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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2229" measure-id="id116hr2229" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-04-10" update-date="2019-09-30">
<title>First Responders Passport Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr2229v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-09-30">
<action-date>2019-09-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>First Responders Passport Act of 2019 </strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of State to waive passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to travel abroad within the first seven days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from the natural disaster.</p> <p> The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hr2229v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-10-04">
<action-date>2019-04-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>First Responders Passport Act of 2019 </strong></p> <p>This bill waives passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster.</p> <p> The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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