Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1984 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations as necessary for refugee assistance through 1986.
Requires any agency receiving an initial resettlement grant (in addition to existing provisions) to: (1) provide quarterly performance and finance reports; (2) notify, upon request, local welfare offices of any cash assistance provided directly by such agency to a refugee; and (3) insure that refugees with medical conditions affecting the public health report to the appropriate health authorities in their resettlement areas.
Terminates refugee cash assistance for three months for refusal to accept employment (six months for subsequent refusals).
Prohibits: (1) such cash or medical assistance grants from being given as block or consolidated grants; and (2) the Director from delegating grant review or approval authority to the States or their political subdivisions.
Directs the Attorney General to compensate States and counties for the incarceration of certain Cuban entrants.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
For Previous Action See H.R.3195.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-404.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-404.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 243.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 300 - 99 (Record Vote No: 495).
Roll Call #495 (House)Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 300 - 99 (Record Vote No: 495).
Roll Call #495 (House)Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-564. Supplemental views filed.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-564. Supplemental views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1064.
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