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[H.R. 1840 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 154
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1840

                          [Report No. 107-254]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2001

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

                            October 29, 2001

                    Additional sponsor: Ms. Lofgren

                            October 29, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 255 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 
(section 255 of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113, appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A-460) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``and 2001,'' 
        and inserting ``2001, 2002, and 2003,'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``except 
        as provided in subsection (d), on or after April 1, 1995,''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking subsection (d).</DELETED>

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.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 154

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1840

                          [Report No. 107-254]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 29, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed