22 U.S.C. § 5506 — Department of State responsibilities and procedures at international disaster site
submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-604 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 329 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of State must set procedures for sending senior officials, staffing disaster sites, helping families, and deploying crisis teams when international disasters involve United States citizens.
(a) Senior official. Within 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary must issue rules and guidelines ensuring that, when an international disaster—especially an aviation tragedy—involves significant numbers of United States citizens abroad, at least one senior Bureau of Consular Affairs officer is sent to the site.
(b) Staffing criteria. Within 60 days, the Secretary must issue criteria for staffing disaster sites abroad. The criteria must assign responsibility for staffing decisions and consider crisis-team deployment under (d). The Secretary must promptly issue rules and guidelines implementing the criteria.
(c) Ombudsman. Within 60 days, the Secretary must issue rules ensuring that, when an international aviation disaster involves significant numbers of United States citizens abroad, at least one Department officer or employee goes to the site to help families who visit and act as an ombudsman with foreign local-government authorities and social-service agencies. This section does not define “ombudsman.”
(d) Crisis teams. Within 60 days, the Secretary must issue procedures for deploying a “crisis team,” which may include public-affairs, forensic, and bereavement experts, to an international disaster involving United States citizens abroad to add to Embassy and consulate staff. The Secretary must promptly issue implementing rules and guidelines. This section does not define “crisis team.”
Not later than 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to provide that in the event of an international disaster, particularly an aviation tragedy, directly involving significant numbers of United States citizens abroad not less than one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State shall be dispatched to the site of such disaster.
Not later than 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall promulgate criteria for Department of State staffing of disaster sites abroad. Such criteria shall define responsibility for staffing decisions and shall consider the deployment of crisis teams under subsection (d). The Secretary of State shall promptly issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to implement criteria developed pursuant to this subsection.
Not later than 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to provide that in the event of an international aviation disaster involving significant numbers of United States citizens abroad not less than one officer or employee of the Department of State shall be dispatched to the disaster site to provide on-site assistance to families who may visit the site and to act as an ombudsman in matters involving the foreign local government authorities and social service agencies.
Not later than 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall promulgate procedures for the deployment of a “crisis team”, which may include public affairs, forensic, and bereavement experts, to the site of any international disaster involving United States citizens abroad to augment in-country Embassy and consulate staff. The Secretary of State shall promptly issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to implement procedures developed pursuant to this subsection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 207, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3084.)
- 1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-604 · 104 Stat. 3084
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