[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4032 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4032

     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a 
              limitation on the resettlement of refugees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2015

   Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Duncan of South 
Carolina, Mr. Blum, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
Mr. Farenthold, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Babin, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
  Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Massie) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a 
              limitation on the resettlement of refugees.

    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 ``States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON RESETTLEMENT.

    Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Limitation on Resettlement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Director or the Federal agency 
administering subsection (b)(1) may not resettle any refugee or 
coordinate placement of any refugee in a State when that State 
government has communicated to the Director that the State government 
does not accede to the resettlement or placement of refugees in that 
State.''.
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