[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 484 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.484
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to
nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War
POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those
nationals assist in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs
alive.
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 ``Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.
(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in
the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the
application of that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection
(a) to--
(1) any alien who--
(A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, or any
of the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
(B) personally delivers into the custody of the United
States Government a living American Vietnam War POW/MIA; and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in
paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American vietnam war pow/mia.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the term ``American Vietnam War POW/MIA'' means an individual--
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within the
meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code)
in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such
title and this subsection) as a result of the Vietnam War;
or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section 5561(2)
of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of
the Vietnam War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual
with respect to whom it is officially determined under section
552(c) of title 37, United States Code, that such individual is
officially absent from such individual's post of duty without
authority.
(2) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with respect
to the Vietnam War, means the status of an individual as a result
of the Vietnam War if immediately before that status began the
individual--
(A) was performing service in Vietnam; or
(B) was performing service in Southeast Asia in direct
support of military operations in Vietnam.
(3) Vietnam war.--The term ``Vietnam War'' means the conflict
in Southeast Asia during the period that began on February 28,
1961, and ended on May 7, 1975.
SEC. 3. AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.
(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in
the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the
application of that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection
(a) to--
(1) any alien--
(A) who is a national of North Korea, China, or any of the
independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
(B) who personally delivers into the custody of the United
States Government a living American Korean War POW/MIA; and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in
paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American korean war pow/mia.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the term ``American Korean War POW/MIA'' means an individual--
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within the
meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code)
in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such
title and this subsection) as a result of the Korean War;
or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section 5561(2)
of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of
the Korean War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual
with respect to whom it is officially determined under section
552(c) of title 37, United States Code, that such individual is
officially absent from such individual's post of duty without
authority.
(2) Korean war.--The term ``Korean War'' means the conflict on
the Korean peninsula during the period that began on June 27, 1950,
and ended January 31, 1955.
(3) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with respect
to the Korean War, means the status of an individual as a result of
the Korean War if immediately before that status began the
individual--
(A) was performing service in the Korean peninsula; or
(B) was performing service in Asia in direct support of
military operations in the Korean peninsula.
SEC. 4. BROADCASTING INFORMATION ON THE ``BRING THEM HOME ALIVE''
PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The International Broadcasting Bureau shall
broadcast, through WORLDNET Television and Film Service and Radio,
VOA-TV, VOA Radio, or otherwise, information that promotes the
``Bring Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act to foreign
countries covered by paragraph (2).
(2) Covered countries.--The foreign countries covered by
paragraph (1) are--
(A) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, and North Korea; and
(B) Russia and the other independent states of the former
Soviet Union.
(b) Level of Programming.--The International Broadcasting Bureau
shall broadcast--
(1) at least 20 hours of the programming described in
subsection (a)(1) during the 30-day period that begins 15 days
after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) at least 10 hours of the programming described in
subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter during the period
beginning with the first calendar quarter that begins after the
date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(c) Availability of Information on the Internet.--The International
Broadcasting Bureau shall ensure that information regarding the ``Bring
Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act is readily available
on the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau.
(d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that RFE/RL,
Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient of Federal
grants that engages in international broadcasting to the countries
covered by subsection (a)(2) should broadcast information similar to
the information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1).
(e) Definition.--The term ``International Broadcasting Bureau''
means the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States
Information Agency or, on and after the effective date of title XIII of
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained
in division G of Public Law 105-277), the International Broadcasting
Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``independent states of the former Soviet
Union'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the FREEDOM
Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.