Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

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Title 3--
The President

Presidential Determination No. 2022-09 of February 1,
2022

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1))
(MRAA), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1)
of the MRAA, that it is important to the national
interest to furnish assistance under the MRAA in an
amount not to exceed $1.2 billion from the United
States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee
and migration needs to support Operation Allies Welcome
and related efforts by the Department of State,
including additional relocations of individuals at risk
as a result of the situation in Afghanistan and related
expenses. Such assistance may be provided on a
bilateral or multilateral basis as appropriate,
including through contributions to international
organizations and through funding to other
nongovernmental organizations, governments, and United
States Government agencies.

You are authorized and directed to submit this
determination to the Congress, along with the
accompanying Justification, and to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, February 1, 2022