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106TH CONGRESS           S. - 484
lST SESSION


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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES


    Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
    ferred to the Committee on _______________________________

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A BILL

    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.



    1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

  2. tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

  3. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    4. This Act may be cited as the "Bring Them Home

  5. Alive Act of 1999".




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  1. SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PRO-

      2. GRAM.

    3. (a) ASYLUM FOR ELIGIBLE ALIENS.--Notwithstand-

  4. ing any other provision of law, the Attorny General shall

  5. grant refugee status in the United States to any alien de-

  6. scribed in subsection (b), upon the application of that

  7. alien.

    8. (b) ELIGIBILITY.--Refugee status shall be granted

  9. under subsection (a) to--

      10. (1) any alien who--

        11. (A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia,

      12. Laos, or any of the independent states of the

      13. former Soviet Union; and

        14. (B) personally delivers into the custody of

      15. the United States Government a living Amer-

      16. ican Vietnam War POW/MIA; and

      17. (2) any parent, spouse, or child of all alien de-

    18. scribed in paragraph (1).

    19. (c) DEFINITIONS--In this section:

      20. (1) AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA.--

        21. (A) IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in

      22. subparagraph (B), the term "American Viet-

      23. nam War POW/MIA" means an individual--

          24. (i) who is a member of a uniformed

        25. service (within the meaning of section

        26. 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) in




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        1. a missing status (as defined in section)

        2. 551(2) of such title and this subsection) as

        3. a result of the Vietnam War; or

          4. (ii) who is an employee (as defined in

        5. section 5561(2) of title 5, United States

        6. Code) in a missing status (as defined in

        7. section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of

        8. the Vietnam War.

        9. (B) EXCLUSION.--Such term does not in-

      10. clude an individual with respect to whom it is

      11. officially determined under section 552(c) of

      12. title 37, United States Code, that such individ-

      13. ual is officially absent from such individual's

      14. post of duty without authority.

      15. (2) MISSING STATUS.--The term "missing sta-

    16. tus", with respect to the Vietnam War, means the

    17. status of an individual as a result of the Vietnam

    18. War if immediately before that status began the in-

    19. dividual --

        20. (A) was performing service in Vietnam; or

        21. (B) was performing service in Southeast

      22. Asia in direct support of military operations in

      23. Vietnam.

      24. (3)VIETNAM WAR.--The term "Vietnam War"

    25. means the conflict in Southeast Asia during the pe-




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    1. riod that began on February 28, 1961, and ended on

    2. May 7, 1975.

  3. SEC. 3. AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PRO-

      4. GRAM.

    5. (a) ASYLUM FOR ELIGIBLE ALIENS.--Notwithstand-

  6. ing any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall

  7. grant refugee status in the United States to any alien de-

  8. scribed in subsection (b), upon the application of that

  9. alien.

    10. (b) ELIGIBILITY.--Refugee status shall be granted

  11. under subsection (a) to--

      12. (1) any alien--

        13. (A) who is a national of North Korea,

      14. China or any of the independent states of the

      15. former Soviet Union; and

        16. (B) who personally delivers into the cus-

      17. tody of the United States Government a living

      18. American Korean War POW/MIA; and

      19. (2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien de-

    20. scribed in paragraph (1).

    21. (c) DEFINITIONS.--In this section:

      22. (1) AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA.--

        23. (A) IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in

      24. subparagraph (B), the term "American Korean

      25. War POW/MIA" means an individual--




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          1. (i) who is a member of a uniformed

        2. service (within the meaning of section

        3. 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) in

        4. a missing status (as defined in section

        5. 551(2) of such title and this subsection) as

        6. a result of the Korean War; or

          7. (ii) who is an employee (as defined in

        8. section 5561(2) of title 5, United States

        9. Code) in a missing status (as defined in

        10. section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of

        11. the Korean War.

        12. (B) EXCLUSION.--Such term does not in-

      13. clude an individual with respect to whom it is

      14. officially determined under section 552(c) of

      15. title 37, United States Code, that such individ-

      16. dual is officially absent from such individual's

      17. post of duty without authority.

      18. (2) KOREAN WAR.--The term "Korean War"

    19. means the conflict on the Korean peninsula during

    20. the period that began on June 27, 1950, and ended

    21. January 31, 1955.

      22. (3) MISSING STATUS.--The term "missing sta-

    23. tus" with respect to the Korean War, means the

    24. status of an individual as a result of the Korean




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    1. War if immediately before that status began the in-

    2. dividual--

        3. (A) was performing service in the Korean

      4. peninsula; or

        5. (B) was performing service in Asia in di-

      6. rect support of military operations in the Ko-

      7. rean peninsula.

  8. SEC. 4. BROADCASTING INFORMATION ON THE "BRING

      9. THEM HOME ALIVE" PROGRAM.

    10. (a) REQUIREMENT.--

      11. (1) IN GENERAL.--The International Broad-

    12. casting Bureau shall broadcast, through

    13. WORLDNET Television and Film Service and

    14. Radio or otherwise, information that promotes the

    15. "Bring Them Home Alive" refugee program under

    16. this Act to foreign countries covered by paragraph

    17. (2).

      18. (2) COVERED COUNTRIES.--The foreign coun-

    19. tries covered by paragraph (1) are--

        20. (A) Vietnam, Cambodia. Laos, China, and

      21. North Korea; and

        22. (B) Russia and the other independent

      23. states of the former Soviet Union.

    24. (b) LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING.--The International

  25. Broadcasting Bureau shall broadcast--




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      1. (1) at least 20 hours of the programming de-

    2. scribed in subsection (a)(1) during the 10-day period

    3. that begins on the date of enactment of this Act;

    4. and

      5. (2) at least 10 hours of the programming de-

    6. scribed in subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter

    7. during the period beginning with the first calendar

    8. quarter that begins after the date of enactment of

    9. this Act and ending five years after the date of en-

    10. actment of this Act.

    11. (c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE

  12. INTERNET.--International Broadcasting Bureau shall en-

  13. sure that information regarding the "Bring Them Home

  14. Alive" refugee program under this Act is readily available

  15. on the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau.

    16. (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.--It is the sense of Con-

  17. gress that RFE/RL, Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and

  18. any other recipient of Federal grants that engages in

  19. international broadcasting to the countries covered by sub-

  20. section (a)(2) should broadcast information similar to the

  21. information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1).

    22. (e) DEFINITION.--The term "International Broad-

  23. casting Bureau" means the International Broadcasting

  24. Bureau of the United States Information Agency or, on

  25. and after the effective date of title XIII of the Foreign




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  1. Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as con-

  2. tained in division G of Public Law 105-277, the Inter-

  3. national Broadcasting Bureau of the Broadcasting Board

  4. of Governors.

  5. SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET

      6. UNION DEFINED.

    7. In this Act, the term "independent states of the

  8. former Soviet Union" has the meaning given the term in

  9. section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C.

  10. 5801).




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