Refugee Act of 1979
PL 96-212 (S.643), enacted 03/17/1980

94 STAT. 102 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
Public Law 96-212 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Mar. 17, l^aU 
rji^ amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the procedures for the 
[S. 643] 
admission of refugees, to amend the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962 to establish a more uniform basis for the provision of assistance to refugees, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Refugee Act o
f 
United States of 
America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be 
8^usc 1101 note ^^^^ ^ *^® "Refugee Act of 1980". 
TITLE I—PURPOSE 
8 use 1521 note. 
SEC. 101. (a) The Congress declares that it is the historic policy of 
the United States to respond to the urgent needs of persons subject to 
persecution in their homelands, including, where appropriate, 
humanitarian assistance for their care and maintenance in asylum 
areas, efforts to promote opportunities for resettlement or voluntary 
repatriation, aid for necessary transportation and processing, admis-
sion to this country of refugees of special humanitarian concern to 
the United States, and transitional assistance to refugees in the 
United States. The Congress further declares that it is the policy of 
the United States to encourage all nations to provide assistance and 
resettlement opportunities to refugees to the fullest extent possible. 
Qo) The objectives of this Act are to provide a permanent and 
systematic procedure for the admission to this country of refugees of 
special humanitarian concern to the United States, and to provide 
comprehensive and uniform provisions for the effective resettlement 
and absorption of those refugees who are admitted. 
TITLE II-ADMISSION OF REFUGEES 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding after paragraph (41) the 
following new paragraph: 
"Refugee." 
"(42) The term 'refugee' means (A) any person who is outside any 
country of such person^ nationality or, in the case of a person having 
no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last 
habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is 
unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, 
that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecu-
tion on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a 
particular social group, or political opinion, or (B) in such special 
circumstances as the President after appropriate consultation (as 
Post, p. 103. 
defined in section 207(e) of this Act) may specify, any person who is 
within the country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a 
person having no nationality, within the country in which such 
person is habitually residing, £md who is persecuted or who has a 
well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nation-
ality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. 
The term 'refugee' does not include any person who ordered, incited, 
assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on 
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94 STAT. 103 
account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular 
social group, or political opinion.". 
(b) Chapter 1 of title II of such Act is amended by adding after 
section 206 (8 U.S.C. 1156) the following new sections: 
ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES AND ADMISSION OF EMERGENCY 
SITUATION REFUGEES 
"SEC. 207. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection Q)), the number of 
refugees who may be admitted under this section in fiscal year 1980, 
1981, or 1982, may not exceed fifty thousand unless the President 
determines, before the beginning of the fiscal year and after appropri-
ate consultation (as defined in subsection (e)), that admission of a 
specific number of refugees in excess of such number is justified by 
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. 
"(2) Except as provided in subsection Ob), the number of refugees 
who may be admitted under this section in any fiscal year after fiscal 
year 1982 shall be such number as the President determines, before 
the beginning of the fiscal year and after appropriate consultation, is 
justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national 
interest. 
"(3) Admissions under this subsection shall be allocated among 
refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States in 
accordance with a determination made by the President after appro-
priate consultation. 
"(b) If the President determines, after appropriate consultation, 
that (1) an unforeseen emergency refugee situation exists, (2) the 
admission of certain refugees in response to the emergency refugee 
situation is justified by grave humanitarian concerns or is otherwise 
in the national interest, and (3) the admission to the United States of 
these refugees cannot be accomplished under subsection (a), the 
President may fix a number of refugees to be admitted to the United 
States during the succeeding period (not to exceed twelve months) in 
response to the emergency refugee situation and such admissions 
shall be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to 
the United States in accordance with a determination made by the 
President after the appropriate consultation provided under this 
subsection. 
"(c)(1) Subject to the numerical limitations established pursuant to 
subsections (a) and Ob), the Attorney General may, in the Attorney 
General's discretion and pursuant to such regulations as the Attor-
ney General may prescribe, admit any refugee who is not firmly 
resettled in any foreign country, is determined to be of special 
humanitarian concern to the United States, and is admissible (except 
as otherwide provided under paragraph (3)) as an immigrant under 
this Act. 
"(2) A spouse or child (as defined in section 10ia)Xl) (A), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E)) of any refugee who qualifies for admission under paragraph (1) 
shall, if not otherwise entitled to admission under paragraph (1) and 
if not a person described in the second sentence of section 101(a)(42), 
be entitled to the same admission status as such refugee if accompa-
nying, or following to join, such refugee and if the spouse or child is 
admissible (except as otherwise provided under paragraph (3)) as an 
immigrant under this Act. Upon the spouse's or child's admission to 
the United States, such admission shall be charged against the 
numerical limitation established in accordance with the appropriate 
subsection under which the refugee's admission is charged. 
Entry, 
numerical 
limitations. 
8 u s e 1157. 
Emergency 
conditions. 
Attorney 
General's 
authority. 
Spouse or child, 
admission 
status. 
8 u s e 1101. 
Ante, p. 102. 
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Waiver. 
8 u s e 1182. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Ante, p. 102. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Consultation, 
publication in 
Congressional 
Record. 
Proposed 
determination, 
review hearing. 
"Appropriate 
consultation." 
"(3) The provisions of paragraphs (14), (15), (20), (21), (25), and (32) of 
section 212(a) shall not be applicable to any alien seeking admission 
to the United States under this subsection, and the Attorney General 
may waive any other provision of such section (other than paragraph 
(27), (29), or (33) and other than so much of paragraph (23) as relates to 
trafficking in narcotics) with respect to such an alien for humanitar-
ian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the 
public interest. Any such waiver by the Attorney General shall be in 
writing and shall be granted only on an individual basis following an 
investigation. The Attorney General shall provide for the annual 
reporting to Congress of the number of waivers granted under this 
paragraph in the previous fiscal year and a summary of the resisons 
for granting such waivers. 
"(4) The refugee status of 
any alien (and of 
the spouse or child of the 
alien) may be terminated by the Attorney General pursuant to such 
regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe if the Attorney 
General determines that the alien was not in fact a refugee within 
the meaning of section 101(aX42) at the time of the alien's admission. 
"(d)(1) Before the start of each fiscal year the President shall report 
to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and of the Senate regarding the foreseeable number of refugees who 
will be in need of resettlement during the fiscal year and the 
anticipated allocation of refugee admissions during the fiscal year. 
The President shall provide for periodic discussions between desig-
nated representatives of the President and members of such commit-
tees regarding changes in the worldwide refugee situation, the 
progress of refugee admissions, and the possible need for adjustments 
in the allocation of admissions among refugees. 
"(2) As soon as possible after representatives of the President 
initiate appropriate consultation with respect to the number of 
refugee admissions under subsection (a) or with respect to the 
admission of refugees in response to an emergency refugee situation 
under subsection (b), the (Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and of the Senate shall cause to have printed in the 
Congressional Record the substance of such consultation. 
"(3)(A) After the President initiates appropriate consultation prior 
to making a determination under subsection (a), a hearing to review 
the proposed determination shall be held unless public disclosure of 
the details of the proposal would jeopardize the lives or safety of 
individuals. 
"(B) After the President initiates appropriate consultation prior to 
making a determination, under subsection Qy), that the number of 
refugee admissions should be increased because of an unforeseen 
emergency refugee situation, to the extent that time and the nature 
of the emergency refugee situation permit, a hearing to review the 
proposal to increase refugee admissions shall be held unless public 
disclosure of the details of the proposal would jeopardize the lives or 
safety of individuals. 
"(e) For purposes of this section, the term 'appropriate consulta-
tion* means, with respect to the admission of refugees and allocation 
of refugee admissions, discussions in person by designated 
Cabinet-level representatives of the President with members of the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives to review the refugee situation or emergency refugee 
situation, to project the extent of possible participation of the United 
States therein, to discuss the reasons for believing that the proposed 
admission of refugees is justified by humanitarian concerns or grave 
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94 STAT. 105 
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest, and 
to provide such members with the following information: 
"(1) A description of the nature of the refugee situation. 
"(2) A description of the number and allocation of the refugees 
to be admitted and an analysis of conditions within the countries 
from which they came. 
"(3) A description of the proposed plans for their movement 
and resettlement and the estimated cost of their movement and 
resettlement. 
"(4) An analysis of the anticipated social, economic, and 
demographic impact of their admission to the United States. 
"(5) A description of the extent to which other countries will 
admit and assist in the resettlement of 
such refugees. 
"(6) An analysis of the impact of the participation of 
the United 
States in the resettlement of such refugees on the foreign policy 
interests of 
the United States. 
"(7) Such additional information as may be appropriate or 
requested by such members. 
To the extent possible, information described in this subsection shall 
be provided at least two weeks in advance of discussions in person by 
designated representatives of the President with such members. 
ASYLUM PROCEDURE 
"SEC. 208. (a) The Attorney General shall establish a procedure for 
an alien physically present in the United States or at a land border or 
port of entry, irrespective of such alien's status, to apply for asylum, 
and the alien may be granted asylum in the discretion of the 
Attorney General if the Attorney General determines that such alien 
is a refugee within the meaning of 
section 101(aX42XA). 
"(h) Asylum granted under subsection (a) may be terminated if the 
Attorney General, pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney 
General may prescribe, determines that the alien is no longer a 
refugee within the meaning of section 101(aX42XA) owing to a change 
in circumstances in the alien's country of nationality or, in the case of 
an alien having no nationality, in the country in which the alien last 
habitually resided. 
"(c) A spouse or child (as defined in section 101(bXl) (A), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E)) of an alien who is granted £isylum under subsection (a) may, if 
not otherwise eligible for asylum under such subsection, be granted 
the same status as the alien if accompanying, or following to join, 
such alien. 
"ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES 
"SEC. 209. (aXD Any alien who has been admitted to the United 
States under section 207— 
"(A) whose admission has not been terminated by the Attorney 
General pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney General 
may prescribe, 
"(B) who has been physically present in the United States for 
at least one year, and 
"(C) who has not acquired permanent resident status, 
shall, at the end of such year period, return or be returned to the 
custody of the Service for inspection and examination for admission 
to the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the 
provisions of sections 235,236, and 237. 
8 u s e 1158. 
Ante, p. 102. 
Termination. 
Spouse or child, 
status. 
8 use 1101. 
8 use 1159. 
Ante, p. 103. 
8 use 1225, 
1226, 1227. 
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Permanent 
residence, 
admission 
conditions. 
Ante, p. 103. 
Alien's 
admission 
record. 
8 use 1182. 
8 use 1101. 
Ante, p. 105. 
"(2) Any alien who is found upon inspection and examination by an 
immigration officer pursuant to paragraph (1) or after a hearing 
before a special inquiry officer to be admissible (except as otherwise 
provided under subsection (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the 
time of the alien's inspection and examination shall, notwithstanding 
any numerical limitation specified in this Act, be regarded as 
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of 
the date of such alien's arrival into the United States. 
"(b) Not more than five thousand of the refugee admissions author-
ized under section 207(a) in any fiscal year may be made available by 
the Attorney General, in the Attorney General's discretion and 
under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to 
adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence the status of 
any alien granted asylum who— 
"(1) applies for such adjustment, 
"(2) has been physically present in the United States for at 
least one year after being granted asylum, 
"(3) continues to be a refugee within the meaning of section 
101(a)(42)(A) or a spouse or child of 
such a refugee, 
"(4) is not firmly resettled in any foreign country, and 
"(5) is admissible (except as otherwise provided under subsec-
tion (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the time of examina-
tion for adjustment of such alien. 
Upon approval of an application under this subsection, the Attorney 
General sheill establish a record of the alien's admission for lawful 
permanent residence as of the date one year before the date of the 
approval of the application. 
"(c) The provisions of paragraphs (14), (15), (20), (21), (25), and (32) of 
section 212(a) shall not be applicable to any alien seeking adjustment 
of status under this section, and the Attorney General may waive any 
other provision of 
such section (other than paragraph (27), (29), or (33) 
and other than so much of paragraph (23) as relates to trafficking in 
narcotics) with respect to such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to 
assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest.", 
(c) The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 206 the following new items: 
"Sec. 207. Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refu-
gees. 
"Sec. 208. Asylum procedure. 
"Sec. 209. Adjustment of status of refugees.". 
SEC. 202. Section 211 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1181) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and subsection (c)" in subsection (a) after 
"Except as provided in subsection (b)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to an alien 
whom the Attorney General admits to the United States under 
section 207.". 
SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (a) of section 201 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read £is follows: 
"(a) Exclusive of special immigrants defined in section 101(a)(27), 
immediate relatives specified in subsection (b) of this section, and 
aliens who are admitted or granted asylum under section 207 or 208, 
the number of aliens bom in any foreign state or dependent area who 
may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the 
status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for perma-
nent residence, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal 
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94 STAT. 107 
year exceed a total of seventy-two thousand and shall not in any fiscal 
year exceed two hundred and seventy thousand.". 
(b) Section 202 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and the number of conditional entries" in 
subsection (a); 
(2) by striking out "(8)" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(7)"; 
(3) by striking out "or conditional entries" and "and condi-
tional entries" in subsection (e); 
(4) by striking out "20 per centum" in subsection (eX2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "26 per centum"; 
(5) by striking out paragraph (7) of subsection (e); 
(6) by striking out "(7)" in paragraph (8) of subsection (e) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(6)"; and 
(7) by redesignating paragraph (8) of subsection (e) as para-
graph (7). 
(c) Section 203 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "or their conditional entry authorized, as the 
case may be," in subsection (a); 
(2) by striking out "20 per centum" in subsection (aX2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "26 per centum"; 
(3) by striking out paragraph (7) of subsection (a); 
(4) by striking out "and less the number of conditional entries 
and visas available pursuant to paragraph (7)" in subsection 
(aX8); 
(5) by striking out "or to conditional entry under paragraphs 
(1) through (8)" in subsection (aX9) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"under paragraphs (1) through (7)"; 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection (a) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; 
(7) by striking out "(7)" in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(6)"; and 
(8) by striking out subsections (f), (g), and (h). 
(d) Sections 212(aX14), 212(aX32), and 244(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(aX14), 1182(aX32), 1254(d)) are each amended by striking out 
"section 203(aX8)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 203(aX7)". 
(e) Subsection (h) of section 243 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1253) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(hXD The Attorney General shall not deport or return any alien Deportation. 
(other than an alien described in section 241(aX19)) to a country if the 8 use I25i. 
Attorney General determines that such alien's life or freedom would 
be threatened in such country on account of race, religion, national-
ity, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. 
"(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to einy alien if the Attorney 
General determines that— 
"(A) the alien ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise partici-
pated in the persecution of any person on account of race, 
religion, nationedity, membership in a particular social group, or 
political opinion; 
"(B) the alien, having been convicted by a final judgment of a 
particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the com-
munity of the United States; 
"(C) there are serious reasons for considering that the alien has 
committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States 
prior to the arrival of the alien in the United States; or 
"(D) there are reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a 
danger to the security of the United States.". 
(f) Section 212(dX5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(dX5)) is amended— 
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Parole into 
United States. 
Ante, p. 103. 
8 u s e 1153 note. 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
8 u s e 1153. 
Ante, p. 105. 
8 u s e 1255 note. 
Effective date. 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
Ante, p. 102. 
Ante, p. 106. 
Ante, p. 105. 
8 u s e 1151. 
8 u s e 1153, 
1152. 
eonditional 
entrant status. 
Ante, p. 107. 
(1) by inserting "(A)" after "(5)"; 
(2) by inserting ", except as provided in subparagraph (B)," 
after "Attorney General may"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(B) The Attorney General may not parole into the United States an 
alien who is a refugee unless the Attorney General determines that 
compelling reasons in the public interest with respect to that particu-
lar alien require that the €dien be paroled into the United States 
rather than be admitted as a refugee under section 207.". 
(g) Section 5 of PubUc Law 95-412 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended 
by striking out "September 30, 1980" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Aprill,1980". 
(h) Any reference in any law (other than the Immigration and 
Nationality Act or this Act) in effect on April 1, 1980, to section 
203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be deemed to 
be a reference to such section as in effect before such date and to 
sections 207 and 208 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(i) Section 203(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(g)), section 101(aX3) of 
Public Law 95-145, and the first section of Public Law 89-732 are 
each amended by striking out "two years" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "one year . 
SEC. 204. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), this title 
and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to fiscal years beginning 
with the fiscal year b^inning October 1,1979. 
(bXlXA) Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as 
added by section 201(b) of this Act) and the amendments made by 
subsections (b), (c), and (d) of 
section 203 of 
this Act shall take effect on 
April 1,1980. 
(B) Tlie amendments made by section 203(f) shall apply to aliens 
paroled into the United Stetes on or after the sixtieth day after the 
date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
{G) The amendments made by section 203(i) shall take effect 
immediately before April 1,1980. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 207(a) and 209(b) of the Inmiigration 
and Nationality Act (as added by section 201(b) of this Act), the fifty 
thousand and five thousand numerical limitations specified in such 
respective sections shall, for fiscal year 1980, be equal to 25,000 and 
2,500, respectively. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 
1980— 
(A) the fiscal year numerical limitetion specified in section 
201(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be equal to 
280,000, and 
(B) for the purpose of determining the number of immigrant 
visas and adjustments of status which may be made avsulable 
under sections 203(aX2) and 202(eX2) of such Act, the granting of 
a conditional entry or a4justment of stetus under section 
203(aX7) or 202(eX7) of such Act after September 30, 1979, and 
before April 1,1980, shall be considered to be the granting of an 
immigrant visa under section 203(aX2) or 202(eX2), respectively, 
of 
such Act during such period. 
(cXD The repeal of subsections (g) and (h) of section 203 of the 
Inunigration and Nationality Act, made by section 203(cX8) of this 
title, shall not apply with respect to any individual who before April 1, 
1980, was granted a conditional entry under section 203(aX7) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (and under section 202(eX7) of such 
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94 STAT. 109 
Act, if applicable), as in effect immediately before such date, and it 
shall not apply to any alien paroled into the United States before 
April 1,1980, who is eligible for the benefits of section 5 of Public Law 
95-412. 
(2) An alien who, before April 1, 1980, established a date of 
registration at an immigration office in a foreign country on the basis 
of entitlement to a conditional entrant status under section 203(a)(7) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect before such date), 
shall be deemed to be entitled to refugee status under section 207 of 
such Act (as added by section 2010t)) of this title) and shall be accorded 
the date of registration previously established by that alien. Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude the acquisition by 
such an alien of a preference status under section 203(a) of such Act. 
(3) The provisions of paragraphs (14), (15), (20), (21), (25), and (32) of 
section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not be 
applicable to any alien who has entered the United States before 
April 1, 1980, pursuant to section 203(aX7) of such Act or who has 
been paroled as a refugee into the United States under section 
212(d)(5) of such Act, and who is seeking adjustment of status, and the 
Attorney General may waive any other provision of section 212(a) of 
such Act (other than paragraph (27), (29), or (33) and other than so 
much of paragraph (23) as relates to trafficking in narcotics) with 
respect to such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family 
unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest. 
(d)(1) Notwithstanding section 207(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (as added by section 201(b) of this title), the President 
may make the determination described in the first sentence of such 
section not later than forty-five days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for fiscal year 1980. 
(2) The Attorney General shall establish the asylum procedure 
referred to in section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(as added by section 2010^) of this title) not later than June 1, 1980. 
(e) Any reference in this Act or in chapter 2 of title IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to the Secretary of Education or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or to the Department of 
Health and Human Services shall be deemed, before the effective 
date of the Department of Education Organization Act, to be a 
reference to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or to the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, respectively. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR REFUGEE 
AFFAIRS AND ASSISTANCE FOR EFFECTIVE RESETTLE-
MENT OF REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES 
8 u s e 1182 note. 
Registration 
date. 
8 u s e 1153. 
Ante, p. 102. 
Waiver. 
8 u s e 1182. 
Determination, 
deadline. 
8 u s e 1157 note. 
Asylum 
procedure, 
deadline. 
8 u s e 1158 note. 
Ante, p. 105. 
8 u s e 1521 note. 
93 Stat. 668. 
20 u s e 3401 
note. 
PART A—UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR REFUGEE AFFAIRS 
SEC. 301. (a) The President shsill appoint, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, a United States Coordinator for Refugee 
Affairs (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Coordinator"). 
The Coordinator shall have the rank of Ambassador-at-Large. 
(b) The Coordinator shall be responsible to the President for— 
(1) the development of overall United States refugee admission 
and resettlement policy; 
(2) the coordination of all United States domestic and interna-
tional refugee admission and resettlement programs in a manner 
that assures that policy objectives are met in a timely fashion; 
(3) the design of an overall budget strategy to provide 
individual agencies with policy guidance on refugee matters in 
Presidential 
appointment. 
8 u s e 1525. 
94 STAT. 110 
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Recommenda-
tions to 
President and 
Congress. 
Consultation. 
Reports to 
coordinator. 
Post, p. 115. 
the preparation of their budget requests, and to provide the 
Office of Management and Budget with an overview of all 
refugee-related budget requests; 
(4) the^ presentation to the Congress of the Administration's 
overall refugee policy and the relationship of individual agency 
reftigee budgets to that overall policy; 
(5) advising the President, Secretary of State, Attorney 
General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the 
relationship of overall United States refugee policy to the admis-
sion of refugees to, and the resettlement of refugees in, the 
United States; 
(6) under the direction of the Secretary of State, representation 
and negotiation on behedf of the United States with foreign 
governments and international organizations in discussions on 
refugee matters and, when appropriate, submitting refugee 
issues for inclusion in other international negotiations; 
(7) development of an effective and responsive liaison between 
the Federal Government and voluntary organizations, Governors 
and mayors, and others involved in refugee relief and resettle-
ment work to reflect overall United States Grovemment policy; 
(8) making recommendations to the President and to the 
Congress with respect to policies for, objectives of, and establish-
ment of priorities for. Federal functions relating to refugee 
admission and resettlement in the United States; and 
(9) reviewing the regulations, guidelines, requirements, crite-
ria, and procedures of Federal departments and agencies applica-
ble to the performance of functions relating to refugee admission 
and resettlement in the United States. 
(cXD In the conduct of the Coordinator's duties, the Coordinator 
shall consult regularly with States, localities> and private nonprofit 
voluntary agencies concerning the sponsorship process and the in-
tended distribution of refugees. 
(2) The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall 
provide the Coordinator with regular reports describing the efforts of 
their respective departments to increase refugee access to programs 
within their jurisdiction, and the Coordinator shall include informa-
tion on such programs in reports submitted under section 413(aXl) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
PART B—ASSISTANCE FOR EFFECTIVE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES IN 
THE U N I T E D STATES 
SEC. 311. (a) Title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out the title heading and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
"CHAPTER 1—MISCELLANEOUS"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new chapter: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
94 STAT. I l l 
"CHAPTER 2—REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
"OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT 
"SEC. 411. (a) There is established, within the Department of Establishment. 
Health and Human Services, an office to be known as the Office of 8 use 1521. 
Refugee Resettlement (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 
'Office'). The head of the Office shall be a Director (hereinafter in this Director. 
chapter referred to as the 'Director'), to be appointed by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this chapter referred 
to as the 'Secretary*). 
"(b) The function of the Office and its Director is to fund and Functions. 
administer (directly or through arrangements with other Federal 
agencies), in consultation with and under the general policy guidance 
of the United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs (hereinafter in 
this chapter referred to as the 'Coordinator'), pr(^ams of the Federal 
Government under this chapter. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAMS FOR DOMESTIC RESETTLEMENT OF AND 
ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES 
"SEC. 412. (a) CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.—(1) In providing 8 use 1522. 
assistance under this section, the Director shall, to the extent of 
available appropriations, (A) make available sufficient resources for 
employment training and placement in order to achieve economic 
self-siteciency among refugees as quickly as possible, (B) provide 
refugees with the opportunity to acquire sufficient English language 
training to enable them to become effectively resettled as quickly as 
possible, (Q insure that cash assistance is made available to refugees 
in such a manner as not to discourage their economic self-sufficiency, 
in accordance with subsection (eX2), and (D) insure that women have 
the same opportunities as men to participate in training and 
instruction. 
"(2) The Director, t(^ether with the Coordinator, shall consult Consultation. 
regularly with State and local governments aijd private nonprofit 
voluntary agencies concerning the sponsorship process and the 
intended distribution of refugees among the States and localities. 
"(3) In the provision of domestic assistance under this section, the 
Director shall make a periodic assessment, based on refugee popula-
tion and other relevant factors, of the relative needs of refugees for 
assistance and services under this chapter and the resources availa-
ble to meet such needs. In allocating resources, the Director shall 
avoid duplication of services and provide for maximum coordination 
between agencies providing related services. 
"(4) No grant or contract may be awarded under this section unless 
an appropriate proposal and application (including a description of 
the agency's ability to perform the services specified in the proposal) 
are submitted to, and approved by, the appropriate administering 
official. Grants and contracts under this section shall be made to 
those agencies which the appropriate administering official deter-
mines can best perform the services. Payments may be made for 
activities authorized under this chapter in advance or by way of 
reimbursement. In canying out this section, the Director, the Secre-
tary of State, and any such other appropriate administering official 
are authorized— 
"(A) to make loans, and 
Domestic 
assistance, 
periodic 
assessment. 
Grants and 
contracts. 
79-194 
O—81—pt. 1 
11 : QL3 
94 STAT. 112 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
Assistance, 
conditions. 
Report. 
Assistance 
monitoring 
system, 
development. 
Application 
information. 
"Refugee." 
Ante, p. 103. 
Grants and 
contracts. 
"(B) to accept and use money, funds, property, and services of 
any kind made available by gift, devise, bequest, grant, or 
otherwise for the purpose of 
carrying out this section. 
"(5) Assistance and services funded under this section shall be 
provided to refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, 
or political opinion. 
"(6) As a condition for receiving assistance under this section, a 
State must— 
"(A) submit to the Director a plan which provides— 
"(i) a description of how the State intends to encourage 
effective refugee resettlement and to promote economic self-
sufficiency as quickly as possible, 
"(ii) a description of how the State will insure that lan-
guage training and employment services are made available 
to refugees receiving cash Eissistance, 
"(iii) for the designation of an individual, employed by the 
State, who will be responsible for insuring coordination of 
public and private resources in refugee resettlement, 
"(iv) for the care and supervision of and legal responsi-
bility for unaccompanied refugee children in the State, and 
"(v) for the identification of refugees who at the time of 
resettlement in the State are determined to have medical 
conditions requiring, or medical histories indicating a need 
for, treatment or observation and such monitoring of such 
treatment or observation as may be necessary; 
"(B) meet standards, goals, and priorities, developed by the 
Director, which assure the effective resettlement of refugees and 
which promote their economic self-sufficiency as quickly as 
possible and the efficient provision of services; and 
"(C) submit to the Director, within a reasonable period of time 
after the end of each fiscal year, a report on the uses of funds 
provided under this chapter which the State is responsible for 
administering. 
"(7) The Secretary, together with the Secretary of State with 
respect to assistance provided by the Secretary of State under 
subsection (b), shall develop a system of monitoring the assistance 
provided under this section. This system shall include— 
"(A) evaluations of the effectiveness of the programs funded 
under this section and the performance of States, grantees, and 
contractors; 
"(B) financied auditing and other appropriate monitoring to 
detect any fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in the operation of 
such programs; and 
"(C) data collection on the services provided and the results 
achieved. 
"(8) The Attorney General shall provide the Director with informa-
tion supplied by refugees in conjunction with their applications to the 
Attorney General for adjustment of status, and the Director shall 
compile, summarize, and evaluate such information. 
"(9) The Secretary and the Secretary of State may issue such 
regulations as each deems appropriate to carry out this chapter. 
"(10) For purposes of this chapter, the term 'refugee' includes any 
alien described in section 207(cX2). 
"Ot)) PROGRAM OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENT.—(IXA) For— 
"(i) fiscal years 1980 and 1981, the Secretary of State is 
authorized, and 
(ii) fiscal year 1982 and succeeding fiscal years, the Director 
(except as provided in subparagraph (B)) is authorized. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
94 STAT. 113 
to make grants to, and contracts with, public or private nonprofit 
agencies for initial resettlement (including initial reception and 
placement with sponsors) of refugees in the United States. Grants to, 
or contracts with, private nonprofit voluntary agencies under this 
paragraph shall be made consistent with the objectives of this 
chapter, taking into accoimt the different resettlement approaches 
and practices of such agencies. Resettlement assistance under this 
paragraph shall be provided in coordination with the Director's 
provision of other assistance under this chapter. The Secretary of 
State and the Director shall jointly monitor the assistance provided 
during 
fiscal 
years 1980 and 1981 under this paragraph. 
"(B) The President shall provide for a study of which agency is best 
able to administer the program under this paragraph and shall 
report, not later than March 1,1981, to the Congress on such study. If 
the President determines after such study that the Director should 
not administer the program under this paragraph, the authority of 
the Director under the first sentence of subparagraph (A) shall be 
exercised by such officer as the President shall from time to time 
specify. 
"(2) The Director is authorized to develop programs for such 
orientation, instruction in English, and job training for refugees, and 
such other education and training of refugees, sis facilitates their 
resettlement in the United States. The Director is authorized to 
implement such programs, in accordance with the provisions of this 
section, with respect to refugees in the United States. The Secretary 
of State is authorized to implement such programs with respect to 
refugees awaiting entry into the United States. 
"(3) The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Coordina-
tor, to make arrangements (including cooperative arrangements with 
other Federal agencies) for the temporary care of refugees in the 
United States in emergency circumstances, including the establish-
ment of processing centers, if necessary, without regard to such 
provisions of law (other than the Renegotiation Act of 1951 and 
section 414(b) of this chapter) regulating the making, performance, 
amendment, or modification of contracts and the expenditure of 
funds of the United States Government as the Secretary may specify. 
"(4) The Secretary, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall— 
"(A) assure that an adequate number of trained staff are 
available at the location at which the refugees enter the United 
States to assure that all necessary medical records are available 
and in proper order; 
"(B) provide for the identification of refugees who have been 
determined to have medical conditions affecting the public 
health and requiring treatment; 
"(C) assure that State or local health officials at the resettle-
ment destination within the United States of each refugee are 
promptly notified of the refugee's arrival and provided with all 
applicable medical records; and 
"(D) provide for such monitoring of refugees identified under 
subparagraph (B) as will insure that they receive appropriate 
and timely treatment. 
The Secretary shall develop and implement methods for monitoring 
and assessing the quality of medical screening and related health 
services provided to refugees awaiting resettlement in the United 
States. 
"(c) PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FOR REFU-
GEES.—The Director is authorized to make grants to, and enter into 
Study, report to 
Congress. 
Orientation, 
education, and 
job training 
programs. 
Refugee 
temporary care. 
50 u s e app. 1211 
note. 
Medical 
screening and 
care. 
94 STAT. 114 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
Child welfare 
services. 
42 use 620. 
Legal and 
financial 
responsibility, 
interim period. 
List of 
unaccompanied 
children. 
contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies for projects 
specifically designed— 
"(1) to assist refugees in obtaining the skills which are neces-
sary for economic self-sufficiency, including projects for job 
training, employment services, day care, professional refresher 
training, and other recertification services; 
"(2) to provide training in English where necessary (regardless 
of whether the refugees are employed or receiving cash or other 
assistance); and 
"(3) to provide where specific needs have been shown and 
recognized by the Director, health (including mental health) 
services, social services, educational and other services. 
"(d) 
ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN.—(1) The 
Director 
is 
authorized to make grants, and enter into contracts, for payments for 
projects to provide special educational services (including English 
language training) to refugee children in elementary and secondary 
schools where a demonstrated need has been shown. 
"(2)(A) The Director is authorized to provide assistance, reimburse-
ment to States, and grants to and contracts with public and private 
nonprofit agencies, for the provision of child welfare services, includ-
ing foster care maintenance payments and services and health care, 
furnished to any refugee child (except as provided in subparagraph 
(B)) during the thirty-six month period beginning with the first 
month in which such refugee child is in the United States. 
"(B)(i) In the case of a refugee child who is unaccompanied by a 
parent or other close adult relative (as defined by the Director), the 
services described in subparagraph (A) may be furnished until the 
month after the child attains eighteen years of age (or such higher 
age as the State's child welfare services plan under part B of title IV 
of the Social Security Act prescribes for the availability of such 
services to any other child in that State). 
"(ii) The Director shall attempt to arrange for the placement under 
the laws of the States of such unaccompanied refugee children, who 
have been accepted for admission to the United States, before (or as 
soon as possible after) their arrival in the United States. During any 
interim period while such a child is in the United States or in transit 
to the United States but before the child is so placed, the Director 
shall assume legal responsibility (including financial responsibility) 
for the child, if necessary, and is authorized to make necessary 
decisions to provide for the child's immediate care. 
"(iii) In carrying out the Director's responsibilities under clause (ii), 
the Director is authorized to enter into contracts with appropriate 
public or private nonprofit agencies under such conditions as the 
Director determines to be appropriate. 
"(iv) The Director shall prepare and maintain a list of (I) all such 
unaccompanied children who have entered the United States after 
April 1, 1975, (II) the names and last known residences of their 
parents (if living) at the time of arrival, and (III) the children's 
location, status, and progress. 
"(e) CASH ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES.—(1) 
The Director is authorized to provide assistance, reimbursement to 
States, and grants to, and contracts with, public or private nonprofit 
agencies for up to 100 per centum of the cash assistance and medical 
assistance provided to any refugee during the thirty-six month period 
beginning with the first month in which such refugee has entered the 
United States and for the identifiable and reasonable administrative 
costs of providing this assistance. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
94 STAT. 115 
"(2) Cash assistance provided under this subsection to an employ-
able refugee is conditioned, except for good cause shown— 
"(A) on the refugee's registration with an appropriate agency 
providing employment services described in subsection (cXl), or, 
if there is no such agency available, with an appropriate State or 
local emplojrment service; and 
"(B) on the refugee's acceptance of appropriate offers of 
emplo3mient; 
except that subparagraph (A) does not apply during the first sixty 
days after the date of the refugee's entry. 
"(3) The Director shall develop plans to provide English training English training 
and other appropriate services and trsdning to refugees receiving 
cash assistance. 
"(4) If a refugee is eligible for aid or assistance under a State plan 
approved under part A of title IV or under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act, or for supplemental security income benefits (including 
State supplementary payments) under the program established 
under title XVI of that Act, funds authorized under this subsection 42 use 1381. 
shall only be used for the non-Federal share of such aid or sissistance, 
or for such supplementary pajnnents, with respect to cash and 
medical assistance provided with respect to such refugee under this 
paragraph. 
"(5) The Director is authorized to allow for the provision of medical 
assistance under paragraph (1) to any refugee, during the one-year 
period after entry, who does not qualify for assistance under a State 
plan approved under title XIX of the Socicd Security Act on account 
of any resources or income requirement of such plan, but only if the 
Director determines that— 
"(A) this will (i) encourage economic self-sufficiency, or (ii) 
avoid a significant burden on State and local governments; and 
"(B) the refugee meets such alternative financial resources and 
income requirements as the Director shall establish. 
Aid under State 
plan. 
42 u s e 601, 
1396. 
Medical 
assistance 
provision. 
42 u s e 1396. 
CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS 
"SEC. 413. (aXD The Secretary, in consultation with the Coordina-
tor, shall submit a report on activities under this chapter to the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of 
the Senate not later than the January 31 following the end of each 
fiscal year, beginning with fiscsd year 1980. 
"(2) Each such report shall contain— 
"(A) an updated profile of the employment and labor force 
statistics for refugees who have entered under this Act since May 
1975, as well as a description of the extent to which refugees 
received the forms of assistance or services under this chapter 
during that period; 
"(B) a description of the geographic location of refugees; 
"(C) a summary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation 
conducted under section 412(aX7) during the period for which the 
report is submitted; 
"(D) a description of (i) the activities, expenditures, and policies 
of the Office under this chapter and of the activities of States, 
voluntary agencies, and sponsors, and (ii) the Director's plans for 
improvement of refugee resettlement; 
"(E) evaluations of the extent to which (i) the services provided 
under this chapter are assisting refugees in achieving economic 
self-sufficiency, achieving ability in English, £uid achieving 
employment commensurate with their skills and abilities, and 
8 u s e 1523. 
eontents. 
94 STAT. 116 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
(ii) any fraud, abuse, or mismanagement has been reported in the 
provisions of 
services or assistance; 
"(F) a description of any assistance provided by the Director 
pursuant to section 412(eX5); 
"(G) a summary of the location and status of unaccompanied 
refugee children admitted to the United States; and 
"(H) a sunmiary of the information compiled and evaluation 
made under section 412(aX8). 
Analysis. 
"(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall 
conduct and report to Congress, not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this chapter, an analysis o
f
— 
"(1) resettlement systems used by other countries and the 
applicability of 
such systems to the United States; 
"(2) the desirability of using a S3rstem other than the current 
welfare Sjrstem for the provision of ca^ assistance, medical 
assistance, or both, to refugees; and 
"(3) alternative resettlement strategies. 
"AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS 
8 use 1524. 
"SEC. 414. (aXD There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 1980 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, such 
sums as may be necessary for the purpose of providing initial 
resettlement assistance, cash and medical assistance, and child 
welfare services under subsections (bXD, (bX3), Ot)X4), (dX2), and (e) of 
section 412. 
"(2) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
1980 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years $200,000,000, for 
the purpose of carrying out the provisions (other than those described 
in paragraph (1)) of this chapter. 
Contract 
"(b) "nie authority to enter into contracts under this chapter shall 
authority. 
be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts 
as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.". 
SEC. 312. (a) The table of 
contents of the Immigration and National-
ity Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out the item relating to title IV and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: 
"TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
" C H A P T E R 1—liOSCELLANEOUS ; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new items: 
Contributions to 
United Nations. 
CHAPTER 2—REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
"Sec. 411. Office of Refugee Resettlement. 
"Sec. 412. Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to 
refugees. 
"Sec. 413. Congressional reports. 
"Sec. 414. AuiJiorization of appropriations.". 
(bXD Subsection (b) of section 2 of the Migration and Refugee 
Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601) is amended by striking out 
paragraphs (1) through (6) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) for contributions to the activities of the United Nations 
liigh Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to refugees under 
his mandate or persons on behalf of whom he is exercising his 
good offices, £md for contributions to the Intei^ovemmental 
Committee for European Migration, the International 0>minit-
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
94 STAT. 117 
Assistance for 
refugees outside 
U.S. 
Repeal. 
22 u s e 2601 
note. 
Limitations. 
8 u s e 1522 note. 
Ante, p. 111. 
Cuban refugees. 
22 u s e 2601. 
tee of the Red Cross, and to other relevant international organi-
zations; and 
"(2) for assistance to or on behalf of refugees who are outside 
the United States designated by the President (by class, group, or 
designation of their respective countries of origin or areas of 
residence) when the President determines that such assistance 
will contribute to the foreign policy interests of the United 
States.". 
(2) Subsection (cX2) of such section is amended by striking out 
"$25,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000,000". 
(c) The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 
(Public Law 94-23) is repecded. 
SEC. 313. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
amendments made by this part shall apply to fiscal years beginning 
on or after October 1,1979. 
(b) Subject to subsection (c), the limitations contained in sections 
412(dX2)(A) and 412(eXl) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on 
the duration of the period for which child welfare services and cash 
and medical assistance may be provided to particular refugees shall 
not apply to such services and assistance provided before April 1, 
1981. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 412(eXl) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act and in lieu of any assistance which may otherwise be 
provided under such section with respect to Cuban refugees who 
entered the United States and were receiving assistance under 
section 20t>) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 
before October 1,1978, the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment is authorized— 
(1) to provide reimbursement— 
(A) in fiscal year 1980, for 75 percent, 
(B) in fiscal year 1981, for 60 percent, 
(C) in fiscal year 1982, for 45 percent, and 
(D) in fiscal year 1983, for 25 percent, 
of the non-Federal costs of providing cash and medical assistance 
(other than assistance described in paragraph (2)) to such refu-
gees, and 
(2) to provide reimbursement in any fiscal year for 100 percent 
of the non-Federgd costs associated with such Cuban refugees 
with respect to whom supplemental security income payments 
were being paid as of September 30,1978, under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act. 
(d) The requirements of section 412(aX6XA) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act shall apply to assistance furnished under chapter 2 of 
title IV of such Act after October 1,1980, or such earlier date as the 
Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement may establish. 
TITLE IV—SOCIAL SERVICES FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS 
FOR ASYLUM 
SEC. 401. (a) The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is 8 use 1522 note. 
authorized to use funds appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reimburse Ante, p. 116. 
State and local public agencies for expenses which those agencies 
incurred, at any time, in providing aliens described in subsection (c) 
of this section with social services of the types for which reimburse-
ments were made with respect to refugees under paragraphs (3) 
through (6) of section 2(b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Non-Federal cost 
reimbursement. 
Ante, p. 111. 
94 STAT. 118 
PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 
22 use 2601. 
Act of 1962 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) or under 
any other Federal law. 
Work permit. 
(b) The Attorney Genersd is authorized to grant to an alien 
described in subsection (c) of this section permission to engage in 
emplo5mient in the United States and to provide to that alien an 
"emplojmaent authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work 
permit. 
Applicability. 
(c) This section applies with respect to any alien in the United 
States (1) who has applied before November 1,1979, for asylum in the 
United States, (2) who has not been granted asylum, and (3) with 
respect to whom a final, nonappealable, and legally enforceable order 
of deportation or exclusion has not been entered. 
Approved March 17, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-608 accompanying H.R. 2816 (Comm.on the Judiciary) and 
No. 96-781 (Ck)mm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 96-256 (Comm. on the Judiciary) and No. 96-590 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): Sept. 6, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 13, 20, H.R. 2816 considered and passed House; passage 
vacated and S. 643, amended, passed in lieu. 
Vol. 126 (1980): Feb. 26, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Mar. 4, House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: 
Vol. 16, No. 12 (1980): Mar. 18, Presidential statement.