Recently enacted laws

H.R. 5085 · 117th Congress · enacted

Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act

Became Public Law No: 117-39.

Latest official action 2021-08-31 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act This bill increases the maximum amount of funding available in FY2021 and FY2022 for temporary assistance for U.S. citizens and their dependents who are returning from foreign countries due to a crisis and are without available resources. Under current law, the Department of Health and Human Services may provide assistance such as money payments and medical care to these individuals on a temporary basis. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending that is exempt from pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules and other budget enforcement procedures.

Congressional Research Service · 2021-08-31

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.

No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500

Richard E. Neal · Sponsor · $10,000

Danny K. Davis · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
SAMMONS ENTERPRISES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$10,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC)$10,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)$10,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
AMSTED INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED PAC$10,000
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$10,000
AVANGRID POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$10,000

Richard E. Neal · Sponsor · $5,000

Danny K. Davis · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
CME GROUP INC. PAC$10,000
COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC.$10,000
DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
DELTA AIR LINES PAC$10,000
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EQUITABLE PAC)$10,000
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)$10,000
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AEROSPACE EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GE AEROSPACE PAC)$10,000
GOOGLE LLC NETPAC$10,000
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$10,000
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC$10,000
HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IRI PAC)$10,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$10,000
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
KIDSPAC$10,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$10,000
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA LINCOLN FINANCIAL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, FEDERAL LFGPAC)$10,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,000

Richard E. Neal · Sponsor · $5,000

Danny K. Davis · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM$10,000
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000

The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.

What happened after enactment?

Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.

Measured outcome: not established

Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.