Assembly Bill A8374A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides support to refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8374 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7345
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Budget Bills
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 53 of 2021

2021-A8374 - Summary

Provides support to refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine who have been displaced through no fault of their own.

2021-A8374 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8374
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of  2021,  enacting  the  aid  to
   localities budget, in relation to repaying our Afghan allies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "repaying
 our Afghan allies act".
   §  2.  As  a result of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan,
 thousands of Afghans who bravely assisted our service members in a vari-
 ety of roles, including as interpreters and guides, are now at  risk  of
 death  at the hands of the Taliban.  This bill is intended to be a small
 repayment from the people of New York of the debt our nation owes to our
 Afghan allies who now need to leave their homeland and make a  new  home
 in the United States.
   §  3. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items  herein  below  set
 forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
 scored in this section:

 SPECIALIZED SERVICES PROGRAM ............. [2,785,196,000] 2,861,796,000
                                            --------------
 
   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
   Special Revenue Funds - Federal
   Federal Health and Human Services Fund
   Refugee Resettlement Account - 25160
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13100-01-1
 A. 8374                             2
 
              

2021-A8374A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7345
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Budget Bills
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 53 of 2021

2021-A8374A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides support to refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine who have been displaced through no fault of their own.

2021-A8374A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8374--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of  2021,  enacting  the  aid  to
   localities budget, in relation to supporting refugees from Afghanistan
   and Ukraine
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "securing
 and assisting vulnerable evacuees (SAVE) act".
   §  2.  Recent  turmoil in Afghanistan and Ukraine has caused a signif-
 icant flight of people from  both  nations,  requiring  other  countries
 throughout  the  world  to assist in the resettlement of individuals and
 families who have been displaced through no fault of their  own.    This
 bill  is  intended  to  allocate adequate funding to support a potential
 significant increase in the number of refugees that New York state  will
 be taking in as a result of these ongoing situations.
   §  3. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items  herein  below  set
 forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
 scored in this section:
 
 SPECIALIZED SERVICES PROGRAM ............. [2,785,196,000] 2,861,796,000
                                            --------------
 
   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
   Special Revenue Funds - Federal
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13100-03-2
              

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