Refugee Act Reauthorization: Admissions and Resettlement Issues (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Nov. 22, 1983 |
| Report Number |
IB83060 |
| Authors |
Joyce C. Vialet, Education and Public Welfare Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The authorization for Federal refugee resettlement assistance provided bythe Refugee Act of 1980 expires Sept. 30, 1983. The 97th Congress hadextended this assistance authority for one year only pending a more thoroughreview of the entire Refugee Act including its admissions provisions.Admissions issues that have been of interest to Congress include the role ofCongress and the executive branch in establishing annual numerical limits onrefugee admissions, and the interpretation of the definition of refugee. Anew block grant refugee assistance program proposed by the ReaganAdministration was addressed in hearings on the reauthorization ofresettlement assistance; other continuing concerns are refugee dependency oncash assistance and the geographic distriSution of refugees in the Unitedstates. H.R. 3729, the "Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1983,"authorizing the extension of refugee resettlement assistance through FY85,was reported with amendments by the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 5, 1983(H.Rept. 98-404), and passed the House by a roll call vote of 300 to 99 onNov. 14, 1983. The refugee resettlement assistance program is currentlyoperating under rhe authority of P.L. 96-151, the FY84 further continuingappropriations resolution.
