Congress moves to protect Peace Corps volunteers

WASHINGTON — Con­gress has responded to com­plaints that the U.S. Peace Corps has not done enough to pro­tect its vol­un­teers from sex­ual assaults, with leg­is­la­tion requir­ing the agency to train par­tic­i­pants bet­ter in how to avoid attacks. The House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives voted 406–0 Tues­day to pass the bill and send it to Pres­i­dent Barack Obama for his sig­na­ture. The Sen­ate passed it by voice vote in September.