[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4074

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collect data regarding 
foreign travel, or repatriation, to the country of nationality or last 
   habitual residence by an alien admitted to the United States as a 
                    refugee, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2015

 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collect data regarding 
foreign travel, or repatriation, to the country of nationality or last 
   habitual residence by an alien admitted to the United States as a 
                    refugee, 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. DATA COLLECTION REGARDING REFUGEE RETURNS TO COUNTRY OF 
              NATIONALITY.

    (a) In General.--With respect to each alien admitted to 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))), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
collect data regarding any instance in which the alien returns 
temporarily or permanently--
            (1) to the country of the alien's nationality at the time 
        of such admission; or
            (2) in the case of an alien having no nationality at the 
        time of such admission, the country in which the alien last 
        habitually resided prior to such admission.
    (b) Reports.--The Secretary of Homeland Security annually shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate containing the data collected under subsection 
(a).

SEC. 2. CESSATION OF REFUGEE ADMISSIONS.

    Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security may not admit into the United States an alien 
under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1157) until such time as Congress passes a joint resolution giving the 
Secretary authority to resume admitting aliens under such section.
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