A bill to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3741
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Appropriations
Arab-Israeli conflict
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of State
Economics and Public Finance
Evacuation of civilians
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Reprogramming of appropriated funds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of State, upon a determination that additional funding for the Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service account (Account) is necessary as a result of the extraordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006, to transfer to the Account from unobligated amounts in any Administration of Foreign Affairs account necessary sums to: (1) cover the costs of such evacuations; and (2) replenish the Account to the July 15, 2006, funding level.
 
States that transferred amounts shall be merged with Account amounts, and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as Account amounts. 
 
Directs the Secretary to notify the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives at least five days prior to any proposed transfer. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement if exigent circumstances exist, but requires the Secretary to notify the Committees no later than three days after such transfer.
 
Authorizes specified funds to be made available for such evacuation costs. 

action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Secretary of State, upon a determination that additional funding for the Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service account (Account) is necessary as a result of the extraordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006, to transfer to the Account from unobligated amounts in any Administration of Foreign Affairs account necessary sums to: (1) cover the costs of such evacuations; and (2) replenish the Account to the July 15, 2006, funding level.
 
States that transferred amounts shall be merged with Account amounts, and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as Account amounts. 
 
Directs the Secretary to notify the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives at least five days prior to any proposed transfer. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement if exigent circumstances exist, but requires the Secretary to notify the Committees no later than three days after such transfer.
 
Authorizes specified funds to be made available for such evacuation costs. 

action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Amends title IV of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to increase funds available to the Department of State for emergency evacuations, notwithstanding specified transfer restrictions.
 
 Authorizes specified funds to be made available to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.

action_date: 2006-08-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends title IV of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to increase funds available to the Department of State for emergency evacuations, notwithstanding specified transfer restrictions.
 
 Authorizes specified funds to be made available to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-04
text: Became Public Law No: 109-268.
action_date: 2006-08-04
text: Became Public Law No: 109-268.
action_date: 2006-08-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-08-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8476; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S8476)
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8476; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S8476)
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6029-6030)
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8321; text as passed Senate: CR S3721)
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8321; text as passed Senate: CR S3721)
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 109-268