[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55001-55002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27599]



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Part V





The President





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Presidential Determination No. 98-39--Presidential Determination on FY 
1999 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country 
Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to 
Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended



Presidential Determination No. 98-40--Transfer of Funds To Support 
Court To Try Accused Perpetrators of Pan Am 103 Bombing
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                Presidential Determination No. 98-39 of September 30, 
                1998

                
Presidential Determination on FY 1999 Refugee 
                Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country 
                Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), 
                Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
                and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the 
                Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (the ``Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), as 
                amended, and after appropriate consultation with the 
                Congress, I hereby make the following determinations 
                and authorize the following actions:

                The admission of up to 78,000 refugees to the United 
                States during FY 1999 is justified by humanitarian 
                concerns or is otherwise in the national interest; 
                provided, however, that this number shall be understood 
                as including persons admitted to the United States 
                during FY 1999 with Federal refugee resettlement 
                assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 
                program, as provided below.

                The 78,000 admissions numbers shall be allocated among 
                refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United 
                States in accordance with the following regional 
                allocations; provided, however, that the number 
                allocated to the East Asia region shall include persons 
                admitted to the United States during FY 1999 with 
                Federal refugee resettlement assistance under section 
                584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
                Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988, as 
                contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 100-202 
                (Amerasian immigrants and their family members); 
                provided further that the number allocated to the 
                former Soviet Union shall include persons admitted who 
                were nationals of the former Soviet Union, or in the 
                case of persons having no nationality, who were 
                habitual residents of the former Soviet Union, prior to 
                September 2, 1991:

  ..........................................  Africa.................................................  12,000
  ..........................................  East Asia..............................................  9,000
  ..........................................  Europe (includes 3,000 unfunded).......................  48,000
  ..........................................  Latin America/Caribbean................................  3,000
  ..........................................  Near East/South Asia...................................  4,000
  ..........................................  Unallocated............................................  2,000

                Within the Europe ceiling are 3,000 unfunded numbers 
                allocated to the former Soviet Union for use as needed 
                provided that resources within existing appropriations 
                are available to fund the cost of their admission. The 
                2,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as needed 
                to regional ceilings where shortfalls develop. Unused 
                admissions numbers allocated to a particular region may 
                be transferred to one or more other regions if there is 
                an overriding need for greater numbers for the region 
                or regions to which the numbers are being transferred. 
                You are hereby authorized and directed to consult with 
                the Judiciary Committees of the Congress prior to any 
                such use of the unallocated numbers or reallocation of 
                numbers from one region to another.


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                Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and 
                Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 
                2601(b)(2), I hereby determine that assistance to or on 
                behalf of persons applying for admission to the United 
                States as part of the overseas refugee admissions 
                program will contribute to the foreign policy interests 
                of the United States and designate such persons for 
                this purpose.

                An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall 
                be made available during FY 1999 for the adjustment to 
                permanent resident status under section 209(b) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) of 
                aliens who have been granted asuylum in the United 
                States under section 208 of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), as 
                this is justified by humanitarian concerns or is 
                otherwise in the national interest.

                In accordance with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation 
                with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 1999, 
                the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be 
                considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the 
                United States within their countries of nationality or 
                habitual residence:

                a. Persons in Vietnam
                b. Persons in Cuba
                c. Persons in the former Soviet Union

                You are authorized and directed to report this 
                determination to the Congress immediately and to 
                publish it in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 30, 1998.

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