1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020”.
Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to eliminate the repatriation loan program, and for other purposes.
2. Elimination of repatriation loans by Department of State
Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) is amended—
in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii), by striking “, 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 reimbursement 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”; and
by striking subsection (d).