[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 367 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 367

     To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2003

 Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cox, 
Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Royce, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Delahunt, and 
  Mr. Kirk) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.

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

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to ensure that North Koreans are not 
barred from eligibility for refugee status or asylum in the United 
States on account of any legal right to citizenship they may enjoy 
under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. This Act is not 
intended in any way to prejudice whatever rights to citizenship North 
Koreans may enjoy under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF NATIONALS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
              KOREA.

    For purposes of eligibility for refugee status under section 207 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), or for asylum 
under section 208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), a national of the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea shall not be considered a 
national of the Republic of Korea.
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