[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3037 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3037

   To clarify that unmarried children of Vietnamese reeducation camp 
 internees are eligible for refugee status under the Orderly Departure 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

  Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Davis of 
  Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To clarify that unmarried children of Vietnamese reeducation camp 
 internees are eligible for refugee status under the Orderly Departure 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Victims of Communism Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.

    Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208; 110 
Stat. 3009-171) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting 
                ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
                purposes''; and
                    (B) by striking ``fiscal year 1997'' and inserting 
                ``fiscal years 1997 and 1998''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Aliens Covered.--
            ``(1) In general.--An alien described in this subsection is 
        an alien who--
                    ``(A) is the son or daughter of a qualified 
                national;
                    ``(B) is 21 years of age or older; and
                    ``(C) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of 
                the alien's parent for resettlement under the Orderly 
                Departure Program.
            ``(2) Qualified national.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `qualified national' means a national of Vietnam who--
                    ``(A)(i) was formerly interned in a reeducation 
                camp in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist 
                Republic of Vietnam; or
                    ``(ii) is the widow or widower of an individual 
                described in clause (i); and
                    ``(B)(i) qualified for refugee processing under the 
                reeducation camp internees subprogram of the Orderly 
                Departure Program; and
                    ``(ii) on or after April 1, 1995, is or has been 
                accepted--
                            ``(I) for resettlement as a refugee; or
                            ``(II) for admission as an immigrant under 
                        the Orderly Departure Program.''.
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