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 PUBLIC LAW 106-484—NOV. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 2195 Public Law 106-484 106th Congress An Act 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 Amer- Nov. 9, 2000 ican Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist in the [S. 484] return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Bring Them Home Alive Act SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. of 2000. This Act may be cited as the "Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000". SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM. 8 USC 1157 note. (a) ASYLUM FOR ELIGIBLE ALIENS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in the United States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the application of that alien, (b) ELIGIBILITY.— Refugee status shall be granted under subsection (a) to— (1) any alien who— (A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, or any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and (B) personally delivers into the custody of the United States Government a living American Vietnam War POW/ MIA; and (2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in paragraph (1). (c) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR pow/MiA.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term "American Vietnam War POW/MIA" means an individual— (i) who is a member of a uniformed service (within the meaning of section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of such title and this subsection) as a result of the Vietnam War; or (ii) who is an employee (as defined in section 5561(2) of title 5, United States Code) in a missing status (as defined in section 5561(5) of such title) as a result of the Vietnam War. (B) EXCLUSION. —Such term does not include an individual with respect to whom it is officially determined under section 552(c) of title 37, United States Code, that

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