Expenditures under the program in these years have ranged from $80.000 to $260.000. H.R. 6698 authorizes $8 million for the program through September 1976 and $30.000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Assistance to be provided under this program. as amended by H.R. 6698 is strictly limited in four important ways: First. assistance will be provided only for Americans and their dependents. None of this money is available for refugees who are not U.S. citizens or dependents of a U.S. citizen. Second. before a person may receive assistance under the program. he must be certified as "without available resources" by the Department of State. Third. the program is reimbursable.
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