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HR 6520 110th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Department of State Federal employees Forced labor Government Operations and Politics Human rights Immigration Labor and Employment Prostitution Recruiting of employees Refugees Slavery Treaties United Nations United Nations finances

To increase global stability and security for the United States and the international community by reducing the number of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked.

Introduced: July 16, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 16, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that: (1) it shall be U.S. policy that the President and the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations work with the international community to increase political and financial support for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to prevent and resolve problems related to de jure and de facto statelessness and to promote the rights of de jure or de facto stateless persons; (2) the President shall make prevention and reduction of de jure or de facto statelessness an important goal of U.S. foreign policy and human rights efforts; and (3) it shall be U.S. policy to comply with the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Directs the Secretary of State to increase staff and resources in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to work toward the prevention and resolution of de jure and de facto statelessness and the protection of de jure or de facto stateless persons.

What's happening now July 16, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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