Official Summaries

This bill authorizes the Department of State to waive the requirement for U.S. citizens to repay the costs of evacuation from foreign countries when their lives are endangered by war or acts of terrorism.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 270 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 270

 To authorize the waiver of costs of activities relating to evacuation 
  of United States citizens when their lives are endangered by war or 
                           acts of terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

 Mr. Dunn of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the waiver of costs of activities relating to evacuation 
  of United States citizens when their lives are endangered by war or 
                           acts of terrorism.

    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 WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE ENDANGERED BY 
              WAR OR ACTS OF TERRORISM.

    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 is authorized to waive the costs of activities relating to 
evacuation of United States citizens when their lives are endangered by 
war or acts of terrorism.''.
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