A concurrent resolution regarding amnesty.

Summary

Endorses the President-elect's program of pardoning Vietnam-era draft resisters who have not been prosecuted under the Military Selective Service Act. Requests the President-elect to extend the program to grant amnesty to all Vietnam-era resisters convicted under such Act, and to each member and former member of the Armed Forces who during the Vietnam era deserted, whether or not he or she was tried and convicted by a court-martial, or was convicted by a court-martial for being absent without leave. Urges the President-elect to upgrade to honorable discharges all general and undesirable discharges issued to former members of the Armed Forces who served during the Vietnam era, and to review on a case-by-case basis every bad conduct and dishonorable discharge to determine whether such discharge should be upgraded.

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Timeline

1. 11 January 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 11 January 1977

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Sponsors

• Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Concurrent resolution endorsing the publicly declared Vietnam-era reconciliation program of the President-elect and urging the President-elect to extend that program to include all Vietnam-era selective service offenders and all Vietnam-era veterans who received less than honorable discharges or who deserted or were absent without leave during such era.