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HR 1121 99th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Peace Corps Volunteer workers

A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act with respect to the number of Peace Corps volunteers.

Introduced: February 19, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State, Peace Corps.
Feb 19, 1985
Introduced in House
Feb 19, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Peace Corps Act to declare that it is U.S. policy and a purpose of the Peace Corps to provide opportunity for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 persons by the end of FY 1989 and thereafter. Directs the President to report to the Congress on plans to carry out such policy.

What's happening now March 5, 1985

Executive Comment Requested from State, Peace Corps.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 19, 1985
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 19, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1121: A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act with respect to the number of Peace Corps volunteers.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1121/
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"H.R. 1121: A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act with respect to the number of Peace Corps volunteers.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1121/.
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H.R. 1121, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1121/.
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