Act of Congress for relief of Americans in Mexico
Chap. 244.—An Act making an appropriation for the relief and transportation of destitute American citizens in Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the relief of destitute American citizens in Mexico, including transportation to their homes in the United States, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $300,000, to be expended under the direction and within the discretion of the Secretary of State, and to be available for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen: Provided, That American citizens to whom relief is extended or transportation is furnished hereunder shall pay to or reimburse the United States all reasonable expenses so incurred, respectively, on their account, if financially able to do so.