The legislation to establish a U.S. Department of Peace was reintroduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on February 3, 2009 by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) and 62 Congressional cosponsors. Two additional cosponsors signed on after introduction, bringing the total number of supporters to 64. It was assigned the same bill number as in the previous Congress: HR 808.

This bill has some small but exciting changes. For example, it calls for 10 billion dollars to fund the Department, with 85 percent of funds designated to reduce and prevent violence here in the United States.

You can read the entire bill at http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/658/23/