Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety Act

Summary: Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety Act This bill declares that: (1) no alien who is a refugee because of the conflict in Syria (covered alien) may be admitted to the United States as a refugee, (2) no funds may be expended to process refugee applications for covered aliens, and (3) no funds may be expended by the Department of State or the Department of Health and Human Services to resettle covered aliens in the United States. These restrictions shall remain in effect until 30 days after the President certifies to Congress regarding:   protocols and interagency coordination to adjudicate such U.S. admissions and resettlement;  evaluation and review of such protocols and coordination by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community;  State Department submission to Congress of an updated Congressional Presentation Document of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration for Fiscal Year 2016 that reflects security or other risks posed by covered aliens; and  a State Department briefing to Congress on the increase in covered aliens seeking refugee admission and so admitted, including information on any terrorist conduct.   This certification: (1) may not be submitted to Congress before 270 days, and (2) shall not have any effect if Congress enacts into law a joint resolution of disapproval within 15 days.

of Disapproval.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section, a certification described in subsection (a) shall 
        not have any effect if, within 15 calendar days after the date 
        on which Congress receives the certification, there is enacted 
        into law a joint resolution disapproving the certification.
            (2) Contents of joint resolution.--For the purpose of this 
        subsection, the term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint 
        resolution--
                    (A) that is introduced not later than 3 calendar 
                days after the date on which a certification described 
                in subsection (a) is received by Congress;
                    (B) which does not have a preamble;
                    (C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint 
                resolution disapproving the certification of the 
                President described in section 3(a) of the Syrian 
                Refugee Verification and Safety Act''; and
                    (D) the matter after the resolving clause of which 
                is as follows: ``That Congress disapproves the 
                certification of the President described in section 
                3(a) of the Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety 
                Act.''.
            (3) Fast track consideration in house of representatives.--
                    (A) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a certification 
                described in subsection (a), the Speaker of the House 
                of Representatives, if the House of Representatives 
                would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify the Members 
                of the House that, pursuant to this subsection, the 
                House shall convene not later than the second calendar 
                day after receipt of such certification.
                    (B) Reporting and discharge.--Any committee of the 
                House of Representatives to which a joint resolution 
                described in paragraph (2) is referred shall report it 
                to the House not later than 5 calendar days after the 
                date of receipt of the certification described in 
                subsection (a). If a committee fails to report the 
                joint resolution within that period, the committee 
                shall be discharged from further consideration of the 
                joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
                referred to the appropriate calendar.
                    (C) Proceeding to consideration.--After each 
                committee authorized to consider a joint resolution 
                reports it to the House or has been discharged from its 
                consideration, it shall be in order, not later than the 
                sixth day after Congress receives the certification 
                described in subsection (a), to move to proceed to 
                consider the joint resolution in the House. All points 
                of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion 
                shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
                motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 
                question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 
                to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
                shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote 
                by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in 
                order.
                    (D) Consideration.--The joint resolution shall be 
                considered as read. All points of order against the 
                joint resolution and against its consideration are 
                waived. The previous question shall be considered as 
                ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without 
                intervening motion except two hours of debate equally 
                divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
                opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 
                the joint resolution shall not be in order.
            (4) Fast track consideration in senate.--
                    (A) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a certification 
                described in subsection (a), if the Senate has 
                adjourned or recessed for more than 2 days, the 
                majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with 
                the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the 
                Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 
                subsection, the Senate shall convene not later than the 
                second calendar day after receipt of the certification.
                    (B) Placement on calendar.--Upon introduction in 
                the Senate, the joint resolution shall be placed 
                immediately on the calendar.
                    (C) Floor consideration.--
                            (i) In general.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII 
                        of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 
                        order at any time during the period beginning 
                        on the 4th day after the date on which Congress 
                        receives a certification described in 
                        subsection (a) and ending on the 6th day after 
                        the date on which Congress receives a 
                        certification described in subsection (a) (even 
                        though a previous motion to the same effect has 
                        been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
                        consideration of the joint resolution, and all 
                        points of order against the joint resolution 
                        (and against consideration of the joint 
                        resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed 
                        is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 
                        a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 
                        the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
                        disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion 
                        to proceed to the consideration of the 
                        resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
                        shall remain the unfinished business until 
                        disposed of.
                    (D) Debate.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on 
                all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
                therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 
                which shall be divided equally between the majority and 
                minority leaders or their designees. A motion further 
                to limit debate is in order and not debatable. An 
                amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to 
                proceed to the consideration of other business, or a 
                motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in 
                order.
                    (E) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall 
                occur immediately following the conclusion of the 
                debate on a joint resolution, and a single quorum call 
                at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
                accordance with the rules of the Senate.
                    (F) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals 
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 
                be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution 
                shall be decided without debate.
            (5) Rules relating to senate and house of 
        representatives.--
                    (A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, 
                before the passage by one House of a joint resolution 
                of that House, that House receives from the other House 
                a joint resolution, then the following procedures shall 
                apply:
                            (i) The joint resolution of the other House 
                        shall not be referred to a committee.
                            (ii) With respect to a joint resolution of 
                        the House receiving the resolution--
                                    (I) the procedure in that House 
                                shall be the same as if no joint 
                                resolution had been received from the 
                                other House; but
                                    (II) the vote on passage shall be 
                                on the joint resolution of the other 
                                House.
                    (B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--
                If one House fails to introduce or consider a joint 
                resolution under this subsection, the joint resolution 
                of the other House shall be entitled to expedited floor 
                procedures under this subsection.
                    (C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
                passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, the 
                Senate then receives the companion measure from the 
                House of Representatives, the companion measure shall 
                not be debatable.
                    (D) Veto debate and duration.--If the President 
                vetoes the joint resolution, debate on a veto message 
                in the Senate under this subsection shall be 1 hour 
                equally divided between the majority and minority 
                leaders or their designees.
            (6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        paragraph and paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) are enacted by 
        Congress--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and 
                as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
                respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
                procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a 
                joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to 
                the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
                relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
                in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
                case of any other rule of that House.