[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2229 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2229


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2019

     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 
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: ``at the discretion of the Secretary, from an 
individual, including a volunteer, who is operating under a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States Government to 
proceed abroad within the first 7 days after a natural disaster to aid 
a foreign country suffering from such natural disaster;''.
    (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.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.