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[H.R. 1840 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1840

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters 
                     of certain Vietnamese refugees.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.

    (a) Eligibility for In-Country Refugee Processing in Vietnam.--For 
purposes of eligibility for in-country refugee processing for nationals 
of Vietnam during fiscal years 2002 and 2003, an alien described in 
subsection (b) shall be considered to be a refugee of special 
humanitarian concern to the United States (within the meaning of 
section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and 
shall be admitted to the United States for resettlement if the alien 
would be admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (except as provided in section 207(c)(3) of that Act).
    (b) Aliens Covered.--An alien described in this subsection is an 
alien who--
        (1) is the son or daughter of a qualified national;
        (2) is 21 years of age or older; and
        (3) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of the alien's 
    parent for resettlement under the Orderly Departure Program or 
    through the United States Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.
    (c) Qualified National.--The term ``qualified national'' in 
subsection (b)(1) means a national of Vietnam who--
        (1)(A) was formerly interned in a re-education camp in Vietnam 
    by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; or
        (B) is the widow or widower of an individual described in 
    subparagraph (A);
        (2)(A) qualified for refugee processing under the Orderly 
    Departure Program re-education subprogram; and
        (B) is or was accepted under the Orderly Departure Program or 
    through the United States Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City--
            (i) for resettlement as a refugee; or
            (ii) for admission to the United States as an immediate 
        relative immigrant; and
        (3)(A) is presently maintaining a residence in the United 
    States or whose surviving spouse is presently maintaining such a 
    residence; or
        (B) was approved for refugee resettlement or immigrant visa 
    processing and is awaiting departure formalities from Vietnam or 
    whose surviving spouse is awaiting such departure formalities.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.