§ 2730. Prohibition on funding the involuntary return of refugees
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(a)Prohibition
(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of the funds made available to the Department of State, or the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund established in section 2601(c) of this title, may 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.
(2)Exception The prohibition in paragraph
(1)does not apply to the return of any person 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 advice and consent to ratification of the Protocol.
(b)Congressional notification required in all cases None of the funds made available to the Department of State, or the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund established in section 2601(c) of this title, may be available to effect the involuntary return by the United States of any person to any country unless the Secretary first notifies the appropriate congressional committees, except that, in the case of an emergency involving a threat to human life, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable.
(c)Statutory construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting activities of the Department of State that relate to removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.] or extradition.
(d)Definitions In this section:
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.
(2)To effect the involuntary return 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.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 58, as added Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 241, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1373.)
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- Public Law 107–228To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2003, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes
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- Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841
- Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 241
- 116 Stat. 1373
- act June 27, 1952, ch. 477
- 66 Stat. 163
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§ 2730
Prohibition on funding the involuntary return of refugees
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ActAug. 1, 1956, ch. 841
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 241
Stat.116 Stat. 1373
Actact June 27, 1952, ch. 477
Stat.66 Stat. 163
Cites 7Cited by 2 across 1 source