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On the recordJanuary 12, 1981
I have determined that the administration of the Reception and Placement Grants should be retained by the Department of State.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Refugee Resettlement Grants Program Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting a Study.

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