{"format":1,"id":"117-s-1828","congress":117,"number":"S. 1828","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency who incur qualifying injuries to the brain, to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Department of State who incur similar injuries, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency who incur qualifying injuries to the brain, to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Department of State who incur similar injuries, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-46","introduced":"2021-05-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-09-21","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h265","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"HAVANA Act","result":"Passed","yea":427,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll265.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2021-06-07","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3963-3965)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2021-10-08"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-46.","date":"2021-10-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-10-08","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021 or the HAVANA Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill specifically authorizes the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and other agencies to provide payments to agency personnel who incur brain injuries from hostilities while on assignment."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill allows agency personnel and their families to receive payments for brain injuries that are incurred (1) during a period of assignment to a foreign or domestic duty station; (2) in connection with war, insurgency, hostile acts, terrorist activity, or other agency-designated incidents; and (3) not as the result of willful misconduct."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill's authority applies to injuries incurred before, on, or after the date of the bill's enactment. Agencies must submit classified reports on the bill's implementation, including the number of payments made and the amount of each payment."},{"k":"p","t":"Since 2016, some intelligence, diplomatic, and other governmental personnel have reported experiencing unusual cognitive and neurological impairments while on assignment (particularly abroad), the source of which is currently under investigation. Symptoms were first reported by personnel stationed in Cuba and have since been collectively referred to as Havana Syndrome."}],"words":187},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Authorizes the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of State and certain other agency heads to make payments for qualifying injuries to the brain, subject to appropriations, and requires related regulations and reports to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idEAE026655A50412F9AA39D42C27D34EF:~:text=2.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Central"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idFC37014A4ED446FBAC164456F3DAE327:~:text=3.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Department"}]},"core_areas":["Central Intelligence Agency payments for qualifying brain injuries","Department of State and other agency payments for qualifying brain injuries","Regulations and classified reports to congressional committees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 19A of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to let the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency pay a covered dependent, a covered employee and a covered individual for a qualifying injury to the brain, even if the assigned duty station is not in a foreign country.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idEAE026655A50412F9AA39D42C27D34EF:~:text=2.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Central"}},{"text":"Allows payments only from amounts appropriated in advance specifically for them in that fiscal year, and bars total obligations from exceeding the amount specifically appropriated.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idEAE026655A50412F9AA39D42C27D34EF:~:text=2.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Central"}},{"text":"Allows CIA payments for a qualifying injury to the brain that occurs before, on, or after the date of enactment, as the Director considers appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idEAE026655A50412F9AA39D42C27D34EF:~:text=2.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Central"}},{"text":"Requires the CIA Director to prescribe regulations within 180 days of enactment, including criteria for payment, and to submit them to the appropriate congressional committees within 210 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idEAE026655A50412F9AA39D42C27D34EF:~:text=2.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Central"}},{"text":"Amends section 901 of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 to let the Secretary of State or another agency head pay for a qualifying injury to the brain, whether or not the duty station is in Cuba, China or another foreign country.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idFC37014A4ED446FBAC164456F3DAE327:~:text=3.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Department"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State and each other paying agency head to submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional committees within 365 days of enactment on use of the payment authority, including amounts expended and number of recipients.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idFC37014A4ED446FBAC164456F3DAE327:~:text=3.%20Authority%20to%20pay%20personnel%20of%20Department"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr#idA37381CE5CA546269BB32B57CD858642:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"},"heading":"Short title","effect":"Gives the Act the short title \"HAVANA Act of 2021\", an acronym that refers to a place name; the full title is \"Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021\".","amount":null,"quote":"the “Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021” or the “HAVANA Act of 2021”"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-1828.png","v":"b049645135b6","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 1828, 117th Congress: HAVANA Act of 2021. House: 427 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 8 Oct 2021."}}