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.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6376 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 23, 2020 Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (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) intro- duced 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR CER- 3 TAIN TRAVEL TO RETURN TO THE UNITED 4 STATES. 5 Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities 6 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) is amended by adding at 7 the end the following new subsection: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6376.IH H6376 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6376 IH ‘‘(e) In the case of a communicable disease for which 1 the Federal Government has issued a travel alert or travel 2 warning, the reimbursement requirements under sub- 3 sections (b)(2)(A)(ii) and (d) shall not apply.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6376.IH H6376 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS