(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the findings of the study 
under paragraph (1). 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require a refugee to participate 
in a training program under this section as a precondition 
for the admission of the refugee to the United States. 
SEC. 
404. 
UPDATE 
OF 
RECEPTION 
AND 
PLACEMENT 
GRANTS. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2021, in setting the amount 
of reception and placement grants for refugees, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that— 
(1) the grant amount is adjusted to an amount 
that is adequate to provide for the anticipated initial 
resettlement needs of refugees and includes adjust-
ments for inflation and the cost of living; 
(2) the administrative portion of such grants 
provided at the beginning of the fiscal year to each 
national resettlement agency is sufficient to ensure 
adequate local and national capacity to serve the ini-
tial resettlement needs of the number of refugees the 
Secretary anticipates the agency will resettle during 
the fiscal year; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00083
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
(3) additional amounts are provided to each na-
tional resettlement agency promptly upon the arrival 
of refugees that, exclusive of the amounts provided 
pursuant to paragraph (2), are sufficient to meet the 
anticipated initial resettlement needs of such refu-
gees and support local and national operational costs 
in excess of the amount described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 405. CASE MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement shall make grants to national reset-
tlement agencies to operate a case management system for 
the purpose of offering case management to qualified indi-
viduals to assist in accessing any service, benefit, or assist-
ance for which qualified individuals are eligible provided 
by— 
(1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement; 
(2) any other Federal, State, or local agency; 
and 
(3) a private entity or a nonprofit organization. 
(b) PERIOD OF QUALIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a qualified individual may receive case 
management services under this section during the 
period beginning on the date on which the qualified 
individual was determined to be eligible for resettle-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00084
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
ment, acculturation, or subsistence services provided 
by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and ending on 
the date that is 1 year after the date on which the 
qualified individual ceases to be so eligible. 
(2) EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), an individual described in subpara-
graph (B) may receive such case management 
services during the period beginning on the date 
on which such individual was determined to be 
eligible for resettlement, acculturation, or sub-
sistence services provided by the Office of Ref-
ugee Resettlement and ending on the date that 
is 3 years after the date on which such indi-
vidual ceases to be so eligible. 
(B) EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.—An 
individual described in this subparagraph is a 
qualified individual who— 
(i) is 65 years of age or older; 
(ii) has extraordinary resettlement or 
acculturation needs that impede the ability 
of the individual to achieve durable self- 
sufficiency; 
(iii) is a refugee resettled from a situ-
ation of protracted displacement; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00085
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
(iv) is a member of a family caring for 
an unattached refugee minor; or 
(v) on the date on which the indi-
vidual 
was 
admitted 
to 
the 
United 
States— 
(I) had a disability or serious 
medical condition; 
(II) had a mental health condi-
tion; 
(III) was part of a household 
headed by a single parent; or 
(IV) was a victim of a severe 
form of violence. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as affecting the authority of the Director of 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement under section 
412(e)(7)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1522(e)(7)(A)) or of any other section of such Act 
to provide case management services to qualified individ-
uals who have been in the United States for longer than 
3 years. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘quali-
fied individual’’ means an individual who was, at any 
time, eligible for resettlement, acculturation, or sub-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00086
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
sistence services provided by the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement. 
(2) RESETTLEMENT, ACCULTURATION, OR SUB-
SISTENCE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘resettlement, ac-
culturation, or subsistence services’’ includes each of 
the services provided by the Office of Refugee Reset-
tlement to aliens (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a))), except the case management services 
under this section. 
SEC. 406. INCREASE IN CASH PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 412 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) Subject to the availability of funds, assist-
ance and social services for employment and health 
and living expenses under this section shall be avail-
able to refugees for a period of not less than 1 
year.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Subject to the availability of 
funds, such assistance and services shall be 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00087
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
made available to refugees for a period of not 
less than 1 year.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1)(A)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Subject to the availability of funds, such 
assistance shall be provided for not less than 1 year 
beginning on the first day of the month in which a 
refugee enters the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is the ear-
lier of— 
(1) the first day of the first fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) the date on which a final rule is promul-
gated to implement such amendments. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion or in the amendments made by this section shall be 
construed as limiting or reducing assistance provided for 
a period that is more than 1 year. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00088
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
TITLE V—PROTECTIONS FOR 
IMMIGRANTS 
SEC. 501. PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. 
A recipient of a grant described in, or established 
under, this title may not be required, as a condition of 
receiving such a grant, to transmit the personally identifi-
able information of an immigrant, or a family member or 
household member of an immigrant, served by the recipi-
ent. 
SEC. 502. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN INTEGRATION 
AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES. 
The participation of an immigrant in any integration 
or inclusion activity under this Act shall be strictly vol-
untary. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:17 Mar 22, 2021
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00089
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H1308.IH
H1308
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS