Sec. 151. United States Emergency Refugee Resettlement Contingency Fund

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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Domestic Emergency Refugee Resettlement Contingency Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ), to be administered by the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (referred to in this section as the Director ) for the purpose described in subsection

(b)and to remain available until expended. Amounts from the Fund shall be used to enable the Director to operate programs and carry out efforts and initiatives to respond to urgent, unanticipated, or underfunded refugee and entrant assistance activities under— the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note); section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–422 ; 8 U.S.C. 1522 note); the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 ( Public Law 105–320 ; 22 U.S.C. 2152 note); the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); or section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 122 Stat. 396). Amounts from the Fund— shall be subject to the same limitations set forth in title V of division B of the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 ( Public Law 115–245 ) as are applicable to funds appropriated for the Department of Health and Human Services under such Act; and may only be used for initiatives that— replenish any previously appropriated funds that have been reprogrammed, transferred, or withheld from programs, projects, or activities that serve refugees and entrants under the authorities described in subsection (b); stabilize existing programs, projects, and activities that serve such refugees and entrants by augmenting funds previously appropriated to serve such refugees and entrants; identify unmet resettlement or integration needs of such refugees and entrants and implement solutions for such needs; and meet such other needs as the Director considers appropriate, consistent with the purpose under subsection (b). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the amounts deposited into or made available from the Fund may be transferred, reprogrammed, or otherwise made available for any purpose or use not specified in this section. Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to meet the purpose described in subsection

(b)in the national interest of the United States, as determined by the Director. Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Director from time to time such amounts as may be necessary for the Fund to carry out the purpose described in subsection (b). No amount of funds may be appropriated that, when added to amounts previously appropriated but not yet obligated, would cause such amount to exceed $200,000,000. The President shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a justification for each request for appropriations under this section.

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