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[CITE: 42USC1313]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1313. Assistance for United States citizens returned from 
        foreign countries
        

(a) Authorization; reimbursement; utilization of facilities of public or 
        private agencies and organizations

    (1) The Secretary is authorized to provide temporary assistance to 
citizens of the United States and to dependents of citizens of the 
United States, if they (A) are identified by the Department of State as 
having returned, or been brought, from a foreign country to the United 
States because of the destitution of the citizen of the United States or 
the illness of such citizen or any of his dependents or because of war, 
threat of war, invasion, or similar crisis, and (B) are without 
available resources.
    (2) Except in such cases or classes of cases as are set forth in 
regulations of the Secretary, provision shall be made for reimbursement 
to the United States by the recipients of the temporary assistance to 
cover the cost thereof.
    (3) The Secretary may provide assistance under paragraph (1) 
directly or through utilization of the services and facilities of 
appropriate public or private agencies and organizations, in accordance 
with agreements providing for payment, in advance or by way of 
reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, of the cost 
thereof. Such cost shall be determined by such statistical, sampling, or 
other method as may be provided in the agreement.

(b) Plans and arrangements for assistance; consultations

    The Secretary is authorized to develop plans and make arrangements 
for provision of temporary assistance within the United States to 
individuals specified in subsection (a)(1) of this section. Such plans 
shall be developed and such arrangements shall be made after 
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the 
Secretary of Defense. To the extent feasible, assistance provided under 
subsection (a) of this section shall be provided in accordance with the 
plans developed pursuant to this subsection, as modified from time to 
time by the Secretary.

(c) ``Temporary assistance'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``temporary assistance'' 
means money payments, medical care, temporary billeting, transportation, 
and other goods and services necessary for the health or welfare of 
individuals (including guidance, counseling, and other welfare services) 
furnished to them within the United States upon their arrival in the 
United States and for such period after their arrival, not exceeding 
ninety days, as may be provided in regulations of the Secretary; except 
that assistance under this section may be furnished beyond such ninety-
day period in the case of any citizen or dependent upon a finding by the 
Secretary that the circumstances involved necessitate or justify the 
furnishing of assistance beyond such period in that particular case.

(d) Maximum total amount of temporary assistance

    The total amount of temporary assistance provided under this section 
shall not exceed $1,000,000 during any fiscal year beginning after 
September 30, 1991.

(e) Authority of Secretary to accept gifts

    (1) The Secretary may accept on behalf of the United States gifts, 
in cash or in kind, for use in carrying out the program established 
under this section. Gifts in the form of cash shall be credited to the 
appropriation account from which this program is funded, in addition to 
amounts otherwise appropriated, and shall remain available until 
expended.
    (2) Gifts accepted under paragraph (1) shall be available for 
obligation or other use by the United States only to the extent and in 
the amounts provided in appropriation Acts.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1113, as added Pub. L. 87-64, 
title III, Sec. 302, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 142; amended Pub. L. 87-
543, title I, Sec. 133, July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 88-347, 
June 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 236; Pub. L. 90-36, Sec. 2, June 29, 1967, 81 
Stat. 94; Pub. L. 90-248, title V, Sec. 503, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 934; 
Pub. L. 91-41, Sec. 4, July 9, 1969, 83 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 92-40, July 1, 
1971, 85 Stat. 96; Pub. L. 94-44, Secs. 1, 2, June 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 
235; Pub. L. 101-382, title I, Sec. 140, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 654; 
Pub. L. 101-508, title V, Sec. 5056(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-
229.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 5056(a)(1), substituted 
``after September 30, 1991'' for ``on or after October 1, 1989''.
    Pub. L. 101-382 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, 
subsec. (d) read as follows: ``The total amount of temporary assistance 
provided under this section shall not exceed--
        ``(1) $8,000,000 during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, 
    and June 30, 1976, and the succeeding calendar quarter, or
        ``(2) $300,000 during any fiscal year beginning on or after 
    October 1, 1976.''
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 5056(a)(2), added subsec. (e).
    1975--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-44, Sec. 2, set a 90-day limit for 
assistance following arrival in the United States with provision for 
furnishing of assistance beyond the 90-day limit upon a finding by the 
Secretary that the circumstances involved necessitate or justify the 
furnishing of assistance in that particular case.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-44, Sec. 1, substituted provisions setting 
the maximum total amount of temporary assistance provided under this 
section for provisions prohibiting temporary assistance after June 30, 
1973.
    1971--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-40 extended termination date from June 
30, 1971, to June 30, 1973.
    1969--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-41 extended termination date from June 
30, 1969, to June 30, 1971.
    1968--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-248 extended termination date from 
June 30, 1968, to June 30, 1969.
    1967--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-36 extended termination date from June 
30, 1967, to June 30, 1968.
    1964--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 88-347 extended termination date from 
June 30, 1964, to June 30, 1967.
    1962--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87-543 extended termination date from 
June 30, 1962, to June 30, 1964.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 5056(b) of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1989.''
