[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6553

To require the waiver of costs of activities relating to the evacuation 
  of United States citizens endangered by acts of terrorism or war in 
     Israel instigated by Hamas and other Islamist militant groups.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2023

Mr. Magaziner (for himself, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Balint, Ms. Lois Frankel of 
  Florida, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Manning, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Lee of 
   Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the waiver of costs of activities relating to the evacuation 
  of United States citizens endangered by acts of terrorism or war in 
     Israel instigated by Hamas and other Islamist militant groups.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF COSTS OF ACTIVITIES RELATING TO EVACUATION OF 
              UNITED STATES CITIZENS ENDANGERED BY ACTS OF TERRORISM OR 
              WAR IN ISRAEL INSTIGATED BY HAMAS AND OTHER ISLAMIST 
              MILITANT GROUPS.

    Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2671) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) With regard to the repatriations loan program, the Secretary 
of State shall waive the costs of activities related to the evacuation 
of United States citizens endangered by acts of terrorism or war in 
Israel instigated by Hamas and other Islamist militant groups on 
October 7, 2023, through November 17, 2023, to include the evacuation 
of United States citizens on United States Government-coordinated 
transport, from Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and affected 
countries, including Cyprus.''.
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