118 STAT. 1297 PUBLIC LAW 108–333—OCT. 18, 2004 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4011: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108–478, Pt. 1 (Comm. on International Relations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004): July 21, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 4, House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 40 (2004): Oct. 18, Presidential statement. failure to assert those arbitration rights in present cir cumstances would constitute a significant abdication by the UNHCR of one of its core responsibilities. SEC. 305. ANNUAL REPORTS. (a) IMMIGRATION INFORMATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months there after for each of the following 5 years, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the operation of this title during the previous year, which shall include— (1) the number of aliens who are nationals or citizens of North Korea who applied for political asylum and the number who were granted political asylum; and (2) the number of aliens who are nationals or citizens of North Korea who applied for refugee status and the number who were granted refugee status. (b) COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.—The President shall include in each annual report on proposed refugee admission pursu ant to section 207(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(d)), information about specific measures taken to facili tate access to the United States refugee program for individuals who have fled countries of particular concern for violations of reli gious freedom, identified pursuant to section 402(b) of the Inter national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)). The report shall include, for each country of particular concern, a description of access of the nationals or former habitual residents of that country to a refugee determination on the basis of— (1) referrals by external agencies to a refugee adjudication; (2) groups deemed to be of special humanitarian concern to the United States for purposes of refugee resettlement; and (3) family links to the United States. Approved October 18, 2004. President. 22 USC 7845.
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