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[CITE: 8USC1521]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 1521. Office of Refugee Resettlement; establishment; 
        appointment of Director; functions
        
    (a) There is established, within the Department of Health and Human 
Services, an office to be known as the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
(hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the ``Office''). The head 
of the Office shall be a Director (hereinafter in this subchapter 
referred to as the ``Director''), to be appointed by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as 
the ``Secretary'').
    (b) The function of the Office and its Director is to fund and 
administer (directly or through arrangements with other Federal 
agencies), in consultation with the Secretary of State, programs of the 
Federal Government under this subchapter.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, ch. 2, Sec. 411, as added Pub. L. 96-
212, title III, Sec. 311(a)(2), Mar. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 110; amended 
Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 162(n)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 409.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-236 substituted ``the Secretary of 
State'' for ``and under the general policy guidance of the United States 
Coordinator for Refugee Affairs (hereinafter in this subchapter referred 
to as the `Coordinator')''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-236 applicable with respect to officials, 
offices, and bureaus of Department of State when executive orders, 
regulations, or departmental directives implementing the amendments by 
sections 161 and 162 of Pub. L. 103-236 become effective, or 90 days 
after Apr. 30, 1994, whichever comes earlier, see section 161(b) of Pub. 
L. 103-236, as amended, set out as a note under section 2651a of Title 
22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning on or 
after Oct. 1, 1979, see section 313 of Pub. L. 96-212, set out as a note 
under section 1522 of this title.


                   Short Title of Refugee Act of 1980

    For short title of Refugee Act of 1980, see Short Title of 1980 
Amendment note set out under section 1101 of this title.


   References to Secretary of Education or Secretary of Department of 
                        Health and Human Services

    Section 204(e) of Pub. L. 96-212 provided that: ``Any reference in 
this Act [see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under section 
1101 of this title] or in chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act [this subchapter] to the Secretary of Education or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or to the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall be deemed, before the effective date of the 
Department of Education Organization Act [see Effective Date note set 
out under section 3401 of Title 20, Education], to be a reference to the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or to the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, respectively.''


          Congressional Declaration of Policies and Objectives

    Section 101 of Pub. L. 96-212 provided that:
    ``(a) the Congress declares that it is the historic policy of the 
United States to respond to the urgent needs of persons subject to 
persecution in their homelands, including, where appropriate, 
humanitarian assistance for their care and maintenance in asylum areas, 
efforts to promote opportunities for resettlement or voluntary 
repatriation, aid for necessary transportation and processing, admission 
to this country of refugees of special humanitarian concern to the 
United States, and transitional assistance to refugees in the United 
States. The Congress further declares that it is the policy of the 
United States to encourage all nations to provide assistance and 
resettlement opportunities to refugees to the fullest extent possible.
    ``(b) The objectives of this Act [see Short Title of 1980 Amendment 
note set out under section 1101 of this title] are to provide a 
permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to this country of 
refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States, and to 
provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for the effective 
resettlement and absorption of those refugees who are admitted.''
