I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194 
To reform the process for admission of refugees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reform the process for admission of refugees, 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 ‘‘Safeguards Ensuring 
Criminal and Unvetted Refugees don’t Enter America 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE America Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO SET REFUGEE 
CAP. 
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(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 which sets the number of refugees who may be 
admitted under this section in that fiscal year.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘determination’’ and 
inserting ‘‘recommendation’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(beginning with fiscal 
year 1992)’’ and inserting ‘‘(beginning 
with fiscal year 2023)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘determined’’ and in-
serting ‘‘recommended’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fix’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 
to Congress a recommendation for’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘situation and such’’ and 
inserting ‘‘situation. Any such’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘determination made by 
the President’’ and insert ‘‘recommendation 
made by the President’’; and 
(D) 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 which sets the number of refugees who 
may be admitted under this subsection.’’; 
(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 of a joint resolution under subsection 
(a) or (b), and the numerical limitations established 
pursuant to such a resolution,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘deter-
mination’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘rec-
ommendation’’. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 
The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 207 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 207A. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF ADMISSION OF 
CERTAIN REFUGEES. 
‘‘(a) RULE PROVIDING NOTICE.—Not later than 30 
days before an alien or a class of aliens is determined to 
be eligible for refugee status, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to Congress a notice of the deter-
mination of eligibility and the facts supporting such a de-
termination. 
‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—A notice submitted 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated in the same 
manner as a rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘Congressional Review 
Act’) and shall be subject to the same procedure for dis-
approval of a rule under such chapter.’’. 
SEC. 4. VETTING OF REFUGEES PRIOR TO ADMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 207 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, as amended by section 3, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) In addition to the screening conducted by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation shall take all actions nec-
essary to ensure that each alien receives a thorough back-
ground investigation, including an assimilation likelihood 
screening under section 212(a)(3)(H), prior to admission 
as a refugee. An alien may not be admitted as a refugee 
until the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
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certifies to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary 
of State, and the Director of National Intelligence that 
each covered alien has received a background investigation 
that is sufficient to determine whether the covered alien 
is a threat to the security of the United States. 
‘‘(2) An alien may only be admitted to the United 
States after the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the 
unanimous concurrence of the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, certifies to Congress that the covered alien is not 
a threat to the security of the United States. 
‘‘(3) The Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall conduct a risk-based review of 
all certifications made under paragraph (1) each year and 
shall provide an annual report detailing the findings to 
Congress. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit to Congress a monthly report on the total number of 
applications for admission with regard to which a certifi-
cation under paragraph (1) was made and the number of 
aliens with regard to whom such a certification was not 
made for the month preceding the date of the report. The 
report shall include, for each alien with regard to whom 
a certification was not made, the concurrence or non-
concurrence of each person whose concurrence was re-
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quired under paragraph (1). The report shall also include 
the country of origin of each alien and the grounds for 
which each alien is seeking refuge in the United States.’’. 
SEC. 5. ASSIMILATION LIKELIHOOD SCREENING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) FOREIGN
POLICY.—An alien whose 
entry or proposed activities in the United States 
the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to 
believe would have potentially serious adverse 
foreign policy consequences for the United 
States is inadmissible.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) ASSIMILATION LIKELIHOOD SCREEN-
ING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 
expressed or, based on a screening, has 
been determined to hold any views incom-
patible with the principles of the United 
States, as described in clause (ii) is inad-
missible. 
‘‘(ii) VIEWS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE 
PRINCIPLES
OF
UNITED
STATES
DE-
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