[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6511 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6511

 To prohibit the United States from soliciting or accepting funds from 
  United States citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United 
   States as a condition of their repatriation from Israel and other 
   nations during the period of evacuation, as a result of the Hamas 
               terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2023

  Ms. Wilson of Florida (for herself and Mr. Gimenez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the United States from soliciting or accepting funds from 
  United States citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United 
   States as a condition of their repatriation from Israel and other 
   nations during the period of evacuation, as a result of the Hamas 
               terrorist attacks, 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 ``Justifiable Use of Money for Peace 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SOLICITATION OF REIMBURSEMENT.

    Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 4 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671), during the 
period of evacuation from Israel as a result of the Hamas terror 
attacks--
            (1) the Secretary of State shall waive any expectation of 
        repayment of any travel expenses incurred by the Department of 
        State on behalf of any United States citizen or lawful 
        permanent resident evacuated from Israel and repatriated to the 
        United States as a result of the Hamas terror attacks;
            (2) any promissory note or other obligation to repay an 
        emergency repatriation loan signed by a United States citizen 
        or a lawful permanent resident of the United States to 
        reimburse the Department of State for travel expenses described 
        in paragraph (1) shall be null and void; and
            (3) no Federal official or employee may solicit or accept 
        any amount from any individual who is a citizen of the United 
        States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, 
        whether in the form of a reimbursement or as any other 
        condition of using transportation provided by the United 
        States, to repatriate such individual to the United States.
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