[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3741 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3741

 To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons 
                 from Lebanon, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2006

    Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Biden, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Leahy) 
 introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read 
                       the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons 
                 from Lebanon, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FUNDING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Transfer Authority.--
            (1) Authority.--
                    (A) In general.--Upon a determination by the 
                Secretary of State described in subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary may transfer to the ``Emergencies in the 
                Diplomatic and Consular Service'' account from 
                unobligated amounts in any account under the 
                ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' heading such sums 
                as may be necessary--
                            (i) to cover the costs of facilitating the 
                        evacuation under section 4 of the State 
                        Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
                        U.S.C. 2671) of persons from Lebanon on or 
                        after July 16, 2006; and
                            (ii) to replenish the ``Emergencies in the 
                        Diplomatic and Consular Service'' account up to 
                        the level of funding that existed in such 
                        account on July 15, 2006.
                    (B) Determination.--A determination referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) is a determination that additional 
                funding for the ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and 
                Consular Service'' account is necessary as a result of 
                the extraordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation 
                under section 4 of the State Department Basic 
                Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of persons 
                from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.
                    (C) Treatment of funds.--Amounts transferred under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be merged with amounts in the 
                ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' 
                account, and shall be available for the same purposes, 
                and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as 
                amounts in such account.
            (2) Notification requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided under 
                subparagraph (B), not later than 5 days before 
                transferring funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                of State shall notify the appropriate congressional 
                committees of the proposed transfer.
                    (B) Exigent circumstances waiver.--The Secretary 
                may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if 
                exigent circumstances exist. In the event of such a 
                waiver, the Secretary shall provide notice of the 
                transfer of funds to the appropriate congressional 
                committees as early as practicable, but in no event 
                later than 3 days after such transfer, including an 
                explanation of the circumstances necessitating such 
                waiver.
                    (C) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--
                In this paragraph, the term ``appropriate congressional 
                committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Relations 
                and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
                the Committee on International Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
    (b) Use of Certain Funds.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by chapter 8 of title II of division B of Public Law 109-148 
under the heading ``emergencies in the diplomatic and consular 
service'' and any other unobligated amounts in the ``Emergencies in the 
Diplomatic and Consular Service'' account may be made available to 
cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation under section 4 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of 
persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.
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