[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 211

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2017

 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Shelby) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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) 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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien eligible 
to be admitted to the United States under this section may not 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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