Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 64 — United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad
§ 5504. Designation of State Department-family liaison and toll-free family communications system
Statutory text
Designation of State Department-family liaison
Not later than 60 days after , the Secretary of State shall issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster directly involving United States citizens abroad, if possible, the Department of State will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department of State liaison for the family of each such citizen.
Toll-free communications system
In the establishment of the Department of State toll-free communications system to facilitate inquiries concerning the affect of any disaster abroad on United States citizens residing or traveling abroad, the Secretary of State shall ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the exclusive use of the families of citizens who have been determined to be directly involved in any such disaster.
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.
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–604 title II § 205 · 104 Stat. 3066
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5504
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 205, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3083.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 205, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3083.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 205. DESIGNATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT-FAMILY LIAISON AND TOLL-FREE FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. (a) Designation of State Department-Family Liaison.— Not Regulations. later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster directly involving United States citizens abroad, if possible, the Department of State will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department of State liaison for the family of each such citizen. (b) Toll-Free Communications System.— In the establishment of the Department of State toll-free communications system to facilitate inquiries concerning the affect of any disaster abroad on United States citizens residing or traveling abroad, the Secretary of State shall ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the exclusive use of the families of citizens who have been determined to be directly involved in any such disaster.
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