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<dc:title>116 HR 2229 : First Responders Passport Act of 2019</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2019-09-25</dc:date>
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		<congress display="yes">116th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session>
		<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2229</legis-num>
		<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action><action-date date="20190925">September 25, 2019</action-date><action-desc> Received; read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country
			 suffering from a natural disaster.</official-title>
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 <section id="H389DD29894564C1E9560AA66EE7F810D" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>First Responders Passport Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H2214E805F115471FB50F503BEB62DF4E"><enum>2.</enum><header>Passports for first responders</header> <subsection id="H0AA0E20CD459492EA2904D819528E022"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/214">22 U.S.C. 214</external-xref>; 41 Stat. 750; commonly referred to as the <quote>Passport Act of 1920</quote>), is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting after <quote>to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member;</quote> the following: <quote>at the discretion of the Secretary, from an individual, including a volunteer, who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States Government to proceed abroad within the first 7 days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from such natural disaster;</quote>.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H4DAB947E777149EF9A4C64D9FD186DBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of the first full fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the number of waivers of fees for the execution and issuance of passports to first responders under section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, for such fiscal year.</text>
 </subsection></section><section id="HC114C686E6834EA6A86D4B1943D6DEDE"><enum>3.</enum><header>Determination of budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text>
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	<attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date chamber="House" date="20190924">Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2019.</attestation-date><attestor display="yes">Cheryl L. Johnson,</attestor><role>Clerk</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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