MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 2231. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (a) Migration and Refugee Assistance.— (1) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated for “Migration and Refugee Assistance” for authorized activities, $650,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $704,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999. (2) Limitations.— (A) Limitation regarding tibetan refugees in india and nepal.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), not more than $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be available only for humanitarian assistance, including food, medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational training, to Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet. (B) Refugees resettling in israel.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be available for assistance for refugees resettling in Israel from other countries. (C) Humanitarian assistance for displaced burmese.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999 for humanitarian assistance are authorized to be available, including food, medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational training, to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in Burma, including persons still within Burma. (b) Availability of Funds.—Funds appropriated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available until expended.