States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4032
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
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: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Office of Refugee Resettlement or the federal agency administering refugee resettlement from resettling or coordinating placement of any refugee in a state whose government has communicated to the Office that the state government does not accede to such resettlement or placement.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4032 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2015 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sessions , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Blum , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Westerman , Mr. Smith of Texas , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Babin , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Conaway , and Mr. Massie ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a limitation on the resettlement of refugees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the States’ Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015 . 2. Limitation on resettlement 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 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director or the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) may not resettle any refugee or coordinate placement of any refugee in a State when that State government has communicated to the Director that the State government does not accede to the resettlement or placement of refugees in that State. .