Pub. L. 95-145, tit. II, sec. 201
Pub. L. 95-145, tit. II, sec. 201
Sec. 201. Section 2 of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 2(b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 with respect to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos. “(2) Funds appropriated under this Act shall be made available to State or local public agencies to reimburse them for the non-Federal share of costs under titles IV and XIX of the Social Security Act for the provision of cash or medical assistance to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos. “(b)(1) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be available for obligation after September 30, 1981. “(2) The amount of assistance (including the amount of reimbursement as described in subsection (a)(2)) provided to a State or local public agency under section 2(b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 for the purpose of providing cash or medical assistance to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos may not exceed— “(A) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, 75 per centum, and “(B) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, 50 per centum, and “(C) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, 25 per centum, 91 STAT. 1225of the cost (including the non-Federal share of costs as described in subsection (a)(2)) or the State or local public agency in providing such assistance for such purpose for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. “(c) In addition to amounts otherwise available for the purposes of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for special projects and programs, administered in whole or in part by State or local public agencies or by private voluntary agencies participating in the Indochina refugee assistance program, to assist minor and adult refugees in resettling and in gaining skills and education necessary to become self-reliant.”.