HR 6096 · 94th Congress · Vietnamese Conflict

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act

Introduced 1975-04-17· Sponsored by Rep. Morgan, Thomas E. [D-PA-22]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: House disagreed to conference report, roll call #167 (162-246).(1975-05-01)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1975-05-01
Yea 162Nay 246
PassedHouse · 1975-05-01
Yea 162Nay 246
PassedSenate · 1975-04-25
Yea 46Nay 17
PassedSenate · 1975-04-25
Yea 46Nay 17
PassedHouse · 1975-04-23
Yea 230Nay 187
PassedHouse · 1975-04-23
Yea 230Nay 187

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act - Authorizes $150,000,000 to be appropriated to the President to be used, not withstanding any other provision of law, on such terms as the President may deem necessary and appropriate, for humanitarian assistance in, and evacuation programs from, South Vietnam. Defines evacuation as the removal to places of safety as expeditiously as possible, with the minimum use of necessary force, the following categories of persons: (1) American citizens; (2) dependents of American citizens and of permanent residents of the United States; (3) Vietnamese nationals eligible for immigration to the United States by reason of their relationships to American citizens; and (4) such other foreign nationals to whose lives a direct and imminent threat exists. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate any of the provisions of the War Powers Resolution.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only