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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. 
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 ‘‘Refugee Resettlement 
Oversight and Security Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR 
ADMISSION OF REFUGEES. 
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) Before the beginning of a fiscal year and 
after appropriate consultation (as defined in sub-
section (e) of this section), the President shall sub-
mit to Congress a recommendation on the number of 
refugees who may be admitted under this section in 
any fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no 
refugees may be admitted under this section in a fis-
cal year until such time as a joint resolution is en-
acted into law which sets the number of refugees 
who may be admitted under this section in that fis-
cal year.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘determination’’ and 
inserting ‘‘recommendation’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘determined’’ and in-
serting ‘‘recommended’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘fix’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 
to Congress a recommendation for’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘situation and such’’ and 
inserting ‘‘situation. Any such’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘No refugees may be admitted under this sub-
section until such time as a joint resolution is 
enacted into law which sets the number of refu-
gees who may be admitted under this sub-
section.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the numerical limitations established pursuant to 
subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
the enactment into law of a joint resolution under 
subsection (a) or (b), and the numerical limitations 
established pursuant to such a resolution,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘deter-
mination’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘recommendation’’. 
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION. 
Section 207of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting after 
‘‘Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and of the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting after ‘‘mem-
bers of the Committees on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate and of the House of Representatives’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 4. CONSULTATION FOR DETERMINATIONS OF ADMIS-
SIBILITY. 
Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)) is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘In determining whether an alien is ad-
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missible under section 212(a)(3), the Secretary shall 
consult with the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 5. PRIORITY FOR REFUGEES FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA 
PERSECUTED ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2016 and ending in fiscal 
year 2020, when considering the admission of refugees 
who are nationals or citizens of Iraq or Syria, the Presi-
dent shall prioritize refugees who are members of a reli-
gious minority community, and have been identified by the 
Secretary of State, or the designee of the Secretary, as 
a persecuted group. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress a report on the adequacy 
and effectiveness at protecting the security of the United 
States of the refugee screening process. The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) The number of refugees that the Secretary 
of Homeland Security determined were admissible 
under paragraph (3) of section 212(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), 
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but who, subsequent to admission to the United 
States, became inadmissible under such paragraph. 
(2) Federal agencies which are not, as of the 
date of the report, involved in making determina-
tions of admissibility of refugees under such para-
graph, which the Comptroller General determines 
should be so involved. 
(3) Issues or gaps in the process for deter-
mining the admissibility of refugees under such 
paragraph. 
(4) Recommendations for improving the process 
for determining the admissibility of refugees under 
such paragraph in order to better protect the secu-
rity of the United States. 
Æ 
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