Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8807
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2022-09-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2022</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This bill eliminates the Department of State's repatriation loan program.&nbsp; The program currently authorizes the State Department to loan funds to private U.S. citizens and third-country nationals for emergency evacuation from foreign countries where their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disasters, rather than expending appropriated funds.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8807 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 13, 2022 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 2022 . 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).