To amend section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country that supports international terrorism.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country that has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1644 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1644

   To amend section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any 
  refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country 
                 that supports international terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

  Mr. Rivera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any 
  refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country 
                 that supports international terrorism.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES.

    Section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) No cash assistance or medical assistance may be provided 
under this subsection to any refugee who, after entering the United 
States, travels to a country the government of which the Secretary of 
State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), section 620A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781).''.
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