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 PUBLIC LAW 101-604—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3083 retary of Transportation shall consider the necessity and feasibility of requiring United States carriers to collect passenger manifest information as a condition for passenger boarding of any flight subject to such requirement. (c) FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS.— The Secretary of Transportation shall consider a requirement for foreign air carriers comparable to that imposed pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a). (d) INFORMATION FROM UNITED STATES PASSPORTS. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent provided in appropriation Acts, for each fiscal year not more than $5,000,000 in passport fees collected by the Department of State may be credited to a Department of State account. Amounts credited to such account shall be available only for the costs associated with the acquisition and production of machine-readable United States passports and visas and compatible reading equipment. Amounts credited to such account are authorized to remain available until expended. (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents contained in the first section of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended by striking the item relating to section 410 and inserting the following: "Sec. 410. Passenger manifest.". SEC. 204. DEPARTMENT OF STATE NOTIFICATION OF FAMILIES OF 22 USC 5503. VICTIMS. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICY.—It is the policy of the Department of State pursuant to section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act to directly and promptly notify the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad concerning citizens of the United States directly affected by such a disaster, including timely written notice. The Secretary of State shall ensure that such notification by the Department of State is carried out notwithstanding notification by any other person. (h) DEPARTMENT OF STATE GUIDEUNES. —Not later than 60 days Regulations, after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue such regulations, guidelines, and circulars as are necessary to ensure that the policy under subsection (a) is fully implemented. SEC. 205. DESIGNATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT-FAMILY LIAISON AND 22 USC 5504. TOLL-FREE FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. (a) DESIGNATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT-FAMILY LIAISON.—Not Regulations. later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue such rules and guidelines as are necessary to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster directly involving United States citizens abroad, if possible, the Department of State will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department of State liaison for the family of each such citizen. (b) TOLL-FREE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. — In the establishment of the Department of State toll-free communications system to facilitate inquiries concerning the affect of any disaster abroad on United States citizens residing or traveling abroad, the Secretary of State shall ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the exclusive use of the families of citizens who have been determined to be directly involved in any such disaster.

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