CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tina Smith (D-MN)

Memorializing Peace Corps Service Act

S. 5691 · Senate bill Commemorations

A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Memorializing Peace Corps Service Act. It was introduced in the Senate in November 2026. The bill allows the official seal, emblem, logo, and name of the Peace Corps to be used for certain death-related purposes. These uses include death announcements, gravestones, plaques, and other grave markers. This applies to anyone who served as a volunteer, officer, or employee of the Peace Corps. The use must follow rules set by the Director.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The legislation provides former government service workers and volunteers the ability to commemorate their service respectfully upon passing.

  • Scored +3

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill allows former Peace Corps volunteers and employees to use the official seal and logo on gravestones and death announcements to honor their service.

  • Scored +2

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    Older former Peace Corps volunteers and their families benefit from the authorization to use the agency's insignia on death markers and announcements.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.