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HCONRES 94 114th Congress House Immigration Intergovernmental relations Middle East Refugees, asylum, displaced persons State and local government operations Syria

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the treatment of State Governors who have made a determination with respect to Syrian refugees.

Introduced: November 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 18, 2015
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 18, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that, in the case of a governor requesting that Syrian refugees not be resettled in his or her state (whether temporarily or permanently), no federal official should take any adverse action against, or withhold funds from, the state, and no federal official should take any other action to persuade or entice the governor to reverse such request.

What's happening now December 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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