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This Act may be cited as the . COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. Title I—Enhancing Protection of American Citizens Abroad During A Pandemic Sec. 111. Administration of foreign affairs diplomatic and consular programs. Sec. 112. Authority to waive reimbursement requirements related to certain evacuations. Sec. 113. Operationalizing expedient American Citizen Services during the COVID–19 pandemic:
Intracountry travel. Sec. 114. Operationalizing expedient American Citizen Services during the COVID–19 pandemic: Consular affairs, task forces, and regulations. Sec. 115. Consular affairs and repatriation resources of the Department of State. Sec. 116. After action reports and worldwide remote American Citizen Services drills. Title II—Global Programming and Authorities Subtitle A—United States Leadership and Multilateral Issues Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on transnational cooperation in support of pandemic preparedness and response.
Sec. 202. Multilateral leadership and assistance to international organizations. Sec. 203. Authorization for United States participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Sec. 204. Supporting humanitarian and development assistance related to COVID–19 response through the United States combatant commands. Sec. 205. United States Government actions to detect and prevent global pandemics. Sec. 206. Additional authorities. Sec. 207. Support for efforts of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria to respond to COVID–19.
Subtitle B—International Economic Pandemic Response Sec. 211. Sense of Congress on building resilience. Sec. 212. Financial support for pandemic preparedness and global health security. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress on the United States International Development Finance Corporation. Sec. 214. Prohibition on the transfer of sovereign loan guarantees to the United States International Development Finance Corporation. Sec. 215. Surge financing mechanism. Sec. 216. Sense of Congress on contributions to the Currency Exchange Fund.
Sec. 217. Sense of Congress on bilateral debt restructuring. Sec. 218. Clearing World Bank Group arrears. Subtitle C—Refugee, Humanitarian, and Migration Provisions Sec. 231. Protection of refugees and asylum seekers. Sec. 232. Humanitarian assistance to countries affected by the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 233. Addressing threats to women and girls in the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 234. Safeguarding democracy and human rights during the COVID–19 pandemic. Subtitle D—Other Regional Matters Sec. 241.
Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza related to the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 242. Preventing the spread of COVID–19 at the United States-Mexico border. Sec. 243. Limitations on removal of foreign nationals. Sec. 244. Sense of Congress on ensuring that sanctions do not inhibit the provision of humanitarian relief to Iran. Sec. 245. Sense of Congress on clarifying that sanctions do not inhibit the provision of humanitarian relief to Venezuela. Sec. 246. Sense of Congress on ensuring that sanctions do not inhibit the provision of humanitarian relief to the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.
Sec. 247. Sense of Congress on relations with the European Union. Sec. 248. International financial institution assistance for COVID–19 recovery efforts in Sudan. Title III—United States Government Organization and Authorities Subtitle A—Enhancing United States Government Response to Pandemics Sec. 301. Roles for United States Agency for International Development, Department of State, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 302. Enhanced support for global health security.
Sec. 303. Global health security strategy and reports. Sec. 304. Requirement to consult with Congress before restricting travel to or from the United States. Sec. 305. Sense of Congress on using a scientific term for COVID–19. Subtitle B—Other United States Government Authorities Sec. 311. Sense of Congress on provision of personal protective equipment to United States Government personnel overseas. Sec. 312. Report on COVID–19 infection risk mitigation procedures. Sec. 313. Extension of expiring immigration statuses and employment authorization.
Sec. 314. Sense of Congress on helping foreign assistance recipients mitigate effects from loss of operations and economic disruption related to the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 315. Sense of Congress on disinformation about COVID–19. Sec. 316. United States Agency for Global Media. Sec. 317. Global Engagement Center. Sec. 318. Pandemic unemployment assistance for Peace Corps volunteers. Sec. 319. Additional paid leave to employees of certain independent agencies involved in the conduct of foreign affairs.
Sec. 320. Millennium Challenge Corporation compact extensions. Sec. 321. Annual National Intelligence Estimate and briefing on novel diseases and pandemic threats. Sec. 322. Applicability of Government in the Sunshine Act.