A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to pay the costs of evacuating nationals of the United States from the Middle East in response to the hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that began in July 2006, and to require, except in limited circumstances, the reimbursement of such costs.
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Latest Action · July 19, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Authorizes the Secretary of State to cover the costs of evacuating U.S. nationals from the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hezbollah hostilities that began in July 2006.
Directs the Secretary to seek reimbursement for the evacuation of private U.S. citizens or third-country nationals, with discretionary waiver authority in the case of: (1) an evacuated person for whom reimbursement would result in undue financial hardship; and (2) a person who is unable to obtain reimbursement or credit from an air carrier for the unused portion of a commercial round-trip air fare or otherwise use such air fare.
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