To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that refugees may not be resettled in any State where the governor of that State has taken any action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees in that State, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4030
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the resettlement of refugees in a state whose governor has taken any action formally disapproving the resettlement of refugees, or of certain refugees, in that state during that fiscal year. </p> <p>A state: </p> <ul> <li>disapproving the resettlement of any refugees may not receive specified refugee resettlement funds during that fiscal year, or </li> <li>disapproving the resettlement of only certain refugees shall receive a reduction of such funds proportionate to the number of refugees not resettled.</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4030 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2015 Mr. Palazzo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that refugees may not be resettled in any State where the governor of that State has taken any action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees in that State, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on resettlement of refugees Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1522 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Limitation on resettlement (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director or the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) may not provide for the resettlement of any refugee in a fiscal year in any State where the Governor of that State has taken any action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees, or of certain refugees, in that State during that fiscal year. (2) Receipt of funds A State where the Governor of the State has taken action described in paragraph (1)— (A) in the case of such an action which disapproves of the resettlement of any refugee in that State, may not receive any funds under this section during that fiscal year; or (B) in the case of such an action which disapproves of the resettlement of only certain refugees in that State, shall receive a reduction in any funds which the State would otherwise receive under this section, as determined to be proportionate to the number of refugees not resettled pursuant to such action by the Director or the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1), as appropriate. .