2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 34 - The Peace Corps
Sec. 2522 - Definitions

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 2522 (2020)
Section Name §2522. Definitions
Section Text

In this chapter:

(1) The term "abroad" means any area outside the United States.

(2) The term "function" includes any duty, obligation, right, power, authority, responsibility, privilege, discretion, activity, and program.

(3) The term "health care" includes all appropriate examinations, preventive, curative and restorative health and medical care, and supplementary services when necessary.

(4) The term "medical officer" means a physician, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, or registered nurse with the professional qualifications, expertise, and abilities consistent with the needs of the Peace Corps and the post to which he or she is assigned, as determined by the Director of the Peace Corps.

(5) The word "transportation" in sections 2504(b), 2504(m),1 and 2505(2) of this title includes transportation of not to exceed three hundred pounds per person of unaccompanied necessary personal and household effects.

(6) The term "United States" means the several States and the District of Columbia.

(7) The term "United States Government agency" includes any department, board, wholly or partly owned corporation, or instrumentality, commission, or establishment of the United States Government.

(8) For the purposes of this chapter or any other Act, the period of any individual's service as a volunteer under this chapter shall include—

(i) except for the purposes of section 2504(f) 1 of this title, any period of training under section 2507(a) of this title prior to enrollment as a volunteer under this chapter; and

(ii) the period between enrollment as a volunteer and the termination of service as such volunteer by the President or by death or resignation.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, §26, formerly §25, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624; Pub. L. 89–572, §4, Sept. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 91–352, §8, July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 465; renumbered §26, Pub. L. 99–83, title XI, §1105(a)(1), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 115–256, title III, §306, Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3659.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in introductory provisions and par. (8), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 87–293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612, as amended, known as the Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2501 of this title and Tables.

Section 2504(m) of this title, referred to in par. (5), was redesignated section 2504(n) by Pub. L. 115–256, title I, §101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3651.

Section 2504(f) of this title, referred to in par. (8)(i), was redesignated section 2504(g) by Pub. L. 115–256, title I, §101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3651.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 26 of Pub. L. 87–293 was renumbered section 27 and is classified to section 2523 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–256 inserted introductory provisions, redesignated subsecs. (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as pars. (1), (6), (2), (3), (8), (7), and (5), respectively, so as to appear in numerical order, realigned margins, and added par. (4) defining "medical officer" after par. (3).

1970—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 91–352 inserted reference to section 2504(m) of this title.

1966—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–572 struck out territories from definition of "United States".

Footnotes

1 So in original. See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 34 - THE PEACE CORPS
Sec. 2522 - Definitions
Contains section 2522
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 75 Stat. 624, 612
80 Stat. 765
84 Stat. 465
99 Stat. 276
132 Stat. 3659, 3651
Public Law References Public Law 87-293, Public Law 89-572, Public Law 91-352, Public Law 99-83, Public Law 115-256
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