109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3741

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. FUNDING AUTHORITY.

2 (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—

3 (1) AUTHORITY.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination

5 by the Secretary of State described in subpara6 graph (B), the Secretary may transfer to the

7 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular

8 Service’’ account from unobligated amounts in

9 any account under the ‘‘Administration of For10 eign Affairs’’ heading such sums as may be

11 necessary—

12 (i) to cover the costs of facilitating the

13 evacuation under section 4 of the State

14 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

15 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of persons from Lebanon

16 on or after July 16, 2006; and

17 (ii) to replenish the ‘‘Emergencies in

18 the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ ac19 count up to the level of funding that ex20 isted in such account on July 15, 2006.

21 (B) DETERMINATION.—A determination

22 referred to in subparagraph (A) is a determina23 tion that additional funding for the ‘‘Emer24 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv25 ice’’ account is necessary as a result of the ex26 traordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation
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1 under section 4 of the State Department Basic

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

3 persons from Lebanon on or after July 16,

4 2006.

5 (C) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Amounts

6 transferred under subparagraph (A) shall be

7 merged with amounts in the ‘‘Emergencies in

8 the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ account,

9 and shall be available for the same purposes,

10 and subject to the same conditions and limita11 tions, as amounts in such account.

12 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided

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

15 before transferring funds under paragraph (1),

16 the Secretary of State shall notify the appro17 priate congressional committees of the proposed

18 transfer.

19 (B) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES WAIVER.—

20 The Secretary may waive the requirement

21 under subparagraph (A) if exigent cir22 cumstances exist. In the event of such a waiver,

23 the Secretary shall provide notice of the trans24 fer of funds to the appropriate congressional

25 committees as early as practicable, but in no
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1 event later than 3 days after such transfer, in2 cluding an explanation of the circumstances ne3 cessitating such waiver.

4 (C) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM5 MITTEES DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the

6 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’

7 means the Committee on Foreign Relations and

8 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate

9 and the Committee on International Relations

10 and the Committee on Appropriations of the

11 House of Representatives.

12 (b) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Amounts appro13 priated or otherwise made available by chapter 8 of title

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

15 ‘‘EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

16 SERVICE’’ and any other unobligated amounts in the

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

18 account may be made available to cover the costs of facili19 tating the evacuation under section 4 of the State Depart-
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1 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) of

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

Passed the Senate July 26, 2006.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3741

AN ACT

To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacupurposes. ation of persons from Lebanon, and for other