2025-05-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1186
HJR 13                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13(MLV) BY THE                                                                                
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND                                                                                         
VETERANS' AFFAIRS,                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
          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.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs Committee.