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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1313. Assistance for United States citizens returned from foreign countries
(a) Authorization; reimbursement; utilization of facilities of
public or private agencies and organizations
(1) The Secretary is authorized to provide temporary assistance
to citizens of the United States and to dependents of citizens of
the United States, if they (A) are identified by the Department of
State as having returned, or been brought, from a foreign country
to the United States because of the destitution of the citizen of
the United States or the illness of such citizen or any of his
dependents or because of war, threat of war, invasion, or similar
crisis, and (B) are without available resources.
(2) Except in such cases or classes of cases as are set forth in
regulations of the Secretary, provision shall be made for
reimbursement to the United States by the recipients of the
temporary assistance to cover the cost thereof.
(3) The Secretary may provide assistance under paragraph (1)
directly or through utilization of the services and facilities of
appropriate public or private agencies and organizations, in
accordance with agreements providing for payment, in advance or by
way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, of the
cost thereof. Such cost shall be determined by such statistical,
sampling, or other method as may be provided in the agreement.
(b) Plans and arrangements for assistance; consultations
The Secretary is authorized to develop plans and make
arrangements for provision of temporary assistance within the
United States to individuals specified in subsection (a)(1) of this
section. Such plans shall be developed and such arrangements shall
be made after consultation with the Secretary of State, the
Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense. To the extent
feasible, assistance provided under subsection (a) of this section
shall be provided in accordance with the plans developed pursuant
to this subsection, as modified from time to time by the Secretary.
(c) "Temporary assistance" defined
For purposes of this section, the term "temporary assistance"
means money payments, medical care, temporary billeting,
transportation, and other goods and services necessary for the
health or welfare of individuals (including guidance, counseling,
and other welfare services) furnished to them within the United
States upon their arrival in the United States and for such period
after their arrival, not exceeding ninety days, as may be provided
in regulations of the Secretary; except that assistance under this
section may be furnished beyond such ninety-day period in the case
of any citizen or dependent upon a finding by the Secretary that
the circumstances involved necessitate or justify the furnishing of
assistance beyond such period in that particular case.
(d) Maximum total amount of temporary assistance
The total amount of temporary assistance provided under this
section shall not exceed $1,000,000 during any fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 2003.
(e) Authority of Secretary to accept gifts
(1) The Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States
gifts, in cash or in kind, for use in carrying out the program
established under this section. Gifts in the form of cash shall be
credited to the appropriation account from which this program is
funded, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated, and shall
remain available until expended.
(2) Gifts accepted under paragraph (1) shall be available for
obligation or other use by the United States only to the extent and
in the amounts provided in appropriation Acts.
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