The legislation, introduced by Congressmen John Joseph Moakley and Dennis DeConcini, recommended a temporary stay of detention and deportation for Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees pending a GAO review of conditions in those countries.
Includes the following sections: press, popular op-eds, grassroots, Capitol Hill, ongoing work, special appointments with swing HandS members, special reports to be released, hill drops, at time of vote, letters and phone calls.
The provisions of H.R.822 included a GAO investigation on the conditions of displaced Salvadorans and a temporary stay of detention and deportation of certain Salvadorans.