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 100 STAT. 3456

PUBLIC LAW 99-605—Nov. 6, 1986

with rules to be issued by the Attorney General, an application containing— "(A) the number and names of the Cuban nationals with respect to whom the State or county is entitled to such compensation, and "(B) such other information as the Attorney General may require. "(3) For a fiscal year the Attorney General shall pay the costs described in paragraph (1) to each State and county determined by the Attorney General to be eligible under paragraph (2); except that if the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year to carry out this subsection are insufficient to cover all such payments, each of such payments shall be ratably reduced so that the total of such payments equals the amounts so appropriated. "(4) The authority of the Attorney General to pay compensation under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the • extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts. President of U.S. "(g) It shall be the policy of the United States Government that the President, in consultation with the Attorney General and all appropriate Federal, State, and county officials referred to in section 13 of this Act, shall place top priority on seeking the expeditious removal from this country and the return to Cuba of such persons defined in subsection (fKl) by any reasonable and responsible means, and to this end the Attorney General may use the funds hereafter authorized by this section to conduct such policy.". Approved November 6, 1986.


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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1452 (S. 1262): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-132, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-154 accompanying S. 1262 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): June 13, considered and peissed House. Vol. 132 (1986): Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended; House concurred in Senate amendment.

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