Does any one have a link to the actual law that requires U.S.

[rzemanfl]

citizens to pay for their evacuation from a war zone?

[LA lady]

1. #5

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2397727&mesg_id=2397743

[rzemanfl]

2. Thank you. There is no mention in the law of a promissory note

and reimbursement is limited to the cost a commercial airline ticket at its price before the crisis . I assume this would be cost of the short flight from Lebanon to Cyprus. As usual the * administration blew it and looks like the bunch of incompetent assholes they are.

SEC. 201. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SERVICES.

Section 4(b)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:

`(A) the evacuation when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster of--

`(i) United States Government employees and their dependents; and

`(ii) private United States citizens or third-country nationals, on a reimbursable basis to the maximum extent practicable, with such reimbursements to be credited to the applicable Department of State appropriation and to remain available until expended, except that no reimbursement under this clause shall be paid that is greater than the amount the person evacuated would have been charged for a reasonable commercial air fare immediately prior to the events giving rise to the evacuation;'.

[LA lady]

3. It could be worse!

I would be thankful they don't have to pay in advance.

[rzemanfl]

4. The government can loan citizens money to get home. That's

in a different part of the law. Most of these folks don't need a loan, they need a ride out of a war zone.