[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2504 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2504

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 10 (legislative day, May 9), 2002

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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,

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.
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