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H.R.7769
Public Law: 95-145 (10/28/77)
SPONSOR: Rep Fish (introduced 6/14/77)
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STATUS: Floor Actions
10/28/77 Public Law 95-145
10/20/77 Measure presented to President
10/19/77 Measure enrolled in Senate
10/19/77 Measure enrolled in House
10/18/77 House agreed to Senate amendment under suspension of rules
10/10/77 Measure passed Senate, amended
10/10/77 Measure considered in Senate
10/10/77 Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate
9/27/77 Measure passed House, roll call #595 (390-22)
9/27/77 Measure considered in House
9/27/77 Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House
7/29/77 Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary, H. Rept. 95-547
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COSPONSORS(6):

Rep Eilberg Rep Holtzman
Rep Hall Rep Harris
Rep Evans (Ga.) Rep Sawyer

SUMMARY AS OF:

(REVISED AS OF 10/10/77 -- Measure passed Senate, amended)

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Title I: Adjustment of Status of Indochina Refugees - Authorizes the Attorney General to change the status of any alien refugee from Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia-> paroled into the United States after March 31, 1975, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, who has been physically present in the United States for at least two years and is not yet a permanent resident alien to that of permanent resident alien if such refugee qualifies as an admissible immigrant under such Act.

Disqualifies from the provisions of this Act those persons who ordered, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, or political opinion. Admits individuals under this Act without regard to immigration quotas.

Title II: Extension of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the domestic assistance provisions of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, with respect to refugees from <-Cambodia<-, Vietnam, or Laos.

Permits funds appropriated under the Act to be used to reimburse State or local public agencies for the non-Federal share of costs for those needy refugees who qualify under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act.

Establishes September 30, 1981, as the termination date of the Act.

Provides for the following percentages of Federal assistance for refugee cash assistance, medical assistance, social services, and State-local costs: (1) fiscal year 1978, 100 percent; (2) fiscal year 1979, 75 percent of the 1978 cost; (3) fiscal year 1980, 50 percent of such cost; and (4) fiscal year 1981, 25 percent of such cost.

Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 to assist refugees in resettling and in gaining skills and education necessary to become self-reliant.

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