[115th Congress Public Law 57]
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Public Law 115-57
115th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority 
     for increased fiscal year 2017 and 2018 payments for temporary 
       assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign 
           countries. <<NOTE: Sept. 12, 2017 -  [H.R. 3732]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Emergency Aid to 
American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act. 42 USC 1305 
note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Aid to American Survivors 
of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND 
                    2018 FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES 
                    CITIZENS RETURNED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year 2010'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        years 2017 and 2018''; and
            (2) by striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        such fiscal year''.

    (b) Emergency Designation.--The amounts made available by the 
amendments made by subsection (a) 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)).

    Approved September 12, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3732:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
            Sept. 11, considered and passed House and Senate.

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