[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3999

    To require that the Secretary of Homeland Security certify that 
   refugees admitted to the United States from Iraq or Syria are not 
       security threats to the United States prior to admission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2015

      Mr. Hudson (for himself, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
 Westmoreland, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Blum, Mr. Emmer 
 of Minnesota, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Joyce, Mrs. Ellmers of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. 
Gibbs, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Holding, Mr. Long, 
 Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Jones, Mr. Williams, Mr. Benishek, Mr. 
   LaMalfa, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. 
   Flores, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Loudermilk, and Mr. McCaul) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require that the Secretary of Homeland Security certify that 
   refugees admitted to the United States from Iraq or Syria are not 
       security threats to the United States prior to admission.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Security Against Foreign 
Enemies Act of 2015'' or as the ``American SAFE Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF REFUGEES TO IDENTIFY SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Certification.--A covered refugee may not be admitted to the 
United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, certifies to 
Congress that that covered refugee is not a security threat to the 
United States.
    (b) FBI Background Investigation.--The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall take all actions necessary to ensure that 
each covered refugee receives a thorough background investigation prior 
to admission. A covered refugee may not be admitted until the Director 
certifies that that covered refugee has received such a background 
investigation.
    (c) Inspector General Review of Certifications.--The Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall review 20 percent 
of all certifications made under subsection (a) each fiscal year.
    (d) Covered Refugee Defined.--The term ``covered refugee'' means 
any alien applying for refugee status--
            (1) who is a national or resident of Iraq;
            (2) who is a national or resident of Syria; or
            (3) who is present in Iraq or Syria at any time while the 
        application for refugee status is pending.
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