119-HR3550

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3550

1. Short title
2. Congressional authority to set refugee cap
3. States authority to reject refugees

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as "No Resettlement Without Representation Act".

2. Congressional authority to set refugee cap

Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended—

(1) - in subsection (a)—

(A) - in paragraph (1), by striking "Except" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: "Before the beginning of a fiscal year and after appropriate consultation (as defined in subsection (e)), the President shall submit to Congress a recommendation on the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in any fiscal year.";

(B) - by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

(2) - Except as provided in subsection (b), no refugees may be admitted under this section in a fiscal year until such time as a joint resolution is enacted which sets the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in that fiscal year.

(C) - in paragraph (4)—

(i) - by striking "determination" and inserting "recommendation";

(ii) - by striking "(beginning with fiscal year 1992)" and inserting "(beginning with fiscal year 2025)"; and

(iii) - by striking "determined" and inserting "recommended";

(2) - in subsection (b)—

(A) - by striking "fix" and inserting "submit to Congress a recommendation for";

(B) - by striking "situation and such" and inserting "situation. Any such";

(C) - by striking "determination made by the President" and insert "recommendation made by the President"; and

(D) - by adding at the end the following: "No refugees may be admitted under this subsection until such time as a joint resolution is enacted which sets the number of refugees who may be admitted under this subsection.";

(3) - in subsection (c)(1), by striking "Subject to the numerical limitations established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)," and inserting "Subject to the enactment of a joint resolution under subsection (a) or (b), and the numerical limitations established pursuant to such a resolution,"; and

(4) - in subsection (d)(3), by striking "determination" each place it appears and inserting "recommendation".

3. States authority to reject refugees

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 -

(1) - Not later than 30 days before the date on which a refugee is to be resettled in a State, the Director or Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) shall submit to the chief executive of the State in which resettlement is to take place a notice of the intention to resettle aliens in such State.

(2) - Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director or the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) may not resettle any refugee or coordinate placement of any refugee in a State if the chief executive of the State communicates to the Director that the State does not accede to the resettlement or placement of refugees in that State.