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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8368 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8368

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 21, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT

 
    To establish a Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts in the 
              Department of State, 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 ``Coordinator for Afghan Relocation 
Efforts Authorization Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall appoint a 
Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (``Coordinator''), who shall 
be responsible for--
            (1) relocating and resettling eligible Afghan allies and 
        facilitating the departure of United States citizens and lawful 
        permanent residents who request United States assistance to 
        leave Afghanistan, except that the Coordinator shall prioritize 
        the facilitation of such departures before the relocation or 
        resettlement of allies; and
            (2) working with other offices of the Department of State, 
        as well as with appropriate counterparts at other Federal 
        departments and agencies, to ensure integrated United States 
        support for such relocation efforts.
    (b) Authorities.--The Coordinator is authorized--
            (1) to enter into personal services contracts for a period 
        ending not later than the date described in section 3;
            (2) to extend and maintain through such date personal 
        services contracts entered into pursuant to the authority 
        provided by section 2401 of the Afghanistan Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-43);
            (3) to hire temporary personnel who are United States 
        citizens, except that to the extent possible the Coordinator 
        should use Foreign Service limited appointments to fill such 
        positions both in the United States and abroad in accordance 
        with section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
        3949); and
            (4) subject to the availability of appropriations--
                    (A) to accept, in the form of reimbursement or 
                transfer, amounts from other Federal departments or 
                agencies as appropriate to carry out the duties 
                described in subsection (a); and
                    (B) to reimburse such other departments or agencies 
                as the Coordinator may determine appropriate to carry 
                out such duties.
    (c) Detailees and Assignees.--Any Federal Government employee may 
be detailed or assigned to the Office of the Coordinator, with or 
without reimbursement, consistent with applicable laws and regulations 
regarding such employee, and such detail or assignment shall be without 
interruption or loss of status or privilege.
    (d) Notification With Respect to Transfers of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The Coordinator shall notify the 
        appropriate congressional committees of each use of the 
        transfer authority made available under subsection (b)(4)(A) 
        not later than 15 days before the completion of such transfer.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

SEC. 3. SUNSET.

    This Act and the authorities provided by this Act shall terminate 
on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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