Legislation

Cardin Amendment providing for benefits to Iraqi and Afghan nationals entering U.S. on a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) in the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, pp. 140-141)

Excerpt from Congressional Record, Senator Kennedy, December 14, 2007

Excerpt from Congressional Record, Senator Cardin, December 14, 2007

Summary of Kennedy-Smith-Levin-Brownback Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act included in FY08 DoD Authorization Act, December 2007

Kennedy, Smith, Levin, Brownback on the Iraqi Refugee Provisions in the Defense Authorization Conference Report, December 7, 2007

Iraqi Refugee Crisis Legislation in Defense Authorization Conference Report, Title XII, Subtitle C, Sec. 1241-1249

H.R. 3824, The “REPAIR” ACT Summary , October 2007. Click here to read H.R. 3824

"Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement, and Security Act of 2007," Rep. Hastings, H.R. 3674, September 2007. See also press release

Senate OKs Levin Amendment on Iraqi Refugees, September 7, 2007

S.1651 Talking Points, RCUSA, July 2007 (pdf)

Letter in Support of Amendment Sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS), June 27, 2007 (html)

Senators' Letter to Secretary Chertoff and Secretary Rice on Processing of Iraqi Refugees, June 28, 2007 (pdf)

"Refugee Crisis In Iraq Act," Sen. Kennedy, S.1651, June 19, 2007 (pdf)

"Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act 2007," Rep. Blumenauer, H.R.2265, May 10, 2007 (pdf)

Blumenauer Bill Fact Sheet, June 25, 2007 (doc)

"Iraq Reconstruction Improvement Act of 2007," Rep. Lantos, H.R. 1581, March 20, 2007 (pdf)