CALL Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8060 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8060

      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the 
notification of appropriate elected officials prior to the placement of 
                          refugees in a State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2024

 Mr. Van Orden (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Weber of 
Texas, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Mast) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the 
notification of appropriate elected officials prior to the placement of 
                          refugees in a State.

    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 ``Contacting All Local Legislators 
Act'' or the ``CALL Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS PRIOR TO REFUGEE 
              RESETTLEMENT.

    Section 412(a)(2)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1522(a)(2)(D)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``shall, consistent'' and inserting the 
        following: ``shall--
                            ``(i) consistent'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) prior to making such a placement, 
                        notify the Senators representing the State, the 
                        Member of the House of Representatives 
                        representing the district of the placement 
                        within the State, and the applicable State 
                        legislative elected officials.''.
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