# Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA)

**Agency:** State  
**Account:** Bilateral Economic Assistance  
**Source document:** Foreign Operations · p. 92  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/state/emergency-refugee-and-migration-assistance-erma  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 0.1 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 100.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 500.0 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## State discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $23.50B, FY2026 $31.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

the International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) account and $500 million for the President's Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) Fund (please refer to the IHA justification section for additional As part of the U.S. Government's overall overseas humanitarian assistance resources, the ERMA Fund, which will complement the IHA account, enables the President to respond to unexpected urgent migration and refugee crises when in the national interest. The $500 million Request may be used to meet the unexpected urgent migration and refugee needs, at the discretion of the President, including but not limited to emergency assistance including life-saving shelter, food, medical care, and clean drinking water.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › State › Foreign Operations › Bilateral Economic Assistance › Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*