Public Law 96-212

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962
gptkbp:citation 94 Stat. 102
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:8_U.S.C._§_1101_et_seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1980-03-17
gptkbp:defines refugee
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Office_of_Refugee_Resettlement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Public Law 96-212
gptkbp:influencedBy United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Refugee_Act_of_1980
gptkbp:provides procedures for asylum applications
gptkbp:providesFor federal assistance for refugee resettlement
gptkbp:publicLawNumber 96-212
gptkbp:purpose to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States of refugees
gptkbp:relatedTo asylum law in the United States
gptkbp:requires consultation with Congress on refugee admissions
gptkbp:set annual refugee admissions ceiling
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Edward_Kennedy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Refugee_Act
gptkb:Refugee_Act_of_1980
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6