(2) to prosecute such individuals for genocide, 
crimes against humanity, or war crimes, as appro-
priate. 
(c) REVIEW OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL STATUTES.—The 
Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, shall conduct a review of existing criminal statutes 
concerning genocide, crimes against humanity, and war 
crimes to determine the following: 
(1) The extent to which United States courts 
are currently authorized by statute to exercise juris-
diction over such crimes where the direct perpetra-
tors, accomplices or victims are United States na-
tionals, United States residents or persons physically 
present in a territory of the United States either 
during the commission of the crime or subsequent to 
the commission of the crime. 
(2) What statutes are currently in effect that 
would apply to conduct constituting war crimes or 
crimes against humanity, and whether those statutes 
provide for extraterritorial jurisdiction, what the 
statute of limitations for offenses under such stat-
utes are, what penalties apply under such statutes, 
and whether offenders would be subject to extra-
dition or mutual legal assistance treaties. 
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(3) The extent to which the absence of criminal 
statutes defining the crimes, or granting jurisdiction, 
would impede the prosecution of genocide, crimes 
against humanity, and war crimes in United States 
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. 
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 
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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 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 
(B) who are members of other religious or 
ethnic groups identified by the Secretary of 
State (or the Secretary’s designee) as per-
secuted groups. 
(2) The humanitarian, stabilization, and recov-
ery needs of individuals described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The religious and ethnic groups 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 
identified by the Secretary of State (or the Sec-
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retary’s designee), as a persecuted group, and are at 
risk of forced migration, within or across the borders 
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 individual described in paragraph 
(1), including assistance to mitigate the risks of 
forced migration of such persons from Iraq or Syria. 
(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). 
(6) The assistance provided by the United Na-
tions to address humanitarian, stabilization, and re-
covery needs of individuals described in paragraph 
(1), including assistance to mitigate the risks of 
forced migration of such individuals 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). 
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(8) If the United States Government— 
(A) is funding entities described in para-
graph (7) for purposes of providing assistance 
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. 
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SEC. 6. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS OF NATIONALS AND RESI-
DENTS OF IRAQ OR SYRIA. 
(a) Section 599D of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1990 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by redesig-
nating such subparagraph as subparagraph 
(D); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following: 
‘‘(C) one or more categories of aliens who 
are or were nationals and residents of Iraq or 
Syria and who share common characteristics 
that identify them as targets of persecution on 
account of religion or membership in an ethnic 
minority in such respective foreign state on 
such an account; and’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) Aliens who are or were nationals and resi-
dents of Iraq or Syria and who are members of a 
religious or ethnic community against which geno-
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cide has been committed, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State, or that has otherwise been identified 
by the Secretary of State, or the designee of the Sec-
retary, as a persecuted group, shall be deemed a cat-
egory of alien established under paragraph (1)(C).’’. 
(2) In subsection (e), by striking ‘‘October 1, 
2016’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
(3) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) IN-COUNTRY
AND
OUT-OF-COUNTRY
PROC-
ESSING.—Aliens described in subsection (b)(2)(D) may 
apply and interview for admission to the United States, 
through the same refugee processing mechanisms available 
to an alien under the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007, 
in Iraq and in other countries wherein aliens described in 
subsection (b)(2)(D) may apply and interview for admis-
sion to the United States as refugees. 
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
Aliens under this section who qualify 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.’’. 
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(b) Section 599E(b)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
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 
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: 
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(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 and the amendments 
made by section 6. 
(2) A detailed description of the identifications 
under section 5(a). 
(d) FORM.—Each report required under this section 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex if necessary. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
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