HR5955-118

In Committee

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a repatriation grant program.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 13, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a repatriation grant program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H520F9995DA6F4679AED0B0775F9E6ABA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Return Act.
  • Section HEE60C2C04CBC42C1AD7DC6DD23AB93BD: 2. Repatriation grant program Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) is amended— in subsection (b)(2)— in...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a repatriation grant program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a repatriation grant program., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Oct 13, 2023

Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Finance Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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