No Resettlement Without Representation Act

HR 3550 IH – No Resettlement Without Representation Act

Direct Link: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr3550ih

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as ‘‘No Resettlement Without Representation Act’’.

SECTION 2. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO SET REFUGEE CAP

(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)’’;
- (iii) by striking ‘‘determined’’ and inserting ‘‘recommended’’;

SECTION 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.’’