authorization of appropriations

authorization of appropriations Sec. 404. [8 U.S.C. 1101, note] (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act (other than chapter 2 of title IV). (b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated (for fiscal year 1991 and any subsequent fiscal year) to an immigration emergency fund, to be established in the Treasury, an amount sufficient to provide for a balance of $35,000,000 in such fund, to be used to carry out paragraph (2) and to provide for an increase in border patrol or other enforcement activities of the Service and for reimbursement of State and localities in providing assistance as requested by the Attorney General in meeting an immigration emergency, except that no amounts may be withdrawn from such fund with respect to an emergency unless the President has determined that the immigration emergency exists and has certified such fact to the Judiciary Committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate. (2)(A) Funds which are authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1), subject to the dollar limitation contained in subparagraph (B), shall be available, by application for the reimbursement of States and localities providing assistance as required by the Attorney General, to States and localities whenever— (i) a district director of the Service certifies to the Commissioner that the number of asylum applications filed in the respective district during a calendar quarter exceeds by at least 1,000 the number of such applications filed in that district during the preceding calendar quarter, (ii) the lives, property, safety, or welfare of the residents of a State or locality are endangered, or (iii) in any other circumstances as determined by the Attorney General. In applying clause (i), the providing of parole at a point of entry in a district shall be deemed to constitute an application for asylum in the district. (B) Not more than $20,000,000 shall be made available for all localities under this paragraph. (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the requirement of paragraph (1) that an immigration emergency be determined shall not apply. (D) A decision with respect to an application for reimbursement under subparagraph (A) shall be made by the Attorney General within 15 days after the date of receipt of the application.