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36 records in 1988

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Bill· HRH.R. 5037 (100th)open

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance through FY 1990. Authorizes FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations for alternative refugee projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement alternative projects for Hmong and Lowland Lao refugees who have been in the United States for at least 24 months. Requires any State or private nonprofit voluntary agency that submits a proposal to administer an alternative project to coordinate its efforts with other refugee assistance programs. Requires the President to file the annual fiscal year refugee admissions and resettlement report with the appropriate congressional committees by June 1. Provides for congressional initiation of related consultations. Includes specified funding and budget provisions within the context of such consultations. Establishes an emergency assistance fund for refugee placement and resettlement. Provides for Federal, State, and local consultation on refugee activities. Directs the United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding such efforts. Directs the Secretary of State to report every six months to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the resettlement of Vietnamese Amerasians and the orderly departure program for other Vietnamese refugees. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the provision for FY 1986 and 1987 initial refugee resettlement audits. Requires a voluntary agency receiving Federal funds for initial refugee resettlement to submit annual audits to the Secretary of State. Requires certain subrecipients to submit audits to their administering Federal agency. Transfers responsibility for initial placement policy from the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to the administering Federal agency.

Bill· SS. 2605 (100th)open

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1988

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance through FY 1991. Provides for: (1) consolidation of related State administrative procedures; and (2) Federal, State, and local consultation. Transfers responsibility for initial placement policy from the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to the United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs. Requires the Director to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding a modified refugee assistance program.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 323 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the decision of the Attorney General to order the deportation of Joseph Patrick Doherty to the United Kingdom was politically motivated to appease the Government of the United Kingdom and that Joseph Patrick Doherty should be released on bond during the review of his application for asylum and should be granted asylum in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the decision of the Attorney General to order the deportation of Joseph Patrick Doherty to the United Kingdom was politically motivated to appease the Government of the United Kingdom; and (2) Joseph Patrick Doherty should be released on bond during the review of his application for asylum and be granted asylum in the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 4827 (100th)open

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act of 1988 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance through FY 1992. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations for alternative refugee projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement alternative projects for Hmong and Lowland Lao refugees who have been in the United States for at least 24 months. Requires any State or private nonprofit voluntary agency that submits a proposal to administer an alternative project to coordinate its efforts with other refugee assistance programs. Requires the President to file the annual fiscal year refugee admissions and resettlement report with the appropriate congressional committees by June 1. Provides for congressional initiation of related consultations. Includes specified funding and budget provisions within the context of such consultations. Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to permit the use of the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for refugee resettlement in the United States. Amends the Refugee Act of 1980 to direct the United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs to establish a refugee resettlement advisory committee within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Directs the Coordinator to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees regarding efforts to coordinate Federal, State, local, and private refugee resettlement activities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the provision for FY 1986 and 1987 initial refugee resettlement audits. Requires a voluntary agency receiving Federal funds for initial refugee resettlement to submit annual audits to the Secretary of State. Requires certain subrecipients to submit audits to their administering Federal agency. Transfers responsibility for initial placement policy from the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to the administering Federal agency.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 303 (100th)open

A concurrent resolution commending humanitarian treatment of Southeast Asian refugees and urging further measures to ensure humanitarian treatment of the refugees.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1988

Commends: (1) the Government of Thailand for its history of humanitarian treatment of refugees; (2) the relevant senior interagency group for its recommendation that the President increase the number of Jewish and Armenian refugees admitted from the Soviet Union without decreasing the number admitted from Southeast Asia; and (3) the President for following such recommendation. Urges the Government of Thailand to reinstitute its former policy of first asylum and officially end its policy of interdiction of arriving refugee boats. Urges the Department of State to continue working with the Government of Thailand and with other governments to meet Thailand's security concerns while responding to the humanitarian needs of Southeast Asian refugees. Urges the President and the State Department to admit the full number of Southeast Asian refugees that is fixed for admission to the United States in FY 1988 and maintain the number that may be admitted in FY 1989. Urges the Government of Vietnam to expand its Orderly Departure Program and cease its occupation of Cambodia in order to stem the flow of refugees out of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Bill· HRH.R. 3936 (100th)referred

A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to reimburse the State of Florida for expenses it and its local governments incurred with respect to refugees and related populations.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1988

Authorizes FY 1989 appropriations to reimburse the State of Florida and certain political subdivisions for expenses incurred in 1980 and 1981 with respect to Cuban and Haitian nationals who arrived there without prior authorization.

Bill· HRH.R. 3887 (100th)referred

A bill to provide that the $8,000,000 of foreign assistance funds earmarked for the construction of educational facilities for North African Jewish refugees in France be used instead to solved the fiscal crisis of Chester, Pennsylvania.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988

Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 to repeal the provision earmarking appropriated funds for the construction of educational facilities for North African Jewish refugees in France. Requires the President to transfer such funds to be used to solve the fiscal crisis of Chester, Pennsylvania.