[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3750 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3750

 To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to 
        aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2015

   Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
Comstock, Mr. Royce, Mr. Engel, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Marino, and Mr. 
  Lowenthal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to 
        aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``First Responders Passport Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. PERSONS EXCUSED FROM PAYMENT OF FEES FOR EXECUTION AND ISSUANCE 
              OF PASSPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1 of the Passport Act of 
June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214), is amended, in the third sentence, by 
inserting after ``to attend a funeral or memorial service for such 
member;'' the following: ``from an individual who has contracted with 
the United States Government, including a volunteer, who is proceeding 
abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural 
disaster as authorized by the Secretary;''.
    (b) Report.--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.
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