[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1336 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1336

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2003

 Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and 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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