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Ineligibility. 8 USC 1255 note, 8 USC 1255 note.

8 USC 1101 note. 8 USC 1255 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-145—OCT. 28, 1977

of the application, the Attorney General shall create a record of the alien's admission for permanent residence as of the date of the record of admission of the alien through whom such spouse and children derive benefits under this section. SEC. 105. Any alien who ordered, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, or political opinion shall be ineligible for permanent residence under any provision of this title. SEC. 106. When an alien is granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to the provisions of this title the Secretary of State shall not be required to reduce the number of visas authorized to be issued under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Attorney General shall not be required to charge the alien any fee. SEC. 107. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, the definitions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the administration of this title. Nothing contained in this title shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the administration and enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act or any other law relating to immigration, nationality, and naturalization. The fact that an alien may be elegible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this title shall not preclude him from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which he may be eligiole. TITLE II—EXTENSION OF THE INDOCHINA MIGRATION AND R E F U G E E ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1975

Appropriation authorization.

22 USC 2601 note.

22 USC 2601.

Funds for cash or medical assistance.

42 USC 601, 1396.

SEC. 201. Section 2 of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 2(b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 with respect to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos. "(2) Funds appropriated under this Act shall be made available to State or local public agencies to reimburse them for the non-Federal share of costs under titles IV and X IX of the Social Security Act for the provision of cash or medical assistance to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos. "(b)(1) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be available for obligation after September 30, 1981. "(2) The amount of assistance (including the amount of reimbursement as described in subsection (a)(2)) provided to a State or local public agency under section 2(b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 for the purpose of providing cash or medical assistance to aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos may not exceed— "(A) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, 75 per centum, and "(B) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, 50 per centum, and "(C) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, 25 per centum,

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