IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1073 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Presidential 
Determination of the annual refugee admissions limit in fiscal year 
2019 shall be no less than 110,000 and that President Trump and 
his administration must operate the United States Refugee Admissions 
Program (USRAP) in good faith. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
LARSEN
of Washington, Ms. JACKSON
LEE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. LEE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. BEYER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
MEEKS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BROWN of Mary-
land, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of 
New Mexico, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. WELCH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Ms. HANABUSA, and Mr. DOGGETT) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Presidential Determination of the annual refugee 
admissions limit in fiscal year 2019 shall be no less 
than 110,000 and that President Trump and his admin-
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istration must operate the United States Refugee Admis-
sions Program (USRAP) in good faith. 
Whereas, on September 17, 2018, the President of the 
United States set the Presidential Determination of the 
refugee admissions limit in fiscal year 2019 at 30,000; 
Whereas the President is required by law to consult with 
Congress on the refugee admission numbers before 
issuing a Presidential Determination, and failed to do so 
before issuing the 2019 refugee ceiling; 
Whereas the United States has been a global leader in re-
sponding to displacement crises around the world and 
promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees 
and displaced persons; 
Whereas according to the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees, there are more than 69 million displaced 
people worldwide, the worst displacement crisis in global 
history, including almost 25.4 million refugees, more than 
half of whom are children; 
Whereas 84 percent of the world’s refugees are hosted in de-
veloping regions, with more than a quarter in the world’s 
least developed countries; 
Whereas the United States leverages resettlement to encour-
age other countries to keep their doors open to refugees, 
allow refugee children to attend school, and allow adults 
to work; 
Whereas the USRAP is the world’s most thorough resettle-
ment vetting program and a critical pillar of our national 
security and our foreign policy; 
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Whereas over the course of nearly 4 decades since the pas-
sage of the Refugee Act of 1980, the average annual ref-
ugee admissions goal has been 95,000; 
Whereas in fiscal year 2016, the United States admitted ap-
proximately 85,000 refugees; 
Whereas despite the Presidential Determination in fiscal year 
2017 that the admission of up to 110,000 refugees was 
justified, President Trump and his administration only 
admitted 53,000 refugees, abandoning more than 56,000 
refugees whom the United States had pledged to wel-
come; 
Whereas the Presidential Determination in fiscal year 2018 
is that the admission of up to 45,000 refugees is justi-
fied, the lowest in the history of the USRAP; 
Whereas it is projected that fewer than 22,000 refugees will 
be admitted to the United States during fiscal year 2018, 
the lowest number of refugee arrivals in the history of 
the USRAP; and 
Whereas Congress authorized the USRAP under the Refugee 
Act of 1980 and maintains oversight authority to ensure 
that the program is carried out in good faith, to the ben-
efit of United States communities and United States for-
eign policy objectives: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of the 
United States to promote the safety, health, and 
well-being of refugees, including through resettle-
ment to the United States for those who cannot re-
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turn home and cannot rebuild their lives in the 
country to which they first fled; 
(2) urges President Trump and his administra-
tion to affirm the importance of the United States 
Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and dem-
onstrate to Congress that they are operating the 
program in good faith and in an attempt to meet 
their own stated objectives; 
(3) urges President Trump and his administra-
tion to make a Presidential Determination that the 
admission of not fewer than 110,000 refugees is jus-
tified in fiscal year 2019; 
(4) affirms its role in providing oversight and 
accountability to ensure that the USRAP is con-
ducted as required under the Refugee Act of 1980; 
and 
(5) seeks from President Trump and his admin-
istration improved consultation with Congress and 
adherence to the clear congressional intent within 
the Refugee Act of 1980. 
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