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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3942 
To recognize that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, 
Egypt, and Libya are targets of genocide, and to provide for the expe-
dited processing of immigrant and refugee visas for such individuals, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 5, 2015 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN 
of Tennessee, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. KELLY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. BARLETTA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To recognize that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, 
Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are targets of genocide, 
and to provide for the expedited processing of immigrant 
and refugee visas for such individuals, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Christians from 
Genocide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress— 
(1) recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in 
Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are 
targets of genocide and encourages other nations to 
likewise recognize the ongoing genocide and the 
threat of genocide to these people; and 
(2) further recognizes that such targets of 
genocide who are seeking admission to the United 
States as immigrants or refugees should be given 
priority and expedited processing. 
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY ADMISSION OF REFUGEES AND IMMI-
GRANTS. 
(a) REFUGEES.— 
(1) EMERGENCY
REFUGEE
SITUATION
DE-
SCRIBED.—The 
persecution 
of 
Christians 
and 
Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and 
Libya constitutes an unforeseen emergency refugee 
situation, and the admission of such persecuted indi-
viduals in response to that situation is of grave hu-
manitarian concern. 
(2) EXPEDITED
PROCESSING.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall provide for the expedited 
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processing of the visas for aliens described in para-
graph (3), and shall ensure that such applications 
receive first priority among applications for refugee 
status. 
(3) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien— 
(A) is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, 
Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya, or in the case 
of an alien having no nationality, whose country 
of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Paki-
stan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya; 
(B) is a member of the Christian or Yazidi 
community; and 
(C) is seeking admission to the United 
States as a refuge under section 207 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157). 
(4) QUALIFICATION AS REFUGEES.—For pur-
poses of qualifying as a refugee under section 101 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101)— 
(A) membership in the Christian or Yazidi 
community shall qualify an alien described in 
paragraph (3) as a member of a persecuted 
group; and 
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(B) the requirement that an alien be out-
side any country of such person’s nationality or, 
in the case of a person having no nationality, 
is outside any country in which such person last 
habitually resided, shall not apply to an alien 
described in paragraph (3). 
(b) IMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) EXPEDITED
PROCESSING.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall provide for the expedited 
processing of visas for the aliens described in para-
graph (2), and shall ensure that such applications 
receive first priority among applications for immi-
grant status. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien— 
(A) is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, 
Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Libya, or in the case of 
an alien having no nationality, whose country of 
last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Paki-
stan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya; 
(B) is a member of the Christian or Yazidi 
community; and 
(C) is seeking admission to the United 
States as an immigrant under subsection (a) or 
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(b) of section 203 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153). 
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