[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4244 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4244

To prohibit the admission of certain aliens as refugees until the costs 
of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2015

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the admission of certain aliens as refugees until the costs 
of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed, 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 ``Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADMISSION OF CERTAIN REFUGEES.

    (a) In General.--A covered alien may be admitted to the United 
States as a refugee only after the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
coordination with the revenue agency of State government of the State 
in which the covered alien is to be resettled and a representative of 
the local government of the locality where the covered alien is to be 
resettled, determines that any cost incurred by the Federal, State, or 
local government by reason of the admission and resettlement of that 
refugee is financed by a payment from the Trust Fund.
    (b) Covered Alien Defined.--In this Act, the term ``covered alien'' 
means any alien applying for admission to the United States as a 
refugee who is referred for resettlement by the United Nations High 
Commissioner on Refugees.
    (c) Trust Fund Established and Defined.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury a 
        fund, to be designated as the Refugee Resettlement Fund. There 
        may only be deposited in the fund amounts received from the 
        United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees for purposes of 
        refugee resettlement.
            (2) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Trust Fund'' means 
        the fund established under paragraph (1).
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