A bill to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes.

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends title IV of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to increase funds available to the Department of State for emergency evacuations, notwithstanding specified transfer restrictions.

Authorizes specified funds to be made available to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.

[109th Congress Public Law 268]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 109-268
109th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons 
   from Lebanon, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Aug. 4, 2006 -  [S. 
                                3741]>> 

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

SECTION 1. FUNDING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Increase in Available Funds for Emergency Evacuations.--
Notwithstanding the transfer restrictions under section 402 of the 
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-108), the second proviso under the headings 
``DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY - DEPARTMENT OF STATE - 
Administration of Foreign Affairs - diplomatic and consular 
programs'' <<NOTE: 119 Stat. 2319.>> is amended by striking 
``$4,000,000'' and inserting ``$19,000,000''.

    (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.

    Approved August 4, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3741:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
            July 26, considered and passed Senate.
            July 28, considered and passed House, amended.
            July 31, Senate concurred in House amendment.

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