courts, including when United States military forces 
capture persons outside the United States known to 
have committed such crimes in a third country that 
is either unable or unwilling to prosecute the crimes. 
(4) Whether additional statutory authorities are 
necessary to prosecute a United States person or a 
foreign person within the territory of the United 
States for genocide, crimes against humanity, and 
war crimes. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary of State shall consult with and consider 
credible information from entities described in paragraph 
(1) and paragraph (2) of such subsection. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that an appropriate amount of the additional 
amount made available under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ in title II of division B of the Further 
Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 
2017 (Public Law 114–254) should be made available to 
carry out subsection (a). 
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SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS 
HUMANITARIAN, 
STABILIZATION, 
AND 
RE-
COVERY NEEDS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN 
IRAQ AND SYRIA. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Ambas-
sador at Large for International Religious Freedom, the 
Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East 
and South/Central Asia, the Assistant Secretary for Popu-
lation, Refugees, and Migration, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and 
Director of National Intelligence, shall identify the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The threats of persecution and other warn-
ing signs of genocide, crimes against humanity, and 
war crimes against individuals— 
(A) who are or were nationals and resi-
dents of Iraq or Syria, and are members of the 
religious or ethnic groups that are minorities in 
Iraq, or minorities in Syria, and with respect to 
which the Secretary of State has determined 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has 
committed genocide, crimes against humanity, 
or war crimes in Iraq or Syria since January 
2014; or 
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(B) who are members of other religious or 
ethnic groups that are minorities in Iraq, or mi-
norities in Syria and are identified by the Sec-
retary of State (or the Secretary’s designee) as 
persecuted groups. 
(2) The humanitarian, stabilization, and recov-
ery needs of individuals described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The religious and ethnic groups that are mi-
norities in Iraq, or are minorities in Syria, with re-
spect to which the Secretary of State has determined 
ISIS has committed genocide, crimes against hu-
manity, or war crimes in Iraq or Syria since Janu-
ary 2014, or are other religious or ethnic groups 
that are minorities in Iraq, or are minorities in 
Syria, identified by the Secretary of State (or the 
Secretary’s designee) as a persecuted group, and are 
at risk of forced migration, within or across the bor-
ders of Iraq, or Syria, or a country of first asylum, 
and the primary reasons for such risk. 
(4) The assistance provided by the United 
States to address humanitarian, stabilization, and 
recovery needs of individuals described in paragraph 
(1) and groups described in paragraph (3), including 
assistance to mitigate the risks of forced migration 
of such persons and groups from Iraq or Syria. 
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(5) The mechanisms of the United States Gov-
ernment to identify, assess, and respond to humani-
tarian, stabilization, and recovery needs, and risks of 
forced migration, of individuals described in para-
graph (1) and groups described in paragraph (3). 
(6) The assistance provided by or through the 
United Nations, including the Funding Facility for 
Immediate Stabilization and Funding Facility for 
Expanded Stabilization, to address humanitarian, 
stabilization, and recovery needs of individuals de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and groups described in 
paragraph (3), including assistance to mitigate the 
risks of forced migration of such individuals and 
groups within or across the borders of Iraq, or 
Syria, or a country of first asylum from Iraq or 
Syria. 
(7) The entities, including faith-based entities, 
that are providing assistance to address humani-
tarian, stabilization, and recovery needs of individ-
uals described in paragraph (1) and groups de-
scribed in paragraph (3). 
(8) If the United States Government— 
(A) is funding entities described in para-
graph (7) for purposes of providing assistance 
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described in such paragraph, the sources of 
such funding; and 
(B) is not funding entities described in 
paragraph (7) for purposes of providing assist-
ance described in such paragraph, a justifica-
tion for not funding such entities, including 
whether funding such entities is prohibited 
under United States law. 
(b) ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with, 
and consider credible information from, individuals de-
scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and entities de-
scribed in paragraph (7) of such subsection. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State and Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall provide assistance, including cash as-
sistance, to support entities described in paragraph (7) of 
subsection (a) that the Secretary and Administrator deter-
mine are effectively providing assistance described in such 
paragraph, including entities that have received funding 
from the United States Government for such purposes be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that an appropriate amount of the additional 
amount made available under the heading ‘‘Economic 
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Support Fund’’ in title II of division B of the Further 
Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 
2017 (Public Law 114–254) should be made available to 
carry out subsection (c). 
SEC. 6. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS OF NATIONALS AND RESI-
DENTS OF IRAQ OR SYRIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Aliens who are, or were, a na-
tional and a resident of Iraq or Syria, and who share com-
mon characteristics that identify them as targets of perse-
cution on account of membership in a religious or ethnic 
minority in that country, in particular being survivors of 
genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes, or 
being the surviving spouse or child of an individual who 
was killed by a perpetrator of such a crime— 
(1) are deemed to be of special humanitarian 
concern to the United States; and 
(2) shall be eligible for Priority 2 processing 
under the refugee resettlement priority system. 
(b) IN-COUNTRY
AND
OUT-OF-COUNTRY
PROC-
ESSING.—Aliens described in subsection (a) shall be al-
lowed to apply, and interview, for admission to the United 
States through refugee processing mechanisms in coun-
tries where aliens may apply, and interview, for admission 
to the United States as refugees. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
Aliens who qualify under this section for Priority 2 proc-
essing under the refugee resettlement priority system may 
only be admitted to the United States after satisfying the 
requirements of section 207 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) and having cleared a back-
ground check and appropriate screening, as determined by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(d) WAIVER OF CERTAIN GROUNDS OF INADMIS-
SIBILITY.—In the case of an alien described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of State, after consultation with the At-
torney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may 
waive, in such Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discre-
tion, paragraph (3)(B) (other than clause (i)(II)) of sec-
tion 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)) with respect to activities undertaken by 
such an alien in the course of avoiding or evading persecu-
tion 
by 
an 
organization 
described 
in 
section 
212(a)(3)(B)(vi) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)). 
(e) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
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(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, 2017, and 2018’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2016.’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2018.’’; 
and 
(2) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), 
by striking ‘‘2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘2018,’’. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to lessen the protections under 
United States law for bona fide refugees who are not de-
scribed in this section. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) SECTION 4(a) AND (b) REPORT.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the following: 
(1) A detailed description of the efforts taken, 
and efforts proposed to be taken, by the Secretary 
of State to implement section 4(a) and section 4(b). 
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of prosecuting individuals who are suspected 
to have committed genocide, crimes against human-
ity, or war crimes in Iraq since January 2014 or 
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Syria since March 2011 in domestic courts in Iraq, 
hybrid courts, and internationalized domestic courts, 
and of the capacity-building, and other measures, 
needed to ensure effective criminal investigations of 
such individuals. 
(b) SECTION 4(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the following: 
(1) The results of the review conducted under 
section 4(c). 
(2) Such recommendations for legislative and 
administrative actions to implement the results of 
the review as the Attorney General determines ap-
propriate. 
(c) SECTIONS 5 AND 6 REPORT.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the following: 
(1) A detailed description of the efforts taken, 
and efforts proposed to be taken, by the Secretary 
of State to implement section 5. 
(2) A detailed description of the identifications 
under section 5(a). 
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(3) A detailed description of the efforts taken, 
and efforts proposed to be taken, by the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
implement section 6. 
(d) FORM.—Each report required under this section 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex if necessary. 
Æ 
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