Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
PL 94-23 (H.R.6755), enacted 05/23/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-23—MAY 23, 1975 
89 STAT. 87 
Public Law 94-23 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To enable the United States to render assistance to, or in belialf of, certain 
migrants and refugees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as "The Indochina Migration and Kefugee Assistance Act of 
1975". 
SEC!. 2. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) there are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to amounts other-
wise avaihible for such purposes, $155,000,000 for the performance of 
functions set forth in the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962 (76 Stat. 121), as amended, with respect to aliens who have fled 
from Cambodia or Vietnam, such sums to remain available in accord-
ance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) N^one of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
shall be available for the performance of functions after June 30,1976, 
other than for carrying out the provisions of clauses (3), (4), (5), 
and (6) of section 2(b) of tlie Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962, as amended. None of such funds shall be available for obliga-
tion for any purpose after September 30.1977. 
SEC. 3. In carrying out functions utilizing the funds made available 
under this Act, the term "refugee" as defined in section 2(b) (3) of 
the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, shall 
be deemed to include aliens w^ho (A) because of persecution or fear of 
persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion, fled from 
Cambodia or Vietnam; (B) cannot return there because of fear of 
persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion; and 
(C) are in urgent need of assistance for the essentials of life. 
SEC. 4. (a) The President shall consult with and keep the Com-
mittees on the Judiciary, Appropriations, and International Relations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Rela-
tions, Appropriations and Judiciary of the Senate fully and currently 
informed of the use of funds and the exercise of functions authorized 
in this Act. 
(b) Not more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the President shall transmit to such Committees a report describ-
ing fully and completely the status of refugees from Cambodia and 
South Vietnam. Such report shall set forth, in addition— 
(1) a plan for the resettlement of those refugees remaining in 
receiving or staging centers; 
(2) the number of refugees who have indicated an interest in 
returning to their homeland or being resettled in a third country, 
together with (A) a description of the plan for their return or 
resettlement and the steps taken to carry out such return or 
resettlement, and (B) any initiatives that have been made with 
respect to the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees of 
the United Nations; and 
(3) a full and complete description of the steps the President 
has taken to retrieve and deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts all amounts previously authorized and appropriated for 
assistance to South Vietnam and Cambodia but not expended for 
such purpose, exclusive of the $98,000,000 of Indochina Postwar 
Reconstruction funds allocated to the Department of State for 
movement and maintenance of refugees prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
May 23, 1975 
[H.R. 6755] 
The Indochina 
Migration and 
Refugee 
Assistance Act of 
1975. 
22 u s e 2601 
note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
22 u s e 2601 
note. 
22 u s e 2601 
22 u s e 2601 
note. 
Presidential 
consultation vath 
congressional 
committees. 
22 u s e 2601 
note. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
89 STAT. 88 
PUBLIC LAW 94-23—MAY 23, 1975 
Supplementary 
(c) Supplementary reports setting forth recent information with 
reports. 
fespect to each of the items referred to in this section shall be trans-
mitted not more than ninety days after the date of transmittal of the 
report referred to in subsection (b) of this section and not later than 
the end of each ninety-day period thereafter. Such reports shall con-
tinue until September 30, 1977, and a final report shall be submitted 
no later than December 31,1977. 
Approved May 23, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-197 (Comm. on the Judiciary) and No. 94-230 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-119 accompanying S. 1661 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
May 14, considered and passed House. 
May 16, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1661. 
May 21, Senate and House agreed to conference report.