2025-05-17                     Senate Journal                      Page 1319
HJR 13                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered 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.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Kawasaki, Chair; Senators Gray-Jackson,                                                                
Bjorkman. Signing no recommendation: Senator Wielechowski.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee.