Public Law 399

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1935
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName enacted during the Great Depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Public Law 399
gptkbp:provides free one-way transportation to the Philippines for eligible Filipinos
returnees could not re-enter the United States unless they qualified under existing immigration quotas
gptkbp:purpose to encourage repatriation of Filipinos from the United States to the Philippines
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tydings–McDuffie_Act
Filipino American history
gptkbp:repealedBy 1940
Public Law 135
gptkbp:targetAudience Filipino immigrants in the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Menominee_Termination_Act_(1954)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7