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 PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 115

"(2) Cash assistance provided under this subsection to an employable refugee is conditioned, except for good cause shown— "(A) on the refugee's registration with an appropriate agency providing employment services described in subsection (c)(l), or, if there is no such agency available, with an appropriate State or local employment service; and "(B) on the refugee's acceptance of appropriate offers of employment; except that subparagraph (A) does not apply during the first sixty days after the date of the refugee's entry. "(3) The Director shall develop plans to provide English training English training and other appropriate services and trsdning to refugees receiving cash assistance. "(4) If a refugee is eligible for aid or assistance under a State plan Aid under State approved under part A of title IV or under title XIX of the Social plan. Security Act, or for supplemental security income benefits (including 42 USC 601, State supplementary payments) under the program established 1396. under title XVI of that Act, funds authorized under this subsection 42 USC 1381. shall only be used for the non-Federal share of such aid or sissistance, or for such supplementary payments, with respect to cash and medical assistance provided with respect to such refugee under this paragraph. "(5) The Director is authorized to allow for the provision of medical Medical assistance under paragraph (1) to any refugee, during the one-year assistance provision. period after entry, who does not qualify for assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX of the Socicd Security Act on account 42 USC 1396. of any resources or income requirement of such plan, but only if the Director determines that— "(A) this will (i) encourage economic self-sufficiency, or (ii) avoid a significant burden on State and local governments; and "(B) the refugee meets such alternative financial resources and income requirements as the Director shall establish. CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS

"SEC. 413. (a)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall submit a report on activities under this chapter to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate not later than the January 31 following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1980. "(2) Each such report shall contain— "(A) an updated profile of the employment and labor force statistics for refugees who have entered under this Act since May 1975, as well as a description of the extent to which refugees received the forms of assistance or services under this chapter during that period; "(B) a description of the geographic location of refugees; "(C) a summary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation conducted under section 412(a)(7) during the period for which the report is submitted; "(D) a description of (i) the activities, expenditures, and policies of the Office under this chapter and of the activities of States, voluntary agencies, and sponsors, and (ii) the Director's plans for improvement of refugee resettlement; "(E) evaluations of the extent to which (i) the services provided under this chapter are assisting refugees in achieving economic self-sufficiency, achieving ability in English, and achieving employment commensurate with their skills and abilities, and

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