Sec. 10. Domestic emergency refugee resettlement fund
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There is established a Domestic Emergency Refugee Resettlement Fund that shall be available to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to meet unanticipated resettlement needs. Whenever the Director determines it to be important to the national interest, the Director is authorized to furnish on such terms and conditions as the Director may determine, assistance under this chapter for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent resettlement needs of populations and communities served pursuant to this chapter, including communities experiencing high numbers of arrivals of refugees due to secondary migration.
The Director may furnish assistance to eligible entities for the purposes of providing resettlement assistance to refugees, including transportation, housing, employment, health, mental health, English language training services, recertification, and other purposes as determined by the Director. National resettlement agencies, community-based organizations, torture survivor rehabilitation centers and programs, and States. No amounts may be withdrawn from the fund authorized by subsection
(a)unless the Director has determined that a domestic resettlement emergency exists and has certified such fact to appropriate committees of Congress. No funds may be appropriated which when added to the amounts previously appropriated but not yet obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed $100,000,000 annually. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available until expended.