HR 349 · 95th Congress · Amnesties
War Resisters Exoneration Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1977-01-04)
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War Resisters Exoneration Act - Grants general amnesty to persons who violated enumerated laws between August 4, 1964, and the enactment of this Act by committing one of specified acts, including the following: draft evasion; abetting draft evasion; draft card destruction; refusing induction into the Armed Forces; desertion; abetting desertion; using contemptuous words against specified governmental officials while a commissioned officer; and causing or attempting to cause disloyalty or mutiny by any member of the Armed Forces. States that the effect of the amnesty shall be to nullify all legal consequences of any such violation. Establishes an Amnesty Commission. Directs the Commission to grant amnesty to any person who, between August 5, 1964, and the enactment of this Act, violated any Federal law not enumerated in this Act or any State or local law if it finds that: (1) such violation was in substantial part motivated by the individual's opposition to United States involvement in Indochina; and (2) the individual was not personally responsible for any significant property damage or substantial personal injury to others. Directs the Commission to grant amnesty to any person whos…
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