[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7509 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7509

         To limit resettlement in certain States or localities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2024

 Mr. Tiffany (for himself, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Van 
    Orden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To limit resettlement in certain States or localities.

    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 ``Community Assent for Refugee Entry 
Act'' or the ``CARE Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.

    Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Limitation on Resettlement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, for a fiscal year, the resettlement of any 
refugee may not be provided for--
            ``(1) in any State where the Governor of that State, or the 
        State legislature, has taken any action formally disapproving 
        of resettlement in that State; or
            ``(2) in any locality where the chief executive of that 
        locality's government, or the local legislature, has taken any 
        action formally disapproving of resettlement in that 
        locality.''.
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