Title: No Resettlement Without Consent Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
No Resettlement Without Consent Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that: (1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall not place or resettle a refugee within a state without the governor's approval; and (2) notwithstanding such approval, the office shall not place or resettle a refugee in any locality within a state if the locality has in effect a law, or a policy with the effect of law, disapproving of refugee resettlement in that locality.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 546 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 546

 To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
 require the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to obtain 
the approval of the Governor of a State before placing or resettling a 
            refugee with the State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2017

Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Weber 
 of Texas, and Mr. Barletta) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
 require the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to obtain 
the approval of the Governor of a State before placing or resettling a 
            refugee with the State, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Resettlement Without Consent 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON DOMESTIC RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES.

    Section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                including the preceding provisions of this paragraph, 
                beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
                subparagraph, the following limitations on programs for 
                domestic resettlement of refugees under this chapter 
                shall apply:
                            ``(i) The Director shall not place or 
                        resettle a refugee within a State without the 
                        approval of the Governor of the State.
                            ``(ii) Notwithstanding any approval granted 
                        under clause (i), the Director shall not place 
                        or resettle a refugee in any locality within a 
                        State if the locality has in effect a law, or a 
                        policy with the effect of law, disapproving of 
                        refugee resettlement in that locality.''.
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