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Public Law 106-484
106th Congress
An Act
To provide for the granting of refugee status in the
United States to nationals of certain foreign countries in which American
Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present,
if those nationals assist in the return to the United States of those
POW/MIAs alive. <>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress <> assembled,
SECTION <> 1. SHORT
TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Bring Them Home Alive
Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.
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(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status
in the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon
the application of that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under
subsection (a) to--
(1) any alien who--
(A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China,
or any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
(B) personally delivers into the custody of the
United States Government a living American Vietnam War POW/MIA;
and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described
in paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American Vietnam War POW/MIA.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term "American Vietnam War POW/MIA'' means an individual-
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within
the meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code)
in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such title
and this subsection) as a result of the Vietnam War; or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section
5561(2) of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of the Vietnam
War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual
with respect to whom it is officially determined under section 552(c)
of title 37, United States Code, that
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such individual is officially absent from such individual's
post of duty without authority.
(2) Missing status.--The term "missing status'',
with respect to the Vietnam War, means the status of an individual
as a result of the Vietnam War if immediately before that status began
the individual--
(A) was performing service in Vietnam; or
(B) was performing service in Southeast Asia in
direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
(3) Vietnam War.--The term "Vietnam War'' means
the conflict in Southeast Asia during the period that began on February
28, 1961, and ended on May 7, 1975.
SEC. 3. AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM.
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(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status
in the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon
the application of that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under
subsection (a) to--
(1) any alien--
(A) who is a national of North Korea, China, or
any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
(B) who personally delivers into the custody of
the United States Government a living American Korean War POW/MIA;
and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described
in paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American Korean War POW/MIA.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term "American Korean War POW/MIA'' means an individual--
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within
the meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code)
in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such title
and this subsection) as a result of the Korean War; or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section
5561(2) of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of the Korean
War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an individual
with respect to whom it is officially determined under section 552(c)
of title 37, United States Code, that such individual is officially
absent from such individual's post of duty without authority.
(2) Korean War.--The term "Korean War'' means
the conflict on the Korean peninsula during the period that began
on June 27, 1950, and ended January 31, 1955.
(3) Missing status.--The term "missing status'',
with respect to the Korean War, means the status of an individual
as a result of the Korean War if immediately before that status began
the individual--
(A) was performing service in the Korean peninsula;
or
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(B) was performing service in Asia in direct support
of military operations in the Korean peninsula.
SEC. 4. BROADCASTING <>
INFORMATION ON THE "BRING THEM HOME ALIVE'' PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The International Broadcasting Bureau
shall broadcast, through WORLDNET Television and Film Service and
Radio, VOA-TV, VOA Radio, or otherwise, information that promotes
the "Bring Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act to
foreign countries covered by paragraph (2).
(2) Covered countries.--The foreign countries covered
by paragraph (1) are--
(A) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, and North Korea;
and
(B) Russia and the other independent states of the
former Soviet Union.
(b) Level of Programming.--The International Broadcasting
Bureau shall broadcast--
(1) at least 20 hours of the programming described
in subsection (a)(1) during the 30-day period that begins 15 days
after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) at least 10 hours of the programming described
in subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter during the period beginning
with the first calendar quarter that begins after the date of enactment
of this Act and ending five years after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(c) Availability of Information on the Internet.--The
International Broadcasting Bureau shall ensure that information regarding
the "Bring Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act is
readily available on the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau.
(d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress
that RFE/RL, Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient
of Federal grants that engages in international broadcasting to the
countries covered by subsection (a)(2) should broadcast information
similar to the information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1).
(e) Definition.--The term "International Broadcasting
Bureau'' means the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States
Information Agency or, on and after the effective date of title XIII
of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained
in division G of Public Law 105-277), the International Broadcasting
Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
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SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT <>
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION DEFINED.
In this Act, the term "independent states of the
former Soviet Union'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of
the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801).
Approved November 9, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 484:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
May 24, considered and passed Senate.
Oct. 24, considered and passed House.
