A new bill has been introduced by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) with nine co-sponsors. The bill creates a 15-member, bipartisan Executive Commission appointed by the President to study the impact of U.S. laws and Executive actions on the overseas Americans community. The study would be used to make recommendations for actions Congress and the Executive Branch could take to improve collaboration and communication of policies impacting this community. I have been living abroad for over twenty years and raised tri-national children in this environment. The world is truly "flattening" and it is time the governments of the world actually understood the issues that affect our community.
According to the Association of Americans Resident Abroad (AARO), "it has been over thirty years since the government did a comprehensive study of the overseas community, now estimated by the State Department to number 6.3 million. H.R.597 will make it possible to examine the impacts of U.S. laws and regulations on voting from overseas, transmission of U.S. citizenship, competitiveness in international markets, access to financial services abroad and more. In today's global economy, it is indispensable that this key population be taken into account in the formulation of U.S. policy".
For more information on the proposed bill and how to support it, go to: American Citizens Abroad.
Now is the time to act! Please share this important information with other overseas Americans.