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 112 STAT. 2681-823 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (1) CONVENTION DEFINED.—In this section, the term "Convention" means the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York on December 10, 1984. (2) SAME TERMS AS IN THE CONVENTION.— Except as otherwise provided, the terms used in this section have the meanings given those terms in the Convention, subject to any reservations, understandings, declarations, and provisos contained in the United States Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention. SEC. 2243. REPROGRAMMING OF MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSIST- ANCE FUNDS. Section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "Foreign Affairs" and inserting "International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations"; and (B) by inserting "and the Committee on Appropriations" after "Foreign Relations"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(c) The Secretary of State may waive the notification requirement of subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare. In the case of any waiver under this subsection, notification to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall be provided as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action to which the notification requirement was applicable, and shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.". SEC. 2244. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS. Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-171) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "For purposes" and inserting "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes"; and (B) by striking "fiscal year 1997" and inserting "fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999"; and (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) ALIENS COVERED.— " (1) IN GENERAL. — An alien described in this subsection is an alien who— "(A) is the son or daughter of a qualified national; "(B) is 21 years of age or older; and "(C) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of the alien's parent for resettlement under the Orderly Departure Program. "(2) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'qualified national' means a national of Vietnam who— "(A)(i) was formerly interned in a reeducation camp in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; or

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