SEC. 4. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN APPLI-
CANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. 
Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)), as amended by this Act, is further 
is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) When processing refugee applications from 
individuals seeking refuge from a country listed as 
a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ in the annual re-
port of the Commission on International Religious 
Freedom under section 203 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 for the year prior to 
the current year, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall grant priority consideration to such appli-
cants whose claims are based on persecution or a 
well-founded fear of persecution based on religion by 
reason of those applicants being practitioners of a 
minority religion in the country from which they 
sought refuge.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity’’. 
SEC. 5. LIMITATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY ON ADMISSION 
OF REFUGEES. 
Section 207(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘any 
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other provision of such section (other than paragraph 
(2)(C) or subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph 
(3))’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) of section 212(a)’’. 
SEC. 6. RECURRENT SECURITY MONITORING. 
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) The Secretary may conduct recurrent back-
ground security checks of an admitted refugee until such 
date as the refugee adjusts status under section 209.’’. 
SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES. 
Section 209(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘for at 
least one year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 3 years’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall, at the end of such year 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, at the end of such pe-
riod’’. 
SEC. 8. LIMITATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY ON ADJUST-
MENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES. 
(a) 
GROUNDS
FOR
INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 
209(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1159(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘any other provision of 
such section (other than paragraph (2)(C) or subpara-
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graph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1) of section 212(a)’’. 
(b) GROUNDS
OF
DEPORTABILITY; IN-PERSON 
INTERVIEW REQUIRED; REQUIRED REEXAMINATION FOR 
ADMISSION.—Section 209 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 237.—An alien 
may not adjust status under this section if the alien is 
deportable under section 237, except that section 
237(a)(5) shall not apply for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(e) IN-PERSON INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS.—An 
alien may not adjust status under this section unless, at 
the time of application for adjustment, the alien estab-
lishes by clear and convincing evidence during an in-per-
son interview with the Secretary of Homeland Security 
that the alien continues to meet the requirements of sec-
tion 101(a)(42). 
‘‘(f) REQUIRED REEXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION.— 
An alien who is admitted as a refugee who is denied ad-
mission under subsection (a)(1) shall, beginning on the 
date that is 5 years after such denial, and every 5 years 
thereafter, if that alien retains status as a refugee, return 
or be returned to the custody of the Department of Home-
land Security for inspection and examination for admis-
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sion to the United States as an immigrant in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 235, 240, and 241.’’. 
SEC. 9. LIMITATION ON RESETTLEMENT. 
Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION
ON
RESETTLEMENT.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, for a fiscal 
year, the resettlement of any refugee may not be provided 
for— 
‘‘(1) in any State where the Governor of that 
State, or the State legislature, has taken any action 
formally disapproving of resettlement in that State; 
or 
‘‘(2) in any locality where the chief executive of 
that locality’s government, or the local legislature, 
has taken any action formally disapproving of reset-
tlement in that locality.’’. 
SEC. 10. BENEFIT FRAUD ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Fraud Detection and National Security 
Directorate of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
shall— 
(1) complete a study on the processing of refu-
gees by officers and employees of the U.S. Citizen-
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ship and Immigration Services including an identi-
fication of the most common ways in which fraud oc-
curs in such processing and recommendations for 
the prevention of fraud in such processing; and 
(2) submit a report on such study to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 11. DOCUMENT FRAUD DETECTION PROGRAM. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall es-
tablish a program for detecting the use of fraudulent docu-
ments in applications for admission as a refugee, includ-
ing— 
(1) placement of Fraud Detection and National 
Security officials who are under the direction of the 
Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate 
of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at ini-
tial refugee screening in conjunction with the reset-
tlement agency and with the authority to hold a ref-
ugee application in abeyance until any fraud or na-
tional security concerns are resolved; and 
(2) creation of a searchable database of scanned 
and categorized documents proffered by applicants 
at initial refugee screening to allow for discovery of 
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