This bill prohibits a federal department or agency from charging a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident a fee in exchange for evacuating them from a foreign country due to a military emergency.
To prohibit the United States Government from charging fees to citizens 
  or lawful permanent residents of the United States in exchange for 
 evacuation from a foreign country due to an emergency situation of a 
                military nature, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON GOVERNMENT FEES FOR EVACUATING UNITED STATES 
              PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES DUE TO EMERGENCY 
              SITUATIONS OF A MILITARY NATURE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that all United 
States citizens behind enemy lines should be rescued to the best 
ability of the United States Armed Forces.
    (b) Prohibition on Charge for Evacuation.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no Federal department or agency of the United 
States may charge any individual who is a citizen or lawful permanent 
resident of the United States a fee in exchange for providing the 
individual with an evacuation from a foreign country due to an 
emergency situation of a military nature.
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To prohibit the United States Government from charging fees to citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States in exchange for evacuation from a foreign country due to an emergency situation of a military nature, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the United States Government from charging fees to citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States in exchange for evacuation from a foreign country due to an emergency situation of a military nature, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the United States Government from charging fees to citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States in exchange for evacuation from a foreign country due to an emergency situation of a military nature, and for other purposes.
Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A.