fraud trends and random translation verification 
within such documents. 
SEC. 12. RECORDING OF INTERVIEWS TO PROTECT REFU-
GEES AND PREVENT FRAUD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall use digital recording technology to record each 
interview of an alien applying for admission as a refugee 
under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
by an officer or employee of the U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services. 
(b) AUDITING
OF TRANSLATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall randomly select a number of interviews conducted, 
with the assistance of an interpreter, during each refugee 
circuit ride, equal to 20 percent of the total number of 
interviews conducted with the assistance of an interpreter 
during such circuit ride and review each such selected 
interview in order to determine whether any interpreter 
who participated in the interview incorrectly interpreted 
any portion of the interview (other than a de minimis error 
in translation). Such reviews shall take place prior to ap-
proval or denial of any application for admission as a ref-
ugee submitted at that location. 
(c) IN CASES OF MISTRANSLATIONS.—If the Sec-
retary determines that the interpreter incorrectly inter-
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preted any portion of the interview (other than a de mini-
mis error in translation)— 
(1) the interpreter shall be barred from subse-
quently serving as an interpreter for immigration 
purposes; and 
(2) no action shall be taken regarding the appli-
cation until the applicant has been reinterviewed. 
SEC. 13. LIMITATION ON QUALIFICATION AS A REFUGEE. 
Section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, a person may not be con-
sidered a refugee solely or in part because the person is 
displaced due to, or is fleeing from, violence in the country 
of such person’s nationality or, in the case of a person 
having no nationality, the country in which such person 
last habitually resided, if that violence is not specifically 
directed at the person, or, if it is directed specifically at 
the person, it is not directed at the person on account of 
that person’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a 
particular social group, or political opinion.’’ before ‘‘The 
term ‘refugee’ does not include’’. 
SEC. 14. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR REFUGEES. 
Prior to admitting to the United States as a refugee 
under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) an alien, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
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curity shall ensure that the alien does not pose a threat 
to the national security of the United States based on a 
background check that the Secretary conducts, which in-
cludes a review of the alien’s open source interactions on 
and posting of material to the Internet (including social 
media services). 
SEC. 15. GAO REPORT ON U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a review and report to Congress on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The security of the U.S. Refugee Admis-
sions Program, including an examination of— 
(A) how the U.S. Government conducts se-
curity screening and background checks, includ-
ing the agencies or U.S. Government partners 
involved and the systems and databases used; 
(B) how the U.S. Government determines 
whether applicants are eligible for refugee reset-
tlement and admissible to the United States; 
and 
(C) the number of individuals who were 
admitted into the United States as refugees and 
subsequently convicted as a result of a ter-
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rorism-related investigation by the U.S. Govern-
ment since fiscal year 2006. 
(2) Federally funded benefit programs for 
which aliens admitted into the United States under 
section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) are eligible, as well as what is 
known about their participation in these programs. 
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