Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4244
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-12-11
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Government trust funds

Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill permits an alien applying for U.S. refugee admission who is referred for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) to be admitted only after the Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the revenue agency of the state in which the alien is to be resettled and a representative of the local government where the alien is to be resettled, determines that any admission and resettlement cost incurred by the federal, state, or local government is financed by a Refugee Resettlement Fund payment.</p> <p>The bill establishes the Refugee Resettlement Fund in the Treasury, for deposit of only those amounts received from the UNHCR for refugee resettlement purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4244 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2015 Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the admission of certain aliens as refugees until the costs of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015 . 2. Limitation on admission of certain refugees (a) In general A covered alien may be admitted to the United States as a refugee only after the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the revenue agency of State government of the State in which the covered alien is to be resettled and a representative of the local government of the locality where the covered alien is to be resettled, determines that any cost incurred by the Federal, State, or local government by reason of the admission and resettlement of that refugee is financed by a payment from the Trust Fund. (b) Covered alien defined In this Act, the term covered alien means any alien applying for admission to the United States as a refugee who is referred for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. (c) Trust Fund established and defined (1) Establishment There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be designated as the Refugee Resettlement Fund. There may only be deposited in the fund amounts received from the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees for purposes of refugee resettlement. (2) Definition In this Act, the term Trust Fund means the fund established under paragraph (1).