Emergency Supplemental Persian Gulf Refugee Assistance Act of 1991
PL 102-45 (H.R.2122), enacted 05/17/1991

PUBLIC LAW 102-45—MAY 17, 1991 
105 STAT. 247 
Public Law 102-45 
102d Congress 
An Act 
To authorize emergency humanitarian assistance for fiscal year 1991 for Iraqi 
refugees and other persons in and around Iraq who are displaced as a result of the 
Persian Gulf conflict. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress 
assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Supplemental Persian 
Gulf Refugee Assistance Act of 1991". 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated as supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991 
for emergency humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees and other 
persons in and around Iraq who are displaced as a result of the 
Persian Gulf conflict, and to reimburse appropriations accounts 
from which such assistance was provided before the date of the 
enactment of this Act— 
(1) up to $150,000,000 for "International Disaster Assistance" 
under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
and 
(2) up to $200,000,000 for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" 
for the Department of State. 
(b) EMERGENCY MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—For pur-
poses of section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962, the limitation on appropriations for the "United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund" for fiscal year 
1991 shall be deemed to be $75,000,000. 
(c) CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated as supplemental appropria-
tions for fiscal year 1991 for peacekeeping activities in the Persian 
Gulf region and to reimburse accounts for which such activities have 
been funded before the date of enactment of this Act up to 
$50,000,000 for "Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activi-
ties" for the Department of State. 
(d) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.—Amounts obligated 
for fiscal year 1991 under the authority of section 492(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide international disaster 
assistance in connection with the Persian Gulf crisis shall not 
be counted against the ceiling limitation of such section. 
(2) SPECIAL AUTHORITY.—The value of any defense articles, 
defense services, and military education and training au-
thorized to be drawndown by the President on April 19, 1991, 
under the authority of section 506(a)(2)(B) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not be counted against the ceiling limita-
tion of such section. 
May 17, 1991 
[H.R. 2122] 
Emergency 
Supplemental 
Persian Gulf 
Refugee 
Assistance 
Act of 1991. 
105 STAT. 248 
PUBLIC LAW 102-45—MAY 17, 1991 
(3) AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 
1954 (PUBLIC LAW 480).—Notwithstanding subsections Qo) and (c) 
of section 412 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 or any other provision of law, funds made 
available for any title of such Act by the Rural Development, 
Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, 
may be used for purposes of title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954. 
(d) WAIVER OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS.—Assistance may 
be provided under this section notwithstanding any provision of law 
which restricts assistance to particular countries. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under this section are authorized to remain available until 
expended. 
(f) SOURCES OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section are 
authorized to be appropriated from the Defense Cooperation Ac-
count of the United States Treasury, the Persian Gulf Regional 
Defense Fund of the United States Treasury, or the General Fund of 
the Treasury. 
(g) DESIGNATION AS EMERGENCY FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES.— 
Funds authorized to be appropriated under this section may be 
designated 
emergency 
requirements 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
Approved May 17, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2122: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
Apr. 30, considered and passed House. 
May 9, considered and passed Senate.