109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3741
To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons
from Lebanon, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 26, 2006
Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. BIDEN, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. LEAHY) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time,
and passed
A BILL
To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons
from Lebanon, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FUNDING AUTHORITY.
(A) IN GENERAL- Upon a determination by the Secretary of State described
in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may transfer to the `Emergencies
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service' account from unobligated amounts
in any account under the `Administration of Foreign Affairs' heading
such sums as may be necessary--
(i) to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation under section
4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2671) of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006; and
(ii) to replenish the `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service' account up to the level of funding that existed in such account
on July 15, 2006.
(B) DETERMINATION- A determination referred to in subparagraph (A) is
a determination that additional funding for the `Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service' account is necessary as a result of
the extraordinary costs of facilitating the evacuation under section
4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671)
of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.
(C) TREATMENT OF FUNDS- Amounts transferred under subparagraph (A) shall
be merged with amounts in the `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service' account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and
subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such account.
(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT-
(A) IN GENERAL- Except as provided under subparagraph (B), not later
than 5 days before transferring funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary
of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the
proposed transfer.
(B) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES WAIVER- The Secretary may waive the requirement
under subparagraph (A) if exigent circumstances exist. In the event
of such a waiver, the Secretary shall provide notice of the transfer
of funds to the appropriate congressional committees as early as practicable,
but in no event later than 3 days after such transfer, including an
explanation of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.
(C) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED- In this paragraph,
the term `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
(b) Use of Certain Funds- Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
by chapter 8 of title II of division B of Public Law 109-148 under the heading
`emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service' and any other unobligated
amounts in the `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service' account
may be made available to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation
under section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2671) of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.
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