3.0.0 3241 2023-01-11T13:33:12Z 2023-01-11T13:33:12Z Senate S 2016-07-14 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-14T18:16:42Z Refugee Protection Act of 2016 114 5851 HR 2016-08-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Related bill CRS 2016-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5167-5168) IntroReferral 2016-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-07-14 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-07-14 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2016-07-14 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-11-17 False Immigration Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Child health Child safety and welfare Citizenship and naturalization Congressional oversight Crime victims Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Disability and paralysis Elementary and secondary education Evidence and witnesses Foreign labor Foreign language and bilingual programs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Human rights Immigration status and procedures Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement officers Lawyers and legal services Mental health Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Religion Right of privacy Terrorism Visas and passports Immigration 00 2016-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-25T21:01:12Z Refugee Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends the Immigration and Naturalization Act to eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim.

The bill revises: (1) the definition of "refugee," and (2) the criteria for granting asylum.

The bill makes certain currently required detention provisions regarding arriving aliens who request asylum discretionary.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) establish a secure alternatives to detention program, and (2) establish specified conditions of detention.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom may conduct a study to determine whether certain immigration officers are properly handling asylum and removal/detention authority.

The bill: (1) authorizes waiver of the continuous one-year presence requirement for permanent resident status adjustment for a qualifying refugee/asylee who worked for the U.S. government overseas; (2) exempts aliens under the age of 18 from certain restrictions on applying for asylum; and (3) sets forth protections for minors, refugees, aliens interdicted at sea, and stateless persons.

The President is authorized to designate refugee groups.

The bill authorizes refugee applicants to simultaneously pursue other forms of admission.

The spouse or child of a refugee or asylee may bring his or her accompanying or following child into the United States as a refugee or asylee.

If the President does not issue a refugee allocation determination before the beginning of a fiscal year, the number of refugees that may be admitted in each quarter shall be 25% of the number of refugees admissible during the previous fiscal year.

The bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, with respect to naturalization of an Afghan or Iraqi translator who is a lawful permanent resident, to count a period of absence from the United States working as a translator for the United States or a U.S. contractor in Afghanistan or Iraq towards the accumulation of the required physical presence in the United States.

The bill revises: (1) the definition of "terrorist activity" for purposes of alien inadmissibility, including for aliens who were under 18 years of age when they committed certain actions under duress; and (2) the refugee grant and contract assistance allocation formula.

The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended to extend the eligibility for supplemental security income (SSI) assistance to certain aliens (including asylees and refugees) and trafficking victims.

DHS shall grant employment authorization to qualifying T visa aliens (victims of trafficking in persons) and U visa aliens (children who have been granted special immigrant status as a victim of criminal activity).

The number of U visas is increased.

]]> Refugee Protection Act of 2016 Display Title Refugee Protection Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Refugee Protection Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3241is/xml/BILLS-114s3241is.xml 2016-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5167-5168) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.