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House Bill 2168
115th Congress(2017-2018)
First Responders Passport Act of 2017
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Introduced in House on Apr 26, 2017
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H. R. 2168 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2168


To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 26, 2017

Mr. Issa (for himself, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Beyer, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Royce of California, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Duncan of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “First Responders Passport Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Passports for first responders.

(a) In general.—Subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; 41 Stat. 750; commonly referred to as the “Passport Act of 1920”), is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting after “to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member;” the following: “from an individual who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States Government, including a volunteer, who is proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster as determined by the Secretary;”.

(b) Report.—Not later than 90 days after the end of the first full fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the number of waivers of fees for the execution and issuance of passports to first responders under section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, for such fiscal year.