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HJR 13                                                                                                                        
The House Special Committee on Military & Veterans' Affairs                                                                     
considered:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13                                                                                               
    Urging the President of the United States to expand evacuation                                                              
    efforts for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas,                                                               
    including resumption of evacuation flights organized by the                                                                 
    Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts; urging the United                                                                
    States Department of State to secure legal protections and                                                                  

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    humanitarian assistance for Special Immigrant Visa applicants;                                                              
    and requesting that the United States Secretary of State provide a                                                          
    report to Congress regarding efforts to reinstate evacuation flights                                                        
    for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13(MLV)                                                                                   
    Urging the President of the United States to expand evacuation                                                              
    efforts for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas,                                                               
    including resumption of evacuation flights organized by the                                                                 
    Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts; urging the United                                                                
    States Department of State to secure legal protections and                                                                  
    humanitarian assistance for Special Immigrant Visa applicants;                                                              
    urging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in                                                            
    the United States Department of Homeland Security to expedite                                                               
    the review of applications for Special Immigrant Visas; and                                                                 
    requesting that the United States Secretary of State provide a                                                              
    report to Congress regarding efforts to reinstate evacuation flights                                                        
    for applicants with approved Special Immigrant Visas.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Eischeid, Chair, with the                                                               
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Hall, Gray, Fields, Eischeid                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHJR 13(MLV):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1. Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HJR 13 was referred to the Rules Committee.