Amendment #974 to H4219

Afghan Haitian Migrant Amendment

Representatives Howard of Lowell, Fluker Oakley of Boston, Chan of Quincy, Wong of Saugus, Schmid of Westport, Mom of Lowell, Nguyen of Andover, Robinson of Framingham, Uyterhoeven of Somerville and Miranda of Boston move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4003-0122 in line 16, by striking out the figure “12,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- “20,000,000” And further in section 64 by striking out section 64 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following: “SECTION 64. Item 4003-0122 of said section 2 of said chapter 24 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “adults”, the second time it appears, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $20,000,000 shall be expended for the resettlement agencies in the commonwealth set forth herein that resettle refugees and immigrants, to support the evacuees of the crisis in Afghanistan and Haiti; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be allocated per Afghan and Haitian arrival to each agency through the office for refugees and immigrants, within 30 days of the agreement each agency signs with a national voluntary agency to receive Afghan and Haitian parolees in the commonwealth, of which up to 75 percent shall be spent on direct assistance for the individual, at the discretion of the agency, and 25 per cent shall be to support the infrastructure of the resettlement agencies; provided further, that not less than $4,500,000 of said funds shall be allocated to the resettlement agencies to assist humanitarian parolees from Afghanistan and Haiti with obtaining a secure immigration status in the United States.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #974 to H4219

Afghan Haitian Migrant Amendment