Sec. 1. Department of State arranged transportation for United States citizens evacuated from foreign countries due to COVID–19 pandemic
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Notwithstanding subsections (b)(2)(A)(ii) and
(d)of section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2671 ), the Secretary of State shall waive the expectation of repayment of any travel expenses incurred by the Department of State on or after January 1, 2020, on behalf of any United States citizen evacuated from a foreign country and repatriated to the United States in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. Any promissory note or obligation to repay an emergency repatriation loan signed by a United States citizen to reimburse the Department of State for travel expenses described in paragraph
(1)shall be null and void. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State shall reimburse any United States citizen who was evacuated from a foreign country on or after January 1, 2020, and repatriated to the United States on one or more flights chartered or arranged by the Department of State in response to the COVID–19 pandemic for any travel expenses directly associated with such flights. The Secretary of State shall develop an online process through which United States citizens may submit claims for reimbursement for travel expenses described in paragraph (1). There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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