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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6798 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide internet at residences owned or leased by the United States |
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| 6 | 6 | | Government in foreign countries for the use of Department of State |
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| 7 | 7 | | personnel, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | DECEMBER14, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ASTROof Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide internet at residences owned or leased by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | United States Government in foreign countries for the |
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| 16 | 16 | | use of Department of State personnel, and for other |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet at Hardship 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Posts Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. INTERNET AT HARDSHIP POSTS. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended— 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Jan 23, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6798.IH H6798 |
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| 27 | 27 | | khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 6798 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | serting a semicolon; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) in subsection (m) by striking the period at 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the end and by inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(n) pay expenses to provide internet services in resi-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | dences owned or leased by the United States Government 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in foreign countries for the use of Department personnel 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | where Department personnel receive a post hardship dif-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ferential equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | compensation.’’. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Æ |
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| 43 | 43 | | khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS |
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