**INA: ACT 412 - AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAMS FOR DOMESTIC RESETTLEMENT OF
AND ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES**

Sec. 412. \[8 U.S.C. 1522\] (a) Conditions and Considerations.-(1)(A) In
providing assistance under this section, the Director shall, to the
extent of available appropriations, (i) make available sufficient
resources for employment training and placement in order to achieve
economic self-sufficiency among refugees as quickly as possible, (ii)
provide refugees with the opportunity to acquire sufficient English
language training to enable them to become effectively resettled as
quickly as possible, (iii) insure that cash assistance is made available
to refugees in such a manner as not to discourage their economic
self-sufficiency, in accordance with subsection (e)(2), and (iv) insure
that women have the same opportunities as men to participate in training
and instruction.

\(B\) It is the intent of Congress that in providing refugee assistance
under this section-

\(i\) employable refugees should be placed on jobs as soon as possible
after their arrival in the United States;

\(ii\) social service funds should be focused on employment-related
services, English-as-a-second-language training (in non-work hours where
possible), and case-management services; and

\(iii\) local voluntary agency activities should be conducted in close
cooperation and advance consultation with State and local governments.

(2)(A) The Director and the Federal agency administering subsection
(b)(1), shall consult regularly (not less often than quarterly) with
State and local governments and private nonprofit voluntary agencies
concerning the sponsorship process and the intended distribution of
refugees among the States and localities before their placement in those
States and localities.

\(B\) The Director shall develop and implement, in consultation with
representatives of voluntary agencies and State and local governments,
policies and strategies for the placement and resettlement of refugees
within the United States.

\(C\) Such policies and strategies, to the extent practicable and except
under such unusual circumstances as the Director may recognize, shall-

\(i\) insure that a refugee is not initially placed or resettled in an
area highly impacted (as determined under regulations prescribed by the
Director after consultation with such agencies and governments) by the
presence of refugees or comparable populations unless the refugee has a
spouse, parent, sibling, son, or daughter residing in that area,

\(ii\) provide for a mechanism whereby representatives of local
affiliates of voluntary agencies regularly (not less often than
quarterly) meet with representatives of State and local governments to
plan and coordinate in advance of their arrival the appropriate
placement of refugees among the various States and localities, and

\(iii\) take into account-

\(I\) the proportion of refugees and comparable entrants in the
population in the area,

\(II\) the availability of employment opportunities, affordable housing,
and public and private resources (including educational, health care,
and mental health services) for refugees in the area,

\(III\) the likelihood of refugees placed in the area becoming
self-sufficient and free from long-term dependence on public assistance,
and

\(IV\) the secondary migration of refugees to and from the area that is
likely to occur.

\(D\) With respect to the location of placement of refugees within a
State, the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) shall,
consistent with such policies and strategies and to the maximum extent
possible, take into account recommendations of the State.

\(3\) In the provision of domestic assistance under this section, the
Director shall make a periodic assessment, based on refugee population
and other relevant factors, of the relative needs of refugees for
assistance and services under this chapter and the resources available
to meet such needs. The Director shall compile and maintain data on
secondary migration of refugees within the United States and, by State
of residence and nationality, on the proportion of refugees receiving
cash or medical assistance described in subsection (e). In allocating
resources, the Director shall avoid duplication of services and provide
for maximum coordination between agencies providing related services.

(4)(A) No grant or contract may be awarded under this section unless an
appropriate proposal and application (including a description of the
agency\'s ability to perform the services specified in the proposal) are
submitted to, and approved by, the appropriate administering official.
Grants and contracts under this section shall be made to those agencies
which the appropriate administering official determines can best perform
the services. Payments may be made for activities authorized under this
chapter in advance or by way of reimbursement. In carrying out this
section, the Director, the Secretary of State, and such other
appropriate administering official are authorized-

\(i\) to make loans, and

\(ii\) to accept and use money, funds, property, and services of any
kind made available by gift, devise, bequest, grant, or otherwise for
the purpose of carrying out this section.

\(B\) No funds may be made available under this chapter (other than
under subsection (b)(1)) to States or political subdivisions in the form
of block grants, per capita grants, or similar consolidated grants or
contracts. Such funds shall be made available under separate grants or
contracts-

\(i\) for medical screening and initial medical treatment under
subsection (b)(5),

\(ii\) for services for refugees under subsection (c)(1),

\(iii\) for targeted assistance project grants under subsection (c)(2),
and

\(iv\) for assistance for refugee children under subsection (d)(2).

\(C\) The Director may not delegate to a State or political subdivision
his authority to review or approve grants or contracts under this
chapter or the terms under which such grants or contracts are made.

\(5\) Assistance and services funded under this section shall be
provided to refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex,
or political opinion.

\(6\) As a condition for receiving assistance under this section, a
State must-

\(A\) submit to the Director a plan which provides-

\(i\) a description of how the State intends to encourage effective
refugee resettlement and to promote economic self-sufficiency as quickly
as possible,

\(ii\) a description of how the State will insure that language training
and employment services are made available to refugees receiving cash
assistance,

\(iii\) for the designation of an individual, employed by the State, who
will be responsible for insuring coordination of public and private
resources in refugee resettlement,

\(iv\) for the care and supervision of and legal responsibility for
unaccompanied refugee children in the State, and

\(v\) for the identification of refugees who at the time of resettlement
in the State are determined to have medical conditions requiring, or
medical histories indicating a need for, treatment or observation and
such monitoring of such treatment or observation as may be necessary;

\(B\) meet standards, goals, and priorities, developed by the Director,
which assure the effective resettlement of refugees and which promote
their economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible and the efficient
provision of services; and

\(C\) submit to the Director, within a reasonable period of time after
the end of each fiscal year, a report on the uses of funds provided
under this chapter which the State is responsible for administering.

\(7\) The Secretary, together with the Secretary of State with respect
to assistance provided by the Secretary of State under subsection (b),
shall develop a system of monitoring the assistance provided under this
section. This system shall include-

\(A\) evaluations of the effectiveness of the programs funded under this
section and the performance of States, grantees, and contractors;

\(B\) financial auditing and other appropriate monitoring to detect any
fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in the operation of such programs; and

\(C\) data collection on the services provided and the results achieved.

\(8\) The Attorney General shall provide the Director with information
supplied by refugees in conjunction with their applications to the
Attorney General for adjustment of status, and the Director shall
compile, summarize, and evaluate such information.

\(9\) The Secretary, the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General,
and the Secretary of State may issue such regulations as each deems
appropriate to carry out this chapter.

\(10\) For purposes of this chapter, the term \"refugee\" includes any
alien described in section 207(c)(2).

\(b\) Program of Initial Resettlement.-(1)(A) For-

\(i\) fiscal years 1980 and 1981, the Secretary of State is authorized,
and

\(ii\) fiscal year 1982 and succeeding fiscal years, the Director
(except as provided in subparagraph (B)) is authorized, to make grants
to, and contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies for initial
resettlement (including initial reception and placement with sponsors)
of refugees in the United States. Grants to, or contracts with, private
nonprofit voluntary agencies under this paragraph shall be made
consistent with the objectives of this chapter, taking into account the
different resettlement approaches and practices of such agencies.
Resettlement assistance under this paragraph shall be provided in
coordination with the Director\'s provision of other assistance under
this chapter. Funds provided to agencies under such grants and contracts
may only be obligated or expended during the fiscal year in which they
are provided (or the subsequent fiscal year or such subsequent fiscal
period as the Federal contracting agency may approve) to carry out the
purposes of this subsection.

\(B\) If the President determines that the Director should not
administer the program under this paragraph, the authority of the
Director under the first sentence of subparagraph (A) shall be exercised
by such officer as the President shall from time to time specify.1/

\(2\) The Director is authorized to develop programs for such
orientation, instruction in English, and job training for refugees, and
such other education and training of refugees, as facilitates their
resettlement in the United States. The Director is authorized to
implement such programs, in accordance with the provisions of this
section, with respect to refugees in the United States. The Secretary of
State is authorized to implement such programs with respect to refugees
awaiting entry into the United States.

(3)2/ The Secretary is authorized to make arrangements (including
cooperative arrangements with other Federal agencies) for the temporary
care of refugees in the United States in emergency circumstances,
including the establishment of processing centers, if necessary, without
regard to such provisions of law (other than the Renegotiation Act of
1951 and section 414(b) of this chapter) regulating the making,
performance, amendment, or modification of contracts and the expenditure
of funds of the United States Government as the Secretary may specify.

(4)3/ The Secretary shall-

\(A\) assure that an adequate number of trained staff are available at
the location at which the refugees enter the United States to assure
that all necessary medical records are available and in proper order;

\(B\) provide for the identification of refugees who have been
determined to have medical conditions affecting the public health and
requiring treatment;

\(C\) assure that State or local health officials at the resettlement
destination within the United States of each refugee are promptly
notified of the refugee\'s arrival and provided with all applicable
medical records; and

\(D\) provide for such monitoring of refugees identified under
subparagraph (B) as will insure that they receive appropriate and timely
treatment.

The Secretary shall develop and implement methods for monitoring and
assessing the quality of medical screening and related health services
provided to refugees awaiting resettlement in the United States.

\(5\) The Director is authorized to make grants to, and enter into
contracts with, State and local health agencies for payments to meet
their costs of providing medical screening and initial medical treatment
to refugees.

\(6\) The Comptroller General shall directly conduct an annual financial
audit of funds expended under each grant or contract made under
paragraph (1) for fiscal year 1986 and for fiscal year 1987.

\(7\) Each grant or contract with an agency under paragraph (1) shall
require the agency to do the following:

\(A\) To provide quarterly performance and financial status reports to
the Federal agency administering paragraph (1).

(B)(i) To provide, directly or through its local affiliate, notice to
the appropriate county or other local welfare office at the time that
the agency becomes aware that a refugee is offered employment and to
provide notice to the refugee that such notice has been provided, and

\(ii\) upon request of such a welfare office to which a refugee has
applied for cash assistance, to furnish that office with documentation
respecting any cash or other resources provided directly by the agency
to the refugee under this subsection.

\(C\) To assure that refugees, known to the agency as having been
identified pursuant to paragraph (4)(B) as having medical conditions
affecting the public health and requiring treatment, report to the
appropriate county or other health agency upon their resettlement in an
area.

\(D\) To fulfill its responsibility to provide for the basic needs
(including food, clothing, shelter, and transportation for job
interviews and training) of each refugee resettled and to develop and
implement a resettlement plan including the early employment of each
refugee resettled and to monitor the implementation of such plan.

\(E\) To transmit to the Federal agency administering paragraph (1) an
annual report describing the following:

\(i\) The number of refugees placed (by county of placement) and the
expenditures made in the year under the grant or contract, including the
proportion of such expenditures used for administrative purposes and for
provision of services.

\(ii\) The proportion of refugees placed by the agency in the previous
year who are receiving cash or medical assistance described in
subsection (e).

\(iii\) The efforts made by the agency to monitor placement of the
refugees and the activities of local affiliates of the agency.

\(iv\) The extent to which the agency has coordinated its activities
with local social service providers in a manner which avoids duplication
of activities and has provided notices to local welfare offices and the
reporting of medical conditions of certain aliens to local health
departments in accordance with subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C).

\(v\) Such other information as the agency administering paragraph (1)
deems to be appropriate in monitoring the effectiveness of agencies in
carrying out their functions under such grants and contracts.

The agency administering paragraph (1) shall promptly forward a copy of
each annual report transmitted under subparagraph (E) to the Committees
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate,

\(8\) The Federal agency administering paragraph (1) shall establish
criteria for the performance of agencies under grants and contracts
under that paragraph, and shall include criteria relating to an
agency\'s-

\(A\) efforts to reduce welfare dependency among refugees resettled by
that agency,

\(B\) collection of travel loans made to refugees resettled by that
agency for travel to the United States,

\(C\) arranging for effective local sponsorship and other nonpublic
assistance for refugees resettled by that agency,

\(D\) cooperation with refugee mutual assistance associations, local
social service providers, health agencies, and welfare offices,

\(E\) compliance with the guidelines established by the Director for the
placement and resettlement of refugees within the United States, and

\(F\) compliance with other requirements contained in the grant or
contract, including the reporting and other requirements under
subsection (b)(7).

The Federal administering agency shall use the criteria in the process
of awarding or renewing grants and contracts under paragraph (1).

Act 412(c)

\(c\) Project Grants and Contracts for Services for Refugees.-

(1)(A) The Director is authorized to make grants to, and enter into
contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies for projects
specifically designed-

\(i\) to assist refugees in obtaining the skills which are necessary for
economic self- sufficiency, including projects for job training,
employment services, day care, professional refresher training, and
other recertification services;

\(ii\) to provide training in English where necessary (regardless of
whether the refugees are employed or receiving cash or other
assistance); and

\(iii\) to provide where specific needs have been shown and recognized
by the Director, health (including mental health) services, social
services, educational and other services.

\(B\) The funds available for a fiscal year for grants and contracts
under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated among the States based on the
total number of refugees (including children and adults) who arrived in
the United States not more than 36 months before the beginning of such
fiscal year and who are actually residing in each State (taking into
account secondary migration) as of the beginning of the fiscal year.

\(C\) Any limitation which the Director establishes on the proportion of
funds allocated to a State under this paragraph that the State may use
for services other than those described in subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii)
shall not apply if the Director receives a plan (established by or in
consultation with local governments) and determines that the plan
provides for the maximum appropriate provision of employment-related
services for, and the maximum placement of, employable refugees
consistent with performance standards established under section 106 of
the Job Training Partnership Act.

(2)(A) The Director is authorized to make grants to States for
assistance to counties and similar areas in the States where, because of
factors such as unusually large refugee populations (including secondary
migration), high refugee concentrations, and high use of public
assistance by refugees, there exists and can be demonstrated a specific
need for supplementation of available resources for services to
refugees.

\(B\) Grants shall be made available under this paragraph-

\(i\) primarily for the purpose of facilitating refugee employment and
achievement of self-sufficiency,

\(ii\) in a manner that does not supplant other refugee program funds
and that assures that not less than 95 percent of the amount of the
grant award is made available to the county or other local entity.

\(d\) Assistance for Refugee Children.-

\(1\) The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants, and enter
into contracts, for payments for projects to provide special educational
services (including English language training) to refugee children in
elementary and secondary schools where a demonstrated need has been
shown.

(2)(A) The Director is authorized to provide assistance, reimbursement
to States, and grants to and contracts with, public and private
nonprofit agencies, for the provision of child welfare services,
including foster care maintenance payments and services and health care,
furnished to any refugee child (except as provided in subparagraph (B))
during the thirty-six month period beginning with the first month in
which such refugee child is in the United States.

(B)(i) In the case of a refugee child who is unaccompanied by a parent
or other close adult relative (as defined by the Director), the services
described in subparagraph (A) may be furnished until the month after the
child attains eighteen years of age (or such higher age as the State\'s
child welfare services plan under part B of title IV of the Social
Security Act prescribes for the availability of such services to any
other child in that State).

\(ii\) The Director shall attempt to arrange for the placement under the
laws of the States of such unaccompanied refugee children, who have been
accepted for admission to the United States, before (or as soon as
possible after) their arrival in the United States. During any interim
period while such a child is in the United States or in transit to the
United States but before the child is so placed, the Director shall
assume legal responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the
child, if necessary, and is authorized to make necessary decisions to
provide for the child\'s immediate care.

\(iii\) In carrying out the Director\'s responsibilities under clause
(ii), the Director is authorized to enter into contracts with
appropriate public or private nonprofit agencies under such conditions
as the Director determines to be appropriate.

\(iv\) The Director shall prepare and maintain a list of (I) all such
unaccompanied children who have entered the United States after April 1,
1975, (II) the names and last known residences of their parents (if
living) at the time of arrival, and (III) the children\'s location,
status, and progress.

(e)4/ Cash Assistance and Medical Assistance to Refugees.-

\(1\) The Director is authorized to provide assistance, reimbursement to
States, and grants to, and contracts with, public or private nonprofit
agencies for 100 per centum of the cash assistance and medical
assistance provided to any refugee during the thirty-six month period
beginning with the first month in which such refugee has entered the
United States and for the identifiable and reasonable administrative
costs of providing this assistance.

(2)(A) Cash assistance provided under this subsection to an employable
refugee is conditioned, except for good cause shown-

\(i\) on the refugee\'s registration with an appropriate agency
providing employment services described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i), or,
if there is no such agency available, with an appropriate State or local
employment service;

\(ii\) on the refugee\'s participation in any available and appropriate
social service or targeted assistance program (funded under subsection
(c)) providing job or language training in the area in which the refugee
resides; and

\(iii\) on the refugee\'s acceptance of appropriate offers of
employment.5/

\(B\) Cash assistance shall not be made available to refugees who are
full-time students in institutions of higher education (as defined by
the Director after consultation with the Secretary of Education).

(C)6/ In the case of a refugee who-

\(i\) refuses an offer of employment which has been determined to be
appropriate either by the agency responsible for the initial
resettlement of the refugee under subsection (b) or by the appropriate
State or local employment service,

\(ii\) refuses to go to a job interview which has been arranged through
such agency or service, or

\(iii\) refuses to participate in a social service or targeted
assistance program referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) which such agency
or service determines to be available and appropriate, cash assistance
to the refugee shall be terminated (after opportunity for an
administrative hearing) for a period of three months (for the first such
refusal) or for a period of six months (for any subsequent refusal).

\(3\) The Director shall develop plans to provide English training and
other appropriate services and training to refugees receiving cash
assistance.

\(4\) If a refugee is eligible for aid or assistance under a State plan
approved under part A of title IV or under title XIX of the Social
Security Act, or for supplemental security income benefits (including
State supplementary payments) under the program established under title
XVI of that Act, funds authorized under this subsection shall only be
used for the non-Federal share of such aid or assistance, or for such
supplementary payments, with respect to cash and medical assistance
provided with respect to such refugee under this paragraph.

\(5\) The Director is authorized to allow for the provision of medical
assistance under paragraph (1) to any refugee, during the one-year
period after entry, who does not qualify for assistance under a State
plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act on account of
any resources or income requirement of such plan, but only if the
Director determines that-

\(A\) this will (i) encourage economic self-sufficiency, or (ii) avoid a
significant burden on State and local governments; and

\(B\) the refugee meets such alternative financial resources and income
requirements as the Director shall establish.

\(6\) As a condition for receiving assistance, reimbursement, or a
contract under this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a State or agency must provide assurances that whenever a
refugee applies for cash or medical assistance for which assistance or
reimbursement is provided under this subsection, the State or agency
must notify promptly the agency (or local affiliate) which provided for
the initial resettlement of the refugee under subsection (b) of the fact
that the refugee has so applied.

(7)(A) The Secretary shall develop and implement alternative projects
for refugees who have been in the United States less than thirty-six
months, under which refugees are provided interim support, medical
services, support services, and case management, as needed, in a manner
that encourages self-sufficiency, reduces welfare dependency, and
fosters greater coordination among the resettlement agencies and service
providers. The Secretary may permit alternative projects to cover
specific groups of refugees who have been in the United States 36 months
or longer if the Secretary determines that refugees in the group have
been significantly and disproportionately dependent on welfare and need
the services provided under the project in order to become
self-sufficient and that their coverage under the projects would be
cost-effective.

\(B\) Refugees covered under such alternative projects shall be
precluded from receiving cash or medical assistance under any other
paragraph of this subsection or under title XIX or part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act.

\(C\) The Secretary, shall report to Congress not later than October 31,
1985, on the results of these projects and on any recommendations
respecting changes in the refugee assistance program under this section
to take into account such results.

\(D\) To the extent that the use of such funds is consistent with the
purposes of such provisions, funds appropriated under section 414(a) of
this Act, part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, or title XIX of
such Act, may be used for the purpose of implementing and evaluating
alternative projects under this paragraph.

\(8\) In its provision of assistance to refugees, a State or political
subdivision shall consider the recommendations of, and assistance
provided by, agencies with grants or contracts under subsection (b)(1).

\(f\) Assistance to States and Counties for Incarceration of Certain
Cuban Nationals.-

\(1\) The Attorney General shall pay compensation to States and to
counties for costs incurred by the States and counties to confine in
prisons, during the fiscal year for which such payment is made,
nationals of Cuba who-

\(A\) were paroled into the United States in 1980 by the Attorney
General,

\(B\) after such parole committed any violation of State or county law
for which a term of imprisonment was imposed, and

\(C\) at the time of such parole and such violation were not aliens
lawfully admitted to the United States-

\(i\) for permanent residence, or

\(ii\) under the terms of an immigrant or a nonimmigrant visa issued,
under this Act.

\(2\) For a State or county to be eligible to receive compensation under
this subsection, the chief executive officer of the State or county
shall submit to the Attorney General, in accordance with rules to be
issued by the Attorney General, an application containing-

\(A\) the number and names of the Cuban nationals with respect to whom
the State or county is entitled to such compensation, and

\(B\) such other information as the Attorney General may require.

\(3\) For a fiscal year the Attorney General shall pay the costs
described in paragraph (1) to each State and county determined by the
Attorney General to be eligible under paragraph (2); except that if the
amounts appropriated for the fiscal year to carry out this subsection
are insufficient to cover all such payments, each of such payments shall
be ratably reduced so that the total of such payments equals the amounts
so appropriated.

\(4\) The authority of the Attorney General to pay compensation under
this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the
extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance in
appropriation Acts.

\(5\) It shall be the policy of the United States Government that the
President, in consultation with the Attorney General and all other
appropriate Federal officials and all appropriate State and county
officials referred to in paragraph (2), shall place top priority on
seeking the expeditious removal from this country and the return to Cuba
of Cuban nationals described in paragraph (1) by any reasonable and
responsible means, and to this end the Attorney General may use the
funds authorized to carry out this subsection to conduct such policy.

INA: ACT 413 - CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS

Sec. 413. \[8 U.S.C. 1523\](a) The Secretary, shall submit a report on
activities under this chapter to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate not later than the January 31
following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1980.

\(b\) Each such report shall contain-

\(1\) an updated profile of the employment and labor force statistics
for refugees who have entered the United States within the
five-fiscal-year period immediately preceding the fiscal year within
which the report is to be made and for refugees who entered earlier and
who have shown themselves to be significantly and disproportionately
dependent on welfare as well as a description of the extent to which
refugees received the forms of assistance or services under this chapter
during that period;

\(2\) a description of the geographic location of refugees;

\(3\) a summary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation
conducted under section 412(a)(7) during the period for which the report
is submitted;

\(4\) a description of (A) the activities, expenditures, and policies of
the Office under this chapter and of the activities of States, voluntary
agencies, and sponsors, and (B) the Director\'s plans for improvement of
refugee resettlement;

\(5\) evaluations of the extent to which (A) the services provided under
this chapter are assisting refugees in achieving economic
self-sufficiency, achieving ability in English, and achieving employment
commensurate with their skills and abilities, and (B) any fraud, abuse,
or mismanagement has been reported in the provisions of services or
assistance;

\(6\) a description of any assistance provided by the Director pursuant
to section 412(e)(5);

\(7\) a summary of the location and status of unaccompanied refugee
children admitted to the United States; and

\(8\) a summary of the information compiled and evaluation made under
section 412(a)(8).

**INA: ACT 413 - CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS**

Sec. 413. \[8 U.S.C. 1523\](a) The Secretary, shall submit a report on
activities under this chapter to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate not later than the January 31
following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1980.

\(b\) Each such report shall contain-

\(1\) an updated profile of the employment and labor force statistics
for refugees who have entered the United States within the
five-fiscal-year period immediately preceding the fiscal year within
which the report is to be made and for refugees who entered earlier and
who have shown themselves to be significantly and disproportionately
dependent on welfare as well as a description of the extent to which
refugees received the forms of assistance or services under this chapter
during that period;

\(2\) a description of the geographic location of refugees;

\(3\) a summary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation
conducted under section 412(a)(7) during the period for which the report
is submitted;

\(4\) a description of (A) the activities, expenditures, and policies of
the Office under this chapter and of the activities of States, voluntary
agencies, and sponsors, and (B) the Director\'s plans for improvement of
refugee resettlement;

\(5\) evaluations of the extent to which (A) the services provided under
this chapter are assisting refugees in achieving economic
self-sufficiency, achieving ability in English, and achieving employment
commensurate with their skills and abilities, and (B) any fraud, abuse,
or mismanagement has been reported in the provisions of services or
assistance;

\(6\) a description of any assistance provided by the Director pursuant
to section 412(e)(5);

\(7\) a summary of the location and status of unaccompanied refugee
children admitted to the United States; and

\(8\) a summary of the information compiled and evaluation made under
section 412(a)(8).

**Public Law 99-603**

**SEC. 202. CUBAN-HAITIAN ADJUSTMENT.**

\(a\) Adjustment of Status.\--The status of any alien described in
subsection (b) may be adjusted by the Attorney General, in the Attorney
General\'s discretion and under such regulations as the Attorney General
may prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence if\--

\(1\) the alien applies for such adjustment within two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act;

\(2\) the alien is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant visa and
is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence,
except in determining such admissibility the grounds for exclusion
specified in paragraphs (14), (15), (16), (17), (20), (21), (25), and
(32) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not
apply;

\(3\) the alien is not an alien described in section 243(h)(2) of such
Act;

\(4\) the alien is physically present in the United States on the date
the application for such adjustment is filed; and

\(5\) the alien has continuously resided in the United States since
January 1, 1982.

\(b\) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.\--The benefits provided
by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien\--

\(1\) who has received an immigration designation as a Cuban/Haitian
Entrant (Status Pending) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, or

\(2\) who is a national of Cuba or Haiti, who arrived in the United
States before January 1, 1982, with respect to whom any record was
established by the Immigration and Naturalization Service before January
1, 1982, and who(unless the alien filed an application for asylum with
the Immigration and Naturalization Service before January 1, 1982) was
not admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant.

\(c\) No Affect on Fascell-Stone Benefits.\--An alien who, as of the
date of the enactment of this Act, is a Cuban and Haitian entrant for
the purpose of section 501 of Public Law 96-422 shall continue to be
considered such an entrant for such purpose without regard to any
adjustment of status effected under this section.

\(d\) Record of Permanent Residence as of January 1, 1982.\--Upon
approval of an alien\'s application for adjustment of status under
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall establish a record of the
alien\'s admission for permanent residence as of January 1, 1982.

\(e\) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.\--When an alien is granted
the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence
pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall not be required
to reduce the number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under
the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Attorney General shall not
be required to charge the alien any fee.

\(f\) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act
Provisions.\--Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section,
the definitions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall
apply in the administration of this section. Nothing contained in this
section shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or
restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney
General in the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other
law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact
that an alien may be eligible to be granted the status of having been
lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section shall not
preclude the alien from seeking such status under any other provision of
law for which the alien may be eligible.