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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-605—NOV. 6, 1986 t •

100 STAT. 3453

(B) any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such services.

SEC. 6. ALLOCATION AND USE OF SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDS.

(a) BASED ON REFUGEE POPULATION.—Section 412(c) (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, (2) by inserting "(1)(A)" before "The Director", and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Grants. "(B) The funds available for a fiscal year for grants and contracts Contracts. under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated among the States based on the total number of refugees (including children and adults) who arrived in the United States not more than 36 months before the beginning of such fiscal year and who are actually residing in each State (taking into account secondary migration) as of the beginning of the fiscal year.". (b) CLARIFICATION OF U S E OF SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDS.—Such section

is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) Any limitation which the Director establishes on the proportion of funds allocated to a State under this paragraph that the State may use for services other than those described in subsection (a)(l)(B)(ii) shall not apply if the Director receives a plan (established by or in consultation with local governments) and determines that the plan provides for the maximum appropriate provision of employment-related services for, and the maximum placement of, employable refugees consistent with performance standards established under section 106 of the Job Training Partnership Act.". 29 USC 1516. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 8 USC 1522 note, apply to allocations of funds for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1987. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 412(e)(2)(A)(i) (8 U.S.C.

1522(e)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking out "(c)(1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(c)(l)(A)(i)". SEC. 7. MAINTAINING FUNDING LEVEL OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) MAINTAINING FUNDING LEVEL.—Subject to the availability of 8 USC 1522 note, appropriations, the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall not reduce the maximum average Federal contribution level per refugee in the matching grant program and shall not increase the percentage grantee matching requirement under that program below the level, or above the percentage, in effect under the program for grants in fiscal year 1985. (b) MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.—The "matching grant program" ^ ' -referred to in subsection (a) is the voluntary agency program which is known as the matching grant program and is funded under section 412(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. SEC. 8. T A R G E T E D ASSISTANCE PROJECT GRANTS. (a) SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROJECT

GRANTS.—Section 412(c) (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)), as amended by section 6, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) The Director is authorized to make grants to States for assistance to counties and similar areas in the States where, because of factors such as unusually large refugee populations (including