[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 3741 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        S.3741

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
  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) Increase in Available Funds for Emergency Evacuations.--
Notwithstanding the transfer restrictions under section 402 of the 
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-108), the second proviso under the headings 
``DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY - DEPARTMENT OF STATE - 
Administration of Foreign Affairs - diplomatic and consular programs'' 
is amended by striking ``$4,000,000'' and inserting ``$19,000,000''.
    (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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.