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HR 4031 114th Congress House Immigration Conflicts and wars Immigration status and procedures Middle East Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Syria

Defund the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program Act of 2015

Introduced: November 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 17, 2015
Introduced in House
Nov 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defund the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program Act of 2015

This bill prohibits federal funds from being obligated for the U.S. refugee admission of any alien who is a national of Syria or whose last habitual residence was in Syria during the period that the civil war in Syria is ongoing, as determined by the Department of Homeland Security.

What's happening now December 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Nov 18, 2015
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Nov 18, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4031: Defund the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4031/
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"H.R. 4031: Defund the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4031/.
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H.R. 4031, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4031/.
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