H.R. 4218 · 114th Congress
To suspend the admission to the United States of refugees, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Marsha Blackburn
- Introduced
- 2015-12-10
- Latest action
- 2016-01-15 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Summary
This bill prohibits a federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funds, fees, or resources to admit an alien into the United States as a refugee or to provide refugee resettlement assistance until each of the following occur:
a joint resolution is enacted into law approving the most recent number of refugee admissions determined by the President; the Congressional Budget Office reports to Congress regarding specified refugee-related costs; the Department of Homeland Security reports to Congress regarding terrorist- and criminal-related activities of aliens admitted as refugees and asylees, and the number of such aliens subsequently removed from the United States for any reason; and the President reports to Congress regarding the preceding year's cost of refugee admissions, and recommendations for federal program spending cuts to offset such cost.