Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a state to refuse without penalty to expend refugee resettlement assistance with respect to an alien who:
A state may not refuse to expend such funds with respect to an alien who is an Iraqi national (or spouse or children of one) who was employed by, or worked for the U.S. government in Iraq and has or is experiencing an ongoing serious threat because of such employment.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4267 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4267
To provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to
expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 16, 2015
Mr. Collins of New York (for himself, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr.
Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Bucshon, and Mr. Latta) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to
expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation
of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act''.
SEC. 2. NO PENALTY FOR REFUSAL TO EXPEND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE FUNDS ON
CERTAIN REFUGEES.
Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Limitation.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section, a State, without penalty under this section or
any other provision of law, may refuse to expend funds received
under this section with respect to an alien described in
paragraph (2), except that a State may not refuse to expend
such funds with respect to an alien described in section
1244(b) of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (8 U.S.C.
1157 note).
``(2) Aliens described.--An alien is described in this
paragraph if the alien--
``(A) is a national of a country that is a state
sponsor of terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary; or
``(B) has no nationality and the country in which
the alien last habitually resided is a state sponsor of
terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term `state
sponsor of terrorism' means any country the government
of which the Secretary of State has determined has
repeatedly provided support for international terrorism
pursuant to--
``(i) section 6(j) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2405);
``(ii) section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); or
``(iii) section 40 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780).
``(B) Terrorist sanctuary.--The term `terrorist
sanctuary' has the meaning given the term in section
140(d)(5) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f (d)(5)).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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