[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5804 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5804

 To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
 require the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to obtain 
the approval of the Governor of a State before placing or resettling a 
            refugee with the State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
   Weber of Texas, Mr. Farenthold, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
 require the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to obtain 
the approval of the Governor of a State before placing or resettling a 
            refugee with the State, 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 ``No Resettlement Without Consent 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON DOMESTIC RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES.

    Section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the 
preceding provisions of this paragraph, beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this subparagraph, the following limitations on programs 
for domestic resettlement of refugees under this chapter shall apply:
            ``(i) The Director shall not place or resettle a refugee 
        within a State without the approval of the Governor of the 
        State.
            ``(ii) Notwithstanding any approval granted under clause 
        (i), the Director shall not place or resettle a refugee in any 
        locality within a State if the locality has in effect a law, or 
        a policy with the effect of law, disapproving of refugee 
        resettlement in that locality.''.
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