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Haitian Refugee Fairness Act

Introduced: November 22, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 1994
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 20, 1994
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1000-1001)
Mar 7, 1994
Executive Comment Requested from State, Justice.
Feb 1, 1994
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E44)
Dec 6, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Dec 6, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Dec 1, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Nov 24, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3045-3046)
Nov 22, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 22, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 22, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haitian Refugee Fairness Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to U.S. obligations in support of the international law requirement of nonrefoulement.

Prohibits the U.S. Government from returning or causing to be returned to Haiti any Haitian national (with specified exceptions for certain felons and persons who participated in persecutions) outside U.S. territorial waters, or inside territorial waters of another country, unless the Government has first determined the individual not to be a refugee.

(Sec. 3) Provides: (1) temporary protected status for qualifying Haitians; and (2) reimbursement for related State and local costs.

(Sec. 5) Obligates specified funds for: (1) the Community Relations Service; and (2) primary and secondary resettlement services for paroled Cubans and Haitians.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for a Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency Fund to be established in the Treasury.

Requires the Attorney General to provide an annual estimation of Cuban and Haitian parolees.

What's happening now June 15, 1994

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Independent 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 12, 1994
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 10, 1994
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 8, 1994
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 22, 1994
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1994
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 1, 1994
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 25, 1994
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Nov 22, 1993
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Nov 22, 1993
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 22, 1993
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 22, 1993
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 22, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3663: Haitian Refugee Fairness Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3663/
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