[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8390]
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SA 2896. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2874 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 3762, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding chapter 2 of title IV of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.),
refugees who have been nationals of any of the countries
listed in subsection (b) are not eligible to receive any
assistance under such chapter.
(b) Countries.--The countries listed in this subsection
are--
(1) Afghanistan;
(2) Algeria;
(3) Bahrain;
(4) Bangladesh;
(5) Egypt;
(6) Eritrea;
(7) Indonesia;
(8) Iran;
(9) Iraq;
(10) Jordan;
(11) Kazakhstan;
(12) Kuwait;
(13) Kyrgyzstan;
(14) Lebanon;
(15) Libya;
(16) Mali;
(17) Morocco;
(18) Nigeria;
(19) North Korea;
(20) Oman;
(21) Pakistan;
(22) Palestinian Territories;
(23) Qatar;
(24) Russia;
(25) Saudi Arabia;
(26) Somalia;
(27) Sudan;
(28) Syria;
(29) Tajikistan;
(30) Tunisia;
(31) Turkey;
(32) United Arab Emirates;
(33) Uzbekistan; and
(34) Yemen.
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