Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
Long title	An Act to enable the United States to render assistance to, or in behalf of, certain migrants and refugees.
Nicknames	Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
Enacted by	the 94th United States Congress
Effective	May 23, 1975
Citations
Public law	94-23
Statutes at Large	89 Stat. 87
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections amended	22 U.S.C. ch. 36 § 2601 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 6755 by Peter W. Rodino (D–NJ) on May 7, 1975; Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Foreign Relations; Passed the House on May 14, 1975 (381-31); Passed the Senate on May 16, 1975 (77-2, in lieu of S. 1661); Reported by the joint conference committee on May 20, 1975; agreed to by the House on May 21, 1975 (agreed) and by the Senate on May 21, 1975 (agreed); Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on May 23, 1975;

The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, passed on May 23, 1975, under President Gerald Ford, was a response to the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Under this act, approximately 130,000 refugees from South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were allowed to enter the United States under a special status, and the act allotted special relocation aid and financial assistance.