PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 29, 1997
Deems a named individual to be a naturalized citizen of the United States as of August 8, 1942, for purposes of determining his eligibility for relief under the Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Concerning Final Benefits to Certain United States Nationals Who Were Victims of National Socialist Measures of Persecution, signed at Bonn on September 19, 1995.
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Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D–FL
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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