[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4218 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4218

  To suspend the admission to the United States of refugees, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2015

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Barletta, and Mr. 
 DesJarlais) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend the admission to the United States of refugees, 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. SUSPENSION OF THE ADMISSION OF REFUGEES.

    Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no agency or 
instrumentality of the Federal Government may use any Federal funds, 
fees, or resources to admit an alien to the United States as a refugee 
under section 207, or to provide assistance under section 412 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, 1522) to an alien 
admitted under such section 207 prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act, until each of the following occur:
            (1) A joint resolution is enacted into law approving the 
        most recent number determined by the President under subsection 
        (a) of section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1157(a)).
            (2) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office submits 
        to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
        Senate a report which includes the following:
                    (A) The cost, for the previous year, of providing 
                assistance under section 412 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522).
                    (B) The cost, for the previous year, of providing 
                Federal public benefits (as such term is defined in 
                section 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
                Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
                1611(c))) to aliens lawfully admitted for permanent 
                residence pursuant to section 209 of the Immigration 
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159).
                    (C) An estimate of the cost of providing Federal 
                public benefits to an alien lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence pursuant to section 209 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) for the 
                duration of that alien's life.
            (3) The Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the 
        Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report which 
        includes, for the period beginning on January 1, 2001, and 
        ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, with regard to 
        aliens who were admitted to the United States as refugees under 
        section 207 or granted asylum under section 208 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, 1158), the 
        following:
                    (A) The number of such aliens who were subsequently 
                identified as having engaged in terrorist activity (as 
                such term is defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(iv) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1182(a)(3)(B)(iv))).
                    (B) The number of children of such aliens who have 
                engaged in terrorist activity.
                    (C) The number of such aliens who were subsequently 
                arrested for or convicted of any criminal offense in 
                the United States.
                    (D) The number of such aliens who subsequently 
                adjusted their status under section 209 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) and 
                received a waiver under subsection (c) of that section.
                    (E) The number of such aliens who were subsequently 
                removed from the United States for any reason.
            (4) The President submits to Congress a report which 
        includes the following:
                    (A) The cost, for the year prior to the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, of admitting aliens to the 
                United States as refugees under section 207 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157).
                    (B) Recommendations for spending cuts which may be 
                made to other Federal programs in order to offset the 
                cost determined under subparagraph (A).
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