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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3741 

To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from 

Lebanon, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 26, 2006 

Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third 

time, and passed 

A BILL 

To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of 

persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FUNDING AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 

5 (1) AUTHORITY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination 

7 by the Secretary of State described in subpara8 graph (B), the Secretary may transfer to the 

9 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 

10 Service’’ account from unobligated amounts in 


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1 any account under the ‘‘Administration of For2 eign Affairs’’ heading such sums as may be nec3 essary— 

4 (i) to cover the costs of facilitating the 

5 evacuation under section 4 of the State 

6 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of persons from Lebanon 

8 on or after July 16, 2006; and 

9 (ii) to replenish the ‘‘Emergencies in 

10 the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ ac11 count up to the level of funding that ex12 isted in such account on July 15, 2006. 

13 (B) DETERMINATION.—A determination 

14 referred to in subparagraph (A) is a determina15 tion that additional funding for the ‘‘Emer16 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv17 ice’’ account is necessary as a result of the ex18 traordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation 

19 under section 4 of the State Department Basic 

20 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of 

21 persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 

22 2006. 

23 (C) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Amounts 

24 transferred under subparagraph (A) shall be 

25 merged with amounts in the ‘‘Emergencies in 


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1 the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ account, 

2 and shall be available for the same purposes, 

3 and subject to the same conditions and limita4 tions, as amounts in such account. 

5 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

7 under subparagraph (B), not later than 5 days 

8 before transferring funds under paragraph (1), 

9 the Secretary of State shall notify the appro10 priate congressional committees of the proposed 

11 transfer. 

12 (B) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES WAIVER.— 

13 The Secretary may waive the requirement 

14 under subparagraph (A) if exigent cir15 cumstances exist. In the event of such a waiver, 

16 the Secretary shall provide notice of the trans17 fer of funds to the appropriate congressional 

18 committees as early as practicable, but in no 

19 event later than 3 days after such transfer, in20 cluding an explanation of the circumstances ne21 cessitating such waiver. 

22 (C) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM23 MITTEES DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 

24 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

25 means the Committee on Foreign Relations and 


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1 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

2 and the Committee on International Relations 

3 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 (b) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Amounts appro6 priated or otherwise made available by chapter 8 of title 

7 II of division B of Public Law 109–148 under the heading 

8 ‘‘EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

9 SERVICE’’ and any other unobligated amounts in the 

10 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ 

11 account may be made available to cover the costs of facili12 tating the evacuation under section 4 of the State Depart13 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of 

14 persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006. 

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