HAVANA Act of 2021
Sponsored By: Senator Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Became Law
Summary
Provides compensation for qualifying brain injuries to CIA and State Department personnel and eligible relatives. It creates a narrow, appropriation‑backed authority with definitions and rules for who may receive payments and how they are distributed.
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- CIA personnel and families: Payments may be made to covered employees, covered dependents, or other covered individuals for qualifying brain injuries. Payments are limited to funds Congress specifically appropriates and are distributed on a first‑come/first‑serve or pro rata basis.
- State Department employees and former staff: The law mirrors the CIA authority but expands who is eligible at State to include former employees and dependents of former employees and removes certain foreign duty‑station limits for defined categories.
- Rules, timing, and oversight: Agencies must issue implementing regulations within 180 days and notify Congress within 210 days. A classified report to appropriate congressional committees is required within 365 days and must include a year‑in‑review, budget/spend plan, total amounts paid and beneficiaries, plus an FY2023 obligation estimate due by March 1, 2022.
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Payments for CIA and State Department brain injuries
The law lets the CIA, State Department, and some other agencies pay covered employees, former employees, and dependents for qualifying brain injuries. Injuries can be before, on, or after the law took effect, and you do not need to be stationed in Cuba, China, or another foreign country. Payments use only money Congress approves just for this purpose; agencies pay first‑come or pro rata and cannot spend more than that amount. Agencies must publish fair rules within 180 days, alert Congress by day 210, and send a classified report by day 365 with a budget plan, totals, and people helped; they also had to estimate 2023 costs by March 1, 2022.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
ME • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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