[20200331]IF11484_美国海外归国公民遣返计划.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov March 31, 2020U.S. Repatriation Program for Citizens Returned from AbroadIntroduction Section 1113 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1313) permanently authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide temporary aid to certain repatriated U.S. citizens and their dependents. Eligible citizens must (1) be without available resources and (2) be identified by the Department of State (DOS) as having returned (or been brought) from a foreign country because the citizen was destitute, because the citizen (or dependent) was ill, or because of war, threat of war, invasion, or a similar crisis. Temporary aid is generally provided as a loan. The Social Security Amendments of 1961 (P.L. 87-64) established the program, following the repatriation of a “substantial number of American citizens from Cuba” (S.Rept. 87-425). Jurisdiction has traditionally been exercised by the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Federal Administration Since August 2018, the program has been operated by the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) within the HHS Administration for Children and Families (A