[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5085 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5085


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            August 31, 2021

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority 
   for increased payments for temporary assistance to United States 
   citizens returned from foreign countries, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Repatriation Assistance 
for Returning Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2020, the total 
amount of such assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not 
exceed $10,000,000'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the 
total amount of such assistance provided during each such fiscal year 
shall not exceed $10,000,000''.
    (b) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--The amounts provided by the amendment made 
        by this section are designated as an emergency requirement 
        pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
        2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section and 
        the amendment made by this section are designated as an 
        emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
        Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
        budget for fiscal year 2022.

            Passed the House of Representatives August 24, 2021.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Gloria J. Lett,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.