3.0.0 3690 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-19 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-19T22:21:48Z To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to remove the reimbursement requirement for evacuation as a result of war, civil unrest, or natural disaster. 109 5828 HR 2006-07-18 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Related bill CRS To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to remove the reimbursement requirement for evacuation as a result of war, civil unrest, or natural disaster. 109 5873 HR 2006-07-24 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Related bill CRS 2006-07-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2006-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N International Affairs Airline passenger traffic Americans in foreign countries Arab-Israeli conflict Collection of accounts Emergency Management Evacuation of civilians Foreign service Israel Lebanon Middle East and North Africa Transportation and Public Works Travel costs International Affairs 00 2006-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-21T15:04:23Z Authorizes the Secretary of State to cover the costs of evacuating U.S. nationals from the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hezbollah hostilities that began in July 2006.

Directs the Secretary to seek reimbursement for the evacuation of private U.S. citizens or third-country nationals, with discretionary waiver authority in the case of: (1) an evacuated person for whom reimbursement would result in undue financial hardship; and (2) a person who is unable to obtain reimbursement or credit from an air carrier for the unused portion of a commercial round-trip air fare or otherwise use such air fare.

]]> A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to pay the costs of evacuating nationals of the United States from the Middle East in response to the hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that began in July 2006, and to require, except in limited circumstances, the reimbursement of such costs. Display Title A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to pay the costs of evacuating nationals of the United States from the Middle East in response to the hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that began in July 2006, and to require, except in limited circumstances, the reimbursement of such costs. Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to pay the costs of evacuating nationals of the United States from the Middle East in response to the hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that began in July 2006, and to require, except in limited circumstances, the reimbursement of such costs. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2006-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3690is/xml/BILLS-109s3690is.xml 2006-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.