HCONRES 73
101th Congress
House
Immigration
Appropriations
Emigration
Jews
Minorities
Refugee policy
Refugees
Religion
U.S.S.R.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the number of refugees admitted to the United States and the appropriation for programs for refugee migration and resettlement should be increased and that the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and members of other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee status for admission to the United States.
Introduced: March 14, 1989
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 6, 1989
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 27, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Mar 14, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 14, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the number of refugees admitted into the United States and the related resettlement program appropriations should be increased; and (2) the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee admission status.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Cosponsors
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