[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3750 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3750


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2015

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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. PASSPORTS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

    (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 is operating under a 
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States 
Government, including a volunteer, who is proceeding abroad to aid a 
foreign country suffering from a natural disaster as determined 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.