Refugee Relocation Security Act

Bill: 114-hr-4033
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2015-11-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Iraq

Middle East

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

State and local government operations

Syria
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Refugee Relocation Security Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (HHS) from admitting an alien from Syria or Iraq into the United States as a refugee until Congress passes a joint resolution authorizing DHS to resume such admissions.</p> <p>The President may not relocate refugees to any state that explicitly rejects their admission into its respective state territory or tribal land through the direction of: (1) the governor of the affected state, or (2) an Act of the state legislature of the affected state.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4033 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2015 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To temporarily suspend the admission of refugees from Syria and Iraq into the United States and to give States the authority to reject admission of refugees into its territory or tribal land.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Refugee Relocation Security Act . 2. Suspension of Admission of Syrian and Iraqi Refugees Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit into the United States an alien from the countries of Syria and Iraq into the United States under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) until such time as Congress passes a joint resolution giving the Secretary the authority to resume admitting such aliens under such sections. 3. Authority of States To Reject Admission of Aliens Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) State Rejection of Refugee Resettlement Under this section, the President may not relocate refugees to any State that explicitly rejects their admission into its respective state territory or tribal land through the direction of— (1) the Governor of the affected State; or (2) an Act of the State legislature of the affected State. .