HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT (HAC) REPORT LANGUAGE: MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE (MRA)

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: July 21, 1988
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UNCLAS STATE 234772
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SUBJECT: HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (HAC) REPORT
LANGUAGE: MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE (MRA)
1. SUMMARY. THE HAC REPORT ON THE FY-89 FOREIGN
OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS BILL (PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND
EXPECTED TO GO TO HOUSE/SENATE CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER)
INCLUDES NO SPECIFIC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, BUT
REGISTERS COMMITTEE CONCERN OVER INCONSISTENCIES IN THE
HHS AND STATE REQUEST LEVELS FOR FY 89 REFUGEE
ADMISSIONS (PARA 3) AND HMONG PUSHBACKS IN THAILAND
(PARA 5). IT EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES RESETTLING
IN ISRAEL (PARA 6), THE AFRICAN REFUGEE SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM (PARA 7), AND THE VIETNAMESE AMERASIAN PROGRAM
(PARA 8). END SUMMARY.
2. (BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT LANGUAGE) THE COMMITTEE HAS
PROVIDED A TOTAL OF USDOLS 361,950,000 FOR MIGRATION AND
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. OF THIS AMOUNT, USDOLS 23,500,000
HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR REFUGEE ENTRANT ASSISTANCE,
USDOLS 27,500,000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR SOVIET, EASTERN
EUROPEAN AND OTHER REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL, USDOLS
8,000,000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
OF THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE PROGRAMS AND USDOLS 15,000,000
HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE ADMISSION OF VIETNAMESE
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AMERASIANS. PRIOR YEAR LANGUAGE CONCERNING EQUITABLE
TREATMENT OF REFUGEES AND SECURITY CLEARANCES HAS ALSO
BEEN INCLUDED.
3. REFUGEE ENTRANT ASSISTANCE:
THE EARMARK OF USDOLS 23,500,000 FOR REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT AND THE PROVISION OF FUNDS ABOVE LAST
YEAR'S LEVEL IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT
RESETTLEMENT ASSISTNACE IS AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AN
ANTICIPATED 68,500 REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN FY 1989. DESPITE
THE FACT THAT CONGRESS WAS OFFICIALLY CONSULTED ON AN
ANTICIPATED ADMISSIONS LEVEL OF 68,500 REFUGEES IN FY
1989 AND THAT THE AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR THE MIGRATION AND
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT SUPPORTS A LEVEL OF 68,500
ARRIVALS, THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR
RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE ONLY SUPPORTS A LEVEL OF 51,000
ARRIVALS. THE COMMITTEE FINDS THIS GLARING
INCONSISTENCY IN THE BUDGET REQUEST TO BE ASTONISHING
AND HAS PROVIDED FUNDS REQUIRED TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL
IN THE RESETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
4. THE COMMITTEE EXPECTS THAT FUTURE BUDGET REQUESTS
AND REFUGEE ESTIMATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFUGEE
PROGRAMS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT AN
UNDUE BURDEN IS NOT PLACED ON STATE AND LOCAL REFUGEE
PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES.
5. FORCED REPATRIATION OF HMONG IN THAILAND:
THE COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF
INSTANCES OF FORCED REPATRIATION OF HMONG REFUGEES IN
THAILAND TO LAOS. THE COMMITTEE URGES THE GOVERNMENT OF
THAILAND TO ADMIT THE HMONG TO THE REFUGEE SCREENING
PROCESS AND TO ALLOW THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH
COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE HMONG
AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO THEM.
6. ISRAELI REFUGEES:
THE COMMITTEE'S EARMARK OF USDOLS 27,500,000 FOR THE
RESETTLEMENT OF SOVIET, EASTERN EUROPEAN, AND OTHER
REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL IS IN RESPONSE TO THE
INCREASED NUMBER OF REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.
7. SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA:
SINCE THE 1960'S THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN REFUGEE PROGRAM
FOR SOUTH AFRICANS AND NAMIBIANS HAS PROVIDED TRAINING
AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE POST-SECONDARY
LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA. THE COMMITTEE
RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF THIS PROGRAM
IN DEVELOPING A CADRE OF PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLED FUTURE
LEADERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA. THE TWO MAJOR
CONTRACTING AGENCIES FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE THE
PHELPS-STOKES AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN INSTITUTE. THE
COMMITTEE COMMENDS THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS, AND
ENCOURAGES THEM TO CONTINUE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
QUALITY PROGRAMS IN BUILDING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR FUTURE
LEADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMI5IA. THE COMMITTEE
EXPECTS THAT USDOLS 4,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR
EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND
NAMIBIA.
8. VIETNAMESE AMERASIANS:
THE COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED BILL LANGUAGE THAT EARMARKS
USDOLS 15 MILLION IN MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
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FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE CONTINUING INCREASE IN
RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE AMERASIANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
ELIGIBLE FOR REFUGEE BENEFITS. THE COMMITTEE IS
CONCERNED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT BUDGETED
SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF AMERASIANS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SHOULD LEAVE VIETNAM IN FY 1989 IN
ORDER TO COMPLY WITH TWO YEAR TIME FRAME ESTABLISHED BY
CONGRESS LAST YEAR FOR RESETTLEMENT OF ALL VIETNAMESE
AMERASIANS DESIRING TO LEAVE. THE COMMITTEE HAS
PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND
MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND SO THAT THIS EARMARK WILL NOT
CURTAIL OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITY WITHIN THE MIGRATION AND
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.
9. EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE:
THE COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED USDOLS 30,000,000 FOR THIS
ACCOUNT TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
RESULTING FROM ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL SOVIETS, EASTERN
EUROPEANS, AND VIETNAMESE AMERASIANS. THE
ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY CONSULTING WITH THE CONGRESS
ON THE ADMISSION OF AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 SOVIETS ABOVE
THE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED ADMISSIONS LEVEL FOR 1988.
IN ADDITION THE LEGISLATION ALLOWING AN UNLIMITED NUMBER
OF VIETNAMESE AMERASIANS ADMISSIONS THROUGH FY 1989
COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE OVER CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED
ADMISSIONS LEVELS. THE PROVISION OF THESE FUNDS IS
MEANT TO ENABLE THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO MEET ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS IN FY 1989 IN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS FROM ALL
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS. (END OF TEXT) WHITEHEAD
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