[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4044 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4044

To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from 
                           certain countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2015

    Mr. Clawson of Florida 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 
                           certain countries.

    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, Iraq, 
        Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen; or
            (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality, the 
        country in which the alien last habitually resided is listed in 
        paragraph (1).
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