Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015

Summary: Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President, after appropriate consultation with certain congressional committees, to recommend to Congress the number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States in a fiscal year. Except in the case of an unforeseen emergency refugee situation, no refugees may be admitted in a fiscal year until Congress enacts a joint resolution setting the number of refugees who may be admitted in that fiscal year. In determining an alien's admissibility on security and related grounds the Department of Homeland Security shall consult with the Director of National Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Beginning in FY2016 and ending in FY2020, the President, when considering the admission of refugees who are nationals or citizens of Iraq or Syria, shall give priority to members of a persecuted religious minority. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the refugee screening process in protecting U.S. security.

OF APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION OF 
              REFUGEES.

    Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(1) Before the beginning of a fiscal year and after 
        appropriate consultation (as defined in subsection (e) of this 
        section), the President shall submit to Congress a 
        recommendation on the number of refugees who may be admitted 
        under this section in any fiscal year.
            ``(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no refugees may 
        be admitted under this section in a fiscal year until such time 
        as a joint resolution is enacted into law which sets the number 
        of refugees who may be admitted under this section in that 
        fiscal year.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``determination'' and 
                        inserting ``recommendation''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``determined'' and 
                        inserting ``recommended'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``fix'' and inserting ``submit to 
                Congress a recommendation for'';
                    (B) by striking ``situation and such'' and 
                inserting ``situation. Any such''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following: ``No 
                refugees may be admitted under this subsection until 
                such time as a joint resolution is enacted into law 
                which sets the number of refugees who may be admitted 
                under this subsection.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Subject to the 
        numerical limitations established pursuant to subsections (a) 
        and (b)'' and inserting ``Subject to the enactment into law of 
        a joint resolution under subsection (a) or (b), and the 
        numerical limitations established pursuant to such a 
        resolution,''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``determination'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``recommendation''.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION.

    Section 207of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting after ``Committees 
        on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the 
        Senate'' the following: ``, the Committee on Homeland Security 
        of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by inserting after ``members of the 
        Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of 
        Representatives'' the following: ``, the Committee on Homeland 
        Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
        and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate''.

SEC. 4. CONSULTATION FOR DETERMINATIONS OF ADMISSIBILITY.

    Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1157(c)) is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: 
        ``In determining whether an alien is admissible under section 
        212(a)(3), the Secretary shall consult with the Director of 
        National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.''.

SEC. 5. PRIORITY FOR REFUGEES FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA PERSECUTED ON THE 
              BASIS OF RELIGION.

    Beginning in fiscal year 2016 and ending in fiscal year 2020, when 
considering the admission of refugees who are nationals or citizens of 
Iraq or Syria, the President shall prioritize refugees who are members 
of a religious minority community, and have been identified by the 
Secretary of State, or the designee of the Secretary, as a persecuted 
group.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report on the adequacy and effectiveness at protecting the 
security of the United States of the refugee screening process. The 
report shall include the following:
            (1) The number of refugees that the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security determined were admissible under paragraph (3) of 
        section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1182(a)(3)), but who, subsequent to admission to the United 
        States, became inadmissible under such paragraph.
            (2) Federal agencies which are not, as of the date of the 
        report, involved in making determinations of admissibility of 
        refugees under such paragraph, which the Comptroller General 
        determines should be so involved.
            (3) Issues or gaps in the process for determining the 
        admissibility of refugees under such paragraph.
            (4) Recommendations for improving the process for 
        determining the admissibility of refugees under such paragraph 
        in order to better protect the security of the United States.