A bill to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Aug 4, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-268.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2006
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2006
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2006
- To the PresidentAug 2, 2006
- Became lawAug 4, 2006Public Law 109-268
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 28, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends title IV of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to increase funds available to the Department of State for emergency evacuations, notwithstanding specified transfer restrictions.
Authorizes specified funds to be made available to cover the costs of facilitating the evacuation of persons from Lebanon on or after July 16, 2006.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jul 26, 2006 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Jul 26, 2006 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jul 26, 2006 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 4, 2006Signed by President.
- Aug 4, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-268.
- Aug 2, 2006Presented to President.
- Aug 1, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 31, 2006Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Jul 31, 2006Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8476; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S8476)
- Jul 28, 2006Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- Jul 28, 2006Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6029-6030)
- Jul 28, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
- Jul 28, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 27, 2006Received in the House.
- Jul 27, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 27, 2006Held at the desk.
- Jul 26, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Jul 26, 2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8321; text as passed Senate: CR S3721)
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 8, 2006S. 3741, An act to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2006</p>
- Aug 8, 2006S. 3741, An act to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposesCost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2006
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
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Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 1203 | Amendment allows the Secretary of State to access previously appropriated funds to cover the costs for evacuating citizens from Lebanon. | Frank R. Wolf R-VA | On agreeing to the Wolf amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Americans in foreign countries
- Appropriations
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of State
- Economics and Public Finance
- Evacuation of civilians
- Foreign service
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- Lebanon
- Middle East and North Africa
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jul 28, 2006Engrossed Amendment House
- Jul 26, 2006Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 26, 2006Considered and Passed Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.