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“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S788-S789 on Feb. 17.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
S. 3677. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 3677
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act''.
SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.
Section 502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6)) is amended by inserting ``and section 416'' after ``section 408''.
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By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun,
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Hyde-Smith,
Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr.
Sullivan, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 3681. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 3681
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF DISSENT CABLES RELATING
TO WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
FROM AFGHANISTAN.
(a) Submission of Classified Dissent Cables to Congress.-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress any classified Department of State cable or memo that expresses a dissenting recommendation or opinion with respect to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
(b) Public Availability of Unclassified Dissent Cables.-- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public an unclassified version of any such cable or memo.
(c) Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.--The name and any other personally identifiable information of an author of a cable or memo referred to in subsection (a) shall be redacted before submission under that subsection or publication under subsection (b).
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