S3047-118

Introduced

To award payments to employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 1950 to 1976, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 17, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To award payments to employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 1950 to 1976, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers 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, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Air America Act of 2023.
  • Section id816567952eef4fceb6d5d17257d38a6b: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Air America and its affiliated companies, in coordination with the Central Intelligence Agency, provided direct and...
  • Section ide85b283aa4be499bbade5740a6ec2062: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term affiliated company, with respect to Air America, includes Air Asia Company Limited, CAT Incorporated, Civil Air Transport...
  • Section ida91a39b9528e4896a54660d77983d33d: 4. Award authorized to eligible persons Subject to the limitation in subsection (d), the Director shall provide an award payment of $40,000 under this section—...
  • Section idf2a3e837fd4d40f2a2118b5985c2f226: 5. Funding limitation The total amount of awards granted under this Act may not exceed $60,000,000. If, at the determination of the Director, the amount of...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To award payments to employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 1950 to 1976, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To award payments to employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 1950 to 1976, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 17, 2023

Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"qualifying service" §ide85b283aa4be499bbade5740a6ec2062

service that— was performed by a United States citizen as an employee of Air America or an affiliated company during the period beginning on January 1, 1950, and ending on December 31, 1976

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