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To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from certain countries.

H.R. 4044 · 114th Congress · Nov 17, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Prohibition

(a)
In general— Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be obligated for the admission into the United States under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) as a refugee (as defined in section 101(a)(42) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42))) of any alien described in subsection (b).
(b)
Aliens described— An alien is described in this subsection if—
(1)
the country of the alien’s nationality is Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen; or
(2)
in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country in which the alien last habitually resided is listed in paragraph (1).