Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act

Bill: 114-hr-4267
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2015-12-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Iraq

Middle East

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

State and local finance

State and local government operations

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

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a state to refuse without penalty to expend refugee resettlement assistance with respect to an alien who: </p> <ul> <li>is a national of a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary, or </li> <li>has no nationality and the country in which the alien last habitually resided is a state sponsor of terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary.</li> </ul> <p>A state may not refuse to expend such funds with respect to an alien who is an Iraqi national (or spouse or children of one) who was employed by, or worked for the U.S. government in Iraq and has or is experiencing an ongoing serious threat because of such employment.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4267 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2015 Mr. Collins of New York (for himself, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Bucshon , and Mr. Latta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act . 2. No penalty for refusal to expend refugee assistance funds on certain 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 (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a State, without penalty under this section or any other provision of law, may refuse to expend funds received under this section with respect to an alien described in paragraph (2), except that a State may not refuse to expend such funds with respect to an alien described in section 1244(b) of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 note). (2) Aliens described An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien— (A) is a national of a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary; or (B) has no nationality and the country in which the alien last habitually resided is a state sponsor of terrorism or a terrorist sanctuary. (3) Definitions In this subsection: (A) State sponsor of terrorism The term state sponsor of terrorism means any country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— (i) section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 50 U.S.C. App. 2405 ); (ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); or (iii) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ). (B) Terrorist sanctuary The term terrorist sanctuary has the meaning given the term in section 140(d)(5) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f (d)(5)). .