; and (B) work to ensure that reporting continues amidst operational challenges on the ground. 317. Global Engagement Center (a) Findings Congress finds that the Global Engagement Center has initiated efforts to combat disinformation related to COVID–19. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Global Engagement Center should— (1) be funded entirely through the regular Department of State budget instead of through the existing Department of Defense transfer authority mechanism in order to best execute its mission; (2) continue its efforts to expose and counter state and non-state sponsored misinformation regarding COVID–19, including by coordinating with relevant Federal agencies with expertise in public health and infectious diseases; and (3) prioritize the recruitment of senior foreign service officers into its rank to help integrate the Center’s work into broader Department of State efforts. (c) Hiring authorities For a period not to exceed three years following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State may appoint employees to carry out the functions of the Global Engagement Center, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, and may fix the basic compensation of such employees without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title. 318. Pandemic unemployment assistance for Peace Corps volunteers (a) In general Section 2102 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— (A) in subclause (I)(kk), by striking or at the end; (B) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end and inserting or ; and (C) by inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclause: (III) is a Peace Corps volunteer whose period of service in the Peace Corps was terminated during the period beginning on February 1, 2020, and ending on March 21, 2020, as a result of being evacuated from abroad in response to the COVID–19 pandemic; and