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B-133001 1 (1979-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE. UNITED STATES ---41c, WASHINGTON. D.C-. ZO!4 ~P 9 A979 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman Subcommittee on Foreign Operations . Committee on Appropriations ._A ae. United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in further reply to your gecu~e that this Office determine the eropriety of certain.roDosed ct ions of the Department of State 3yith-respect to the UniteUd States Refugee Program In our letter of lanuaty 30, 1979, we dealt with the use of the Unied States Emer- gency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. In this letter we shall answer your question on whether funds appropriated for Migration and and Refugee Assistance by Title III of the Foreign Assistance and Reaam_s Appropriations Act, 1 ub.L NO? 95-481, 92 Stat. 1591, are available to p-ay voluntary agencies for services they provided to refugees during calendar year 1978. The United States Refugee Program, operating under the provisions of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S. C. §§ 2601-2605 (1976), provides assistance to refugees from communist oppression in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union. Services to these refugees are provided by Ameaan eolancies which normally operate under contract with the of State The Soviet-East European portion of the program has traditionally been administered on a calendar year basis. The Department of State justifies its budget requests to the Appropriations Committees of Congress on the basis of a calendar year program, and enters into calendar year contracts with the voluntary agencies. For example, with funds appropriated for fiscal year 1978, the Department entered into contracts with the voluntary agencies which covered services to be provided for the period January 1, 1978, through December 31, 1978. These contracts generally provide that the United States will reimburse the agencies for the costs of refugee services performed, up to a ceil- ing cost for the year. Inpr:paring its budget for 1978, the Department of State predicted that About 15, 0U0-td-18, 000 Soviet and East European refugees would need assistance during calendar year 1978.. The Department requested appropriations for 1978 based on this estimate and later entered into contracts with the voluntary agencies for calendar year 1978. 7>U

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