| Resolution Number: | 1985-D107 |
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| Title: | Request Governmental Action to Bring Relief to Cambodian Refugees |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention, while it is equally mindful of pressing domestic social needs, urge the President, the Congress, the Coordinator for Refugee Affairs of the State Department, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Justice Department, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to take immediate action to bring relief to the unprotected Cambodian refugees now in camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, and to give their fullest support to the prompt reunification of families whose relatives are now within the United States.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 257. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D107)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention, while it is equally mindful of pressing domestic social needs, urge the President, the Congress, the Coordinator for Refugee Affairs of the State Department, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Justice Department, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to take immediate action to bring relief to the unprotected Cambodian refugees now in camped on the Thai-Cambodian border, and to give their fullest support to the prompt reunification of families whose relatives are now within the United States.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the eighth line delete the word "camped" and insert the word "camps."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #169)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #169: D107 Amended (Relief for Cambodian Refugees).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #234)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention calls the U.S. government to take steps to bring relief to Cambodian refugees. |
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