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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (192096)	7/19/2006 4:39:32 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Did the 2002 Congress redo the 1956 bill? I hope Pelosi's nose is rubbed in the vote especially if she signed it... govtrack.us SEC. 201. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SERVICES. Section 4(b)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows: ``(A) the evacuation when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster of-- ``(i) United States Government employees and their dependents; and ``(ii) private United States citizens or third-country nationals, on a reimbursable basis to the maximum extent practicable, with such reimbursements to be credited to the applicable Department of State appropriation and to remain available until expended, except that no reimburse- ment under this clause shall be paid that is greater than the amount the person evacuated would have been charged for a reasonable commercial air fare immediately prior to the events giving rise to the evacuation;''. H. R. 1646--13 88888888888888888 and then this news article saying that Condi Rice had waived the old 1956 law.... Message 22635696 Maura Harty, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, said that a 1956 law requires that the State Department be reimbursed. <b/>She added that Americans unable to pay could sign a voucher to reimburse the government. "No U.S. citizen will not be boarded because they left their checkbook or credit card at home," Harty said. "I need to get people out of harm's way first, and that's what we're going to do." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi criticized the billing policy, accusing the government of "quibbling over payment" rather than finding the most expeditious means of getting Americans out of harm's way. "A nation that can provide more than $300 billion for a war in Iraq can provide the money to get its people out of Lebanon," the California Democrat said in a statement earlier Tuesday.