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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4732 

To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the 

admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (for herself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 

Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, 

to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Required data collection and reporting. 

Sec. 5. Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy. 

Sec. 6. Training of Foreign Service Officers in climate change resilience. 

Sec. 7. Guidance on the humanitarian impacts of climate change. 


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Sec. 8. Admission of climate-displaced persons. 

Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) According to the Intergovernmental Panel 

4 on Climate Change, the Earth’s climate is now 

5 changing faster than at any point in history. 

6 (2) The October 2018 report entitled ‘‘Special 

7 Report on Global Warming of 1.5° C’’ by the Inter8 governmental Panel on Climate Change and the No9 vember 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment 

10 report found that a changing climate is— 

11 (A) causing sea levels to rise; 

12 (B) contributing to an increase in wildfires 

13 and temperature extremes in some parts of the 

14 world; and 

15 (C) contributing to an increase in heavy 

16 precipitation in certain locations. 

17 (3) Forced displacement and forced migration 

18 are increasing in the context of environmental 

19 changes and climate-induced disruptions, including 

20 weather-related disasters, drought, famine, and ris21 ing sea levels. 

22 (4) Climate-related events and disasters are 

23 causing a person to be displaced from his or her 

24 home every second. 


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1 (5) The United Nations Human Rights Council 

2 has recognized that climate change poses an existen3 tial threat that has already had a negative impact on 

4 the fulfilment of human rights, specifically noting 

5 that— 

6 (A) parties should, when taking action to 

7 address climate change, respect, promote, and 

8 consider their respective obligations on human 

9 rights; and 

10 (B) the adverse effects of climate change 

11 are felt most acutely by those segments of the 

12 population that are already in vulnerable situa13 tions owing to factors such as geography, pov14 erty, gender, age, indigenous or minority status, 

15 national or social origin, birth, or other status 

16 and disability. 

17 (6) The Office of the United Nations High 

18 Commissioner for Human Rights has suggested that 

19 a person who cannot be reasonably expected to re20 turn to his or her country of origin— 

21 (A) should be considered a victim of forced 

22 displacement; and 

23 (B) should be granted at least a temporary 

24 stay in the country where they have found ref25 uge. 


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1 (7) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

2 Change affirms with high confidence that societal 

3 adaptations in the near term can help reduce the 

4 risks of climate change throughout the 21st century. 

5 (8) Since 2013, typhoons and storms in the 

6 Philippines have displaced nearly 15,000,000 people. 

7 (9) Violence in Burma’s Rakhine State has 

8 forced nearly 1,000,000 Rohingya refugees into 

9 Bangladesh, where they are exposed to the country’s 

10 vulnerability to the effects of extreme flooding and 

11 landslides worsened by climate change. 

12 (10) In 2019, extreme flooding in Northern and 

13 Northeast India displaced at least 3,000,000 people, 

14 including almost 2,000,000 people in the Northern 

15 Indian state of Bihar and more than 1,700,000 peo16 ple in Northeastern Assam state. 

17 (11) The small Pacific island Nation of Kiribati 

18 is preparing for large swaths of the country to be 

19 uninhabitable and for its people to migrate with the 

20 skill to integrate into their new host nation. 

21 (12) More than 150,000,000 people around the 

22 world now live on land that will be below sea level 

23 or regular flood levels by the end of the century un24 less adaptation measures are taken. 


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1 (13) The effects of climate change also exacer2 bate social, economic, and political tensions within 

3 and among nations. 

4 (14) In 2014, the Department of Defense 

5 Quadrennial Defense Review cited the effects of cli6 mate change as a ‘‘threat multiplier’’ that could ag7 gravate stressors abroad. 

8 (15) In 2016, a memorandum from the Na9 tional Intelligence Counsel entitled ‘‘Implications for 

10 U.S. National Security of Anticipated Climate 

11 Change’’ highlighted how climate change could cre12 ate or inflame tensions between nations in already 

13 disputed regions, such as the Arctic. 

14 (16) Continued climate change will drive fur15 ther displacement. According to the International 

16 Organization for Migration, by 2050, there could be 

17 as many as 200,000,000 climate-displaced persons, 

18 including those who are internally displaced. 

19 (17) The United States has not systematically 

20 acted to address climate displacement or to provide 

21 appropriate durable solutions to those who are dis22 placed. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the United States should— 


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1 (1) reduce its domestic greenhouse gas emis2 sions on a scale and rate proportionate to its histor3 ical responsibility and the urgency of the threat of 

4 climate change; 

5 (2) welcome the shared responsibility of climate 

6 change adaptation, global disaster risk reduction, re7 siliency building, and disaster response and recovery; 

8 (3) assist in providing durable solutions for cli9 mate-displaced persons; 

10 (4) aid other countries in their climate change 

11 mitigation efforts; and 

12 (5) work with the international community— 

13 (A) to establish a framework to share such 

14 responsibilities; and 

15 (B) to ensure that the human rights of cli16 mate-displaced persons are acknowledged, re17 spected, protected, and fulfilled. 

18 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

19 Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

20 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(8) The term ‘climate-displaced person’ means any 

24 person who, for reasons of sudden or progressive change 


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1 in the environment that adversely affects his or her life 

2 or living conditions— 

3 ‘‘(A) is obliged to leave his or her habitual 

4 home, either within his or her country of nationality 

5 or in another country; 

6 ‘‘(B) is in need of a durable resettlement solu7 tion; and 

8 ‘‘(C) whose government cannot or will not pro9 vide such durable resettlement solution.’’; and 

10 (2) by amending paragraph (34) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(34) The term ‘designated application center’ means 

13 any United States embassy or consulate, or other facility 

14 as the Secretary of State may delegate to accept applica15 tions for climate-displaced person status.’’. 

16 SEC. 4. REQUIRED DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING. 

17 (a) DATA COLLECTION.—The President, in coordina18 tion with the Department of Commerce, the Environ19 mental Protection Agency, the Department of State, the 

20 Director of National Intelligence, the Department of De21 fense, and other relevant agencies, shall collect and main22 tain data on displacement caused by climate change, in23 cluding information from— 

24 (1) the International Organization for Migra25 tion; 


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1 (2) the United Nations High Commissioner for 

2 Refugees; 

3 (3) UNICEF; and 

4 (4) other international organizations that are 

5 collecting such data. 

6 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there8 after, the President shall submit a report to the appro9 priate congressional committees that details the collection 

10 and analysis of the data described in subsection (a). The 

11 report required under this subsection shall be submitted 

12 in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 

13 SEC. 5. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE STRATEGY. 

14 Section 117 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2151p) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) The President is authorized to furnish assist20 ance to programs and initiatives that— 

21 ‘‘(i) promote resilience among communities fac22 ing harmful impacts from climate change; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) reduce the vulnerability of persons affected 

24 by climate change. 


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1 ‘‘(B) There shall be, in the Department of State, a 

2 Coordinator of Climate Change Resilience, who shall co3 ordinate the assistance authorized under this paragraph.’’; 

4 and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary of State, in coordination with 

7 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development, shall establish a comprehensive, in9 tegrated, 10-year strategy, which shall be referred to as 

10 the ‘Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy’, to miti11 gate the impacts of climate change on displacement and 

12 humanitarian emergencies. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) focus on addressing slow-onset and rapid16 onset effects of events caused by climate change; 

17 ‘‘(B) consider the effects of events caused by 

18 climate change; 

19 ‘‘(C) describe the key features of successful 

20 strategies to prevent such conditions; 

21 ‘‘(D) include specific objectives and multisec22 toral approaches to the effects of events caused by 

23 climate change; 

24 ‘‘(E) describe approaches that ensure national 

25 leadership, as appropriate, and substantively engage 


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1 with civil society, local partners, and the affected 

2 communities, including marginalized populations and 

3 underserved populations, in the design, implementa4 tion, and monitoring of climate change programs to 

5 best safeguard the future of those subject to dis6 placement; 

7 ‘‘(F) assign roles for relevant Federal agencies 

8 to avoid duplication of efforts, while ensuring that— 

9 ‘‘(i) the Department of State is responsible 

10 for— 

11 ‘‘(I) leading the Global Climate 

12 Change Resilience Strategy; 

13 ‘‘(II) establishing United States for14 eign policy; 

15 ‘‘(III) advancing diplomatic and polit16 ical efforts; 

17 ‘‘(IV) guiding security assistance and 

18 related civilian security efforts to mitigate 

19 climate change threats; and 

20 ‘‘(V) providing overseas humanitarian 

21 assistance to respond to international and 

22 internal displacement caused by climate 

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1 sons, including resettlement into the 

2 United States; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the United States Agency for Inter4 national Development is— 

5 ‘‘(I) responsible for overseeing pro6 grams to prevent the effects of events 

7 caused by climate change; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the lead implementing agency 

9 for development and related nonsecurity 

10 program policy related to building resil11 ience and achieving recovery; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) other Federal agencies support the 

13 activities of the Department of State and the 

14 United States Agency for International Devel15 opment, as appropriate, with the concurrence of 

16 the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 

17 the United States Agency for International De18 velopment; 

19 ‘‘(G) describe programs that agencies will un20 dertake to achieve the stated objectives, including 

21 descriptions of existing programs and funding by fis22 cal year and account; 

23 ‘‘(H) identify mechanisms to improve coordina24 tion between the United States, foreign govern25 ments, and international organizations, including the 


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1 World Bank, the United Nations, regional organiza2 tions, and private sector organizations; 

3 ‘‘(I) address efforts to expand public-private 

4 partnerships and leverage private sector resources; 

5 ‘‘(J) describe the criteria, metrics, and mecha6 nisms for monitoring and evaluation of programs 

7 and objectives in the Global Climate Change Resil8 ience Strategy; and 

9 ‘‘(K) describe how the Global Climate Change 

10 Resilience Strategy will ensure that programs are 

11 country-led and context-specific. 

12 ‘‘(3) Not later than 270 days after the date of the 

13 enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the 

14 President shall submit a report to the Committee on For15 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For16 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, based in part 

17 on the information collected pursuant to this section, that 

18 details the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy. 

19 The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

20 may include a classified annex, if necessary. 

21 ‘‘(4) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

22 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of State and 

23 the Coordinator of Global Climate Change Resilience shall 

24 brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

25 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 


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1 Representatives regarding the progress made by the Fed2 eral Government in implementing the Global Climate 

3 Change Resilience Strategy. 

4 ‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 270 days after the date of 

5 the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, 

6 the Comptroller General of the United States, in coopera7 tion and consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

8 produce a report evaluating the progress that the Federal 

9 Government has made toward incorporating climate 

10 change into department and agency policies, including the 

11 resources that have been allocated for such purpose. 

12 ‘‘(B) The report required under subparagraph (A) 

13 shall assess— 

14 ‘‘(i) the degree to which the Department of 

15 State and the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development (USAID) are— 

17 ‘‘(I) developing climate change risk assess18 ments; and 

19 ‘‘(II) providing guidance to missions on 

20 how to include climate change risks in their in21 tegrated country strategies; 

22 ‘‘(ii) whether the Department of State and 

23 USAID have sufficient resources to fulfill the re24 quirements described in paragraph (2); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) any areas in which the Department of 

2 State and USAID may lack sufficient resources to 

3 fulfill such requirements.’’. 

4 SEC. 6. TRAINING OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS IN CLI5 MATE CHANGE RESILIENCE. 

6 Section 708(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

7 (22 U.S.C. 4028(a)(1)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

11 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(E) for Foreign Service Officers who will 

14 be assigned to a country from which climate15 displaced persons (as defined in section 

16 101(a)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality 

17 Act) have been displaced, instruction on climate 

18 displacement, including the Global Climate 

19 Change Resilience Strategy established under 

20 section 117(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

21 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151p(d)).’’. 

22 SEC. 7. GUIDANCE ON THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF 

23 CLIMATE CHANGE. 

24 The Secretary of State shall provide guidance to each 

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1 ecutive Order 13677 (79 Fed. Reg. 58229), addressing the 

2 humanitarian impacts associated with climate change. 

3 SEC. 8. ADMISSION OF CLIMATE-DISPLACED PERSONS. 

4 (a) ADMISSION OF CLIMATE-DISPLACED PERSONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title II of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et 

7 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 244A. CLIMATE-DISPLACED PERSONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) ADMISSION GOAL.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

11 207, the number of climate-displaced persons who 

12 may be admitted under this section in any fiscal 

13 year (beginning with fiscal year 2020) shall be not 

14 fewer than the greater of— 

15 ‘‘(A) 50,000; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the number that the President deter17 mines, before the beginning of the fiscal year 

18 and after appropriate consultation with Con19 gress, is justified by humanitarian concerns or 

20 is otherwise in the national interest. 

21 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF NUMERICAL ADJUSTMENT.—If 

22 the President determines that the number of cli23 mate-displaced persons who may be admitted in a 

24 fiscal year based on humanitarian concerns or the 


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1 national interest is greater than the number set 

2 forth in paragraph (1)(A), the President shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) set the admissions level for climate4 displaced persons at the same time as the 

5 President determines the number of refugees 

6 who may be admitted in such fiscal year under 

7 section 207; and 

8 ‘‘(B) follow all of the procedures relating 

9 to refugee admissions under section 207, in10 cluding the requirement to engage in an appro11 priate consultation with Congress. 

12 ‘‘(b) ADMISSIBILITY; APPLICATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ADMISSIBILITY.—Subject to the nu15 merical limitation under subsection (a), the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security, pursuant to such 

17 regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, may 

18 admit any climate-displaced person under this 

19 section who— 

20 ‘‘(i) is admissible; 

21 ‘‘(ii) is not described in section 

22 208(b)(2); and 

23 ‘‘(iii) is not described in paragraph 

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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS.—Any alien described 

2 in subparagraph (A), regardless of such alien’s 

3 immigration status, may apply for admission as 

4 a climate-displaced person if the alien— 

5 ‘‘(i) is physically present in the 

6 United States; 

7 ‘‘(ii) arrives in the United States 

8 (whether or not at a designated port of ar9 rival and including an alien who is brought 

10 to the United States after having been 

11 interdicted in international or United 

12 States waters); or 

13 ‘‘(iii) applies at a designated applica14 tion center. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided in 

16 paragraph (3), an alien may not apply for status as 

17 a climate-displaced person if— 

18 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security 

19 determines that the alien may be removed, pur20 suant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, 

21 to a country (other than the country of the 

22 alien’s nationality or, in the case of an alien 

23 having no nationality, the country of the alien’s 

24 last habitual residence) that is outside of the 

25 zone in which the sudden or progressive change 


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1 in the environment obliged the alien to leave his 

2 or her residence, provided that such determina3 tion does not violate our Nation’s human rights 

4 obligations; 

5 ‘‘(B) the application is not filed within 1 

6 year after the date of the alien’s arrival in the 

7 United States; or 

8 ‘‘(C) an earlier application by the alien for 

9 climate-displaced person status has been denied. 

10 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL12 DREN.—Paragraph (2) shall not apply to unac13 companied alien children (as defined in section 

14 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

15 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))). 

16 ‘‘(B) CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES.—Sub17 paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) shall 

18 not apply if the alien demonstrates, to the satis19 faction of the Secretary of Homeland Security 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(i) extraordinary circumstances pre22 vented the alien from filing an application 

23 within the period specified in paragraph 

24 (2)(B); or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) changed circumstances materially 

2 affect the applicant’s eligibility for climate3 displaced person status. 

4 ‘‘(C) REFERRALS AUTHORIZED.—The Sec5 retary of State may also accept applications 

6 submitted on behalf of eligible applicants for 

7 climate-displaced person status by qualified 

8 international agencies. 

9 ‘‘(4) CONTENTS.—Applications submitted under 

10 this subsection shall contain such information as the 

11 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security, determines to be nec13 essary to determine whether the applicant is eligible 

14 for admission as a climate-displaced person. 

15 ‘‘(5) FEES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

17 subparagraph (B), an applicant for climate-dis18 placed person status shall not be charged a fee. 

19 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If an alien has applied 

20 for, and been denied, climate-displaced person 

21 status on 2 or more previous occasions, the Sec22 retary may charge a reasonable fee for any sub23 sequent applications, which shall be set at a 

24 level equal to the average cost of adjudicating 

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1 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CLIMATE-DISPLACED PER2 SONS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien who qualifies for 

4 climate-displaced person status under this section 

5 shall be eligible for resettlement assistance, entitle6 ment programs, and other benefits available to refu7 gees admitted under section 207. 

8 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND

9 SPOUSE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A spouse or a child 

11 (as defined in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), 

12 or (E) of section 101(b)(1)) of an alien who is 

13 granted climate-displaced person status under 

14 this section may, if not otherwise eligible for 

15 such status, be granted the same status as the 

16 climate-displaced person if accompanying, or 

17 following to join, such alien. 

18 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.—An un19 married alien who seeks to accompany, or follow 

20 to join, a parent granted climate-displaced per21 son status under this section, and who was 

22 younger than 21 years of age on the date on 

23 which such parent applied for such status, shall 

24 continue to be classified as a child for purposes 

25 of this subsection and section 209(b)(3), if the 


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1 alien attains 21 years of age while such applica2 tion is pending. 

3 ‘‘(d) GROUNDS FOR INELIGIBILITY.—An alien may 

4 not be admitted as a climate-displaced person under this 

5 section if the alien is described in section 208(b)(2).’’. 

6 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con7 tents for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by inserting after the 

9 item relating to section 244 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 244A. Climate-displaced persons.’’. 

10 (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 209(a)(1) of 

11 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(a)) 

12 is amended by inserting ‘‘or 244A’’ before the em dash 

13 immediately preceding subparagraph (A). 

14 (c) SAVINGS PROVISION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 244A of 

16 the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by 

17 subsection (a)(1), may be construed to affect the 

18 United States commitment to the United States Ref19 ugee Admissions Program. 

20 (2) ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS.—The protec21 tions described in such section 244A are in addition 

22 to the refugee admissions goal established by the 

23 Presidential determination described in subsection 

24 (a)(1)(B) of such section. 


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1 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

3 as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 

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