[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4031 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4031

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. Byrne 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defund the Syrian Refugee 
Resettlement Program Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR ADMISSION OF CERTAIN 
              REFUGEES.

    (a) Prohibition.--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) Alien Described.--An alien described in this subsection is any 
alien who is a national of Syria or whose last habitual residence was 
in Syria during the period that the civil war in Syria is ongoing, as 
determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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