3.0.0 211 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z 2023-01-11T13:35:21Z Senate S 2017-01-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-24T21:01:15Z State Refugee Security Act of 2017 115 604 HR 2017-01-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2017-01-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2017-01-24 True Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons State and local government operations Immigration 00 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-06T22:55:42Z State Refugee Security Act of 2017

This bill directs the Office of Refugee Resettlement to notify the state agency responsible for coordinating the placement or resettlement of an alien refugee not later than 21 days before the alien's arrival in the state.

No alien refugee shall be placed or resettled in a state if the governor certifies to the Office of Refugee Resettlement that it has failed, in the sole determination of the governor, to provide adequate assurance that such person does not present a security risk to the state.

]]> State Refugee Security Act of 2017 Display Title State Refugee Security Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced State Refugee Security Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s211is/xml/BILLS-115s211is.xml 2017-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.