Pub. L. 117-39 - Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act

117th Congress

Affects: 2 U.S.C. §§ 933; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1313

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act”.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS.

(a) Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended by striking “fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000” and inserting “fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the total amount of such assistance provided during each such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000”.

(b)(1) The amounts provided by the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

(b)(2) In the Senate, this section and the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5085:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021):

Aug. 24, considered and passed House.

Aug. 31, considered and passed Senate.