Amendment ID: S2564-4-R1

Redraft OTH 4

Haitian Earth Quake Refugees

Messrs. Brady, Gomez, Montigny, Collins and DiDomenico, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Eldridge and Pacheco move that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4003-0122, by striking out the figure “$12,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$20,000,000”; and

in section 84, in proposed item 4003-0122 of section 2 of chapter 24 of the acts of 2021, by adding the following words:-

“; provided further, that not less than $8,000,000 shall be expended to Immigrant Family Services Institute, Inc. to support Haitian nationals in the commonwealth, who arrived in the United States after the qualifying Temporary Protected Status date of July 29, 2021 and who have been authorized by the federal immigration authorities to enter the interior of the United States and are residing in the Commonwealth; provided further, that not less than 55 per cent of said funding shall be spent on direct assistance for the individual, and not more than 25 per cent of said funds shall be spent on related administrative services; provided further, that not less than 20 percent of said funds shall be allocated to assist with obtaining a secure immigration status in the United States''.