Sec. 404. Update of reception and placement grants
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Beginning in fiscal year 2021, in setting the amount of reception and placement grants for refugees, the Secretary shall ensure that— the grant amount is adjusted to an amount that is adequate to provide for the anticipated initial resettlement needs of refugees and includes adjustments for inflation and the cost of living; the administrative portion of such grants provided at the beginning of the fiscal year to each national resettlement agency is sufficient to ensure adequate local and national capacity to serve the initial resettlement needs of the number of refugees the Secretary anticipates the agency will resettle during the fiscal year; and additional amounts are provided to each national resettlement agency promptly upon the arrival of refugees that, exclusive of the amounts provided pursuant to paragraph (2), are sufficient to meet the anticipated initial resettlement needs of such refugees and support local and national operational costs in excess of the amount described in paragraph (1).