Reading Room Document

Applicability of the Antideficiency Act to the Peace Corps

This document discusses the applicability of the Antideficiency Act to the Peace Corps and ACTION, specifically whether the Director of the Peace Corps is considered the "head of an agency" within the Act. The conclusion reached is that the Peace Corps is an agency that is an "independent establishment" and the Director of the Peace Corps is the head of an agency under the Antideficiency Act. The document presents questions regarding the definition of "independent establishment" and "agency" within the Act, and whether the budgetary responsibilities should fall to the Director of ACTION or no one if the Director of the Peace Corps is not considered the head of an agency.

June 18, 1979