[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3714-S3715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2269. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. ____. REPORT ON IMPACT OF CHILDREN OF CERTAIN FILIPINO 
                   WORLD WAR II VETERANS ON NATIONAL SECURITY, 
                   FOREIGN POLICY, AND ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN 
                   INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     impact of the children of certain Filipino World War II 
     veterans on the national security, foreign policy, and 
     economic and humanitarian interests of the United States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The number of Filipino World War II veterans who fought 
     under the United States flag during World War II to protect 
     and defend the United States in the Pacific theater.
       (2) The number of Filipino World War II veterans who died 
     fighting under the United States flag during World War II to 
     protect and defend the United States in the Pacific theater.
       (3) An assessment of the economic and tax contributions 
     that Filipino World War II veterans and their families have 
     made to the United States.
       (4) An assessment of the impact on the United States of 
     exempting from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas 
     the children of the Filipino World War II veterans who were 
     naturalized under--
       (A) section 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-649; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note); or
       (B) title III of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 
     1137; chapter 876), as added by section 1001 of the Second 
     War Powers Act, 1942 (56 Stat. 182; chapter 199).
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