(C) informs the individual that affiliation 
or enrollment with a political party may be re-
quired in order to participate in an election to 
select the party’s candidate in an election for 
Federal office, and offers the option to individ-
uals accepting voter registration of affiliating or 
enrolling with a political party; 
(D) states that if the individual executes 
the document but does not take an oath of alle-
giance to the United States and is not issued a 
certificate of naturalization, the individual shall 
not be registered to vote; 
(E) instructs individuals who accept voter 
registration to provide their residential address 
or coordinates if different from their mailing 
address on file with USCIS; 
(F) directs individuals to either sign in a 
designated space to decline voter registration, 
or to sign in a different designated space to at-
test that the individual— 
(i) affirms that information provided 
on the document is true and complete to 
the best of the individual’s knowledge; 
(ii) will fulfill nationally applicable 
age, citizenship, and residency require-
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ments to vote upon the individual’s natu-
ralization; and 
(iii) accepts voter registration if deter-
mined by State election officials to be eligi-
ble to register in the individual’s State and 
municipality of residence; and 
(G) provides a phone number and other 
widely accessible means of contacting USCIS 
with questions about or for assistance with 
completing sections of the document concerning 
automatic voter registration, as set forth in 
subsection (b)(3) of this section. 
(2) INFORMATION
TRANSMITTAL.—Before or 
upon the expiration of the 15-day period which be-
gins on the date a newly naturalized individual re-
turns an executed document described in paragraph 
(1) to the Secretary, the Secretary shall transmit to 
the appropriate State election official, in a format 
compatible with the statewide voter database main-
tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083) whenever possible, 
the following information, unless the individual de-
clines to be registered to vote when executing the 
document: 
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(A) The individual’s given name(s) and 
surname(s). 
(B) The individual’s date of birth. 
(C) The individual’s residential address or 
coordinates. 
(D) Confirmation that the individual is a 
citizen of the United States. 
(E) The date on which the individual was 
sworn in as a United States citizen. 
(F) If available, the individual’s signature 
in electronic form. 
(G) Information regarding the individual’s 
affiliation or enrollment with a political party, 
if the individual provides such information. 
(3) REGISTRATION
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall publish information about and instruc-
tions for accepting or declining automatic voter reg-
istration for newly naturalized United States citizens 
on the USCIS website and in materials routinely 
provided to approved applicants for United States 
citizenship; and create a telephonic hotline staffed by 
live operators to provide assistance with registration 
to approved applicants for United States citizenship. 
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SEC. 313. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO-
MATIC REGISTRATION. 
(a) PROTECTIONS FOR ERRORS IN REGISTRATION.— 
An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 
or State law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication 
concerning immigration status or naturalization, or sub-
ject to an allegation in any legal proceeding that the indi-
vidual is not a citizen of the United States on any of the 
following grounds: 
(1) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office but— 
(A) was automatically registered to vote 
under this title; or 
(B) was automatically registered to vote 
under this part and subsequently voted without 
willful intent to do so unlawfully. 
(2) The individual was automatically registered 
to vote under this part at an incorrect address. 
(3) The individual declined the opportunity to 
register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 
citizenship, including through automatic registration, 
under this part. 
(b) LIMITS
ON USE
OF AUTOMATIC REGISTRA-
TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 
fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 
to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in-
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cluding through automatic registration) under this part 
may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 
State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi-
vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra-
tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 
alone. 
(c) CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES’ PROTECTION OF IN-
FORMATION.—Nothing in this part authorizes the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to collect, retain, transmit, or 
publicly disclose any of the following, except to State elec-
tion officials as directed in this part: 
(1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg-
ister to vote or not to register to vote. 
(2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 
her citizenship. 
(3) Any information that a contributing agency 
transmits pursuant to section 312(b)(3), except in 
pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 
(d) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED.—With re-
spect to any individual for whom any State election official 
receives information from the Department of Homeland 
Security, the State election officials shall not publicly dis-
close any of the following: 
(1) Any information not necessary to voter reg-
istration. 
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(2) Any voter information otherwise shielded 
from disclosure under State law or section 8(a) of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 
U.S.C. 20507(a)). 
(3) Any portion of the individual’s social secu-
rity number. 
(4) Any portion of the individual’s motor vehicle 
driver’s license number. 
(5) The individual’s signature. 
(6) The individual’s telephone number. 
(7) The individual’s email address. 
SEC. 314. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Sections 312, 313, and 314 shall go into effect begin-
ning January 1, 2021. 
TITLE IV—REFUGEE RESETTLE-
MENT AND INTEGRATION 
SEC. 401. MINIMUM NUMBER OF REFUGEES TO BE ADMIT-
TED. 
Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘in 
any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number 
as the President determines,’’ the following: ‘‘except that 
in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018, such number may 
not be less than 110,000’’. 
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SEC. 402. PRE-ARRIVAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WORK 
ORIENTATION 
TRAINING 
FOR 
APPROVED 
REFUGEE APPLICANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es-
tablish overseas refugee training programs to offer 
English as a second language and work orientation train-
ing options for refugees who have been approved for ad-
mission to the United States before their departure for 
the United States. 
(b) DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.—In designing 
and implementing the programs referred to in subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall consult with or use— 
(1) nongovernmental or international organiza-
tions with direct ties to the United States refugee 
resettlement program; and 
(2) nongovernmental or international organiza-
tions with appropriate expertise in developing cur-
riculum and teaching English as a second language. 
(c) IMPACT ON PROCESSING TIMES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that such training programs are strictly op-
tional, occur within applicable processing times and do not 
delay or prevent the departure for the United States of 
refugees who have been approved for admission to the 
United States. 
(d) TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 
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(1) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall ensure that such training pro-
grams are fully and continually operational in at 
least 3 refugee processing regions. 
(2) ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees that such training programs 
are fully and consistently operational in 5 refugee 
processing regions. 
(e) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct a study on the imple-
mentation of this section, including an assessment of the 
quality of English as a second language curriculum and 
instruction, the benefits of the work orientation and 
English as a second language training program to refu-
gees, and recommendations on whether such programs 
should be continued, broadened, or modified, and shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the findings of such study. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require that a refugee partici-
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pate in such a training program as a precondition for the 
admission to the United States of such refugee. 
SEC. 
403. 
UPDATE 
OF 
RECEPTION 
AND 
PLACEMENT 
GRANTS. 
Beginning with fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of 
State shall, when setting the amount of the reception and 
placement grants for refugees, ensure that— 
(1) the grant amount is adjusted so that it is 
adequate to provide for the anticipated initial reset-
tlement needs of refugees, including adjusting the 
amount for inflation and the cost of living; 
(2) the administrative proportion of the grant is 
provided at the beginning of the fiscal year to each 
national resettlement agency that is sufficient to en-
sure adequate local and national capacity to serve 
the initial resettlement needs of refugees the Sec-
retary anticipates the agency will resettle throughout 
the fiscal year; and 
(3) additional amounts are provided to each na-
tional resettlement agency promptly upon the arrival 
of refugees that, exclusive of the amounts provided 
pursuant to paragraph (2), are sufficient to meet the 
anticipated initial resettlement needs of such refu-
gees and support local and national operational costs 
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in excess of the estimates described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 404. CASE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
GRANT
PROGRAM.— 
The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
shall make grants to national resettlement agencies 
to operate a case management system to assist 
qualified individuals in accessing services, benefits, 
and assistance for which they are eligible that are 
provided by— 
(A) the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
(the ‘‘Office’’); 
(B) other Federal, State, or local agencies; 
and 
(C) private or nonprofit organizations. 
(2) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Subject to para-
graphs (3) and (4), any individual who was at any 
time eligible for resettlement, acculturation, or sub-
sistence services provided by the Office shall be 
qualified to receive the case management services de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) PERIOD
OF
QUALIFICATION.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (4), an individual described in 
paragraph (2) shall be qualified to receive the case 
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management services described in paragraph (1) 
during the period beginning on the date such indi-
vidual was determined to be eligible for resettlement, 
acculturation, or subsistence services provided by the 
Office, and continuing for 1 year after the date on 
which such individual ceases to be eligible for such 
resettlement, acculturation, or subsistence service. 
(4) 
EXCEPTIONS
FOR
EXCEPTIONAL
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (3), an individual described in subpara-
graph (B) shall be qualified to receive the case 
management services described in paragraph 
(1) during the period beginning on the date on 
which such individual was determined eligible 
for resettlement, acculturation, or subsistence 
services provided by the Office, and continuing 
for 3 years after the date on which such indi-
vidual ceases to be eligible for such resettle-
ment, acculturation, or subsistence services. 
(B) EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.—An 
individual described in paragraph (2) may be 
treated in accordance with subparagraph (A) if 
such individual— 
(i) is elderly; 
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(ii) has extraordinary resettlement or 
acculturation needs that impede such indi-
vidual’s ability to achieve durable self-suffi-
ciency; 
(iii) is a refugee who was resettled 
from a situation of protracted displace-
ment; 
(iv) is a member of a family caring for 
an unattached refugee minor; or 
(v) at the time of entry— 
(I) had a disability or serious 
medical condition; 
(II) had mental health condi-
tions; 
(III) was part of a household 
headed by a single parent; or 
(IV) had been the victim of a se-
vere form of violence. 
(5) DEFINITION
OF
RESETTLEMENT, ACCUL-
TURATION, OR
SUBSISTENCE
SERVICES.—For the 
purposes of this section, the term, ‘‘resettlement, ac-
culturation, or subsistence services’’ shall include all 
of the services provided by the Office to aliens, with 
the exception of the case management services pro-
vided under paragraph (1). 
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