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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3573 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the enactment 

into law of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who 

may be admitted in any fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. BABIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 

the enactment into law of a joint resolution approving 

the number of refugees who may be admitted in any 

fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Refugee Resettlement 

5 Oversight and Security Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR 

2 ADMISSION OF REFUGEES. 

3 Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 

7 to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(1) Before the beginning of a fiscal year and 

9 after appropriate consultation (as defined in sub10 section (e) of this section), the President shall sub11 mit to Congress a recommendation on the number of 

12 refugees who may be admitted under this section in 

13 any fiscal year. 

14 ‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no 

15 refugees may be admitted under this section in a fis16 cal year until such time as a joint resolution is en17 acted into law which sets the number of refugees 

18 who may be admitted under this section in that fis19 cal year.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘determination’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘recommendation’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘determined’’ and in24 serting ‘‘recommended’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘fix’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 

2 to Congress a recommendation for’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘situation and such’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘situation. Any such’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘No refugees may be admitted under this sub7 section until such time as a joint resolution is 

8 enacted into law which sets the number of refu9 gees who may be admitted under this sub10 section.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Subject to 

12 the numerical limitations established pursuant to 

13 subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 

14 the enactment into law of a joint resolution under 

15 subsection (a) or (b), and the numerical limitations 

16 established pursuant to such a resolution,’’; and 

17 (4) in subsection (d)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘deter19 mination’’ each place it appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘recommendation’’. 

21 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION. 

22 Section 207of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

23 (8 U.S.C. 1157) is further amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting after 

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1 resentatives and of the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘, the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

3 Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Secu4 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 

5 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep6 resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Rela7 tions of the Senate’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting after ‘‘mem9 bers of the Committees on the Judiciary of the Sen10 ate and of the House of Representatives’’ the fol11 lowing: ‘‘, the Committee on Homeland Security of 

12 the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

13 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

14 Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

15 House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

16 Foreign Relations of the Senate’’. 

17 SEC. 4. CONSULTATION FOR DETERMINATIONS OF ADMIS18 SIBILITY. 

19 Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

20 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)) is further amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

22 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se23 curity’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 

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1 missible under section 212(a)(3), the Secretary shall 

2 consult with the Director of National Intelligence 

3 and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga4 tion.’’. 

5 SEC. 5. PRIORITY FOR REFUGEES FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA 

6 PERSECUTED ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION. 

7 Beginning in fiscal year 2016 and ending in fiscal 

8 year 2020, when considering the admission of refugees 

9 who are nationals or citizens of Iraq or Syria, the Presi10 dent shall prioritize refugees who are members of a reli11 gious minority community, and have been identified by the 

12 Secretary of State, or the designee of the Secretary, as 

13 a persecuted group. 

14 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

15 Not later than one year after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

17 States shall submit to Congress a report on the adequacy 

18 and effectiveness at protecting the security of the United 

19 States of the refugee screening process. The report shall 

20 include the following: 

21 (1) The number of refugees that the Secretary 

22 of Homeland Security determined were admissible 

23 under paragraph (3) of section 212(a) of the Immi24 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), 


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1 but who, subsequent to admission to the United 

2 States, became inadmissible under such paragraph. 

3 (2) Federal agencies which are not, as of the 

4 date of the report, involved in making determina5 tions of admissibility of refugees under such para6 graph, which the Comptroller General determines 

7 should be so involved. 

8 (3) Issues or gaps in the process for deter9 mining the admissibility of refugees under such 

10 paragraph. 

11 (4) Recommendations for improving the process 

12 for determining the admissibility of refugees under 

13 such paragraph in order to better protect the secu14 rity of the United States. 

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