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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2703a. Emergency back-up care

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary and the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development are authorized to provide for unanticipated non-medical care, including dependent child and eldercare, and essential services directly related to caring for an acute injury or illness, for USAID and Department employees and their family members, including through the provision of such non-medical services, referrals to care providers, and reimbursement of reasonable expenses for such services.

(b)

Limitation

Services provided pursuant to this section shall not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of State Authorization Act of 2023

    Pub. L. 118–31 div. F title LXII § 6223 · 137 Stat. 136

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2703a

    (Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6223, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 979.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6223, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 979.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 6223. EMERGENCY BACK-UP CARE. (a) In General.— The Secretary and the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development are authorized to provide for unanticipated non-medical care, including dependent child and eldercare, and essential services directly related to caring for an acute injury or illness, for USAID and Department employees and their family members, including through the provision of such non-medical services, referrals to care providers, and reimbursement of reasonable expenses for such services. (b) Limitation.— Services provided pursuant to this section shall not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

For definitions of “Secretary” and “Department” as used in this section, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6223, , 137 Stat. 979.)

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