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HJR 13                                                                                                                        
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                                                                 

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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 third time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senators Tobin, Dunbar, Shower, Merrick, Bjorkman, Yundt, Claman,                                                               
Kaufman, Myers, Stedman, Cronk moved and asked unanimous                                                                        
consent to be shown as cross sponsors on the resolution. Without                                                                
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall 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, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with                                                              
the following result:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 13(MLV)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Giessel, Gray-Jackson,                                                                  
Hoffman, Hughes, Kaufman, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Merrick, Myers,                                                                      
Olson, Shower, Stedman, Stevens, Tobin, Wielechowski, Yundt                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13(MLV)                                                                               
passed the Senate, was signed by the President and Secretary and                                                                
returned to the House.