ernment in the three years preceding the award 
of a scholarship under this section; and 
(D) may not be or have been a member of 
a foreign terrorist organization (as designated by 
the Secretary of State in accordance with section 
219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189(a))) or involved in organized 
crime. 
(3) INTERNSHIPS.—Internships under this sec-
tion shall be for periods of not more than six months. 
(4) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In the award of 
internships under this section, the Secretary of State 
shall give priority consideration to students who are 
underprivileged or members of ethnic, religious, or 
cultural minorities. 
(5) CENTRAL ASIA DEFINED.—For the purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘Central Asia’’ means the 
countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 
101(4), there is authorized to be appropriated $600,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 220. UNITED STATES-SOUTH PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States-South Pacific Scholarship 
Program (USSP), authorized by Congress and funded 
by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of 
the Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based 
scholarship program that ensures that Pacific Island-
ers have an opportunity to pursue higher education 
in the United States and to obtain first-hand knowl-
edge of United States institutions. 
(2) It is expected that these students will one day 
assume leadership roles in their countries. 
(3) As the Chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Territories and Insular Affairs, the late Congressman 
Phillip Burton was a voice for Pacific Island popu-
lations. 
(4) He was also a voice for workers, the poor, 
and the elderly. 
(5) Congressman Burton was one of the most 
brilliant and productive legislators in United States 
politics. 
(6) He served in Congress from 1964 to 1983. 
(7) He worked every day of his life to ensure so-
cial justice and human dignity for all people. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) so that future generations will know his 
name and remember his service, it is fitting that the 
leadership and vision of Phillip Burton, especially as 
the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Territories and 
Insular Affairs, which indirectly impacted United 
States foreign policy in the South Pacific region, 
should be honored; and 
(2) the United States-South Pacific Scholarship 
Program should be renamed the Phillip Burton Schol-
arship Program for South Pacific Island Students. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated pursuant to section 101(4), $750,000 
is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal 
years 2010 and 2011 to be made available for the 
United States-South Pacific Scholarship Program. 
(2) NAME.—Scholarships awarded under the 
Program shall be referred to as ‘‘Burton Scholar-
ships’’ and recipients of such scholarships shall be re-
ferred to as ‘‘Burton Scholars’’. 
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SEC. 221. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF 
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursu-
ant to section 101(4), $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 is authorized to be appropriated for scholarships 
for secondary and post-secondary education in the United 
States for students from Mexico and the countries of Central 
and South America who are from the indigenous peoples 
of the region. 
SEC. 222. UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN EDUCATIONAL EX-
CHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) CARICOM COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘CARICOM 
country’’— 
(A) means a member country of the Carib-
bean Community (CARICOM); but 
(B) does not include— 
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(i) a country having observer status in 
CARICOM; or 
(ii) a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined, for 
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or 
any other provision of law, is a government 
that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism. 
(3) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise provided, 
the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State. 
(4) UNITED STATES COOPERATING AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘United States cooperating agency’’ means— 
(A) an institution of higher education (as 
such term is defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a))), including, to the maximum extent 
practicable, a historically Black college or uni-
versity that is a part B institution (as such term 
is defined in section 322(2) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1061(2))) or a Hispanic-serving institu-
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tion (as such term is defined in section 502(5) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5))); 
(B) a higher education association; 
(C) a nongovernmental organization incor-
porated in the United States; or 
(D) a consortium consisting of two or more 
such institutions, associations, or nongovern-
mental organizations. 
(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State 
is authorized to establish an educational exchange program 
between the United States and CARICOM countries, to be 
known as the ‘‘Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Carib-
bean Educational Exchange Program’’, under which— 
(1) secondary school students from CARICOM 
countries will— 
(A) attend a public or private secondary 
school in the United States; and 
(B) participate in activities designed to 
promote a greater understanding of the values 
and culture of the United States; and 
(2) undergraduate students, graduate students, 
post-graduate students, and scholars from CARICOM 
countries will— 
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(A) attend a public or private college or 
university, including a community college, in the 
United States; and 
(B) participate in activities designed to 
promote a greater understanding of the values 
and culture of the United States. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program author-
ized under subsection (b) shall meet the following require-
ments: 
(1) The program will offer scholarships to stu-
dents and scholars based on merit and need. It is the 
sense of Congress that scholarships should be offered 
to students and scholars who evidence merit, achieve-
ment, and strong potential for the studies such stu-
dents and scholars wish to undertake under the pro-
gram and 60 percent of scholarships offered under the 
program should be based on financial need. 
(2) The program will seek to achieve gender 
equality in granting scholarships under the program. 
(3) Fields of study under the program will sup-
port the labor market and development needs of 
CARICOM countries, assuring a pool of technical ex-
perts to address such needs. 
(4) The program will limit participation to— 
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(A) one year of study for secondary school 
students; 
(B) two years of study for undergraduate 
students; and 
(C) 12 months of study for graduate stu-
dents, post-graduate students, and scholars. 
(5) For a period of time equal to the period of 
time of participation in the program, but not to ex-
ceed two years, the program will require participants 
who are students and scholars described in subsection 
(a)(2) to— 
(A) agree to return to live in a CARICOM 
country and maintain residence in such country, 
within six months of completion of academic 
studies; or 
(B) agree to obtain employment that di-
rectly benefits the growth, progress, and develop-
ment of one or more CARICOM countries and 
the people of such countries. 
(6) The Secretary may waive, shorten the dura-
tion, or otherwise alter the requirements of paragraph 
(4) in limited circumstances of hardship, humani-
tarian needs, for specific educational purposes, or in 
furtherance of the national interests of the United 
States. 
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(d) ROLE OF UNITED STATES COOPERATING AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary shall consult with United States co-
operating agencies in developing the program authorized 
under subsection (b). The Secretary is authorized to provide 
grants to United States cooperating agencies in carrying 
out the program authorized under subsection (b). 
(e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall monitor 
and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the 
program authorized under subsection (b). In so doing, 
the Secretary shall, among other things, evaluate the 
program’s positive or negative effects on ‘‘brain 
drain’’ from the participating CARICOM countries 
and suggest ways in which the program may be im-
proved to promote the basic goal of alleviating brain 
drain from the participating CARICOM countries. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall review on a regular 
basis— 
(A) financial information relating to the 
program; 
(B) budget plans for the program; 
(C) adjustments to plans established for the 
program; 
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(D) graduation rates of participants in the 
program; 
(E) the percentage of participants who are 
students described in subsection (b)(1) who pur-
sue higher education; 
(F) the percentage of participants who re-
turn 
to 
their 
home 
country 
or 
another 
CARICOM country; 
(G) the types of careers pursued by partici-
pants in the program and the extent to which 
such careers are linked to the political, economic, 
and social development needs of CARICOM 
countries; and 
(H) the impact of gender, country of origin, 
financial need of students, and other relevant 
factors on the data collected under subpara-
graphs (D) through (G). 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on plans to imple-
ment the program authorized under this section. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 
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(A) a plan for selecting participants in the 
program, including an estimate of the number of 
secondary school students, undergraduate stu-
dents, graduate students, post-graduate students, 
and scholars from each country, by educational 
level, who will be selected as participants in the 
program for each fiscal year; 
(B) a timeline for selecting United States 
cooperating agencies that will assist in imple-
menting the program; 
(C) a financial plan that— 
(i) identifies budget plans for each edu-
cational level under the program; and 
(ii) identifies plans or systems to en-
sure that the costs to public school, college, 
and university education under the pro-
gram and the costs to private school, college, 
and university education under the pro-
gram are reasonably allocated; and 
(D) a plan to provide outreach to and link-
ages with schools, colleges and universities, and 
nongovernmental organizations in both the 
United States and CARICOM countries for im-
plementation of the program. 
(3) UPDATES OF REPORT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees 
updates of the report required by paragraph (1) 
for each fiscal year for which amounts are ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations under subsection (g). 
(B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such up-
dates shall include the following: 
(i) Information on United States co-
operating agencies that are selected to assist 
in implementing the programs authorized 
under this section. 
(ii) An analysis of the positive and 
negative impacts the program authorized 
under this section will have or is having on 
‘‘brain 
drain’’ 
from 
the 
participating 
CARICOM countries. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 
101(4), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 
to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 223. EXCHANGES BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND THE 
UNITED STATES TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE 
AMONG MINORITY GROUPS IN SRI LANKA. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to pro-
vide financial assistance to— 
(1) establish an exchange program for Sri 
Lankan students currently pursuing a high school de-
gree to participate in dialogue and understanding 
workshops in the United States; 
(2) expand Sri Lankan participation in ex-
change programs of the Department of State; and 
(3) promote dialogue between young adults from 
various ethnic, religious, linguistic, and other minor-
ity groups in Sri Lanka. 
(b) PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish an exchange program to provide scholarships 
to fund exchanges to enable Sri Lankan high school 
students from various ethnic, religious, linguistic, and 
other minority groups to participate in post-conflict 
resolution, understanding, and dialogue promotion 
workshops. 
(2) DIALOGUE WORKSHOPS.—The exchange pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) shall include a 
dialogue workshop located in the United States for 
participants in such program. 
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(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an amount to be used for full 
or partial support of living expenses in the United States 
for a participant in the exchange program established 
under subsection (b), including travel expenses to, from, and 
within the United States. 
SEC. 224. EXCHANGES BETWEEN LIBERIA AND THE UNITED 
STATES FOR WOMEN LEGISLATORS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to pro-
vide financial assistance to— 
(1) establish an exchange program for Liberian 
women legislators and women staff members of the Li-
berian Congress; 
(2) expand Liberian participation in exchange 
programs of the Department of State; and 
(3) promote the advancement of women in the 
field of politics, with the aim of eventually reducing 
the rates of domestic abuse, illiteracy, and sexism in 
Liberia. 
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of State shall establish 
an exchange program in cooperation with the Women’s Leg-
islative Caucus in Liberia to provide scholarships to fund 
exchanges to enable Liberian women legislators and excep-
tional women Liberian Congressional staffers to encourage 
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more women to participate in, and continue to be active 
in, politics and the democratic process in Liberia. 
(c) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘scholarship’’ means an amount to be used for full or par-
tial support of living expenses in the United States for a 
participant in the exchange program established under sub-
section (b), including travel expenses to, from, and within 
the United States. 
SEC. 225. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR HAITI. 
The Secretary of State shall develop a public diplo-
macy plan to be implemented in the event that Temporary 
Protected Status (TPS) is extended to Haitian nationals 
in the United States to effectively inform Haitians living 
in Haiti that— 
(1) TPS only permits people already in the 
United States as of a specifically designated date to 
remain in the United States; 
(2) there are extraordinary dangers of travel by 
sea to the United States in unsafe, overcrowded ves-
sels; 
(3) any Haitian interdicted at sea traveling to 
the United States will be repatriated to Haiti; and 
(4) the United States will continue its large as-
sistance program to help the people of Haiti recover 
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from recent hurricanes, restore stability, and promote 
economic growth. 
SEC. 226. TRANSFER OF THE VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUN-
DATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) PURPOSES.—Section 202 of the Vietnam Edu-
cation Foundation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–554) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) To support the development of one or more 
academic institutions in Vietnam by financing the 
participation of United States institutions of higher 
education in the governance, management, and aca-
demic activities of such academic institutions in Viet-
nam.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 204 of such Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT. 
‘‘There is established, within the Bureau of Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State, 
the Vietnam Education Foundation (referred to in this title 
as the ‘Foundation’).’’. 
(c) REPLACEMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 205 of such Act is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 205. VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There may be established a 
Vietnam Education Foundation Advisory Committee 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Com-
mittee’), which shall provide advice to the Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs regarding the Foundation’s activities. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee 
shall be composed of seven members, of whom— 
‘‘(A) three shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(B) one shall be appointed by the majority 
leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(C) one shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(D) one shall be appointed by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(E) one shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Members appointed to the 
Advisory Committee under paragraph (2) may in-
clude individuals who were members of the Board of 
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Directors of the Foundation on the date immediately 
preceding the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(b) SUPERVISION.—The Foundation shall be subject 
to the supervision and direction of the Secretary, working 
through the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs, and in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mittee established under subsection (a).’’. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—Sub-
section (a) of section 208 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘shall be ap-
pointed’’ and inserting ‘‘may be appointed’’; and 
(2) by striking the last sentence. 
(e) SERVICE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE.—Such subsection is further amended, in the 
second sentence, by striking ‘‘Foundation and shall carry 
out’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation, serve the Advisory Com-
mittee, and carry out’’. 
(f) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 206(a)(1)(A) of 
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘technology, and computer 
sciences’’ and inserting ‘‘academic computer science, public 
policy, and academic and public management’’. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 203— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) programs administered by the Vietnam 
Education Foundation.’’. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions and as-
sets of the Vietnam Education Foundation are transferred 
to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the 
Department of State. The Assistant Secretary for Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs may hire personnel who were 
employed by the Vietnam Education Foundation on the 
date before the date of the enactment of this Act, and such 
other personnel as may be necessary to support the Founda-
tion, in accordance with part III of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(j) SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN 
VIETNAM.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
State, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs, is authorized to award 
1 or more grants to institutions of higher education 
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), which shall be used 
to implement graduate-level academic and public pol-
icy management leadership programs in Vietnam. 
Such programs shall— 
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(A) support Vietnam’s equitable and sus-
tainable socioeconomic development; 
(B) feature both teaching and research com-
ponents; 
(C) promote the development of institutional 
capacity in Vietnam; 
(D) operate according to core principles of 
good governance; and 
(E) enjoy autonomy from the Vietnamese 
government. 
(2) APPLICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of high-
er education desiring the grant under this sec-
tion shall submit an application to the Secretary 
of State at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. 
(B) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—Each grant au-
thorized under subsection (a) shall be awarded 
on a competitive basis. 
(3) SOURCE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State may use funds made available to the Vietnam 
Education Foundation under section 207(c) of the 
Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (22 
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U.S.C. 2452 note) for the grant awarded under this 
section. 
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date that 
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section. 
Subtitle C—Consular Services and 
Related Matters 
SEC. 231. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO ASSESS PASSPORT 
SURCHARGE. 
Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 
U.S.C. 214; chapter 223, 41 Stat. 750), is amended by— 
(1) striking subsection (b)(2); and 
(2) redesignating subsection (b)(3) as subsection 
(b)(2). 
SEC. 232. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL 
CONSULAR SERVICES IN MOLDOVA. 
It is the sense of Congress that in light of serious prob-
lems with human trafficking as well as the exceptionally 
high volume of applications by citizens of Moldova to the 
United States Summer Work Travel program, the Secretary 
of State should make every effort to enhance consular serv-
ices at the United States embassy in Chisinau, Moldova, 
including considering assigning an additional consular of-
ficer to such post, and providing enhanced anti-trafficking 
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training, especially related to student exchange visas and 
other vulnerable categories of visa applicants. 
SEC. 233. REFORMING REFUGEE PROCESSING. 
(a) WORLDWIDE PROCESSING PRIORITY SYSTEM.— 
(1) EMBASSY
REFERRALS.—The Secretary of 
State shall expand training of United States embassy 
and consular personnel to ensure that appropriate 
United States embassies and consulates are equipped 
and enabled to refer to the United States refugee ad-
missions program aliens in urgent need of resettle-
ment. 
(2) NGO REFERRALS.—The Secretary shall ex-
pand training of, and communication with, non-
governmental organizations that provide assistance to 
displaced and persecuted persons to enable such orga-
nizations to refer to the United States refugee admis-
sions program aliens in urgent need of resettlement. 
(b) REFORM OF THE REFUGEE CONSULTATION PROC-
ESS.—Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘In the event that a fiscal 
year begins without such determination having been 
made, there is authorized to be admitted in the first 
quarter of such fiscal year 25 percent of the number 
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of refugees fixed by the President in the previous fis-
cal year’s determination, and any refugees admitted 
under this sentence shall be counted toward the Presi-
dent’s determination when it is made.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘discussions in person’’ 
and inserting ‘‘discussions in person, to be com-
menced not later than June 1 of each year,’’. 
(c) FAMILY REUNIFICATION.— 
(1) MULTIPLE FORMS OF RELIEF.—Applicants 
for admission as refugees shall be permitted to simul-
taneously pursue admission under any other visa cat-
egories for which such applicants may be eligible. 
(2) SEPARATED
CHILDREN.—In the case of a 
child under the age of 18 who has been separated from 
the birth or adoptive parents of such child and who 
is living under the care of an alien who has been ap-
proved for admission to the United States as a ref-
ugee, such child shall be, if it is in the best interest 
of such child to be placed with such alien in the 
United States, admitted as a refugee provided such 
child is otherwise admissible as described in section 
207(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1157(c)(3)). 
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