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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

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Re: S.484 Needs Help

Date: June 23, 2000

S. 484 NEEDS OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

"In a conversation with Larry Vigil, Legislative Staff Advisor for Sen. Campbell, we are being put on notice that we may lose S. 484. Currently, S. 484 is in the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, and House International Relations.

We ask that you visit the THOMAS website at: http://thomas.loc.gov/ Check the committees to see if your representative is on one of them and then call him/her and ask that the bill be moved. THIS NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON NOW. -- AII POW-MIA"

Background:

S.484 Sponsor: Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (introduced 2/25/1999)

Related Bills: H.R.1926

Latest Major Action: 6/1/2000 Referred to House subcommittee

Title: 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.

STATUS: (italics indicate Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)

2/25/1999: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

3/24/1999: Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.

5/18/2000: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

5/18/2000: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.

5/18/2000: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.

5/24/2000: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4395-4396)

5/24/2000: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4395-4396)

5/25/2000: Message on Senate action sent to the House.

5/25/2000 10:07am: Received in the House.

5/25/2000: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

5/25/2000: Referred to House Judiciary

6/1/2000: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

5/25/2000: Referred to House International Relations

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