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Presidential Determination

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

President Biden authorized up to $46 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to address urgent humanitarian needs of vulnerable refugees and migrants in Central America and third countries in the region, to be administered through the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration via contributions to international organizations.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 32631

Impact dates

  1. Submit determination and Justification to Congress

  2. Publish determination in Federal Register

Key directives

  • Authorize up to $46 million from U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
  • Furnish assistance through contributions to international organizations by PRM
  • Submit determination and Justification to Congress
  • Publish determination in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • $46 million authorization becomes available for obligation
  • Secretary of State directed to submit determination to Congress with Justification
  • Secretary of State directed to publish in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

  • Disbursement of funds through Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to international organizations
  • Humanitarian assistance delivery in Central America and third countries

Long term

  • Sustained humanitarian support for regional refugee and migration needs pending fund depletion

Risks & tensions

  • Limited geographic scope (Central America and third countries) may not address broader hemisphere migration pressures
  • Reliance on international organizations as intermediaries creates implementation dependency
  • Congressional notification required but no explicit appropriations action needed due to draw from existing emergency fund
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