(1) the review by the United States Government 
of UNHCR referrals of Iraqis seeking refugee sta-
tus; 
(2) the operation of the special immigrant visa 
program for Iraq and Afghan translators established 
under section 1059 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006; 
(3) the review process by the Department of 
Homeland Security of pending applications for ref-
ugee status by Iraqi refugees; and 
(4) the use of existing Department of State fa-
cilities within Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East 
to process visa and refugee applications from Iraqis. 
SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSALS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress— 
(1) legislative proposals to facilitate the accept-
ance by the United States of each Iraqi seeking 
entry into the United States or resettlement in the 
United States due to a well-founded fear of persecu-
tion on account of employment by or assistance to 
the United States or a coalition country in Iraq; 
(2) legislative proposals to amend the definition 
of terrorist activity in the Immigration and Nation-
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ality Act to capture only those groups that truly 
threaten the security of the United States; 
(3) legislative proposals to amend the definition 
of material support under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act to account for actions that may have 
been taken under duress; 
(4) an estimate of the personnel and financial 
resources necessary to facilitate, not later than one 
year after the date on which the legislative proposals 
required under paragraph (1) are submitted, the ac-
ceptance by the United States of each Iraqi seeking 
entry into the United States or resettlement in the 
United States because of a well-founded fear of per-
secution as a consequence of employment or assist-
ance to the United States or a coalition country in 
Iraq; and 
(5) a plan for the relocation, or absorption into 
the United States, of each Iraqi seeking entry into 
the United States or resettlement in the United 
States because of a well-founded fear of persecution 
as a consequence of employment or assistance to the 
United States or a coalition country in Iraq. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) SECRETARY OF STATE.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated $100,000,000 to the Secretary of State 
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for each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, for the re-
lief and resettlement in the United States of Iraqi refu-
gees, including internally displaced Iraqis. 
(b) SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for each of fiscal years 2008, 
2009, 2010, for the purposes of reviewing pending applica-
tions for refugee status by Iraqi refugees, including inter-
nally displaced Iraqis. 
SEC. 8. REPORT ON REGIONAL IMPACT OF REFUGEE CRI-
SIS. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and not later than 60 days after the con-
clusion of each of the fiscal years specified in section 7, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report specifying— 
(1) the burdens that Iraqi refugee populations 
are placing on their host countries; 
(2) the abilities of such host countries to cope 
with such burdens; 
(3) the security challenges that Iraqi refugee 
flows pose for countries in the region and the United 
States; and 
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