Interesting bill
HR 578 — IRAQI REFUGEE AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, RESETTLEMENT, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2009
This bill advocates working with the international community and subsequently appropriating funds to international and nongovernmental organizations providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations in Iraq and Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries (namely Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, and Syria although the bill specifically prohibits providing bilateral assistance to Syria). The bill also proposes favoring citizens or nationals of Iraq who have become refugees due to the invasion of Iraq by imposing a minimum 20,000 numerical limit on other refugees.
