First Responders Passport Act of 2019

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2229 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations AN ACT 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Sep 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2229.RFS H2229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 2229 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘First Responders Pass- 2 port Act of 2019’’. 3 SEC. 2. PASSPORTS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1 of the 5 Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; 41 Stat. 750; com- 6 monly referred to as the ‘‘Passport Act of 1920’’), is 7 amended, in the third sentence, by inserting after ‘‘to at- 8 tend a funeral or memorial service for such member;’’ the 9 following: ‘‘at the discretion of the Secretary, from an in- 10 dividual, including a volunteer, who is operating under a 11 contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United 12 States Government to proceed abroad within the first 7 13 days after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suf- 14 fering from such natural disaster;’’. 15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the end 16 of the first full fiscal year after the date of the enactment 17 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 18 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa- 19 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen- 20 ate a report on the number of waivers of fees for the exe- 21 cution and issuance of passports to first responders under 22 section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by sub- 23 section (a) of this section, for such fiscal year. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Sep 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2229.RFS H2229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 HR 2229 RFS SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 1 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 2 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 3 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 4 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 5 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 6 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 7 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 8 vote on passage. 9 Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Sep 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2229.RFS H2229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS