# 2025-19753: White House Shuffles Refugee Welcome Wagon Agencies

2025-19753, Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-10-31, effective 2025-09-30 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19753
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-19753
- Title: Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 49007
- Published: 2025-10-31
- Effective: 2025-09-30
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

White House Shuffles Refugee Welcome Wagon Agencies

## Summary

The President has decided to move the U.S. refugee resettlement program to the Department of Health and Human Services to make things run smoother and save taxpayer money. This change helps refugees get settled faster and better by having one agency in charge, working closely with local communities. The switch starts soon and aims to improve how the government supports refugees arriving in America.

## Effects PRIA read

- Refugee Resettlement Move to HHS: benefit, medium. On September 30, 2025, the President ordered that administration of the United States program of initial refugee resettlement — including resettlement grants and contracts awarded to public or private nonprofit agencies for initial services to refugees arriving in the United States — be transferred…

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## Sources
- [2025-19753 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/31/2025-19753/presidential-determination-on-transferring-the-united-states-program-of-initial-refugee-resettlement)
- [2025-19753 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-31/pdf/2025-19753.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19753 (as of 2026-06-08).