Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015”.
Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015
A BILL
To prohibit the admission of certain aliens as refugees until the costs of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on admission of certain refugees
In general— A covered alien may be admitted to the United States as a refugee only after the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the revenue agency of State government of the State in which the covered alien is to be resettled and a representative of the local government of the locality where the covered alien is to be resettled, determines that any cost incurred by the Federal, State, or local government by reason of the admission and resettlement of that refugee is financed by a payment from the Trust Fund.
Covered alien defined— In this Act, the term “covered alien” means any alien applying for admission to the United States as a refugee who is referred for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees.
Trust Fund established and defined—
Establishment— There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be designated as the Refugee Resettlement Fund. There may only be deposited in the fund amounts received from the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees for purposes of refugee resettlement.
Definition— In this Act, the term “Trust Fund” means the fund established under paragraph (1).