American Students Abroad Act

Bill: 115-hr-4411
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Government information and archives

Health information and medical records

Higher education

International exchange and broadcasting
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>American Students Abroad Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of State to make available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for each calendar quarter a copy of the report issued by a U.S. embassy or consulate relating to the overseas death of a U.S. citizen. </p> <p>The Public Health Service Act is amended to direct the CDC to expand its surveillance programs of U.S. citizen deaths abroad, including through the use of the reports made available pursuant to the Ravi Thackurdeen Travel Safety Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4411 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2017 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention copies of consular reports of death of United States citizens, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Students Abroad Act . 2. Copies of Consular Reports of Death of U.S. Citizens Abroad to be made available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (a) In general The Secretary of State shall make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each calendar quarter a copy of each report described in subsection (b) that is issued during the preceding calendar quarter. (b) Report described The report described in this subsection is a report issued by a United States embassy or consulate relating to the death of a United States citizen in a foreign country upon receipt by the embassy or consulate of the foreign death certificate or finding of death by a local competent authority. 3. Surveillance by CDC of deaths of United States citizens abroad The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–22 ) the following: 317U. Surveillance of deaths of United States citizens abroad The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand and intensify the programs and activities of the Centers for surveillance of deaths of United States citizens occurring abroad, including through the use of the reports made available to the Director pursuant to section 2 of the Ravi Thackurdeen Travel Safety Act. .