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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Independent Ethics Commission Act of
2007''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION.

(a) Establishment.--There is established an independent ethics
commission within the House of Representatives to be known as the
Independent Ethics Committee (in this Act referred to as the
''Commission'').
(b) Membership and Terms of Office.--(1) The Commission shall
consist of 9 commissioners, 4 appointed by the Speaker and 4 by the
minority leader of the House, and one selected by the affirmative vote
of two-thirds of the 8 appointed commissioners for a term of 5 years.
No commissioner may serve for more than 5 years.
(2) Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 5 years, except
that of the commissioners first appointed, 2 appointed by the Speaker
and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 3-year terms and 2 appointed
by the Speaker and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 4-year terms
as designated by the Speaker and the minority leader at the time of
appointment.
(c) Qualifications.--Only former Federal judges shall be eligible
for appointment to the Commission.
(1) Disqualifications for appointments.--
(A) Lobbying.--No individual who has been a
lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act
of 1995 or engages in, or is otherwise employed in,
lobbying of the Congress or who is an agent of a
foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act within the 4-year period immediately
preceding appointment shall be eligible for appointment
to, or service on, the Commission.
(B) Incompatible office.--No member of the
Commission appointed under subsection (b) may be a
Member of the House of Representatives or Senator.
(2) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled
in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(d) Compensation.--Members shall each be entitled to receive the
daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay in effect for
Level III of the Executive Schedule for each day (including travel
time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties
vested in the Commission.
(e) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum.
(f) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call a majority of
its members.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

(a) Duties.--The Commission is authorized--
(1) to receive, monitor, and oversee financial disclosure
and other reports filed by Members of the House and officers
and employees of the House under the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978, and reports filed by registered lobbyists under the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;
(2) to investigate any alleged violation, by a Member,
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, of any
rule or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of
such Member, officer, or employee under House rules in the
performance of his duties or the discharge of his
responsibilities;
(3) to present a case of probable ethics violations to the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of
Representatives;
(4) to make recommendations to the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives that it
report to the appropriate Federal or State authorities any
substantial evidence of a violation by a Member, officer, or
employee of the House of Representatives of any law applicable
to the performance of his duties or the discharge of his
responsibilities, which may have been disclosed in an
investigation by the Office;
(5) to provide information and informal guidance to
Members, officers and employees of the House of Representatives
regarding any rules and other standards of conduct applicable
to such individuals in their official capacities, and develop
and carry out periodic educational briefings for Members,
officers, and employees of the House of Representatives on
those laws, rules, regulations, or other standards; and
(6) to give consideration to the request of any Member,
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for a
formal advisory opinion or other formal ruling, subject to the
review of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the
House of Representatives, as applicable, with respect to the
general propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such
Member, officer, or employee and, with appropriate deletions to
assure the privacy of the individual concerned, to publish such
opinion for the guidance of other Members, officers, and
employees of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

(a) Hearings and Evidence.--The Commission may for the purpose of
carrying out this Act--
(1) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and
places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, administer
such oaths; and
(2) subject to subsection (b), require, by subpoena or
otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and
the production of such books, records, correspondence,
memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission may
determine advisable.
(b) Subpoenas.--A subpoena may be issued only with a majority of
the Commission.
(c) Obtaining Information.--Upon request of the Commission, the
head of any agency or instrumentality of the Government shall furnish
information deemed necessary by the Commission to enable it to carry
out its duties.
(d) Referrals to the Department of Justice.--Whenever the
Commission has reason to believe that a violation of the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 may have occurred, that matter may be referred
to the Department of Justice for it to investigate.
(e) General Audits.--The Commission shall have the authority to
conduct general audits of filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995.

SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERACTION WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

(a) Notification.--Whenever the Commission determines that there
are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation--
(1) the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct of this determination;
(2) the applicable committee may overrule the determination
of the Commission if, within 10 legislative days--
(A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote
of two-thirds of the full committee votes to overrule
the determination of the Commission;
(B) the committee issues a public report detailing
its reasoning for overruling the Commission;
(C) the vote of each member of the committee on
such roll-call vote is included in the report;
(D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their
own report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with
the majority vote; and
(E) if the committee votes to overrule the
determination of the Commission pursuant to
subparagraph (B), the Commission may publish and make
available to the general public a report detailing the
reasons that the Commission concluded there were
sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation.
(b) Conducting Investigations.--(1) If the Commission determines
that there are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation and his
determination is not overruled under subsection (a)(5), the Commission
shall conduct an investigation to determine if probable cause exists
that a violation occurred.
(2) As part of an investigation, the Commission may--
(A) administer oaths;
(B) issue subpoenas;
(C) compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony; and
(D) take the deposition of witnesses.
(3) If a person disobeys or refuses to comply with a subpoena, or
if a witness refuses to testify to a matter, he may be held in contempt
of Congress.
(c) Presentation of Case to House Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct.--(1) If the Commission determines, upon conclusion of
an investigation, that probable cause exists that an ethics violation
has occurred, the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct of the House of Representatives of this determination.
(2) The committee may overrule the determination of the Commission
if, within 10 legislative days--
(A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote of two-
thirds of the full committee votes to overrule the
determination of the Commission;
(B) the committee issues a public report detailing its
reasoning for overruling the Commission;
(C) the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-
call vote is included in the report; and
(D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their own
report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with the
majority vote.
(3) If the committee votes to overrule the determination of the
Commission pursuant to paragraph (2), the Commission may publish and
make available to the general public a report detailing the reasons
that he concluded there were sufficient grounds to present such case to
the committee.
(4)(A) If the Commission determines there is probable cause that an
ethics violation has occurred and the Commission's determination is not
overruled, the Commission shall present the case and evidence to the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of
Representatives to hear and make a determination pursuant to its rules.
(B) The committee shall vote upon whether the individual who is the
subject of the investigation has violated any rules or other standards
of conduct applicable to that individual in his official capacity. Such
votes shall be a roll-call vote of the full committee, a quorum being
present. The committee shall issue a public report which shall include
the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-call vote.
Dissenting members may issue their own report detailing their own
reasons for disagreeing with the majority vote.
(d) Sanctions.--Whenever the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct of the House of Representatives finds that an ethics violation
has occurred the Commission shall recommend appropriate sanctions to
the committee and whether a matter should be referred to the Department
of Justice for investigation.

SEC. 6. PROCEDURAL RULES.

(a) Majority Approval.--No report or recommendation relating to the
official conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the House of
Representatives shall be made by the Commission, and no investigation
of such conduct shall be undertaken by the Commission, unless approved
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Commission.
(b) Investigations.--Except in the case of an investigation
undertaken by the Commission on its own initiative, the Commission may
undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct of an
individual Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives
only--
(1) upon receipt of a complaint, in writing and under oath,
made by or submitted to a Member of the House of
Representatives and transmitted to the Commission by such
Member, or
(2) upon receipt of a complaint from the chairman of the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of
Representatives, in writing and under oath, made by that
committee.
(c) Prohibition of Certain Investigations.--No investigation shall
be undertaken by the Commission of any alleged violation of a law,
rule, regulation, or standard of conduct not in effect at the time of
the alleged violation.
(d) Disclosure.--No information or testimony received, or the
contents of a complaint or the fact of its filing, shall be publicly
disclosed by any member of the Commission or staff of the Commission
unless specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of the
Commission.

SEC. 7. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff
as the Commission considers necessary to perform its duties. The
Commission shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker and minority
leader and shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay
payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.

SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO CHANGE THE DUTIES OF
THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

(a) House Rules Amendments.--Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (a), strike subparagraphs (1), (2), and
(3), and redesignate subparagraphs (4), (5), and (6), as
subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
(2)(A) Paragraph (b)(1) is amended by striking ''(A)'', by
striking ''a resolution, report, recommendation, or'' and
inserting ''an'', and by striking '', or, except as provided in
subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation'', and by striking
subdivision (B).
(B) Paragraph (b) is further amended by striking
subparagraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) and by redesignating
subparagraphs (6) and (7) as subparagraphs (2) and (3),
respectively.
(3) Strike paragraphs (j) (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), and
(q).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 803 of the Ethics Reform Act of
1989 (2 U.S.C. 29d) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d).

SEC. 9. ACTION ON COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.

(a) Printing of Reports in Congressional Record.--Upon receipt by
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of
Representatives of any report of the Commission, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall have the report printed in the
Congressional Record.
(b) House Consideration of Independent Ethics Commission
Recommendations.--Within 14 calendar days after a report referred to in
subsection (a) is printed in the Congressional Record, that portion of
the report recommending action by the House of Representatives
respecting any alleged violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of
the House of Representatives, of any law, rule, regulation, or other
standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, officer,
or employee in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his
responsibilities shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the
Speaker of the House, for himself and the minority leader of the House
in the form of a resolution. This resolution shall constitute a
question of privilege under rule IX of the Rules of the House of
Representatives. Any Member favoring the resolution may call it up as a
question of privilege but only on the third day after the calendar date
upon which such Member announces to the House his intention to do so.

SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect upon the date of its enactment, except
that sections 3, 4, and 8 shall not take effect immediately prior to
noon January 3, 2009.
[EX A]: Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes within the House of Representatives an Independent Ethics Commission composed only of former federal judges.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) It is in the highest strategic interest of the United
States to field a fully operational missile defense system to
defend against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs) of rogue nations, including North Korea and Iran.
(2) In the past year, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea tested a nuclear weapon and an intercontinental ballistic
missile and has made claims that it now possesses the ability
to miniaturize a nuclear warhead.
(3) The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the
ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is one of the most
critical capabilities needed to defend the United States
against threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles,
conventional and nuclear.
(4) The test program of the Missile Defense Agency provides
vital data to demonstrate the operational effectiveness,
suitability, and survivability of the ballistic missile defense
system, and it contributes to United States nonproliferation
goals by sending a very credible message to the international
community on the ability of the United States to defeat
ballistic missiles in flight, thus reducing their value to
potential adversaries.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY OF GROUND-BASED
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM.

(a) Testing Required.--Except as provided in subsection (c), not
less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Director of the Missile
Defense Agency shall administer an intercept flight test of the ground-
based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense
system.
(b) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that each test carried
out under subsection (a) provides, when possible, for one or more of
the following:
(1) Validation of the operational effectiveness of the
ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile
defense system.
(2) Use of assets in their operational configuration
against an inventory of targets to assess all aspects of
ground-based midcourse defense elements of the ballistic
missile defense system performance in a variety of flight test
regimes.
(3) Use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints.
(4) Evaluation of new concepts of operations and exercising
tactics, techniques, and procedures.
(5) Mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the
Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse
defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, its
hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its inherent operational
capability.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Nonintercept test.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that conducting the
test would--
(A) jeopardize national security;
(B) not be successful due to specific ground-based
midcourse defense components needing a nonintercept
test; and
(C) likely lead to failure due to impractical time
considerations.
(2) Funding.--The Director may forgo a test under
subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director, determines that the test is not
sufficiently funded.
(3) National security waiver.--
(A) In general.--The Director may forgo a test
under subsection (a) in a fiscal year if the Secretary
of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the
Missile Defense Agency, Director of National
Intelligence, and the Commander of United States
Northern Command (NORTHCOM), determines that the
provision of testing as described in that subsection is
detrimental to the national security interests of the
United States.
(B) Notice required.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days
after forgoing a test pursuant to subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees notice
regarding the foregone test.
(ii) Elements.--Notice submitted under
clause (i) shall include the following:
(I) The rationale for forgoing the
test.
(II) The national security
interests of the United States
preventing the test.
(III) A plan to complete the
intercept test in the following fiscal
year, which does not affect testing in
following fiscal years.
(iii) Form.--Each notice under clause (ii)
shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.
(d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ''congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
[EX A]: Missile Defense Defend and Deter Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) Missile Defense Agency to administer an intercept flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system at least once each fiscal year. Each test shall provide for: validation of the defense element's operational effectiveness; use of assets in their operational configuration against an inventory of targets to assess performance in a variety of flight test regimes; use of operational doctrine and real-world constraints; evaluation of new concepts of operations, tactics, and techniques; and mechanisms to assure the confidence of members of the Armed Forces in the basic design of the ground-based midcourse defense element, its hit-to-kill effectiveness, and its operational capability. The Agency may forgo a test if: it would jeopardize national security, not be successful due to specific ground-based midcourse defense components needing a non-intercept test, and likely fail due to impractical time considerations; or funding is insufficient. The Agency also may forgo a test if DOD determines that the testing is detrimental to U.S. national security interests and provides notice to Congress.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Haitian Refugee Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW REQUIREMENT OF NONREFOULEMENT.

(a) Congressional Statement.--It is the sense of the Congress that
Article 33 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (done
at Geneva, July 28, 1951), as applied under Article I of the Protocol
Relating to the Status of Refugees (done at New York, January 31,
1967), imposes an obligation upon states which are party to the
Protocol that applies wherever the states act and without territorial
limitation, and Congress reaffirms that this Article 33 obligation
applies to actions of the United States with respect to individuals
within and without the territorial boundaries of the United States.
(b) Obligations Outside the United States.--The United States
Government shall not return, cause to be returned, or affect the
movement in any manner which results in returning, a national or
habitual resident of a country, who is outside the territorial
boundaries of the country of nationality or residence to the territory
where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, and no
funds may be expended without respect to any such return, unless the
United States Government first determines in a manner that incorporates
procedural safeguards consistent with internationally endorsed
standards and guidelines that such individual is not a refugee of such
country under Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees (done at Geneva July 28, 1951) as applied under Article I of
the United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (done at
New York, January 31, 1967) or a person designated under Article 33 of
the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
(c) Obligations Within the Territorial Waters of Another Country.--
The United States Government shall not return, cause to be returned, or
affect the movement in any manner which results in returning, a
national or habitual resident of a country, who is within the
territorial waters of his or her country of nationality or habitual
residence, to the land frontier or territorial land of the country of
nationality or residence where the individual's life or freedom would
be threatened, and no funds may be expended with respect to any such
return, unless the United States Government first determines in a
manner that incorporates procedural safeguards consistent with
internationally endorsed standards and guidelines that if that
individual were outside the territory of the country of nationality or
habitual residence such individual would not be a refugee of such
country under Article I of the Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees (done at Geneva, July 28, 1951) as applied under Article I of
the United National Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (done
at New York), January 31, 1967) or a person designated under Article 33
of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. This subsection
shall not constitute authority for conducting operations by the United
States Government within the territorial waters of another country.
(d) Limitations.--The provisions of this section do not apply to an
individual if--
(1) such individual ordered, incited, assisted, or
otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on
account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a
particular social group or political opinion; or
(2) such individual, having been convicted by a final
judgment of an aggravated felony (as defined in section
101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), constitutes
a danger to the community of the United States.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to impose new obligations on the Government of the United
States in its treatment of nationals and habitual residents of a
country at United States diplomatic and consular missions in that
country.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS.

(a) Designation.--
(1) In general.--Haiti is hereby designated under section
244A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1254a(b)), subject to the provisions of this section.
(2) Period of designation.--Such designation shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
remain in effect for a period of 24 months from the date of
enactment of this Act or until such time as the President
certifies to Congress that a democratically elected government
is securely in place in Haiti, whichever occurs later.
(b) Aliens Eligible.--In applying section 244A of the Immigration
and Nationality Act pursuant to the designation under this section,
subject to section 244A(c)(3) of such Act, an alien who is a national
of Haiti meets the requirement of section 244A(c)(1) of such Act only
if--
(1) the alien has been continuously physically present in
the United States since November 17, 1993;
(2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant, except as
otherwise provided under section 244A(c)(2)(A) of such Act and
is not ineligible for temporary protected status under section
244A(c)(2)(B) of such Act; and
(3) the alien registers for temporary protected status in a
manner which the Attorney General shall establish.
(c) Registration Fee.--Subject to section 244A(c)(3) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, the Attorney General may provide for
the payment of a fee as a condition of registering an alien under
subsection (b) of this section.

SEC. 4. REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COSTS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General
shall reimburse from funds authorized under section 404(b)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, State and local governments for
incremental costs associated with Haitian nationals who are paroled
into the United States by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CUBAN/HAITIAN PRIMARY SECONDARY
MIGRATION PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 1994, 1995 AND 1996.

(a) Community Relations Service.--Of the funds appropriated for the
United States Department of Justice for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and
1996, not less than $27,000,000 shall be made available in each fiscal
year to the Community Relations Service.
(b) Cuban/Haitian Primary Secondary Migration Program.--Of the
funds referred to in subsection (a), not less than $6,000,000 in each
of fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 shall be used to provide primary
and secondary resettlement services for Cubans and Haitians paroled
into the United States by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

SEC. 6. CUBAN/HAITIAN ENTRANT EMERGENCY FUND.

Section 404 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101,
note.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(c) Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency Fund.
''(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1994 and any
subsequent fiscal year to a Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency
Fund to be established in the Treasury, an amount sufficient to
provide for a balance of $5,000,000 in such fund, to be used to
carry out the purposes described in paragraph (3).
''(2) Conditions for use of fund.--Funds which are
authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) shall be
available whenever--
''(A) the number of Cubans and Haitians paroled
into the United States by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service under section 212(d)5 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act in a single fiscal year
has exceeded the estimate made by the Attorney General
as required in paragraph (4), and
''(B) funds appropriated for the Cuban/Haitian
Primary/Secondary Resettlement Program are inadequate
to provide primary and secondary resettlement services
at the fiscal year 1993 funding and service level.
''(3) ______. Funds which are authorized to be appropriated
by paragraph (1) shall be available solely for the purpose of
assisting with the processing, placement and reception of
Cubans and Haitians paroled into the United States by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service under section 212(d)(5)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
''(4) Annual estimation of cuban and haitian parolees.
''(A) The Attorney General of the United States
shall submit each year, concurrent with the President's
annual budget request, an estimate of the number of
Cubans and Haitians who are expected to be paroled into
the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act in the next fiscal
year. Such estimate shall be made independently from
the budget request for any programs for Cuban and
Haitian parolees.
''(B) In determining the estimate required by
paragraph (4)(A), the Attorney General shall take into
consideration a number of factors, including but not
limited to--
''(i) previous experience and current
trends in the number of Cubans and Haitians
paroled into the United States under section
212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, and
''(ii) political circumstances and trends
in Cuba and Haiti.''.
[EX A]:
Haitian Refugee Fairness Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to U.S. obligations in support of the international law requirement of nonrefoulement.
Prohibits the U.S. Government from returning or causing to be returned to Haiti any Haitian national (with specified exceptions for certain felons and persons who participated in persecutions) outside U.S. territorial waters, or inside territorial waters of another country, unless the Government has first determined the individual not to be a refugee.
(Sec. 3) Provides: (1) temporary protected status for qualifying Haitians; and (2) reimbursement for related State and local costs.
(Sec. 5) Obligates specified funds for: (1) the Community Relations Service; and (2) primary and secondary resettlement services for paroled Cubans and Haitians.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for a Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency Fund to be established in the Treasury.
Requires the Attorney General to provide an annual estimation of Cuban and Haitian parolees.