,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #faah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,ms4 
,meng 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4   
,costa1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,ms4       
,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,ms4 ,lee of
 ,california1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4  
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4          
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,garcia of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 
,shalala1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney  
of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and    
,mr4 ,case7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,peace ,corps ,act
 to ensure access to menstrual hygiene  
products for ,peace ,corps volunteers1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,menstrual ,equity in the ,peace ,corps 
,act4  #b4 ,access to menstrual hygiene 
products for ,peace ,corps volunteers   

,section #e;,a of the ,peace ,corps ,act
 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bejd;a7 is amended--   
7#a7 by transferring subsection 7e7     
7relating to antimalarial drugs7 to     
appear immediately after subsection 7b7 
and redesignating such transferred      
subsection as the first subsection 7c72 
7#b7 in such first subsection 7c71 as so
 redesignated and transferred1 by       
striking ,the ,director and inserting   
the following3  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,director  2  7#c7 in the second        
subsection 7c7 7relating to certain     
training71 by-- 7,a7 redesignating such 
second subsection 7c7 as paragraph 7#b72
 and  7,b7 moving such paragraph 7#b7   
two ems to the right2  7#d7 by          
redesignating subsection 7d7 7relating  
to review and evaluation7 as subsection 
7e72 and  7#e7 by inserting before such 
redesignated subsection 7e7 the         
following new subsection3  7d7 ,access  
to menstrual hygiene products  7#a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this       

subsection1 the ,director of the ,peace 
,corps shall establish a comprehensive  
policy to ensure ,peace ,corps          
volunteers who require menstrual hygiene
 products are able to access such       
products1 either by increasing stipends 
for such volunteers to purchase such    
products or providing such volunteers   
with such products in the generic       
product types selected by such volunteer
 as their preferences4  7#b7            
,consideration ,the policy required     
under paragraph 7#a7 shall take into    
consideration the availability of       
menstrual hygiene products for purchase 
locally1 the price of such products1 and
 cultural norms regarding menstruation4 
7#c7 ,cost ,if stipends are increased   
pursuant to the policy required under   
paragraph 7#a71 the ,director of the    
,peace ,corps shall ensure that such    
increase covers fully the cost of       
menstrual hygiene products purchased by 
,peace ,corps volunteers described in   
such paragraph4  4