§ 2503. — Director and Deputy Director; delegation of functions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2503]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 34--THE PEACE CORPS
Sec. 2503. Director and Deputy Director; delegation of functions
(a) Appointment
The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, a Director of the Peace Corps and a Deputy Director of the Peace
Corps.
(b) Exercise of functions by Director
The President may exercise any functions vested in him by this
chapter through the Director of the Peace Corps. The Director of the
Peace Corps may promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem
necessary or appropriate to carry out such functions, and may delegate
to any of his subordinates authority to perform any of such functions.
(c) Powers and functions of Secretary of State; coordination of
activities; responsibility for supervision and direction of
programs
(1) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to infringe
upon the powers or functions of the Secretary of State.
(2) The President shall prescribe appropriate procedures to assure
coordination of Peace Corps activities with other activities of the
United States Government in each country, under the leadership of the
chief of the United States diplomatic mission.
(3) Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State
shall be responsible for the continuous supervision and general
direction of the programs authorized by this chapter, to the end that
such programs are effectively integrated both at home and abroad and the
foreign policy of the United States is best served thereby.
(4) The Director of the Peace Corps may prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary to assure that no individual performing service for
the Peace Corps under any authority contained in this chapter shall
engage in any activity determined by the Director to be detrimental to
the best interests of the United States.
(d) Prohibition on performance of services more usefully performed by
other agencies
Except with the approval of the Secretary of State, the Peace Corps
shall not be assigned to perform services which could more usefully be
performed by other available agencies of the United States Government in
the country concerned.
(Pub. L. 87-293, title I, Sec. 4, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612; Pub. L.
88-426, title III, Sec. 305(27), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 426; Pub. L.
91-352, Sec. 2, July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 464; Pub. L. 97-113, title VI,
Sec. 601(d)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1541.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), 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.
Amendments
1981--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-113 substituted provision authorizing
the President to exercise functions vested in him under this chapter
through the Director of the Peace Corps and the Director of the Peace
Corps to promulgate rules and regulations as deemed appropriate for
provision authorizing the President to exercise functions vested in him
under this chapter through such agency or officer of the United States
Government as he directs and the head of such agency or such officer to
promulgate rules and regulations as deemed appropriate.
1970--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-352 added par. (4).
1964--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-426 repealed provisions which
prescribed the compensation of the Director and Deputy Director. See
sections 5314 and 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Effective Date of 1964 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 88-426 effective on first day of first pay
period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to extent provided
in section 501(c) of Pub. L. 88-426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 88-426.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer to President of the United States of functions conferred
upon Director of Peace Corps by subsec. (c)(4) of this section, see
section 2(b) of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1971, eff. July 1, 1971, 36 F.R.
11181, 85 Stat. 819, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President under subsecs. (c)(1), (4), (d) delegated to
Director of Peace Corps by sections 1-103 and 1-301(a), (b) of Ex. Ord.
No. 12137, May 16, 1979, 44 F.R. 29023, eff. May 16, 1979, set out as a
note under section 2501 of this title.
Continuing Functions of Director of Peace Corps From December 14, 1981
Section 601(d)(2) of Pub. L. 97-113 provided: ``The Director of the
Peace Corps shall continue to exercise all the functions under the Peace
Corps Act [this chapter] or any other law or authority which the
Director was performing on December 14, 1981.''
