[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4025 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4025

To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from 
                     Syria, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2015

 Mr. Ross (for himself, Mr. Posey, Mr. Tipton, and Mr. Collins of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from 
                     Syria, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 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; or
            (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality, the 
        country in which the alien last habitually resided was Syria.
    (c) Termination.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall terminate 
only upon the approval in the House of Representatives and in the 
Senate of a resolution terminating such prohibition.
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