# Plain Language Summary: Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

This bill makes a simple but meaningful change to Peace Corps rules: it allows former Peace Corps volunteers and staff members to display the Peace Corps seal, emblem, or name on death announcements, gravestones, plaques, and other grave markers. Currently, federal law restricts who can use these official symbols, and this bill creates a specific exception for people honoring those who served in the Peace Corps.

The practical effect is straightforward. When a former Peace Corps volunteer passes away, their family can now include the Peace Corps seal or name on the funeral announcement, obituary, or gravestone to recognize their service. This is similar to how military veterans can display military insignia on their graves. The Peace Corps Director will set the specific rules for how this exception works, but the core idea is to give former volunteers a way to be remembered for their service to the organization and the communities where they worked.

This change affects anyone who has ever served as a Peace Corps volunteer or worked as an officer or employee for the organization. It's a respectful way to acknowledge their contribution to international service and development work. The bill also clarifies that using the Peace Corps name or symbols in this specific context won't result in the fines that normally apply to unauthorized use of official government symbols.

Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act

Sires, Albio

Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act This bill allows the official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps and the name Peace Corps to be used on any death announcement, plaque, grave stone, or other grave marker of a former volunteer, officer, or employee of the Peace Corps.