American Students Abroad Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1575 To direct the Secretary of State to make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention copies of consular reports of death of United States citizens, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 21, 2019 Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion copies of consular reports of death of United States citizens, 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. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Students 4 Abroad Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1575.IS S1575 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1575 IS SEC. 2. COPIES OF CONSULAR REPORTS OF DEATH OF U.S. 1 CITIZENS ABROAD TO BE MADE AVAILABLE 2 TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 3 AND PREVENTION. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall make 5 available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- 6 trol and Prevention for each calendar quarter a copy of 7 each report described in subsection (b) that is issued dur- 8 ing the preceding calendar quarter. 9 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in 10 this subsection is a report issued by a United States em- 11 bassy or consulate relating to the death of a United States 12 citizen in a foreign country upon receipt by the embassy 13 or consulate of the foreign death certificate or finding of 14 death by a local competent authority. 15 SEC. 3. SURVEILLANCE BY CDC OF DEATHS OF UNITED 16 STATES CITIZENS ABROAD. 17 The Public Health Service Act is amended by insert- 18 ing after section 317T of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–22) 19 the following: 20 ‘‘SEC. 317U. SURVEILLANCE OF DEATHS OF UNITED STATES 21 CITIZENS ABROAD. 22 ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 23 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand 24 and intensify the programs and activities of the Centers 25 for surveillance of deaths of United States citizens occur- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1575.IS S1575 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1575 IS ring abroad, including through the use of the reports made 1 available to the Director pursuant to section 2 of the 2 American Students Abroad Act.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1575.IS S1575 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS