42 U.S.C. § 1313
The Secretary is authorized to develop plans and make arrangements for provision of temporary assistance within the United States to individuals specified in subsection (a)(1). Such plans shall be developed and such arrangements shall be made after consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense. To the extent feasible, assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be provided in accordance with the plans developed pursuant to this subsection, as modified from time to time by the Secretary.
For purposes of this section, the term "temporary assistance" means money payments, medical care, temporary billeting, transportation, and other goods and services necessary for the health or welfare of individuals (including guidance, counseling, and other welfare services) furnished to them within the United States upon their arrival in the United States and for such period after their arrival, not exceeding ninety days, as may be provided in regulations of the Secretary; except that assistance under this section may be furnished beyond such ninety-day period in the case of any citizen or dependent upon a finding by the Secretary that the circumstances involved necessitate or justify the furnishing of assistance beyond such period in that particular case.
The total amount of temporary assistance provided under this section shall not exceed $1,000,000 during any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2009, except that, in the case of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the total amount of such assistance provided during each such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000.
42 U.S.C. § 1313
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2021-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117-39 substituted "fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the total amount of such assistance provided during each such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000" for "fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000".2020-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116-148 substituted "fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000." for "fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the total amount of such assistance provided during each such fiscal year shall not exceed $25,000,000."2017-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115-57 substituted "fiscal years 2017 and 2018" for "fiscal year 2010" and "each such fiscal year" for "that fiscal year". 2010-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111-127 which directed substitution of "September 30, 2009, except that, in the case of fiscal year 2010, the total amount of such assistance provided during that fiscal year shall not exceed $25,000,000." for "September, 30, 2003" and all that follows through the end of subsec. (d), was executed by making the substitution for "September 30, 2003, except that, in the case of fiscal year 2006, the total amount of such assistance provided during that fiscal year shall not exceed $6,000,000.", which did not contain a comma after "September", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.2006-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109-250 inserted ",except that, in the case of fiscal year 2006, the total amount of such assistance provided during that fiscal year shall not exceed $6,000,000" after "2003". 2003-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108-11 substituted "2003" for "1991". 1990-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-508, §5056(a)(1), substituted "after September 30, 1991" for "on or after October 1, 1989". Pub. L. 101-382 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "The total amount of temporary assistance provided under this section shall not exceed- "(1) $8,000,000 during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, and the succeeding calendar quarter, or"(2) $300,000 during any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1976."Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-508, §5056(a)(2), added subsec. (e). 1975-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-44, §2, set a 90-day limit for assistance following arrival in the United States with provision for furnishing of assistance beyond the 90-day limit upon a finding by the Secretary that the circumstances involved necessitate or justify the furnishing of assistance in that particular case. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-44, §1, substituted provisions setting the maximum total amount of temporary assistance provided under this section for provisions prohibiting temporary assistance after June 30, 1973. 1971-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-40 extended termination date from June 30, 1971, to June 30, 1973. 1969-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-41 extended termination date from June 30, 1969, to June 30, 1971. 1968-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-248 extended termination date from June 30, 1968, to June 30, 1969. 1967-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-36 extended termination date from June 30, 1967, to June 30, 1968. 1964-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 88-347 extended termination date from June 30, 1964, to June 30, 1967. 1962-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87-543 extended termination date from June 30, 1962, to June 30, 1964.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101-508, title V, §5056(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-230, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1989."
LIMIT ON DIRECT CONTACT WITH REPATRIATED INDIVIDUALS DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD Pub. L. 116-148, §3, July 13, 2020, 134 Stat. 661, provided that: "During the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), in providing temporary assistance under section 1113 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313), no employee of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services shall have direct, in-person contact with an individual specified in section 1113(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)), except in the case of a uniformed member of the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve Corps of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (as described in section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204)) in an active duty status who, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has-"(1) received appropriate training on infection prevention and control; and "(2) access to appropriate personal protective equipment."
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