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HR 5895 116th Congress House International Affairs Conflicts and wars Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Natural disasters

Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020

Introduced: February 13, 2020 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 13, 2020
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Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020

This bill eliminates the loan repatriation program, which requires persons who need to be evacuated from foreign countries during situations such as war or natural disasters to reimburse the U.S. government for certain evacuation costs.

What's happening now February 13, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
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Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 7, 2020
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Chu, Judy
California · Apr 7, 2020
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 7, 2020
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Costa, Jim
California · Apr 7, 2020
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 7, 2020
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Apr 7, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 26, 2020
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5895: Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5895/
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"H.R. 5895: Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5895/.
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H.R. 5895, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5895/.
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