To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from certain countries.

Bill: 114-hr-4044
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2015-11-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan

Africa

Asia

Immigration status and procedures

Iraq

Libya

Middle East

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Syria

Yemen
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 federal funds from being obligated for the U.S. refugee admission of any alien: (1) whose country of nationality is Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen; or (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country in which the alien last habitually resided is Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4044 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2015 Mr. Clawson of Florida 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 certain countries.

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, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen; or (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country in which the alien last habitually resided is listed in paragraph (1).