Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5895
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2020-02-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Department of State

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Emergency planning and evacuation

Executive agency funding and structure

Government lending and loan guarantees

Natural disasters
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the loan repatriation program, which requires persons who need to be evacuated from foreign countries during situations such as war or natural disasters to reimburse the U.S. government for certain evacuation costs. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5895 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2020 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. McGovern ) 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 eliminate the repatriation loan program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020 . 2. Elimination of repatriation loans by Department of State Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2671 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii), by striking , on a reimbursable basis to the maximum extent practicable, with such reimbursements to be credited to the applicable Department of State appropriation and to remain available until expended, except that no reimbursement under this clause shall be paid that is greater than the amount the person evacuated would have been charged for a reasonable commercial air fare immediately prior to the events giving rise to the evacuation ; and (2) by striking subsection (d).