purposes of this section, the term "independent states of the former Soviet Union" means the following (which formerly were part of the Soviet Union): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. c. Peace Corps Authorization for Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 Partial text of Public Law 99-83 [S. 960], 99 Stat. 190 at 272, approved August 8, 1985 AN ACT To authorize international development and security assistance programs and Peace Corps programs for fiscal years 1986 and 1987, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * TITLE XI-PEACE CORPS SEC. 1101.1 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. * ** SEC. 1102.2 NUMBER OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS. * SEC. 1103. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF PEACE CORPS EMPLOYMENT *** (a) 4 (b) 3 REPORTS TO CONGRESS.-The Director of the Peace Corps shall, not later than January 1, 1986, submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af fairs 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. (b)5 TERMINATION OF SIMILAR ADVISORY BODY.-Any advisory body carrying out functions similar to those assigned to the Peace Corps National Advisory Council provided for in subsection (a) 1 Sec. 1101 amended sec. 3(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502) to establish funding levels for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. 2 Sec. 1102 amended secs. 2 and 11 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 and 2510, respectively). 322 U.S.C. 2506 note. 4 Sec. 1(a)(5) of Public Law 104-14 (109 Stat. 186) provided that references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. 522 U.S.C. 2511 note. 5. Independent Implementing Provisions of Public Law 89– 134 Partial text of Public Law 89–134 [S. 2045], 79 Stat. 549, approved August 24, 1965 The new Peace Corps personnel system provided for in sec. 7 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended by sec. 4 of Public Law 89-134 and sec. 302 of Public Law 96-53, is to be implemented according to sec. 5 of Public Law 89-134 which is set forth below. Sec. 5.1 (a) Section 4 of this Act shall not become effective until the first day of the fourth pay period which begins after the date this Act becomes law. (b) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, each person employed under authorities repealed by section 4(a) of this Act immediately prior to the effective date of that section shall effective on that date be appointed a Foreign Service Reserve officer or Foreign Service staff officer or employee under the authority of section 7(a)(2) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, and appointed or assigned to an appropriate class thereof; except that— (1) no person who holds a career or career-conditional appointment immediately prior to the effective date of section 4(a) of this Act shall, without his consent, be so appointed until three years after such effective date; and (2) each person so appointed who, immediately prior to the effective date of section 4(a) of this Act, held a career or careerconditional appointment at grade 8 or below of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall receive an appointment for the duration of operations under the Peace Corps Act, as amended. Each person appointed under this subsection shall receive basic compensation at the rate of his class determined by the President to be appropriate, but the rate of basic compensation received by such person immediately prior to the effective date of his appoint 122 U.S.C. 2506 note. |