Showing posts with label treason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treason. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Editor's Social Media Post on Inauguration Day 2016 and 2020 Reflection on Treason

Editor, DL Mullan 
2016 Election / President Trump  
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what i believe as an American and what President Trump alluded to in his Inaugural Address this morning is that you cannot bring down America to create equity in the world; you have to bring the world UP to the standards of America.
 
it's not about America the isolationist country, we hate everyone now. it's about redefining what success is. Globalists believe success is everyone on the dole everyone sick and hungry, everyone fighting each other so the Globalists can sit over the rest of humanity like gods.
that ended today. 
 
but it's not President Trump's responsibility; it's ALL American's responsibility to create a country that doesn't look like the last embarrassing two years of rioting and looting b/c George Soros didn't get his way. 
 
not everything is going to go everyone's way. welcome to a multifacted culture. we will win some. we will lose some. yet it is not the destination... it is the journey. 

you want to shape the future? then do it. i do not want to see rioting or looting anymore. if you cannot be a civilized adult, then stay home. i do not want to see you on tv or hear about your antics on the internet.

remember, Trump is not a Republican or Democrat. he is a populist leader. he is a business man. so rioting and having tantrums are not going to persuade him. he is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve, his religion on his lapel, and his patriotism for all to see.

so when drafting rebuttals... appeal to those characteristics in order and in business format. make sure you have dotted your i's and crossed you t's. use good logic, tact, as well as citation. use this formula and you will see a well thought out response from President Trump.

Social Justice insanity is not going to work. Race baiting is not going to work.
So on Monday, my job as an intrepid journalist begins. we are going to hold President Trump accountable for what he says and what he does... but remember YOU are going to be held just as responsible. 

Americans are responsible for the deterioration of their country under the Globalist, Unitied Nations control. Time to get off your asses. You want a better world? It's now our time to make that happen... again. 

Because when America is healthy, we can help others around the world. When America is unhealthy, we can help no one, not even ourselves. Make America Great Again is not an isolationist philosophy; it's a battle cry to make all countries of the world join us in prosperity. 

Are you ready?

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Today in 2020, the day after the illegitimate installation of the Communist Dictator, Joe Biden: 

America has a bunch of sore losers and winners taking power. It is up to you, America, to reject 46 and the policies of the mob. 

America is our country, not theirs. 

The establishment Republicans and Democrats want us to be silent because silence is compliance to their grifting ways. Just like BLM/ANTIFA loot stores, establishment Democrats and Republicans loot our coffers. It's time to stop being their pawns and it's time to become our own chess masters. 

Throw these traitors out on their ears, legally and lawfully with impeachment, recalls, censures, and whatever else is available.

It's go time. 

Don't let the lie of Joe Biden stand. Counter it everywhere you go. 

Write the White House too: www.WhiteHouse.gov/contact. Tell Joe Biden how he is illegitimate everyday that he sits illegally in the Oval Office. I am.


Saturday, July 11, 2020

Tucker Carlson: Take Your Research to the Next Level

Editor in Chief, DL Mullan
Tucker Carlson / BLM / Weather Underground
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You think the connection Tucker Carlson made on his show between a convicted terrorist and Weather Underground member, Susan Rosenberg, and the Marxist organization: Black Lives Matter was bad? It was such an affront to the socialist establishment at Youtube that they took down his video.

Well, I found another and made a copy. Here is the link and video:


If you believe that this connection is detestable, then you haven't seen anything yet.

There is more, a lot more, to this story than one lone convicted domestic terrorist is up to her old tricks in a indirect fashion. The entire structure of Black Lives Matter is a money laundering and funnel organization for organizations like Act Blue, ThousandCurrents and others. These funds pay "activists," consultants, and well... Marxist domestic terrorists.

Here's how:

ActBlue handles the fundraising for Black Lives Matter and most Democrats. After their cut, the money raised appears to go to ThousandCurrents, and finally, to BLM, in the form of employees, not helping anyone outside of the organization as can be seen with any type of charity activities. Since Black Lives Matter is not an IRS created charity, the funds are funneled like to an old communist convicted terrorist:
We now discover that one person who sits on the board of ThousandCurrents is Susan Rosenberg...

...Susan Rosenberg is a human rights and prisoner rights advocate, adjunct professor, communications consultant, award-winning writer, public speaker, and a formerly incarcerated person, ThousandCurrents reports.

A former member of the Weather Underground, she served sixteen years in federal prison before being pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2001. She was and is a domestic terrorist allied with Bill Ayers, Barack Obama’s colleague for three years at Annenberg.
Rosenberg was charged with a role in the 1983 bombing of the United States Capitol Building, the U.S. Naval War College and the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, but the charges were dropped as part of a plea deal by other members of her group.

Convicted of explosives possession in 1984, she received a 58-year-sentence. She was tied to the infamous Brink’s robbery. Her lawyers contend that, had the case not been politically charged, Rosenberg would have received a five-year sentence.

She was never apologetic.
How bad could the Weather Underground actually be?
In separate books detailing the history of the Weathermen, professional historian Arthur Eckstein and Vanity Fair journalist Bryan Burrough used law enforcement documents and personal recollections of numerous former Weathermen leaders to demonstrate that through at least May 1970 the organization aggressively promoted efforts to kill police officers and military personnel as part of its goal of sparking the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. While no murders have been conclusively tied to the Weathermen, police officers were injured in at least two Weatherman attacks. As late as 2003, several former Weathermen leaders were the subject of a federal probe into the February 1970 bombing-murder of a San Francisco, California, police officer that occurred two days after a known-Weatherman bombing that injured police in nearby Berkeley.

Eckstein and Burrough both provided strong evidence that two coordinated Weathermen bombing plots set for March 6, 1970, were intended to produce massive fatalities among police in Detroit, Michigan, and among military personnel who would be attending a dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Operating on the advice of an FBI informant, local law enforcement in Detroit discovered and disabled two large explosives on the morning of March 6. On the same day, the New York City Weathermen faction, working on bombs intended for Fort Dix, accidentally detonated a device, collapsing the townhouse in which they were working, killing three of them.

Correction: Barack Obama; Bill Clinton pardoned Ms. Rosenberg on his last official day in office as President of the United States. Was Mr. Clinton or Mr. Obama aware of what would happen if someone like Ms. Rosenberg were allowed to "teach," mentor, or publicly speak in front of young idealistic minds? Was that the goal? Did that allow Mr. Obama to hide his radical communist ideology in order to secure his political rise and attack the United States from inside the White House?

(See,
Leaked Video Shows How Barack Obama was NEVER My President.)
But recently, Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, spent a few days at the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago, going through the papers of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which Ayers and Obama were involved in. He says that the Ayers/Obama relation runs more deeply than previously reported. The documents in the CAC archives make clear that Ayers and Obama were partners at the CAC, he writes in The Wall Street Journal.

Barack Obama's first run for the Illinois state Senate was launched at a famous fundraiser and kickoff for the campaign at a 1995 gathering at the house of Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, says Kurtz.
He goes on to state:
Ayers and Dohrn are well-known to people my age. As Kurtz relays it in a recent interview: In 1970, Ayers, along with wife Dohrn, were indicted for inciting a riot and conspiracy to bomb government buildings. Dohrn was convicted; Ayers was not. However, Ayers remains unrepentant, telling The New York Times in 2001, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." As Kurtz reports, Ayers and his cohorts bombed the Pentagon as part of his anti-war activities.
The research shows that "between 1995 and 1999, Obama led the CAC, which was founded by Ayers, and remained on the board until 2001." How could someone sit on the board without Mr. Ayers' approval?

The CAC's educational philosophy is the exact lawlessness we see out on American streets today. Money for math and science achievement programs were turned down while racial social justice and other activist ideologies were thrown at students and parents alike. That is why Chicago is deemed: ChIraq. Dilute education into indoctrination and young adults will act out accordingly:
According to Kurtz, Obama once conducted "leadership training" seminars with Acorn, and Acorn members also served as volunteers in Obama's early campaigns. External partners like the South Shore African Village Collaborative and the Dual Language Exchange focused more on political consciousness, Afrocentricity and bilingualism than traditional education. CAC's in-house evaluators comprehensively studied the effects of its grants on the test scores of Chicago public-school students. They found no evidence of educational improvement.
So Black Lives Matter is a front and carrier organization for the Marxist Communist agenda to do worse than the Weather Underground ever hoped to accomplish.

Is it any wonder why law enforcement is highlighted as the bad guys in the socialist news network stories and blown up by "community organizers?"

Law enforcement is the only group standing between these communist organizers and the complete takeover of communities, cities.

Black Lives Matter, Act Blue, ThousandCurrents, and affiliate organizations are domestic terrorist groups.

"Give black people their rights or we will burn this country to ashes." Black Lives Matter Greater NY Wants Radical Change– So They're Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands.

"If this county does not give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it." BLM Leader: "We Will Burn Down This System"

Despite the fact that the Black Lives Matter leadership has openly extorted Americans but also committed numerous other crimes: sedition, insurrection, treason, assault, destruction of public and private property, murder, and economic devastation.

Follow the money. Where does it lead? The funders of this communist campaign onto our country need to be arrested as domestic enemy combatants and placed in front of a military tribunal.

These coordinated attacks on our sovereignty have been planned for decades. Isn't it about time we end the communist one world government conquest of the globe?

Start the investigations into treason. The information is all out in the open. Americans need law enforcement to get educated and attorney generals to take the appropriate actions.

If America does not end the stalemate, then we might as well write: "Arbeit Macht Frei" above our front doors.


Sources: Independent Sentinal, Influence Watch, The Hill, Vice News, Catholic Voice


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Addendum: Reference to the Communist Control Act of 1954 was removed for further study, but don't worry, we'll be getting back to it since Marxism is a common thread in many current events stories. 




Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The Progressive Way: No Police, No Walls... No Common Sense at All

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
History/ Government
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Give me a B, an L, an M... what does that spell? Marxist!

Interesting chants coming from the whorer left. Oopsy, that should say: horror left. The progressives and socialists have taken over the Democrat party and left moderates without a place in politics. No one represents the common sense essence of our side. So we are left literally with the low brow, disrespectful nut jobs of society running things.

But polls say Biden is leading President Trump. How? Joe Biden cannot think his way out of a wet paper bag let alone take on Donald Trump in a debate. You know that and I know that.

At this point parading Joe Biden around at town halls and question/answer sessions looks more and more like Elder Abuse than running a Presidential campaign. 

When polls come out siding with Biden, the whole Hillary Clinton is going to win by a 90% margin comes to mind. So no one should be trusting one [Presidential] poll at this point. The pollsters work for the same slime that the Bushes, Clintons, and the Obamas are mixed up in.

There is no change that moderate Democrats are looking for in such a corrupt party. Many questions abound like the death of Seth Rich and the treasonous actions of the Department of Justice and FBI under the Obama administration, which seems to be continuing despite the fact that Obama cannot be in charge of any U.S. government office or agency according to the Constitution. 

So to deflect from a second, albeit shadow, government running in competition with the elected and official government of the United States, the American people are witnessing treason at all levels within our government, media, and world stage. 

NY Times article that came out recently to frame the President for an investigation he knew nothing of is one: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says. Journalists who understand the Intel community's evidence gathering apparatus know that this story is bogus on its face, but these progressive outlets use the story to propagandize Americans anyway.  What frauds the mainstream media people are.

Then there is the outlandish trial of Roger Stone. The Progressives in the Democrat Party framed him and are trying everything in their power to see him placed in a federal prison before his appeals, which will exonerate him, are heard: Roger Stone must report to prison July 14 after 2-week delay granted.

Let's not forget what General Michael Flynn just endured the last few years as the FBI set him and his family up:  General Mike Flynn Breaks His Silence After Government Releases Brady Documents Showing He Committed No Crimes.

Democrats who are not extremists are wondering what is going on with their political party? 

It is the same disease that is happening on the other side of the isle: Globalism. Globalism was set up by a wealthy elite class to be the politburo of all things above their One World Government scheme that places maniacal and communist factions like China and Iran in charge of the world through the United Nations.

When Democrats see how their party has sold out their American dream for Karl Marx's dystopia, Democrats are exiting the party at an alarming rate. Trumpocrats as Blagojevich calls himself after the Obama's wing of the Democrat party framed him Chicago style to be the scapegoat for everything they have done and left him to rot in a federal penitentiary. See also, BlEXIT, LaExit, CaExit, and more Democrat factions exiting the party through the Walk Away movement for sanity.

And these progressives and "democratic" socialists have lied to people about who and what they really represent, which is communism. The extreme left of our political system is now fully in charge of one of our political parties. If it wasn't for the election of Donald Trump, the Republicans would be in as bad of position, but Donald Trump saved the GOP from oblivion. Now, American conservatives wise to the takeover and takedown orchestrated by the Globalist politburo are stepping up to correct this injustice. 

But will it be enough? 

Americans cannot count on the Democratic Party to be Pro-American, any more than Americans can count on RINOs. 

All that is heard from the regressive Progressives is No Border, No Wall, No USA at all. That is not going to win you a major election. Then there is the idiotic Defund the Police movement: 64% of Americans oppose 'defund the police' movement, key goals: POLL. So there little to no support for this extremist view. 

The hypocrisy of defunding the police is that these same factions call police to safeguard their rioting and looting activities. These idiots are not against the police; they are against being punished by the justice system for their criminal activities. So they want to restructure the police department so that social workers will give them a pass even if these criminal snowflakes kill someone. 

That is unacceptable. 

So the Democratic Party has become the Communist Party: No Police, No Walls... No Common Sense at All. Only indoctrinated children would vote for that mess. 

And, there are plenty of these mindless drones rioting in our streets, taking down our history, and demanding more Marxist revisions, when these individuals should be in prison for life. Insurrection and sedition are federal crimes, plus the deaths and destruction of the last several weeks. 

What Americans need to do is reject the progressive ideology of defund, dismantle, and degrade our nation into a Marxist hell-hole. These children have been seduced by their own inadequacies and failures into a system that will betray their juvenile idealism. Yet these acolytes keep praising Karl Marx, a man who destroyed lives and never made them better except for the wealthy elites.  
“The proletarians have nothing to lose except their chains. They have a world to win. Workers from all countries, unite!” This concludes in the Communist Manifesto.

“Equality without freedom leads to state despotism.”
So the first place communists attack is the unhappiness of women in a male dominated society when the equality they seek these women already have, but they are told there is no equality, no freedom so a new future is forged:
The first battlefield is to rewrite history.

Anyone who know anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval.

Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

~ Karl Marx
Women are told that their views are unacceptable unless they use their collective strength to destroy their history, culture, and society. This destruction goes against the feminine energy as women create life, art, and music. Women are that history. Women are taught to hate and loathe themselves in order to change what does not need to be changed. 

Social progress cannot be destruction for the sake of destruction. That is the opposite of progress. Social progress cannot be about attacking our own history; we are that history. That is the opposite of progress. The fair-sex needs to be wise enough to see the difference between negative and positive entropy. 

A system can be changed for the better, but that change takes time and patience. Destruction takes no ability or education, only ignorance. And ignorance is bliss to the underlings of communist indoctrination.

Some of the most ignorant people in the world are in the progressive wing of politics. These people vote but have no respect for anyone or anything. They just repeat chants like brainwashed drones, but that is what Marxism produces: unbalanced nimrods. 

Progressives are the walking dead.

Because "progress and order can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all powerful sovereign." 

So much for that vaunted freedom and equality progressives are looking for. 

Marxism is a fraud. The people will not be free under the communist politburo. Their "progress" is just to progress the One World Government agenda to enslave humanity under an unelected, unaccountable form of a fascist government. 

Congratulations, progressives... you've been used to destroy the world for the profits of the wealthy corporate class of authoritarians you said you were fighting against. 

That makes you the bad guys. That makes you the fascists. That makes you the problem and not the solution. 

The solution is our Constitutional Republic where the individual is the ultimate minority with rights, responsibilities, and the freedom to forge their own futures without asking for permission. 

Karl Marx died alone for a reason. 

He betrayed the world.





Thursday, November 7, 2019

Treason: Military Dismantling and Gun Confiscation Only the Beginning of HR 1111 Peacebuilding for United Nations Absorption of the United States

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Treason / House of Representatives
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Want to know what the overthrow of the United States looks like?

Read HR 1111.




H.R. 1111 (115th): Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017

115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1111
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


February 16, 2017
(for herself, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Soto, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Polis, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform


A BILL
To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes.


1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2017.
(b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Title I—ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING
Sec. 101. Establishment of Department of Peacebuilding.
Sec. 102. Responsibilities and powers.
Sec. 103. Principal officers.
Sec. 104. Office of Peace Education and Training.
Sec. 105. Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities.
Sec. 106. Office of International Peacebuilding Activities.
Sec. 107. Office of Technology for Peace.
Sec. 108. Office of Arms Control and Disarmament.
Sec. 109. Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research.
Sec. 110. Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights.
Sec. 111. Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace.
Sec. 112. Federal Interagency Committee on Peace.
Sec. 113. Staff.
Sec. 114. Consultation required.
Sec. 115. Collaboration.
Title II—OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 201. Legislative recommendations of the Secretary.
Sec. 202. Peace Days.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations.
2.
Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1)
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously declared the independence of the 13 colonies, and the achievement of peace was recognized as one of the highest duties of the new organization of free and independent States by declaring, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..
(2)
The Constitution of the United States of America, in its preamble, further sets forth the insurance of the cause of peace in stating, We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
(3)
The United States has been at peace for only 21 entire years since its birth during the Revolutionary War. During the course of the 20th century, more than 100,000,000 people perished in wars. Many of our citizens today have never known a peaceful year in their lifetimes.
(4)
Thus far in the 21st century, nearly 1,000,000 people have died in conflict and war. In 2015 alone, 65.3 million people, or one person in 113, were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution. The United States has been at war over 15 years, with more than 6,800 members of the Armed Forces and hundreds of thousands of civilians estimated to have been killed in the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and territories occupied by ISIL.
(5)
Every year 300,000 people are killed by gun violence around the world. In the United States, 100,000 people are shot each year in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, accidents, and police actions. Approximately 20 veterans a day commit suicide nationwide. Over 33,000 people die each year of gunshot wounds, 12,000 of whom are murdered. Every day, 50 children are shot, eight of whom are fatally shot, and each gun injury and fatality results in trauma to family members and loved ones. More people have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in United States history.
(6)
A World Health Organization report estimates that interpersonal violence within the United States costs approximately $300 billion annually, not including war-related costs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that an average of 34 people age 10 to 24 were murdered each day in the United States in 2014. The Pew Charitable Trust calculates that child abuse and neglect in the United States cost $103.8 billion in 2007.
(7)
On April 4, 2012, the Institute for Economics and Peace released the United States Peace Index, which assesses peacefulness at the State and city levels and analyzes the costs associated with violence and the socio-economic measures associated with peace. While violence within the United States has declined since the year 2015, violence and violence containment still cost the average taxpayer $6,417 per year. The total cost of violence to the United States—including lost productivity from violence—is conservatively calculated to be over $460 billion.
(8)
A 2015 study by the Institute for Economics and Peace reports conservative estimates that 12 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States was spent on containing violence. The study included government, corporate, and individual expenditures, regardless of whether the expenditure was related to international affairs such as offshore military activities, or domestic spending such as dealing with crime and the consequences of crime.
(9)
Violence prevention is cost effective. For every dollar spent on violence prevention and peacebuilding, thousands of lives and dollars are saved. Research indicates that investing early to prevent conflicts from escalating into violent crises is, on average, 60 times more cost effective than intervening after violence erupts. The philosophy and techniques of nonviolence and the science of peacebuilding provide tools and techniques that can be applied not only at the levels of individual and community growth, but also within the Federal Government and at national and international levels.
(10)
The United Nations recognizes that promotion of peace is vital for the full enjoyment of all human rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace mandates that preservation of the right to peace is a fundamental obligation of each country. In 1999, the United Nations adopted a Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, stating that a culture of peace is an integral approach to preventing violence and violent conflicts, an alternative to the culture of war and violence, and is based on education for peace, the promotion of sustainable economic and social development, respect for human rights, equality between women and men, democratic participation, tolerance, and the free flow of information and disarmament. The United Nations declared the years 2001 through 2010 an International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, and the United Nations supports a culture of peace. In 2015, the UN adopted 17 sustainable development goals, including promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies.
(11)
Peacebuilding is defined by the United Nations as a range of measures targeted to reduce the risk of lapsing or relapsing into conflict by strengthening national capacities at all levels for conflict management and to lay the foundations for sustainable peace and development. Peacebuilding is built upon research into the root causes of violence in the United States and the world, through promotion and promulgation of effective policies and programs that ameliorate those root causes of violence, and through providing all citizens, organizations, and governmental bodies with opportunities to learn about and practice the essential tools of nonviolent conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
(12)
In 2000, the Earth Charter Commission released the Earth Charter, an international declaration of fundamental values and principles created to build a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. The preamble of the Earth Charter provides, To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.. Peacebuilding is working together with all countries to protect both life and land and hold the Earth in balance.
I
ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEACE­BUILDING
101.
Establishment of Department of Peacebuilding
(a)
Establishment
There is hereby established a Department of Peacebuilding, which shall—
(1)
be within the executive branch of the Federal Government; and
(2)
be dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, and the study and promotion of conditions conducive to both domestic and international peace and a culture of peace.
(b)
Secretary of Peacebuilding
There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Peacebuilding, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c)
Mission
The Department shall—
(1)
cultivate peace and peacebuilding as a strategic national policy objective;
(2)
reduce and prevent violence in the United States and internationally through peacebuilding and effective nonviolent conflict resolution;
(3)
strengthen nonmilitary means of peacemaking;
(4)
take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of field-tested, best practices and policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
(5)
address matters both domestic and international in scope;
(6)
provide an institutional platform for the growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dramatically reduce the national and global epidemic of violence;
(7)
support local communities in finding, funding, replicating, and expanding programs to reduce and prevent violence;
(8)
invest in nongovernmental organizations that have implemented successful initiatives to reduce and prevent violence, both internationally and domestically; and
(9)
consult with other Federal agencies to apply and practice the science of peacebuilding in their respective fields of responsibility.
102.
Responsibilities and powers
(a)
In general
The Secretary shall—
(1)
work proactively and interactively with each branch of the Federal Government on all policy matters relating to conditions of peace;
(2)
call on the experience and expertise of individuals and seek participation in the development of policy from private, public, and nongovernmental organizations;
(3)
monitor and analyze causative principles of conflict and make policy recommendations for developing and maintaining peaceful conduct;
(4)
research effective violence reduction programs and promote and promulgate such programs within Government and society; and
(5)
consult with private, public, and nongovernmental organizations to develop a metric model that provides the means to measure and report progress toward peace in the United States to the President, Congress, and the public, and issue reports on such progress annually.
(b)
Domestic responsibilities
The Secretary shall collaborate with governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals to promote personal and community security and peace by—
(1)
developing new policies and supporting existing policies that effectively address personal and family violence, including suicide, domestic violence, spousal abuse, child abuse, and mistreatment of the elderly;
(2)
creating new policies and programs and expanding existing policies and programs that effectively reduce drug and alcohol abuse;
(3)
developing new policies and programs and expanding existing policies and programs that effectively address crime, punishment, and rehabilitation, including—
(A)
working to reduce prison recidivism rates;
(B)
supporting the implementation of nonviolent conflict resolution education and training for victims, perpetrators, and those who work with them; and
(C)
supporting effective police and community relations;
(4)
analyzing existing policies, employing successful, field-tested programs, and developing new approaches for dealing with the tools of violence, including handguns and assault weapons, especially among youth;
(5)
developing new and expanding effective programs that address and ameliorate societal challenges such as school violence, gangs, hate crimes, economic injustice, human trafficking, racial or ethnic violence, violence against LGBTQ+ individuals, and police-community relations disputes;
(6)
making policy recommendations to the Attorney General regarding civil rights and labor law;
(7)
assisting in the establishment and funding of community-based violence prevention programs, including violence prevention counseling and peer mediation in schools and unarmed civilian peacekeeping at a local level;
(8)
providing counseling and advocacy on behalf of individuals victimized by violence;
(9)
providing for public education programs and counseling strategies that promote tolerance and respect for the diversity of all individuals in the United States with regard to race, religion, creed, gender and gender identification, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, and other perceived differences; and
(10)
supporting local community initiatives that draw on neighborhood resources to create peace projects that facilitate the development of conflict resolution and healing of societal wounds such as patriarchy, racism, war, manifest destiny, and economic injustice to thereby inform and inspire national policy.
(c)
International responsibilities
The Secretary shall—
(1)
advise the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State on matters relating to national security, including the protection of human rights and the prevention of, amelioration of, and de-escalation of unarmed and armed international conflict;
(2)
contribute to and participate in the development of training of all United States personnel who administer post-conflict reconstruction and demobilization in war-torn societies;
(3)
sponsor national and regional conflict-prevention and dispute-resolution initiatives, create special task forces, and draw on local, regional, and national expertise to develop plans and programs for addressing the root sources of conflict in troubled areas;
(4)
counsel and advocate on behalf of women victimized by violence, including rape, situations leading up to conflict, conflicts, and post-conflict situations;
(5)
counsel and advocate on behalf of victims of human trafficking both domestically and internationally and work to end the trafficking of human beings;
(6)
provide for exchanges between the United States and other countries that endeavor to develop domestic and international peace-based initiatives;
(7)
encourage the development of international sister city programs, pairing United States cities with cities around the world for artistic, cultural, economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges;
(8)
establish and administer a budget designated for the training and deployment of unarmed civilian peacekeepers to participate in multinational nonviolent peacekeeping forces that may be conducted by civilian, governmental, or multilateral organizations;
(9)
jointly with the Secretary of the Treasury, strengthen peace enforcement through hiring and training monitors and investigators to help with the enforcement of international arms embargoes;
(10)
in consultation with the Secretary of State, bring together all stakeholders who are impacted by a conflict by facilitating peace summits where such stakeholders may gather under carefully prepared conditions to promote nonviolent communication and mutually beneficial solutions;
(11)
submit to the President recommendations for reductions in weapons of mass destruction, and make annual reports to the President on the sale of arms from the United States to other countries, with an analysis of the impact of such sales on the defense of the United States and how such sales affect peace;
(12)
in consultation with the Secretary of State, develop strategies for sustainability and management of the distribution of international funds;
(13)
advise the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations on matters pertaining to the United Nations Security Council; and
(14)
support the implementation of international peacebuilding strategies through a balanced use of peacebuilding, diplomacy, development, and defense.
(d)
Membership of the Secretary of Peacebuilding on the National Security Council
Section 101(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(a)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (5), by striking and;
(2)
by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
(3)
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:


(6)
the Secretary of Peacebuilding; and
.
(e)
Human security responsibilities
The Secretary shall address and offer nonviolent conflict resolution strategies and suggest resources for unarmed civilian peacekeepers to the appropriate relevant parties on issues of human security if such security is threatened by conflict, whether such conflict is geographic, religious, ethnic, racial, or class-based in its origin, derives from economic concerns, or is initiated through disputes concerning scarcity of natural resources (such as water and energy resources), food, trade, or climate and environmental concerns.
(f)
Media-Related responsibilities
Respecting the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America and the requirement for free and independent media, the Secretary shall—
(1)
seek assistance in the design and implementation of nonviolent policies from media professionals;
(2)
study the role of the media in the escalation and de-escalation of conflict at domestic and international levels, including the role of fear-inducing and hate-inducing speech and actions, and making the findings of such study public; and
(3)
make recommendations to professional media organizations in order to provide opportunities to increase media awareness of peacebuilding initiatives.
(g)
Educational responsibilities
The Secretary shall—
(1)
with the support of, and in consultation with, the United States Institute of Peace, develop a peace education curriculum that includes studies of—
(A)
the civil rights movement in the United States and throughout the world, with special emphasis on the role of nonviolence and how individual endeavor and involvement have contributed to advancements in peace and justice;
(B)
peace agreements and circumstances in which peaceful intervention has worked to stop conflict; and
(C)
the patriarchal structure of society and the inherent violence of such structure in the shaping of relationships and institutions;
(2)
in consultation with the Secretary of Education—
(A)
commission the development of such curriculum and make such curriculum available to local school districts to enable the use of peace education objectives at pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, and secondary schools in the United States;
(B)
support in early childhood, pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education a well-resourced, balanced education that includes math, science, English, history, ethnic studies, social studies, health, physical education, foreign languages, the arts, and music that will prepare students for success in a globally interconnected world; and
(C)
offer incentives in the form of grants and training to encourage the development of State peace curricula and assist schools in applying for such grants and training;
(3)
work with educators to equip students to become skilled in achieving peace through reflection, and facilitate instruction in the ways of peaceful conflict resolution;
(4)
ensure that schools are nonviolence zones that provide a peaceful educational environment;
(5)
create school and community cultures where students and staff do not feel threatened and are free from bullying and harassment by developing and implementing curricula in nonviolent conflict resolution education for teachers, students, parents, the school community, and the community at large;
(6)
maintain a public website to solicit and receive ideas for the development of peace from the wealth of the politically, socially, and culturally diverse public;
(7)
proactively engage the critical thinking capabilities of students and teachers of pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education through the Internet and other media and issue periodic reports concerning any submissions from such students and teachers;
(8)
create and establish a Peace Academy that shall—
(A)
be modeled after the military service academies; and
(B)
provide a 4-year course of instruction in peace education, after which graduates will be required to serve 5 years in public service in programs dedicated to domestic or international nonviolent conflict resolution; and
(9)
provide grants for peace studies departments in institutions of higher education throughout the United States.
103.
Principal officers
(a)
Under Secretary of Peacebuilding
The President shall appoint an Under Secretary of Peacebuilding in the Department, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. During the absence or disability of the Secretary, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act as Secretary. The Secretary shall designate the order in which other officials of the Department shall act and perform the functions of the Secretary during the absence or disability of both the Secretary and Under Secretary or in the event of vacancies in both offices.
(b)
Additional positions
(1)
In general
The President shall appoint in the Department, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate—
(A)
an Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training;
(B)
an Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peacebuilding Activities;
(C)
an Assistant Secretary for International Peacebuilding Activities;
(D)
an Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace;
(E)
an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament;
(F)
an Assistant Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research;
(G)
an Assistant Secretary for Human and Economic Rights; and
(H)
a General Counsel.
(2)
Establishment of Inspector General of the Department of Peacebuilding
Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by inserting Peacebuilding, after Homeland Security,; and
(B)
in paragraph (2), by inserting Peacebuilding, after Homeland Security,.
(3)
Additional officers
The President shall appoint 4 additional officers in the Department, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The officers appointed under this paragraph shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall prescribe, including—
(A)
congressional relations functions;
(B)
public information functions, including providing, through the use of the latest technologies, useful information about peace and the work of the Department;
(C)
management and budget functions; and
(D)
planning, evaluation, and policy development functions, including development of policies to promote the efficient and coordinated administration of the Department and its programs and encourage improvements in conflict resolution and violence prevention.
(4)
Description of functions
In any case in which the President submits the name of an individual to the Senate for confirmation as an officer of the Department under this subsection, the President shall state the particular functions such individual will exercise upon taking office.
(c)
Authority of Secretary
Each officer described in this section shall report directly to the Secretary and shall, in addition to any functions vested in or required to be delegated to such officer, perform such additional functions as the Secretary may prescribe.
104.
Office of Peace Education and Training
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Peace Education and Training, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training. The Assistant Secretary for Peace Education and Training shall carry out those functions of the Department relating to the creation, encouragement, and impact of peace education and training at the pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, university, and postgraduate levels, and disseminate applicable policies and research in consultation with entities of the Department of Health and Human Services, including—
(1)
the Administration for Children and Families;
(2)
the Administration on Aging;
(3)
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and
(4)
the National Institutes of Health.
(b)
Peace curriculum
The Assistant Secretary of Peace Education and Training, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the United States Institute of Peace, nongovernmental organizations, public institutions, peace and conflict studies programs of institutions of higher education, and Federal agencies that provide effective peace training materials and curricula, shall support the development and dissemination of effective peace curricula and supporting materials for distribution to the State educational agency in each State and territory of the United States. Each peace curriculum shall include—
(1)
building communicative peace skills and nonviolent conflict resolution skills;
(2)
teaching and fostering compassion, empathy, tolerance, respect, inclusion, and forgiveness; and
(3)
promoting other objectives to increase the knowledge of peace processes.
(c)
Grants
The Assistant Secretary of Peace Education and Training shall—
(1)
provide peace education grants to institutions of higher education for the creation and expansion of peace studies departments and the education and training of teachers in peace studies; and
(2)
establish a grant program to be known as the Community Peace Block Grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit organizations and nongovernmental organizations for the purposes of developing innovative neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict resolution and creating local peacebuilding initiatives.
105.
Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Domestic Peacebuilding Activities, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting domestic peace activities, including the development of policies that increase awareness about intervention and counseling on domestic violence and conflict.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall—
(1)
develop policy and disseminate best practices from the field for the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse;
(2)
develop community-based strategies for celebrating diversity and promoting tolerance;
(3)
develop new policies and build upon existing proven programs to prevent the school-to-prison pipeline by promoting restorative and conflict resolution practices at pre-kindergarten, elementary, secondary, university, and post graduate levels and in police academies, with funding for teacher training in nonviolence, restorative practices, and conflict resolution;
(4)
develop new policies and build on existing proven programs—
(A)
to assist in the prevention of crime, including the development of community policing strategies, mindfulness and conflict de-escalation training, and other peaceful settlement skills among police and other public safety officers;
(B)
to assist in the re-entry into the community by individuals who have been incarcerated, including training in anger management, conflict resolution, peacebuilding skills, life skills, and educational and job skills;
(C)
to assist in creating strong and healthy families, including supporting mental health services, domestic violence prevention, gang prevention, anti-bullying programs, substance abuse prevention, and the development of parenting skills;
(D)
to provide restorative justice programs at all levels of the criminal justice system that bring together offenders, victims, and community members in an effort to repair the damage caused by criminal activity through accountability and rehabilitation;
(E)
to provide for training and deployment into neighborhoods of nonmilitary domestic conflict prevention and peacemaking personnel, including violence interrupters and civilian community peacekeepers;
(F)
to implement community-based policing to break down barriers between law enforcement officers and the people such officers serve; and
(G)
to encourage and facilitate formation of locally run and administered citizen’s boards to recommend any appropriate training as needed for working compassionately and effectively with local populations and to review and hold accountable actions of all local police departments in the United States;
(5)
promote informal and cultural exchanges between individuals and groups of proximate neighborhoods and regions to encourage understanding and acceptance; and
(6)
disseminate applicable policies and research in consultation with appropriate entities of—
(A)
the Department of Justice;
(B)
the Department of Health and Human Services;
(C)
the Department of State; and
(D)
the Department of Education.
(c)
Grants
The Assistant Secretary for Domestic Peacebuilding Activities shall create a grant program to be known as the Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental organizations for the purpose of developing domestic cultural exchanges, including exchanges relating to the arts and sports, that promote diplomacy and cultural understanding between neighborhoods and members of such neighborhoods.
106.
Office of International Peacebuilding Activities
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of International Peacebuilding Activities, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for International Peacebuilding Activities. The Assistant Secretary for International Peacebuilding Activities shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting international peace activities.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary for International Peacebuilding Activities shall—
(1)
develop new programs and promote existing proven programs to—
(A)
provide for the training and deployment of graduates of the Peace Academy established under section 102(g) and other nonmilitary conflict prevention and peacemaking personnel;
(B)
support national and regional conflict-prevention and dispute-resolution initiatives in countries experiencing social, political, or economic strife;
(C)
provide training for the administration of post-conflict reconstruction and demobilization in war-torn societies;
(D)
address root causes of violence;
(E)
eradicate extreme hunger and poverty;
(F)
achieve universal primary education; and
(G)
empower women and girls;
(2)
support the creation of a multinational nonviolent peace force;
(3)
provide for exchanges between individuals of the United States and other countries that are endeavoring to develop domestic and international peace-based initiatives; and
(4)
disseminate applicable policies and research in consultation with appropriate entities of—
(A)
the Department of State;
(B)
the Department of Labor;
(C)
the Peace Corps; and
(D)
the United States Institute of Peace.
(c)
Grants
The Assistant Secretary for International Peacebuilding Activities shall create a grant program to be known as the International Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to pre-kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental organizations for the purpose of developing international cultural exchanges, including exchanges related to the arts and sports, that promote diplomacy and cultural understanding between the United States and other countries.
107.
Office of Technology for Peace
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Technology for Peace, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace. The Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting the awareness, study, and impact of developing new technologies on the creation and maintenance of domestic and international peace, and disseminate applicable policies and research in consultation with appropriate entities of the Department of State.
(b)
Grants
The Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace shall make grants for the research and development of technologies in transportation, communications, agriculture, and energy that—
(1)
are nonviolent in application; and
(2)
encourage the conservation and sustainability of natural resources in order to prevent future conflicts regarding scarce resources.
108.
Office of Arms Control and Disarmament
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament. The Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting arms control programs and arms limitation agreements.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament shall—
(1)
advise the Secretary on interagency discussions and international negotiations, including discussions involving the Secretary of State, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Secretary of Defense, regarding the reduction and elimination of weapons of mass destruction throughout the world, including the dismantling of such weapons and the safe and secure storage of materials related thereto;
(2)
assist countries, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations in assessing the locations of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction;
(3)
develop nonviolent strategies to deter testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, whether based on land, air, sea, or in space;
(4)
serve as a depository for copies of all contracts, agreements, and treaties that address the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, or the protection of space from militarization;
(5)
provide technical support and legal assistance for the implementation of such contracts, agreements, and treaties;
(6)
disseminate applicable policies and research in consultation with appropriate entities of the Department of State and the Department of Commerce; and
(7)
address and support nuclear waste cleanup at Superfund Sites of former and present military bases in the United States and abroad.
109.
Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research shall carry out those functions in the Department affecting research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and nonviolent conflict resolution.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research shall—
(1)
commission or compile studies on the impact of war and other types of violence, especially on the physical and mental condition of children (using the 10-point anti-war agenda in the United Nations Children’s Fund report, State of the World’s Children 1996, as a guide) that shall include the study of the effect of war on the environment and public health;
(2)
compile information on effective community peacebuilding activities and disseminate such information to local governments and nongovernmental organizations in the United States and abroad;
(3)
commission or compile research on the effect of violence in the media and make such reports available to Congress annually;
(4)
commission or compile research on the effects of gun violence in the United States, and make such reports available to Congress annually;
(5)
publish a monthly journal of the activities of the Department and encourage scholarly participation;
(6)
sponsor conferences throughout the United States to create awareness of the work of the Department; and
(7)
where applicable, work to carry out the responsibilities under this subsection in consultation with the United States Institute of Peace and other governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including—
(A)
the Department of Health and Human Services;
(B)
the Department of Justice; and
(C)
the Department of State.
110.
Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Economic Rights shall carry out those functions in the Department that support the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Economic Rights shall—
(1)
assist the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, in furthering the incorporation of the principles of human rights, as enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into all agreements between the United States and other countries to help reduce the causes of violence;
(2)
consult with the Secretary of State, the Atrocities Prevention Board of the White House, and other similarly concerned governmental and nongovernmental organizations to gather information on and document domestic and international human rights abuses, including genocide, torture, human trafficking, child soldiers, and child labor, and recommend to the Secretary nonviolent responses to promote awareness, understanding, and correction of abuses;
(3)
make such information available to other governmental and nongovernmental organizations in order to facilitate nonviolent conflict resolution;
(4)
provide trained observers to work with nongovernmental organizations for purposes of creating a climate conducive to the respect for human rights;
(5)
conduct economic analyses of the scarcity of human and natural resources as a source of conflict and make recommendations to the Secretary for nonviolent prevention of such scarcity, nonviolent intervention in case of such scarcity, and the development of programs to assist people facing such scarcity, whether due to armed conflict, misdistribution of resources, or natural causes;
(6)
assist the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, in developing strategies regarding the sustainability and the management of the distribution of funds from international agencies, the conditions regarding the receipt of such funds, and the impact of those conditions on the peace and stability of the recipient countries;
(7)
assist the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, in developing strategies to promote full compliance with domestic and international labor rights law;
(8)
conduct policy analysis to ensure that the international development investments of the United States positively impact the peace and stability of the recipient country; and
(9)
disseminate policies and research in consultation with appropriate entities of the Department of State.
111.
Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace
(a)
In general
There shall be in the Department an advisory committee known as the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace (in this section referred to as the Council). The Council shall provide assistance and make recommendations to the President and the Secretary concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution.
(b)
Responsibilities
The Council shall—
(1)
provide a forum for representatives of the Federal Government and of State and local governments to discuss peace issues;
(2)
promote better intergovernmental relations and offer professional mediation services to ameliorate and resolve intergovernmental and intragovernmental conflict as needed, including elimination of inflammatory rhetoric; and
(3)
submit biennially, or more frequently if determined necessary by the Council, a report to the President, the Secretary, and Congress reviewing the impact of Federal peace activities on the Federal Government and on State and local governments.
(c)
Membership
The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Council.
112.
Federal Interagency Committee on Peace
(a)
Establishment
There is established a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace (in this section referred to as the Committee). The Committee shall—
(1)
assist the Secretary in providing a mechanism to assure that the procedures and actions of the Department and other Federal agencies are fully coordinated; and
(2)
study and make recommendations for assuring effective coordination of Federal programs, policies, and administrative practices affecting peace.
(b)
Membership
The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee.
113.
Staff
The Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary and the Department. Except as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be appointed in accordance with applicable laws and the compensation of such employees fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
114.
Consultation required
(a)
Consultation in cases of conflict and violence prevention
(1)
In general
In any case in which a conflict between the United States and any other government or entity is foreseeable, imminent, or occurring, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall consult with the Secretary of Peacebuilding concerning violence prevention, nonviolent means of conflict resolution, and peacebuilding.
(2)
Diplomatic initiatives
In any case in which a conflict described in paragraph (1) is ongoing or recently concluded, the Secretary shall conduct an independent study of diplomatic initiatives undertaken by the United States and other parties to such conflict.
(3)
Initiative assessment
In any case in which a conflict described in paragraph (1) has recently concluded, the Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of any initiatives in ending such conflict.
(4)
Consultation process
The Secretary shall establish a formal process of consultation in a timely manner with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council—
(A)
prior to the initiation of any armed conflict between the United States and any other country; and
(B)
for any matter involving the use of Department of Defense personnel within the United States.
(b)
Consultation in drafting treaties and agreements
The head of each appropriate Federal agency shall consult with the Secretary in drafting treaties and peace agreements.
115.
Collaboration
The Secretary shall, for the greatest effectiveness in promoting peace and peacebuilding, collaborate with all related programs in all Federal agencies.
II
OTHER MATTERS
201.
Legislative recommendations of the Secretary
Not later than 1 year after the date of the appointment of the first Secretary, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress proposed legislation containing any necessary and appropriate amendments to the laws of the United States to carry out the purposes of this Act.
202.
Peace Days
The Secretary shall encourage citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on Peace Days. Such days shall include discussions of the professional activities and the achievements in the lives of peacemakers.
203.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Department
The term Department means the Department of Peacebuilding established under section 101(a).
(2)
ESEA terms
The terms elementary school, secondary school, and State educational agency have the meaning given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(3)
Federal agency
The term Federal agency has the meaning given the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
(4)
Institution of higher education
The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
(5)
Nonprofit organization
The term nonprofit organization means an entity that—
(A)
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(B)
is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
(6)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Peacebuilding appointed under section 101(b).
204.
Authorization of appropriations
(a)
In general
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary.
(b)
Limitation on use of funds
Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), at least 85 percent shall be used for domestic peace programs, including administrative costs associated with such programs.


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