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HR 6520 110th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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 fac… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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
International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCrime and Law EnforcementDepartment of StateFederal employees
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 16, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 16, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 23, 2008
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 30, 2008
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 23, 2008
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 23, 2008
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 16, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6520: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6520/
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"H.R. 6520: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6520/.
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H.R. 6520, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6520/.
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[H.R. 6520: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6520/)
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