22 U.S.C. § 8301 — Findings

submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-13 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 217 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress finds that Americans who volunteer abroad, and the groups that send them, help meet global needs and support U.S. public diplomacy. The Volunteers for Prosperity Program mobilized 74,000 skilled Americans through 250 organizations in its first four years. It ran outreach, promoted volunteers, gave public recognition, supported host organizations, and led a public-private partnership offering financial assistance.

This section lists Congress's findings supporting this chapter: (1) Americans doing international volunteer service, and the organizations that send them, (A) play critical roles meeting the needs of people in the developing world, and (B) advance U.S. public diplomacy. (2) The Volunteers for Prosperity ("VfP") Program has successfully promoted international volunteer service by skilled American professionals. (3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans — including doctors, nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers — through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations and companies, to do development and humanitarian work addressing health, the environment, poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, and other global challenges. (4) The VfP Program has carried out activities including: (A) direct outreach to leading U.S. nonprofits and companies; (B) promoting the work of skilled Americans and these organizations in international volunteer service; (C) publicly recognizing skilled American volunteers; (D) supporting organizations that use skilled Americans as volunteers; (E) helping develop special initiatives to create opportunities for skilled Americans; and (F) leading an innovative public-private partnership that gives eligible skilled volunteers financial assistance for their volunteer assignments.

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Congress makes the following findings:

(1)

Americans engaged in international volunteer service, and the organizations deploying them—

(A)

play critical roles in responding to the needs of people living throughout the developing world; and

(B)

advance the international public diplomacy of the United States.

(2)

The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully promoted international volunteer service by skilled American professionals.

(3)

In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped to mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors, nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States, to carry out development and humanitarian efforts for those affected by great global challenges in health, the environment, poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, and other challenges.

(4)

The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including—

(A)

direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States;

(B)

promotion of the work of skilled Americans and nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States as it relates to international volunteer service;

(C)

public recognition of skilled American volunteers;

(D)

support for organizations that utilize skilled Americans as volunteers;

(E)

participation in the development of special initiatives to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and

(F)

leadership of an innovative public-private partnership to provide eligible skilled 1 with financial assistance for volunteer assignments.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–13, title V, § 5101, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1597.)

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2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-13 · 123 Stat. 1597

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