Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810212015

Mr. President. the purpose of this amendment is to substitute a clear and concise definition of displaced person for the definition contained in the present law. which latter definition. by reason of the fact that it incorporates by reference a portion of the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. and various other documents peculiarly within the knowledge of the International Refugee Organization. has resulted in a practical situation under which the International Refugee Organization and its employees must make a preliminary finding in order to determine who is an eligible displaced person. The definition proposed by this amendment is not complex. it is not tricky. it will not exclude any person who is or would be eligible under the definition contained in the present -aw. Congress is certainly competent to write its own definition of displaced person. and Congress should write its own definition of displaced person. and should not be 0 ependent upon a definition which requires interpretation and the exercise of discretion by employees of an international organization in order to determine what it means in any particular case. Mr. President. in order that the RECORD may be lucid in regard to this matter. I ask to have inserted at this point in the RECORD the definition of a displaced person as set out in the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. commencing on page 67 and extending to. but excluding. the word "annex" on page 68.
Keywords matched
Refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK MCCARRAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NV
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810212015
Paragraph
#0
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