SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humani-
tarian Assistance, Resettlement, and Security Act of 
2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 4. Statements of policy. 
Sec. 5. Humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees and IDPs. 
Sec. 6. Improved border security. 
Sec. 7. Special immigrant status. 
Sec. 8. Expedited processing of Iraqi refugees. 
Sec. 9. International cooperation. 
Sec. 10. Report to Congress. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, ac-
cording to the Office of the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 
2,000,000 Iraqis have fled their homes for neigh-
boring countries to avoid sectarian and other vio-
lence. 
(2) According to the UNHCR, there are 
2,200,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in 
Iraq, many lacking adequate food, shelter, and other 
basic services; 
(3) The security situation within Iraq reduces 
access to the Iraqi population by Iraqi Government 
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agencies and humanitarian aid providers and greatly 
limits the provision of aid. 
(4) The dispersion of Iraqi refugees in poor 
urban areas of host countries makes it exceedingly 
difficult for humanitarian agencies to identify and 
reach these populations. 
(5) Iraq itself hosts more than 43,000 refugees 
from other countries, many of whom were refugees 
prior to 2003 and have been displaced in Iraq for a 
second time, including many Palestinians. 
(6) Palestinian refugee camps in Iraq near the 
Syrian and Jordanian borders remain in dire need of 
humanitarian assistance. 
(7) Many Iraqis have put their lives and those 
of their families at risk by working for the United 
States Government, United States companies, and 
nongovernmental organizations. 
(8) Since March 2003, the United States Gov-
ernment has admitted 1,459 Iraqi refugees, while 
Jordan, a resource-poor country, has accepted an es-
timated 750,000, Syria an estimated 1,500,000, and 
other countries neighboring Iraq have received hun-
dreds of thousands more. 
(9) Current United States policies governing 
the processing of refugees constrain the Department 
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of Homeland Security from expediting the screening 
procedures and increasing the number of Iraqi refu-
gees accepted into the United States. 
(10) The massive flow of Iraqi refugees into 
neighboring host countries has overwhelmed existing 
social, economic, and security capacities of such 
countries. 
(11) The Government of Jordan and the Gov-
ernment of Syria require immediate assistance to 
adequately assist Iraqi refugee populations, to en-
sure an effective degree of security within their re-
spective countries, and safeguard their borders. 
(12) Increasing destitution and poverty among 
displaced populations provide fertile ground for ex-
tremist ideologies to take root. 
(13) The Iraq Study group predicted that ‘‘[a] 
humanitarian catastrophe could follow as more refu-
gees are forced to relocate across the country and 
the region.’’. 
(14) The humanitarian crisis in Iraq threatens 
to destabilize the entire region and other areas as 
well, including Central Asia and Europe. 
(15) Jordan estimates that it needs more than 
$1,000,000,000 in emergency assistance and Syria 
estimates it needs more than $250,000,000 in simi-
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lar assistance to adequately provide for the refugee 
populations they are hosting, ensure an effective de-
gree of security within their respective countries, 
and safeguard their borders. 
(16) The United States policy is to admit at 
least half of the refugees referred by the UNHCR. 
In 2007, UNHCR referred more than 9,500 cases to 
the United States. The United States pledged to re-
settle 7,000 Iraqi refugees in 2007, later reduced to 
2,000, a commitment which has yet to be met. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Iraqi refugees and IDPs will have an impact 
on the security of the region and the short and long- 
term effects of their displacement must be consid-
ered within overall United States Iraq policy; 
(2) the United States must demonstrate its 
commitment to resettle Iraqi refugees and to work 
with other governments, including the member states 
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, to encourage them to do the same; and 
(3) the United States should express its grati-
tude and support to host countries for providing hu-
manitarian assistance to Iraqi refugees, as well as to 
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those countries that have already resettled Iraqi ref-
ugees. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 
The following shall be the policies of the United 
States: 
(1) To spearhead efforts to provide for the re-
lief of Iraqi refugees and IDPs, to take the lead in 
funding assistance requests from the UNHCR and 
other humanitarian agencies, and to assist in the re-
settlement of Iraqi refugees, particularly those who 
have risked their lives and the lives of their families 
to assist the United States in Iraq. 
(2) To develop immediately a comprehensive 
program to support the host countries and meet the 
needs of the growing Iraqi refugee and IDP popu-
lations, and appoint a high-level coordinator to en-
sure expeditious and effective implementation of 
such a program. 
(3) To work with the Government of Iraq to 
help it improve its capacity and ability to provide re-
lief for internally displaced persons in all commu-
nities throughout the country and to provide assist-
ance to Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries. 
(4) To commit to working with international 
partners, including the United Nations, donor coun-
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tries, international financial institutions, and inter-
national and indigenous nongovernmental organiza-
tions to assist in providing for the emergency, me-
dium, and long-term humanitarian needs of Iraqi 
refugees and IDPs. 
SEC. 5. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES 
AND IDPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each country con-
taining a significant population of Iraqi refugees or IDPs, 
including Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon, 
the Secretary of State shall provide bilateral assistance to 
such countries, as appropriate, or funding to international 
aid organizations and nongovernmental organizations in 
accordance with subsection (b) that are working in such 
countries, to provide such refugees and IDPs with human-
itarian assistance, including adequate food, shelter, clean 
drinking water, sanitation, health care, education, and se-
curity. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
AND FUNDING.—Assistance and 
funding under paragraph (1) shall be in the form of— 
(1) contributions to the UNHCR that are not 
less than 50 percent of the amount requested by the 
UNHCR for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 for aid to 
Iraqi refugees; 
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(2) contributions to the International Federa-
tion of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and other 
nongovernmental organizations working in such 
countries to provide aid to Iraqi refugees; and 
(3) contributions and technical assistance to 
relevant ministries of the Government of Iraq, con-
tingent on matching Government of Iraq funding of 
assistance programs for IDPs and Iraqi refugees in 
neighboring countries, together with appropriate 
monitoring mechanisms. 
(c) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO IDPS.—The 
Secretary of State shall make every effort to ensure that 
the humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable IDP popu-
lations, including women, children, and religious and other 
minorities, are met, including increased resources to im-
prove the registration capabilities of nongovernmental or-
ganizations for such IDPs, adequate food, shelter, clean 
drinking water, sanitation, health care, education, and se-
curity . 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $700,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 to carry out this sec-
tion. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this authorization 
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
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SEC. 6. IMPROVED BORDER SECURITY. 
(a) SECURITY SCREENING OF REFUGEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable but 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department 
of Homeland Security, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall establish a program to assist 
in improving the capacity of Jordanian border police, 
immigration officers, and other individuals who are 
responsible for Jordanian border security functions 
in the security screening of Iraqi refugees to deter-
mine the eligibility of such refugees for acceptance 
in Jordan. 
(2) SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE.—The program de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be extended to ports 
of entry at Jordanian land, sea, and air borders and 
may include the following subject matter areas: 
(A) Police and border guard training, in 
order to conduct threat assessments of each ref-
ugee, detect threat items and contraband in the 
possession or on the person of a refugee, and 
identify any linkages of a refugee to terrorists 
or terrorist organizations. 
(B) Travel documentation authentication, 
including equipment and training, in order to 
aid in the verification of the authenticity of 
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passports and other travel documents presented 
by refugees. 
(C) Technology, including biometric equip-
ment for capturing a unique biometric of each 
refugee to be matched with their biographic 
data, and the establishment of a database for 
such information, and remotely-piloted aircraft, 
cameras, and sensors for border surveillance, 
including the collection of intelligence to 
counter smuggling and other criminal activities 
along the borders. 
(D) Personnel, for the purpose of inter-
dicting the illegal movement of people, weapons, 
and other contraband across the border, includ-
ing an increase in the number of border police 
and officers providing investigative support to 
border security functions. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 to carry 
out this section. 
SEC. 7. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for purposes of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), the Secretary of Home-
land Security may provide an alien described in subsection 
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(b) with the status of a special immigrant under section 
101(a)(27) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if the 
alien— 
(1) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 
visa; and 
(2) is otherwise admissible to the United States 
for permanent residence. 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is described 
in this subsection if the alien— 
(A) is a national of Iraq; 
(B) was employed by, or worked for or 
with, the United States Government, United 
States companies, or nongovernmental organi-
zations in Iraq on or after March 19, 2003, for 
a period of not less than one year; and 
(C) fears reprisal, persecution, injury, or 
death to the alien or the alien’s family due to 
the employment or work of the alien referred to 
in subparagraph (B). 
(2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if the alien is— 
(A) the spouse or child of a principal alien 
described in paragraph (1); and 
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