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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6110 
To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
require ratification of a plan with respect to a refugee by the legislature 
of a State before the refugee may be initially placed or resettled in 
the State, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, and Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act to require ratification of a plan with respect 
to a refugee by the legislature of a State before the 
refugee may be initially placed or resettled in the State, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allow State Sov-
ereignty Upon Refugee Entry (ASSURE) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PROGRAMS FOR DOMESTIC RE-
SETTLEMENT OF AND ASSISTANCE TO REFU-
GEES. 
Section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in-
cluding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 
the following limitations on programs for domestic reset-
tlement of, and assistance to, refugees under this chapter 
shall apply: 
‘‘(i)(I) Before the initial placement or resettle-
ment of a refugee in a State is made, and before any 
assistance under this chapter is provided to a ref-
ugee in a State, the Director shall submit a plan to 
the legislature of the State on the refugee. 
‘‘(II) The plan shall include the following infor-
mation with respect to the refugee: 
‘‘(aa) All necessary and foreseen costs to 
the State for housing, providing benefits to, and 
education of, the refugee. 
‘‘(bb) All vaccination and health records of 
the refugee in the possession of the Director. 
‘‘(cc) All criminal history of the refugee. 
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‘‘(dd) Any ties to a terrorist organization 
or organizations. 
‘‘(ee) Whether the refugee is affiliated with 
any of the groups listed as unindicted co-con-
spirators in the case of United States of Amer-
ica v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and De-
velopment. 
‘‘(ff) All records of the refugee found in 
the Department of State’s Consular Lookout 
and Support System. 
‘‘(gg) All records of the refugee that result 
from the refugee interview conducted by United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services. 
‘‘(III) A plan described in this clause may per-
tain to multiple refugees so long as the information 
described in subclause (II) is provided with respect 
to each refugee in the group. 
‘‘(IV) Before the initial placement or resettle-
ment of a refugee in a State is made, and before any 
assistance under this chapter is provided to a ref-
ugee in a State, the plan required under this clause 
must be ratified by the State legislature and signed 
into law by the Governor of the State. 
‘‘(ii) No funds authorized or appropriated by 
Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund 
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