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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.