Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/162

 94 STAT. 112

Assistance, conditions.

Report.

Assistance monitoring system, development.

Application information.

"Refugee." Ante, p. 103. Grants and contracts.

PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 "(B) to accept and use money, funds, property, and services of any kind made available by gift, devise, bequest, grant, or otherwise for the purpose of carrying out this section. "(5) Assistance and services funded under this section shall be provided to refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, or political opinion. "(6) As a condition for receiving assistance under this section, a State must— "(A) submit to the Director a plan which provides— "(i) a description of how the State intends to encourage effective refugee resettlement and to promote economic selfsufficiency as quickly as possible, "(ii) a description of how the State will insure that language training and employment services are made available to refugees receiving cash Eissistance, "(iii) for the designation of an individual, employed by the State, who will be responsible for insuring coordination of public and private resources in refugee resettlement, "(iv) for the care and supervision of and legal responsibility for unaccompanied refugee children in the State, and "(v) for the identification of refugees who at the time of resettlement in the State are determined to have medical conditions requiring, or medical histories indicating a need for, treatment or observation and such monitoring of such treatment or observation as may be necessary; "(B) meet standards, goals, and priorities, developed by the Director, which assure the effective resettlement of refugees and which promote their economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible and the efficient provision of services; and "(C) submit to the Director, within a reasonable period of time after the end of each fiscal year, a report on the uses of funds provided under this chapter which the State is responsible for administering. "(7) The Secretary, together with the Secretary of State with respect to assistance provided by the Secretary of State under subsection (b), shall develop a system of monitoring the assistance provided under this section. This system shall include— "(A) evaluations of the effectiveness of the programs funded under this section and the performance of States, grantees, and contractors; "(B) financied auditing and other appropriate monitoring to detect any fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in the operation of such programs; and "(C) data collection on the services provided and the results achieved. "(8) The Attorney General shall provide the Director with information supplied by refugees in conjunction with their applications to the Attorney General for adjustment of status, and the Director shall compile, summarize, and evaluate such information. "(9) The Secretary and the Secretary of State may issue such regulations as each deems appropriate to carry out this chapter. "(10) For purposes of this chapter, the term 'refugee' includes any alien described in section 207(c)(2). "(b) PROGRAM OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENT.—(I)(A) For— "(i) fiscal years 1980 and 1981, the Secretary of State is authorized, and (ii) fiscal year 1982 and succeeding fiscal years, the Director (except as provided in subparagraph (B)) is authorized.

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