[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 604 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 604

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of 
 a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless 
there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security 
                     risk, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2017

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Smith of 
 Texas, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Olson) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of 
 a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless 
there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security 
                     risk, 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 ``State Refugee Security Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF STATES TO REJECT RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES.

    Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Notice of Refugee Resettlement.--The Office of Refugee 
Resettlement shall notify the State agency responsible for coordinating 
the placement or resettlement of an alien eligible to be admitted to 
the United States under this section not later than 21 days before the 
arrival of such alien in the State.
    ``(h) State Rejection of Refugee Resettlement.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no alien eligible to be admitted to the United 
States under this section shall be placed or resettled in a State if 
the Governor of that State certifies to the Director of the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement that the Director has failed, in the sole 
determination of the Governor, to provide adequate assurance that the 
alien does not present a security risk to the State.''.
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