To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from Syria, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4025
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2015-11-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Middle East

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

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>This bill prohibits the obligation of federal funds for the U.S. refugee admission of any alien: (1) whose country of nationality is Syria, or (2) who has no nationality but who last habitually resided in Syria. </p> <p>Such prohibition shall terminate only upon the approval in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of a resolution of termination.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4025 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2015 Mr. Ross (for himself, Mr. Posey , Mr. Tipton , and Mr. Collins of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from Syria, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition (a) In general Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be obligated for the admission into the United States under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) as a refugee (as defined in section 101(a)(42) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42) )) of any alien described in subsection (b). (b) Aliens described An alien is described in this subsection if— (1) the country of the alien’s nationality is Syria; or (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country in which the alien last habitually resided was Syria. (c) Termination The prohibition in subsection (a) shall terminate only upon the approval in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of a resolution terminating such prohibition.