[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2471 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2471

 To make emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1993 to 
     provide refugee impact assistance for the States of Florida, 
                      Massachusetts, and New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1993

  Mrs. Thurman (for herself, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Mica) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1993 to 
     provide refugee impact assistance for the States of Florida, 
                      Massachusetts, and New York.

    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 ``Refugee Impact Assistance 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1993''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide emergency supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 1993:

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

                     refugee and entrant assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Refugee and entrant assistance'' for 
the purpose of targeted assistance grants to States for unreimbursed 
refugee assistance expenses, $151,199,713, of which amount--
            (1) $1,098,000 shall be made available to Florida, $274,500 
        shall be made available to Massachusetts, and $457,500 shall be 
        made available to New York, for unreimbursed expenses resulting 
        from the entry into the United States on or before June 18, 
        1993 of HIV-infected Haitian refugees; and
            (2) $149,369,713 shall be made available to Florida for 
        unreimbursed expenses resulting from the entry into the United 
        States of Cuban refugees during the Mariel boatlift.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    (a) Designation by Congress.--The Congress hereby designates the 
entire amount provided in section 2 as an emergency requirement for all 
purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
    (b) Requirement of Designation by President.--The amount provided 
in section 2 shall be available only to the extent of a specific dollar 
amount for the purpose specified in such section that is included in an 
official budget request submitted by the President to the Congress and 
that is designated as an emergency requirement for all purposes of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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