[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2229 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2229

 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

                             April 10, 2019

  Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Weber of Texas, Mr. Connolly, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Graves of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Posey, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
 Mr. McGovern, Mr. Schweikert, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. 
   Swalwell of California) 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 
2019''.

SEC. 2. PASSPORTS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act of June 4, 
1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; 41 Stat. 750; commonly referred to as the 
``Passport Act of 1920''), 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.
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