Justifiable Use of Money for Peace Act

Bill: 118-hr-6511
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2023-11-29
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Justifiable Use of Money for Peace Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the U.S. government from charging U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents for their evacuation during the period of evacuation from Israel as a result of the Hamas terrorist attacks.</p><p>Specifically, the Department of State must waive repayment for travel expenses incurred on behalf of such an individual as part of the evacuation from Israel. Similarly, no federal employee may solicit or accept funds from such an individual as a condition of using government-provided transportation to repatriate the individual to the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6511 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 29, 2023 Ms. Wilson of Florida (for herself and Mr. Gimenez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the United States from soliciting or accepting funds from United States citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States as a condition of their repatriation from Israel and other nations during the period of evacuation, as a result of the Hamas terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justifiable Use of Money for Peace Act . 2. Prohibition on solicitation of reimbursement Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2671 ), during the period of evacuation from Israel as a result of the Hamas terror attacks— (1) the Secretary of State shall waive any expectation of repayment of any travel expenses incurred by the Department of State on behalf of any United States citizen or lawful permanent resident evacuated from Israel and repatriated to the United States as a result of the Hamas terror attacks; (2) any promissory note or other obligation to repay an emergency repatriation loan signed by a United States citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States to reimburse the Department of State for travel expenses described in paragraph (1) shall be null and void; and (3) no Federal official or employee may solicit or accept any amount from any individual who is a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, whether in the form of a reimbursement or as any other condition of using transportation provided by the United States, to repatriate such individual to the United States.