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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4310 
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 
NOVEMBER 8, 2017 
Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. NORMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee 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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to which funds are authorized or appropriated by 
Federal law, shall be expended for any position that 
assists in the resettlement of refugees to the United 
States, contracted by the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(iii) If a plan described in this clause is rati-
fied by the State legislature and signed into law by 
the Governor of the State, the State may, at the op-
tion of the State, enter into contracts with public or 
private entities to carry out programs for domestic 
resettlement of, and assistance to, the refugee or ref-
ugees who are the subjects of the plan. 
‘‘(iv) The State shall receive reimbursement 
from the Federal Government for any expenses in-
curred under clause (iii).’’. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF IMMIGRATION INFORMATION IN 
PROVIDING IDENTITY HISTORY SUMMARIES. 
The Attorney General and the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that the following in-
formation (to the extent obtainable by the Director) is in-
cluded in every Identity History Summary provided by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation: 
(1) Information on the immigration or citizen-
ship status of the subject of the Identity History 
Summary. 
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(2) Any violation of the immigration laws (as 
defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) that 
has been adjudicated with respect to such subject. 
Æ 
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