Refugee Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Refugee Act of 1979 - Title I: Purpose - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to this country of refugees of special concern to the United States, and to provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for temporary and transitional assistance to those refugees who are admitted. Title II: Admission of Refugees - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "refugee" as any person who is outside his country of nationality (or in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which he last habitually resided), and who is unable or unwilling to return to such country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Defines "consultation" to mean personal contact by Presidential representatives with members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to review the refugee or emergency refugee situations, and to provide such Committees with information about: (1) the nature of the refugee situation; (2) the anticipated social, economic, and demographic impact of refugee admissions…