To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to exempt the reimbursement for certain travel to return to the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6376
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Government lending and loan guarantees

Transportation costs

Travel and tourism
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill waives certain requirements related to Department of State travel reimbursement and loan programs in the event that the federal government has issued a travel alert or warning related to a communicable disease. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill waives (1) a limitation specifying that the amount of reimbursement for the evacuation of a private individual may not be greater than the amount that the evacuee would have paid for reasonable commercial airfare immediately prior to the events giving rise to the evacuation; and (2) various requirements related to State Department repatriation loans, such as those requiring the borrower to provide a verifiable address and Social Security number when applying.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6376 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2020 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Neguse , Mr. Nadler , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Sherman , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Omar , Mr. Schiff , and Mr. Espaillat ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to exempt the reimbursement for certain travel to return to the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption of reimbursement for certain travel to return to the United States Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2671 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) In the case of a communicable disease for which the Federal Government has issued a travel alert or travel warning, the reimbursement requirements under subsections (b)(2)(A)(ii) and (d) shall not apply. .