Presidential Document2025-19753
Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement
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Published
October 31, 2025
Signed
September 30, 2025
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 209 (Friday, October 31, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 49007-49008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19753]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 209 / Friday, October 31, 2025 /
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Presidential Determination No. 2025-14 of September 30,
2025
Presidential Determination on Transferring the
United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement
Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 412(b)(1) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(b)(1)), it is hereby
ordered:
Refugee resettlement must be conducted in a manner that
serves the national interest, promotes efficient use of
taxpayer dollars, protects the integrity of the United
States immigration system, and supports refugees in
achieving early economic self-sufficiency and
assimilation into American society. Centralizing the
responsibilities for all domestic resettlement under
one executive department or agency (agency) eliminates
unnecessary duplication and ensures that refugee
resettlement is closely coordinated with State and
local jurisdictions, to the extent permitted by law and
as practicable.
I have determined that the administration of the
program of initial resettlement grants and contracts,
which are awarded to public or private nonprofit
agencies for initial resettlement services for refugees
coming to the United States, shall be transferred to
the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Refugee Resettlement.
This action reflects a return to the clear statutory
structure originally established by the Refugee Act of
1980, which designated the Office of Refugee
Resettlement as the lead Federal entity for domestic
refugee resettlement. The transfer ensures better
alignment of resources, oversight, and accountability
resettlement activities that take place entirely within
the United States.
I direct the Department of State and the Department of
Health and Human Services to coordinate the orderly
transfer of responsibilities, personnel, and sources
necessary to implement this determination consistent
with applicable law.
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The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
publish this determination in the Federal Register.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 30, 2025
[FR Doc. 2025-19753
Filed 10-30-25; 11:15 am]
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