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H.R.1573

H.R.1573: Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013

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Introduced April 15, 2013
Latest Major Action April 15, 2013
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Albio Sires (D-N.J.)

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30 (23 Democrats, 7 Republicans)

John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)
Tom Petri (R-Wis.)
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.)
Sam Farr (D-Calif.)
Michael H. Michaud (D-Maine)
Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)
John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)
Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)
Ami Bera (D-Calif.)
Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)
Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.)
Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)
Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
Ted Poe (R-Texas)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.)

Bill Summary

Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name "Peace Corps" on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave markers.

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April 15, 2013	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
April 15, 2013	Introduced in the House by Albio Sires (D-N.J.)

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Introduced in the House by Albio Sires (D-N.J.)