Sec. 251. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES
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## SEC. 251 UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES ###
(a)In General None of the funds made available by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary return by the United States of any person to a country in which the person has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, except on grounds recognized as precluding protection as a refugee under the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained in the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification. ###
(b)Migration and Refugee Assistance None of the funds made available by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary return of any person to any country unless the Secretary of State first notifies the appropriate congressional committees, except that in the case of an emergency involving a threat to human life the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable. ###
(c)Involuntary Return Defined As used in this section, the term “**to effect the involuntary return**” means to require, by means of physical force or circumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to return to a country against the person's will, regardless of whether the person is physically present in the United States and regardless of whether the United States acts directly or through an agent.
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UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES
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