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(1) Since the Syrian civil war broke out in 
March 2011, an estimated 4.6 million Syrians have 
fled the country, with approximately 500,000 at-
tempting to seek asylum in Europe or elsewhere in 
the West, including the United States. 
(2) According to the House Committee on 
Homeland Security report entitled Syrian Refugee 
Flows: Security Risks and Counterterrorism Chal-
lenges, ‘‘the administration proposal to resettle Syr-
ian refugees in the United States will have limited 
impact on alleviating the refugee crisis; however, it 
could have serious ramifications for U.S. homeland 
security.’’. 
(3) In response to a letter from chair Michael 
McCaul of the House Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, the National Counterterrorism Center stated 
that, ‘‘the refugee system, like all immigration pro-
grams, is vulnerable to exploitation from extremist 
groups seeking to send operatives to the West.’’. 
(4) In 2011, the FBI arrested two Kentucky- 
based Iraqi refugees attempting to send weapons 
and explosives from Kentucky to Iraq and conspiring 
to commit terrorism while in Iraq. It was later dis-
covered that a flaw in background screening of Iraqi 
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refugees allowed these two Al Qaeda-linked terrorists 
to settle in Kentucky. 
(5) On November 13, 2015, the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched a terrorist attack 
targeting civilians in Paris, killing at least 129 peo-
ple, including one American. At least one of the 
attackers may have infiltrated France using the 
cover of the unprecedented Syrian refugee flow into 
Europe. 
(b) POLICY ON REFUGEE SCREENING AND RESET-
TLEMENT.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolution 
that the United States should suspend admission of refu-
gees from such high-risk areas as Syria and Iraq until it 
can ensure that terrorists cannot exploit its refugee reset-
tlement programs and vetting processes. While the United 
States should continue its proud tradition of refugee reset-
tlement, it should make protecting Americans its highest 
priority before resettling additional refugees. 
SEC. 624. POLICY STATEMENT ON MOVING THE UNITED 
STATES POSTAL SERVICE ON BUDGET. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The President’s Commission on Budget 
Concepts recommends that the budget should ‘‘as a 
general rule, be comprehensive of the full range of 
Federal activity’’. 
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(2) The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 
(Public Law 101–239) moved the United States 
Postal Service (USPS) off budget and exempted it 
from sequestration. 
(3) The USPS has a direct effect on the fiscal 
posture of the Government, through— 
(A) the receipt of direct appropriations of 
$96 million in fiscal year 2016; 
(B) congressional mandates such as re-
quirements for mail delivery service schedules; 
(C) incurring $15 billion in debt from the 
Treasury, the maximum permitted by law; 
(D) continued operating deficits since 
2007; 
(E) defaulting on its statutory obligation 
to prefund health care benefits for future retir-
ees; and 
(F) carrying $125 billion in total unfunded 
liabilities with no foreseeable pathway of fund-
ing these liabilities under current law. 
(b) POLICY ON MOVING THE USPS ON BUDGET.— 
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that all re-
ceipts and disbursements of the USPS should be included 
in the congressional budget and the budget of the Govern-
ment. 
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SEC. 625. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the 
House should— 
(1) adopt an annual budget resolution before 
spending and tax legislation is considered in either 
House of Congress; 
(2) assess measures for timely compliance with 
budget rules in the House; 
(3) pass legislation to strengthen enforcement 
of the budget resolution; 
(4) comply with the discretionary spending lim-
its set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985; 
(5) prevent the use of accounting gimmicks to 
offset higher spending; 
(6) modify scoring conventions to encourage the 
commercialization of Government activities that can 
best be provided by the private sector; and 
(7) discourage the use of savings identified in 
the budget resolution as offsets for spending or tax 
legislation. 
SEC. 626. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPRO-
PRIATIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) Article I of the Constitution vests all legisla-
tive power in the Congress. 
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(2) Central to the legislative powers of Congress 
is the authorization of appropriations necessary to 
execute the laws that establish agencies and pro-
grams and impose obligations. 
(3) Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives prohibits the consideration 
of appropriations measures that provide appropria-
tions for unauthorized programs. 
(4) More than $310 billion has been appro-
priated for unauthorized programs in fiscal year 
2016, spanning 256 separate laws. 
(5) Agencies such as the Department of State 
have not been authorized for 14 years. 
(b) POLICY ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.— 
In the House, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 
that rules relating to unauthorized appropriations should 
be reviewed and reformed to ensure that unauthorized pro-
grams are either reauthorized, reformed, or terminated. 
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